Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Finally, I added colored labels to define whether the activity was related to product, content, lifecycle, PR, commercial, and most importantly, to designate the relevant Product Manager. I then added cards with only the top level detail of the activity or event. That’s why it’s vital to champion a process and lead by example.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

Understanding and knowing what steps to take to carry out a successful PR campaign can be daunting, confusing and quite overwhelming. It’s important to set definitive goals and objectives of your PR campaign in order to provide a specific purpose for your communication among the audience you are trying to reach. Continue the momentum.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

People within any industry enjoy the additional screen space and portability of Xebec without taking up additional desk space: Software Engineers, Graphic Designers, Financial Planners, Bankers, Traders, PR Professionals, Photographers, Salespeople, and Advertising / Marketing Professionals, just to name a few.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I call Austin my second home because people believe in people. Gretel Perera , Director of PR at Roku and Co-Founder of Latinas in Tech , said there’s been a huge shift in the workplace over the past five years. Stay connected with us through our Austin Tech Live or Dallas Tech Live mailing lists and @CFDiversity for updates.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 8, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: June 8, 2017 In May 2016, Uber and Lyft abruptly departed Austin as a way to voice their opposition to a city-implemented regulation that both companies felt would hinder their business model. Even Uber’s ongoing PR nightmares haven’t significantly deterred its swift re-ascendency in River City.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Make plans to attend the PR Over Coffee Event at Galvanize on Wednesday evening featuring Silicon Hills News and other local media outlets discussing how to get […] The post Tech Events to Attend in Austin This Week appeared first on SiliconHills. This week, there are several events that will help you do just that.

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Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

This is what Silicon Valley contributed to the Internet and no amount of media spin or PR crisis campaign is going to change what Silicon Valley done to a great technology such as the World Wide Web and the digital economy. This Silicon Valley bigotry and exclusion culture must never happen in history ever again.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 12, 2017

We had the opportunity to speak with Melissa Sin of anthonyBarnum Public Relations about how she started her business, her approach to PR and social media strategy. I started in New York at large, elite national PR firms. What’s your story? . Image Credit: Melissa Sinn. I have a 20-year career in public relations.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Outstanding review of the iPhone 6/Plus focusing on photo and video capabilities (versus 5S) – Austin Mann crowdspring.co/XNQsuX. First-ever human head transplant is now possible, says neuroscientist – crowdspring.co/1uDICQm. 20 Simple Tips That Will Dramatically Improve Your Writing – [link] crowdspring.co/1uDRBAT.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Bazaarvoice came out of stealth mode roaring, though, and Sam Decker, our founding CMO, did a great job blogging on the launch and my long-time friend, Emily Brady at Brady PR, did a great job garnering the media attention that we had been waiting until the right time for?—?when when we had strength. We paid Jacob in stock only.

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The Next Web

MAY 13, 2014

Ted Muething is a PR and marketing consultant at Jones-Dilworth Inc., a boutique agency in Austin focused on bringing early-stage technologies to market. Every day we vote with our dollars how we want the world to be.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As we enter year three, we are excited to announce that both accelerator programs in Austin and Houston will run simultaneously which gives us the ability to support up to 200 early-stage startups, and help connect them to Texas’ innovation communities. Austin Austin is an established startup ecosystem.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2018

As a long-time PR professional, I can attest that most people don’t understand what our craft is really about?—?including Below are four common PR myths that I frequently (as in daily) address when the subject of public relations comes up. PR is Too Expensive There are many pricing levels when it comes to PR.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

How we were perceived Even while we were working well together, we had a bit of a PR problem more broadly. One All-Female Engineering Team: Observations From the Inside was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Amanda Werner is a freaking Valedictorian of her college class and helps out around here with marketing and PR. Heather Appleman (AKA, “Red Velvet”) came to us via Austin, Texas to become a mainstay of our Customer Service team. Thanks, Dylan! He also speaks Italian and is an accomplished quilter ! How cool is that?

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SiliconHills

JULY 10, 2013

On Monday night, The Tech Map and PR Over Coffee hosted a technology and media meetup at Molotov Lounge in Austin. The Austin Business Journal, Community Impact News and Silicon Hills News all turned out to meet and [.] The post Tech and Media Meetup at Molotov appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

JULY 12, 2010

Andy Meadows is the founder and CEO of Bearhug , an Austin-based customer engagement platform launching today. And as marketers and businesspeople alike become more and more data-driven, linking care data with sales data with PR data with ad data becomes a core competence for any organization. Customer Care Today.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 29, 2017

I was recently reading an article in the Austin Business Journal about WP Engine, Inc., This article got me thinking about crisis communications, and how many companies don’t think about a PR contingency plan until it’s too late. and how they were faced with an unexpected power outage earlier this year that lasted two days.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 6, 2015

In 2012, the parking reservation app, ParkMe (pictured), targeted the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas to launch an audacious and risky marketing campaign. Clamping hundreds of cars in the downtown area of Austin with fake cardboard clamps – ParkMe were subjecting potential customers to a rollercoaster of emotions.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

I'm a mentor and investor in CapitalFactory , a seed-stage startup mentorship program in Austin, TX. Free legal services to set up agreements, contracts, and EULAs, free graphic design work to make a nice logo and website, free PR services for product announcements, free office space, free website hosting, free software, and more.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Techstars Austin 2017' Hi there! We change the way PR gets done by connecting companies with relevant reporters. We completed Techstars accelerator in Austin in May 2017 and decided to join this journey for 3 reasons: We were looking for constructive criticism ; and we needed to get out of our comfort zone.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 23, 2010

Last week, as the technorati returned home from their working spring breaks in Austin for SXSW Interactive, the backlash began almost immediately. After all, remembering how good things used to be is one of our favorite pasttimes in Austin. Full Disclaimer: Jones-Dilworth did PR this year for the SXSW Accelerator event.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In June of 2016, I started my PR company one month before my father succumbed to Alzheimer’s. As we began to grow, we decided to move to central Texas near Austin. Thanks to Claudia Greene, Mayhem Entertainment PR ! #19- We’ve gotten good feedback over the years about our business name, so apparently that strategy has worked.

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SiliconHills

MAY 28, 2015

Longtime Austin PR Pro Laura Beck launched stripedshirt.com five years ago. The business sells striped shirts for women, kids and babies in a variety of colors, fashioned after school colors or the colors of professional sports teams. She found some initial success.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 9, 2013

The worst kept secret in Austin this week is the impending announcement that Google Fiber is coming to Austin. A post titled "Google Fiber’s next stop: Austin, Texas" appeared on the Google Fiber site at 3am the other day. And it was promptly removed.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2015

Headquartered in Austin with offices in New York and São Paulo, Status Labs works with clients and media around the globe to fulfill international marketing, social media, and PR goals. From increasing a brand’s digital footprint to crisis management, Status Labs offers creative solutions tailored to a client’s unique needs.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 16, 2017

You’ve got your startup in a good place, you know what differentiates it from competitors, and your messaging is on point — so now you’re ready for a huge PR push, right? Before you call your PR agent, consider these questions first. Chances are if you’re considering a PR push, you’re ready to share your startup with the world.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 13, 2011

After five days building their product as their bus made their way from New York to Austin, the group has a working prototype, an app in the Android Store, an API with outside developers, and interest from potential investors. But the group that came together to form Lemonade Stand have lived to tell the tale. That's a fairly big win.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

About 3 weeks ago, a TechCrunch writer named Ryan Lawler wrote a story about the Lyft launch and how it got “ruined” because a GigaOm (he didn’t say that, but I’m pretty sure that’s the “offender” from the comments) writer posted their story late the night before the embargo was to be lifted (no pun).

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Make sure someone is thinking about overarching plans around PR, marketing and sales and spends time crafting the right messages, understanding audiences and figuring out distribution channels. Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 9, 2010

Appozite , an Austin-based startup and the creators of CheapTweet , today announced the launch of its new professional Twitter analytics service, TweetReach Pro. For heavier users of the service such as marketing and PR firms, TweetReach Pro provides in-depth, cost-effective analytics to measure the success and reach of Twitter campaigns.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Consultant.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

certain number of customer intros, quotes for PR) and meetings on a pre-specified, regular basis. Target market advisory boards was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Other Austin companies here include Deed or Greed – deals & coupons site where users earn cash-back from purchases they and their friends make and then decide whether to keep that cash for themselves or donate it to their favorite cause – and LifeProof Cases , whose founders are announcing their products for phones and tablets today.

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ConversionXL

MAY 25, 2016

If I’m looking for tacos in Austin, I can be pretty sure Tacodeli is going to serve me a good one: Both types of user generated reviews are important. It’s essentially the same strategy PR professionals have been taught for years when it comes to bad press: get in front of the story, be honest, resolve the issue, and move on.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." When we build products, we use a methodology. For software, we have many - you can enjoy a nice long list on Wikipedia. Many of us are not accustomed to thinking about markets or customers in a disciplined way.

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