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Online Marketing Forum Internet marketing is a high priority for almost every business. Even if transactions aren’t completed online– they likely begin on line with a search. Join us for an important discussion on “What works” in online marketing. Save the date and we’ll be announcing our panel participants in the coming days. Join us at 6:00 PM for pizza and networking. We’ll start our formal presentation at 6:45 with a short lecture on the basics of online marketing. At 7:00 PM we’ll start our expert panel where you can get your online marketing questions answered. Whether your a small business owner, freelancer, or entrepreneur scaling a company you will find this to be a remarkably useful meeting. About the panelists: Dave Calibey is a co-founder and principal of BigThunk, a 4 year old Internet marketing company located in West Hartford, CT. Prior to that Dave worked for years as an eBusiness and Marketing executive in financial services. Dave has a varied backg...

10 Best PR Agencies for Startups Hiring PR agency is a significant step and challenge to any company, no matter its size and stage of growth. When it comes about PR-company for a startup one should tread especially lightly. No doubt, landing the right story in the right publication may expose you to the millions of eyes, but it is imprudent, to put it gently, to think of PR as a silver bullet ensuring a resounding success. Traditional PR approach requires system, consistency and large investments, which may prove lethal for a startup budget. No wonder, some insiders, PR-consultants included, discourage startuppers from hiring PR agencies. As J. J. Colao — founder of a PR agency and former Forbes magazine reporter — puts it, startups have not appropriate organization, bandwidth and stability to get through traditional PR campaign. Well, is taking PR agency on board is just a waste of resources for startups? Whatever experts might say there is no black-or-white answer to ...

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