Seattle’s Spaceflight Industries Raises $20 Million to Accelerate Growth
Spaceflight Industries, a next-generation, integrated space products and services company and one of our clients at Communiqué PR, recently closed a $20 million Series B funding round co-led by New York City-based RRE Venture Capital and Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital with additional investment from Razor’s Edge Ventures. The funds, which validate the company’s pioneering role […]
LeoSat Hits the Satellite Industry Scene, Reveals Plans for a Global Data Network
As every PR pro can attest, one of the best parts of our job is supporting companies doing interesting, innovative things that make the world a better place for all of us. We recently had such an opportunity with our client LeoSat, a newcomer to the satellite industry devoted to bringing high-performance, cost-effective broadband service […]
Social Media: What’s the Frequency?
As a communications advisor to clients in the tech industry, I am frequently asked how to leverage social media as part of an integrated PR strategy. Clients are often curious to know when and how often they should post and what their content should look like. Many clients are also now starting to think about […]
PR is Cumulative
Patience is a virtue, especially when it comes to PR. When beginning work with a new client, there is an excitement in wanting to share their story with the world and, more specifically, with journalists who can help you share that story. However, with journalists receiving hundreds of pitches daily, cutting through the noise requires […]
Tech PR Haters Gonna Hate Hate Hate – and I’m Gonna Shake it Off, Shake It Off
I’ve been working with tech PR agencies for well over a decade now – enterprise/B2B clients mostly – so I was pretty bummed out when a friend in PR dramatically shared they’d “rather die” than do PR for “boring, geeky” tech clients. Come on now, why hate on the “geeky” tech companies? What have they […]
Point Inside Powers New Mobile Features for Target
This past week we had the opportunity to help our client Point Inside, the provider of a mobile shopper engagement platform for Top 100 retailers, announce a partnership with major retailer Target. Point Inside now powers new in-store mobile app features for guests at all 1,801 Target stores nationwide, including store-specific product search and location, […]
Smartsheet Introduces New Data Visualization Tool for Enterprises
This week has been a very exciting one for our client Smartsheet, a leading provider of a collaboration project management tool. On Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, Smartsheet announced its new tool, Workmap. Workmap allows users to visualize work and the various people contributing to it in Smartsheet. By breaking down the traditional organizational chart view […]
Point Inside Takes the Spotlight in Retail Innovation – Announcing Its Rapid Growth
It’s been an excitingly busy time for one of our clients, Point Inside, the provider of a mobile shopper engagement platform for Top 100 retailers. Point Inside’s StoreMode™ platform powers retailers’ branded apps with real-time, store-specific product search and location to help shoppers quickly find what they need in stores. We recently helped Point Inside […]
The Tech Boom & VC Influence: Why Seattle is the Next Silicon Valley
Quentin Hardy of The New York Times recently wrote a story that positions Seattle as the next tech capital, highlighting a trend that is changing the way people think about the Emerald City. For a city mostly known as the birthplace of Starbucks, the Seahawks and rain, a recent influx of Silicon Valley venture capital […]
Smartsheet Secures Another $35 Million
This week was an exciting one with the work for our client Smartsheet, a leading provider of a collaborative work management tool that we and 42,000 other businesses use every day. On Monday, May 5, 2014, Smartsheet, already well on its way to changing the way that enterprises work, announced it has secured another $35-million round […]