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Interesting recommendation to hire a PR firm. I guess if you have $17M in cash and an audience that still pays attention to traditional PR, that's a justifiable
by aditya 18y ago
Interesting recommendation to hire a PR firm. I guess if you have $17M in cash and an audience that still pays attention to traditional PR, that's a justifiable expense...
- pxlpshr 18y agoA good PR firm works to maintain a very personal and trusting relationship with major news outlets, including the popular blogs and web presences. While there are a lot of bad PR firms out there you should avoid, a good firm is extremely valuable and should be included in your marketing strategy once the product has shown life. However, most likely your first year (or two) you'll be able to handle a fair amount of the basic PR work yourself. Here's a good blog post from Josh Dilworth who works with a lot of tech startups. http://joshdilworth.com/post/68998214/what-the-heck-is-pr-anyway http://joshdilworth.com/post/68998214/what-the-heck-is-pr-an...
- alain94040 18y agoWe just had a discussion on PR firms that pretty much settles it in my opinion (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=462493 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=462493). How can I include it in this thread? Hyperlinks are just not as efficient as some cute Ajax inlining...
- sireat 18y agoYou don't need 17M in cash to use a PR firm. If you haven't read it yet: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html Question remains how does one find a good PR firm, these days a bad(read overzealous) PR firm could do a quite a bit of damage.