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. Continue reading “Hoverboards: The Hottest Item of 2015 — Literally.”
Month: December 2015
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 those of you preparing to take the leap from college to “real” adulthood, the BIGfish team put together some of our most helpful advice on how to put your best foot forward at your first job. Continue reading “Transitioning from College to Your First Job: The First 6 Months”
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. Check out our complete company profile on Clutch here: https://clutch.co/profile/bigfish-communications. Other firms recognized by Clutch include: Bateman Group, Marketing Maven, Pinkston Group, EMSI Public Relations, TrizCom PR, Blanc and Otus, Taylor & Company, MediaSource, Sonata Venture Solutions. Continue reading “BIGfish Named a Top PR Agency of 2015 by Clutch”
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 the country, among a variety of other projects for all of our clients. Because we’re so busy, we heavily rely on our PR and copywriting interns to help out with some important projects – building media lists, writing pitches (and sending them, too!), publishing articles on Iceland Naturally and assisting with social media – just to name a few. Continue reading “Thank You To Our Fall PR & Copywriting Interns!”
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 they decide to pack it in so close to the holidays, but that’s just the world we’re living in. The tech PR life didn’t choose us, we chose the tech PR life.
For those who aren’t aware, CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, is an internationally recognized, massive (no really, last year 170,000 people attended) annual trade show, showcasing the best of the best in, yup, you guessed it – the consumer electronics world. It may only be 96 hours long, but trust us, it’s a whirlwind full of press events, booth meetings, keynotes, conferences and more. Continue reading “How to Survive (and Thrive) at CES”
