TechCrunch Newsflash: “Avoid PR”
Today I received an email from one of the PR pros in our AirPR community with the headline you see here (TechCrunch Newsflash: “Avoid PR”) as her email subject. This was her opening line: “TechCrunch is having a serious identity…
5 Journalist Pet Peeves To Avoid
I met Jeremy Seth Davis approximately five years ago. Well, technically I “e-met” him when he shot me a very kind, never-before-experienced, email applauding a news release headline I had recently written. He had caught a glimpse of it when…
How to Score a PR Homerun: Interview with ESPN’s Chris Sprow
The following interview was conducted by AirPR’s Director of Product, Rebekah Iliff. In addition to her role at AirPR, she is a technology/startup blogger for The Huffington Post and has recently been a featured columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Young Entrepreneur.”…
5 Ways Technology Has Impacted PR for Better or Worse
The following blog post was written by AirPR’s Director of Product, Rebekah Iliff. In addition to her role at AirPR, she is a technology/startup blogger for The Huffington Post and has recently been a featured columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Young…
PR Controversy: Bees in the Bonnet
After the funding announcement on TechCrunch, we had some interesting reactions (to say the least) to our news. Below are our top 5 favorite tweet-threads from the launch. What is it they say? All press is good press? Stephanie Smirnov…
Word on the Street: AirPR Announces $1 Million Funding
Three weeks ago, AirPR announced $1 million in funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Correlation Ventures, and 500 Startups. A number of angel investors also contributed to the startup’s seed financing, including Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital) and Thomas Lehrman, Co-founder…