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Hoverboards: The Hottest Item of 2015 — Literally.
You might remember these futuristic motorized boards from Back to The Future II. While they don’t exactly levitate over the ground, these two-wheeled, self-balancing scooters have become a huge hit over the past year.
Transitioning from College to Your First Job: The First 6 Months
During my first six months as a member of the BIGfish team, I’ve been immersed in the technology industry and experienced all the perks that come with working at a small PR agency. I’ve also learned a lot, both as a PR professional and as someone who’s working her first job out of college. For […]
BIGfish Named a Top PR Agency of 2015 by Clutch
Clutch, a B2B research and review firm that identifies top service and software companies in the technology and marketing industries, today announced that BIGfish was named a Top PR Firm of 2015. The research is based on over a dozen quantitative and qualitative factors, including company experience, client list, industry recognition, client reviews, and market presence. […]
Thank You To Our Fall PR & Copywriting Interns!
Here at BIGfish, there’s rarely a day that isn’t jam-packed with time-sensitive projects and an abundance of client work, but the fall season is especially busy. Our holiday gift guide pitching is in full swing, we’re busy gearing up for CES (more on that here), and coordinating three Taste of Iceland events that happen around […]
How to Survive (and Thrive) at CES
Ah December, a time filled with holiday cheer, New Year’s celebrations, rest and relaxation. That is, unless you work in the tech industry (i.e. tech PR – us; tech reporters; industry analysts; consumer tech companies; etc.), in which case, you’re most likely gearing up for CES happening Jan. 6-9, 2016. We’re still not sure why […]
The Coolest New Tech From Boston’s Top Universities
Boston has long been a frontrunner in the tech industry, home to innovators from all over the world. In fact, a 2014 study found that Boston has the second-largest tech industry in the nation, trumped only by Silicon Valley. The survey revealed a 5.2 percent job increase in tech jobs in Silicon Valley, with Boston […]
MacBook Startup Disk Almost Full? BIGfish Client TarDisk Has You Covered.
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] If you own a MacBook, you know one of the biggest problems faced is the dreaded, “startup disk almost full,” warning message. We’ve all seen it, and until recently, the only remedy was to search for large files and manually delete them or transfer them to an external hard drive where they’re no longer […]
Apps We Wish Existed (But Don’t)
All of us here at BIGfish Communications like to think we’re pretty tech savvy (as a tech PR company, that comes as no surprise). We all do some amount of work from our phones, using apps like Docs, Sheets and Sunrise. Some of us try to make our public transit commute easier with apps like […]
Boston’s NEW Waterfront: Bringing Innovation and Culture to The Hub
When you think of Boston, you probably picture walking along the cobblestone streets of Beacon Hill, tasting the delicious Italian food of the North End or hearing the roar from Fenway Park as you stroll down Queensbury Street. This is quintessential Beantown-some of the oldest and most historic neighborhoods in the city. They are what […]
Five Ways to Beat the Post-Summer Slump & Increase Your Productivity
The lowering temperatures and the shortening days (say it isn’t so!) signal just one thing: fall! And along with pumpkin spice lattes and new scarves comes a transition from relaxing summer vacations to the exciting rush of new tasks and projects in the office. Feeling out of focus? Here are five ways to increase productivity […]
MailChimp vs. Constant Contact: What is the Best Email Marketing Platform?
Even though we’re living in the age of social media, email is still the most-used tactic for small and medium-sized business marketing. For a business with thousands of email subscribers to a mailing list, an email marketing platform is necessary. I mean, who wants to send thousands of individual emails one by one? The answer […]
Think Local, Buy Local: How Boston is Quickly Becoming the Most Sustainable City in the Country
Sustainability, at its simplest and most fundamental level, is defined as “a city’s or country’s ability to sustain, or its capacity to endure.” But, in a world filled with one too many harmful fertilizers and pesticides, is it too late for cities to introduce sustainable food markets and implement successful environmental policies and programs? Is […]
The BIGfish Team’s Favorite Brookline Eats
There’s no denying that Boston has lots of delicious restaurants: Tavern Road, The Salty Pig and Bostonia Public House are a few of our personal faves, but on any given day, you’ll most likely find us at a local Brookline establishment grabbing lunch, celebrating a birthday or having a holiday party. Whatever the occasion, there’s […]
#fbf: Where Our Tech Public Relations Agency Got Its Start
While BIGfish’s current office space has been praised by Fast Company for its design, things didn’t start out that way. In fact, when the company was founded in 1999 by our fearless leader David Gerzof Richard, the space didn’t even have windows. But our upgraded, sunlit office isn’t the only mark of growth for this […]
Thank You to Our Summer PR & Copywriting Interns!
It’s hard to believe that it’s already the end of August; this summer has (sadly) flown by. Over the last several weeks, we’ve been wrapping things up with our two summer interns, Julia and Kelly. Julia, our PR intern, worked hard all summer long building media lists, contributing to the BIGfish Twitter account, tracking clients’ […]
WSJ, Fortune, LA Times – Oh My! BIGfish Client Ring Makes Major Funding Announcement
Today, BIGfish client Ring, inventor of the smart doorbell, announced the company raised $28 million in Series B funding to further its mission of reducing crime in communities. Sir Richard Branson (yes – the Sir Richard Branson), Shea Ventures and American Family Insurance led the round. True Ventures, Upfront and multiple angels, including Sky Dayton, […]