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How to Create an ESG Communication Strategy for Your Startup
As an investor, you may have heard about ESG, or environment, social, and governance, as it relates to criteria for investments or talking points for a business’s success and sustainability. As a startup founder or marketer, you may also know it as a new standard...
Why Your Tech Startup Needs PR
Many startup marketing professionals and founders wonder if PR is still relevant. After all, doesn’t social media occupy center stage, data analytics point out undiscovered opportunities and AI take the guesswork -- and even much of the labor -- out of selling to...
How to Communicate your Tech Startup’s Move to Austin
Moving to Austin from other leading tech markets like San Francisco and New York City is the latest trend for tech startups and major companies alike. It’s a great community for like-minded founders and makers with plenty of arts, culture, and outdoor appeal and...
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: PR Takeaways
When faced with a crisis, the clarity, consistency, accuracy, and speed of your messaging is more important than ever. When you apply it to a massive scale, like an international sporting event globally televised, in the midst of the all-consuming Covid-19 pandemic...
What PR should startups run between funding announcements?
Congratulations! Your startup just received its first round of funding. If you’ve just been seeded or made it through Series A, you’re on your way to big growth. Along the way, a good tech PR agency and a solid strategy are key to propelling you to more funding and...
How early should you start doing PR for your startup?
As a startup founder or marketer you know that PR is something you should eventually integrate into your brand’s communications strategy. But how early should you run a PR campaign? The short answer is, it’s never too early to start thinking about PR for your...
Tips for Improving DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) at Your Startup
As the founder or marketer of a startup, you know a thing or two about staying on top of trends and taking a problem and crafting an innovative solution. You may have thought DEI (or diversity, equity, and inclusion) was a buzzword that would lose steam after the...
In-person events are back: How to get ready for your event PR Initiative
If you don’t know, now you know: in-person events are back. As vaccination rates increase and Covid-19 infection rates decline, Americans and their businesses are ready to party like it’s 2019. If your startup is thinking of taking the jump back into in-person...
How VC investors should recommend tech PR firms to their funded startups
Venture capital investors are in a position to wield incredible influence over startups they help fund, especially the lead investor of a capital raise. Clearly they are counted upon for their financial support, which can be considerable. But they are also relied...
Four ways PR helps startups find new customers
Swyft has written extensively about how PR has evolved in recent years to help tech startups scale their growth. From increasing brand awareness and website traffic to assisting with revenue generating activities around the sales funnel such as sales enablement and...
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Why B2B SaaS CEOs Struggle with PR and Marketing
Many CEOs of B2B software companies, particularly ones with annual revenue less than $25 million, struggle to see the value of investing in a robust marketing program.
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