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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Marketing Communications

Steve Blank

This is often a tough concept for engineering founders who believe that if we just tell customers about the features that make their product faster, cheaper, etc. Is could be print (newspapers/magazine), Internet (website, podcasts, etc.), Founders ask me all the time whether they should hire a PR agency. they’ll win.).

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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

Both Sides of the Table

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). When to start PR? It’s a continual process.

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What the Founder of Cheek’d Can Teach You About Startup Marketing

Up and Running

The growth of her startup is all due to her own efforts: “I wasn’t able to afford a PR firm. Once you’ve got that ready, you can begin writing to newspapers, magazines, editors, and journalists. You can also use websites like Help a Reporter Out, My Local Reporter, and ProfNet to do some easy PR outreach.

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How to use PR Firms at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

One of the most frequent questions entrepreneurs ask about when they raise a little bit of money or are getting close to launching their first product is whether they should hire a PR firm. PR is a process, not an event - For starters let me say that you shouldn’t do PR around milestones. There is one carve out.

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24 Entrepreneur Explain How They Come Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Simply gather a stack of old magazines and catalogs to create a mood board. When I had the idea for the company nearly 8 years ago, I told a former manager of mine at a different PR firm who was a bit of a mentor to me. I said I want to call it FischHook PR, like ‘hook' for a story' or something like that.

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Twitter Link Roundup #234 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

6 Suggestions for an Aspiring Startup Founder – crowdspring.co/1o6CzhV. Good look at the value of a founder’s time (with a useful spreadsheet) | by Marc Barros – crowdspring.co/1tNDFGJ. Startup founders reveal why their startups failed (free PDF book) – crowdspring.co/YtlN77. What Is a Font License?

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

@jack : Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is on Twitter as well, sharing updates from his work as the CEO of Square. dens : Co-founder and CEO of Foursquare Dennis Crowley gets personal on his Twitter account, sharing his interests in soccer and hidden urban art. MichaelDell : Follow Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell.

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