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Startup Public Relations – Do it Yourself

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. You need to do it yourself.

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You are the Best One to Build Your Startup Brand

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. You need to do it yourself.

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PR for a Startup Should Not Start With an Agency

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. You need to do it yourself.

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You are the Best One to Build Your Startup Brand

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I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. You need to do it yourself.

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

It is incumbent on management to create and sustain an environment that leads to hiring, encourages quality work, rewards effort and accomplishment, treats workers fairly, pays an equitable wage, provides for basic welfare, respects families, supplies adequate work flexibility, and, importantly, celebrates the work itself.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

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. At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks.

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Twitter Link Roundup #117 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Why Startups Shouldn’t Hire PR Firms – [link]. Obama Administration Comes Out Against SOPA And Protect IP – [link]. Pinterest Demographic Data: The Marketers Guide to People Who Pin - [link]. Facebook Now Earns 23% More Per Impression Than In Q1 2011 – [link]. Big Firms Try Crowdsourcing – [link].