Episode Spotlight
Sometimes it can be intimidating and discouraging to compete against
large organizations with a minimal startup budget. Don’t despair; we’re
helping you remove these barriers to entry for your startup business!
To
help you promote your business, products or services through public
relations, we’ve teamed up with PR Newswire and Rembrandt
Communications to help you obtain publicity for your business on a
startup budget. Melanie Rembrandt, our media relations and writing
expert, joins us this week on StartupNation Radio to share some PR
tips. Melanie will also introduce the new PR packages for your press
release writing and distribution needs.
Listen in to
find out how to build credibility for your business and learn how to
obtain good publicity on a shoestring budget, which will strategically
help you grow your business!
Learn more about the PR Starter Kit.
About Melanie Rembrandt
Melanie Rembrandt is a true, StartupNation success story! After working
directly with the StartupNation team for several years, she decided to
take all the wise wisdom from the Sloan brothers and start her own
business, Rembrandt Communications, LLC.
Melanie is an
experienced copywriter and public relations consultant – she uses her
expertise to help organizations nationwide increase sales and brand
awareness cost-effectively. She specializes in small business and
focuses on health, technology and entertainment. Melanie has helped
her clients obtain coverage in major media venues such as: The New
York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Detroit Free Press,
The Chicago Tribune, Fortune Small Business, Inc., Entrepreneur, CNN,
Business First Television, eBay Radio, eWomen Network Radio , and
many others. She is a member of The Public Relations Society of
America, The American Writers and Artists Institute, The International
Association for Human Resource Information Management Editorial Board,
The Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association, and The American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
When she
is not pitching the media, Melanie enjoys scuba diving, fencing,
singing, and teaching people how to move via tap, jazz and ballet-dance
lessons.
About PR Newswire
Now in
its 52nd year, PR Newswire Association LLC (http://www.prnewswire.com)
provides electronic distribution, targeting, measurement and broadcast
services on behalf of some 40,000 corporate, government, association,
labor, non-profit, and other customers worldwide. Using PR Newswire,
these organizations reach a variety of critical audiences including the
news media, the investment community, government decision-makers, and
the general public with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news
developments.
Established in 1954, PR Newswire has
offices in 11 countries and routinely sends its customers' news to
outlets in 135 countries and in more than 40 languages. Utilizing the
latest in communications technology, PR Newswire content is considered
a mainstay among news reporters, investors and individuals who seek
breaking news from the source. PR Newswire's leading services include
ProfNet Experts(SM), eWatch(TM), MEDIAtlas(TM), Search Engine
Visibility (SEV), MediaRoom, MediaSense(TM) and MultiVu(TM). PR
Newswire is a subsidiary of United Business Media plc of London.