Want some PR? Get your social network start-up on Mashable!
Looking to make a splash with the launch of your social networking start-up?
Step #1: Get featured on Mashable
“Over the past few months, I’ve had the privilege of meeting many of our readers at our various events around the country. Without a doubt, the number one most frequently asked question at these events has been “how do I get my startup featured on Mashable?” While there is no secret sauce, I thought I’d take this opportunity to remind people what we’re looking for and why we choose to cover some startups and not others.
Your startup should:
- Be a cool product
- Fit into Mashable’s “coverage universe”
- Have not already been covered to death elsewhere
- Submit to our Startup Review series
- Personalize your pitch
- Be concise
- Come to our events
Your startup does NOT have to:
- Be overly complex
- Be venture funded
- Be friends with Mashable staff
- Have a PR firm
- Be a startup at all
Remember, we’re also entrepreneurs, and we want to help great startups get the word out and be successful. We depend on you as much as you depend on us, so please keep your news coming and we hope to see you at an event soon!”
Step #2: Get Featured on SocialNetworkingWatch.com
Send your story to “tips@socialnetworkingwatch.com” and address it to Mark Brooks.
Step #3: Go to the next Social Networking Conference in San Francisco, California
“Q: What is the Social Networking Conference?
Q: Who attends the Social Networking Conference?
A: Social Networking Conference is attended by the largest social networking owners and operators in the industry. In addition, software companies, telecommunication executives, mobile technology companies, marketing executives, payment processors, social networking “super affiliates” and other executives from Fortune 1000 companies attend the event. Click HERE to see the breakdown of delegates at previous event. The percentages are fairly consistent between all events.
Q: Why should I attend?
A: This is the forum for the social networking industry where business gets done. Social Networking executives negotiate with vendors. Venture capitalists meet with Social Community firms. Mergers and acquisitions originate at this event. Mobile telecommunication firms meet with online community owners. Sublicensing and affiliate arrangements are made. New technologies are debuted at the event and executives act on what they see. Marketing strategies are evaluated and the latest legal issues for the industry are also debated.
Q: What can I expect at the event?
A: Attending the Social Networking Conference will is certainly a different experience for most, if not all delegates. This is a serious business event and all delegates attending treat it as such. Business negotiations take place during networking sessions. The seminars at the event are designed to discusss new technologies as well as best tactics, methods and strategies for managers of social networking businesses to run their operations. Networking at the Social Networking Conference with other delegates, like yourself, has been found to be most productive in discovering new business opportunities. For this to work best for you, it requires that you will need to be assertive and introduce yourself to other delegates at the event.”
