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Public Relations Tips for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

To grow a business, most entrepreneurs know that they should be implementing PR strategies. But where do you start, and what are the best approaches to public relations for an entrepreneur? Jennefer Witter is the CEO and founder of The Boreland Group, which is a certified, woman-owned public relations agency in New York City.

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Who’s Doing the Learning?

Steve Blank

We had an almost identical conversation when the subject turned to hiring a Public Relations agency. I took a deep breath and said, “Look this is just like the channel consultant conversation. The conversation should be, “Here’s what we learned, but we know this is your expertise. Hiring PR Agencies.

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Who’s Doing the Learning?

Steve Blank

We had an almost identical conversation when the subject turned to hiring a Public Relations agency. I took a deep breath and said, “Look this is just like the channel consultant conversation. The conversation should be, “Here’s what we learned, but we know this is your expertise. Hiring PR Agencies.

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Twitter Link Roundup #77 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Facebook comments: Pros and cons for business – [link]. Bizarre to see agencies blaming clients for agencies’ failure to evolve their business models – [link]. helping Twitter-enable Charlie Sheen for a direct-to-fan conversation – [link]. Half Of U.S. 12-Year-Olds Are Facebooking – [link].

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 5: Customer Relationship Hypotheses

Steve Blank

This week they were testing one of the most confusing sections of a company’s business model – Customer Relationships - the activities used to “Get, Keep and Grow” customers in a physical or virtual (web or mobile) channel. Using the business model canvas, the changes to their business were obvious.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

I don’t have bandwidth to engage in substantial conversations on Twitter. . But I’m looking for the reverse business model: someone who will help me better grow and monetize my audience, comparable to traditional celebrity talent agents. I occasionally tweet out interesting content, about once daily on average. Hootsuite.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

The conversations usually go down the same path, ending with a you’re how old? At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about 20 – To Blend A Beautiful Business Model. 5 – Old Man Strength.