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

Up and Running

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. I start off with this question: What is public relations?

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Startup Public Relations – Do it Yourself

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. Here is a list of ways that you can use public relations to benefit your startup, even before it is started: Make yourself a spokesman for your domain. You need to do it yourself.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. Diversity is generally only an issue in large organizations, and if your startup is that large, investors will definitely be nervous. Chief Risk Officer.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. Diversity is generally only an issue in large organizations, and if your startup is that large, investors will definitely be nervous. Chief Risk Officer.

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6 Cost-Cutting Recommendations For New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

For startups, social media and color printers have essentially replaced the need for external public relations and marketing services. It never happened in any time frame I can remember, and it definitely won’t happen today. With Google, you get all the storage you need in the cloud for free.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

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The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. Diversity is generally only an issue in large organizations, and if your startup is that large, investors will definitely be nervous. Chief Risk Officer.

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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. But simply jumping in is not enough. Producing weak, unfocused, or unhelpful content.