crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 3, 2015

When Texas was the Wild West of tech crowdspring.co/1MWygU7. How to Simplify SEO, PR, and Social Collaboration | Convince and Convert crowdspring.co/1H3u8Tt. Why It’s Better to Be a Big Fish in a Small Pond crowdspring.co/1IYm2Mh. Live From New York: Breaking Down The Enduring Impact Of SNL fastcocreate.com/3046884/live-f…. 1J8fAlR.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 27, 2016

I was a PR professional working for a large corporation and making plans to start my own PR company. But, something professional, something that could withstand the demands of a start up and hopefully life after in the competitive PR small business arena. Thanks to Shakeema Bouyer, The Queen’s English PR.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 5, 2013

But for every successful PR stunt that is launched by a wide-eyed marketing team, there are dozens of unsuccessful efforts littering the road. Here are 5 legendary examples of PR efforts gone horribly, terrible, awfully wrong. PR Destroyed It. Two trains were designated to travel around Texas to advertise the event.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 9, 2019

Giving back does more than promote goodwill and provide a PR win. For example, when the North Texas Food Bank and the Make-A-Wish Foundation moved into new spaces, we outfitted them with furniture, which meant significant money saved to be used on helping people instead of buying equipment. It can be a way of doing business.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 2, 2019

Representing numerous different aspects of the startup journey, speakers at the Austin Forum on April 9 include Gordon Daugherty (Capital Factory), Kirk Cesari (Cesari & Reed), Harold Ingersoll (Atchley & Associates), Mitch Jacobson (Austin Technology Incubator), Brian Lang (Profit Foundry), Jill Murphy (FBI), and Nicolia Wiles (PRIME|PR).

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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. Using biodegradable bubble wrap, the company’s PR company then donated it all to Oxfam to ship goods to Haiti after the country suffered the devastating 2010 earthquake.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 11, 2013

Small businesses and startups can often leverage PR to great effect and it is typically one of the most cost-effective ways to generate positive word-of-mouth, build awareness, and grow a nascent brand. The list of companies, politicians, celebrities, and athletes that fall victim to PR errors is long and getting longer.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 8, 2017

Even Uber’s ongoing PR nightmares haven’t significantly deterred its swift re-ascendency in River City. I’m hoping that RideAustin won’t suffer the same fate and that it can retain a portion of the Central Texas market.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 9, 2013

A post titled "Google Fiber’s next stop: Austin, Texas" appeared on the Google Fiber site at 3am the other day. People like GigaOm''s Stacey Higginbotham received invitations to a special event on Tuesday, and a local PR firm has been tasked with inviting local tech dignitaries. And it was promptly removed. Digital google fiber'

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Beauty brands relay on social media strategy as much as traditional PR! We successfully completed the grand opening for our new office located in Houston, Texas. We decided to ask them what their best business accomplishments as we head into the fall: #1 – Busy Season. Image Credit: Trina Albus. It was a busy summer for MAGENTA!

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Yes, you have good working knowledge of accounting, an idea of how to bring in sales leads, run a marketing and PR campaign, recruit people and build a great company culture, but that won’t help you build a product that customers want. Austin, Texas. We respect your anonymity feel free to directly email us. tips@techcrunch.com.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 13, 2014

We talked about what this could be: major PR to drive tenants to the site; signing a deal with a major landlord to greatly increase listings; a scheme to source listings at massive scale from public data–there are a lot of possibilities, but they didn’t have that element. Raising money'

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2019

All the important SEO tools that you need for paid traffic, social media, PR, and of course SEO. John, just a few years ago, my loyalty to Amazon was tested because up to that point, in Texas, they were not charging sales tax. Check it out at semrush.com/partner/ducttapemarketing , and we’ll have that in the show notes.

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Up and Running

MAY 24, 2017

One of the most well known is the SXSW event hosted each year in Austin, Texas, by Southwest Airlines. A PR pro will be able to field inquiries from the press, a salesman can best convert leads, a tech specialist can answer any technical inquiries—you get the idea. You want to bring team members that complement each other’s skills.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. I was working full-time for Bread & Butter PR, but the balancing act of being a single mother and working full-time for someone else was too much. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

I'm working with a PR/Communications gurus who is trying to focus me on a name, that when you hear it, it tells people what it is you are doing. Brad Friedman This post is extremely helpful and timely, as I am in the midst of struggling to come up with a name for a startup. Some of the things you mention I have done.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Then Raymond McGlamery pitched the O-Port , a guitar and drum accessory company based in Houston, Texas. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 27, 2017

You very rarely hear about this on blog posts or twitter, but when the pep rallies and PR-oriented speaking panels come to an end, it is there. VCs in this category vary in the level of sophistication with which they implement their “founder hostile” strategy.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

The PR story behind that trend — the way it gets sold — is that it’s about saving companies money. There is a mindset in parts of the startup world — and very much coming out of Silicon Valley — that promotes the idea that startup legal documentation should all be standardized and closed as fast as possible, with minimal fuss.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Marketing/Communications/PR. Advertising/Sales. Circulation/Audience Development. Art/Creative/Design. Finance/Accounting. Business Development. Web/Internet/IT/eMedia. Production/Printing/Manufacturing. Operations. Companys Focus. Association Publishing. B2B Publishing. City & Regional Publishing. Electronic Data Publisher. New Jersey.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

O-Port Then Raymond McGlamery pitched the O-Port , a guitar and drum accessory company based in Houston, Texas. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

O-Port Then Raymond McGlamery pitched the O-Port , a guitar and drum accessory company based in Houston, Texas. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

That means a slew of companies will be preparing to launch their new products or announcing their companies at the annual SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. ” I get asked many PR questions which is why I started this stream of posts on PR at Startups. I get asked often how to best launch at SXSW. You have $10,000 to spend.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

She is also a member of the Texas Women in Business, National Association of Professional Women, and Women Business Owners of Denton County. Press Inquiries – Melissa Cox, PR for Bookkeeper Girl | 469-288-2084 | melissa@ACLARUSme.com. ” – Sir Winston Churchill. Show Links. www.facebook.com/bookkeepergirl.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

It is not uncommon to see a team out of Utah, Texas or for that matter Finland with 8-10 developers build iPhone apps that get 10′s of millions of downloads and doing hundreds of millions of monthly page views. In addition it is much easier to get distribution than it was in the pre Facebook, pre iPhone world.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 17, 2022

Thanks to Megan Benedict, Friend of a Friend PR ! #9- Thanks to Shaun Connell, Texas Asset Protection ! #26- The more I learn and the more effort I put into my business, the greater the satisfaction of solving a problem is subsequently, every revelation is more rewarding, and every sale is that much sweeter. 26- Being a Leader.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Value propositions are vital for small business marketing when it comes to PR and media relations, to maximize public exposure and gain market influencer buy-in…not to mention credibility and customers. Before you can execute a solid PR campaign, composing value propositions as part of your overall messaging and positioning is a must.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Maggie Kravchuk , Rubenstein, PR. Maggie Kravchuk has had work experience on social media brand management and now works for Rubenstein PR. Bao Nguyen is the Social Media Coordinator for Amazing.com , a technology education company headquartered in Austin, Texas. . Tina Chan, Social Media Manager, GEECL. Tool 12: ShareTally.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I started my PR and marketing firm since I love startups and want to give them a chance to grow. We live in Texas, one of the 14 deregulated energy states in the US and one of the most successful states in terms of support for electricity choice by customers. Thanks to Mikko Honkanen, Vainu ! #17- 17- To help start-ups.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

Many franchise systems who receive support from our sister company, iFranchise Group — a premiere franchise consulting group — would ask where could they find services in PR, SEO, and website development. And oftentimes, they would be paying for separate services at separate companies, spending more money than they should.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 17, 2015

The Gun-Toting Ladies Of Texas, In Pictures bit.ly/1DKg13E. Free App Friday: 5 Tools To Increase Your Efficiency bit.ly/1NactMF. Thinking mobile keeps innovation bubbling at Coca-Cola – Mobile Marketer – Software and technology bit.ly/1Ita2kY. Who Is To Blame For California’s Drought? Would You Let the I.R.S.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2019

I saw five years ago that the traditional form of marketing and PR was going the way of the dinosaur if digital weren’t a huge component and direction of the business offering. Over 15 years ago, I owned an eBay franchise store in south Texas that failed miserably. Why digital marketing? I started my business on accident.

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