Small Business Owners, Startups Focus of New Online Course

Public Relations for Beginners Features 1-on-1 Mentoring, Free Communication Audit

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- A new online course helping small business owners and startups reach prospects, customers, and investors quickly and easily is now available from Innovative Public Relations. Award-winning public relations coach, consultant, and trainer Dave Menzies is teaching the two-week course, “Public Relations for Beginners” for entrepreneurs to build and execute their very own PR programs.

“This course teaches the fundamentals of getting in front of large target audiences with a business or organization’s value proposition to gain an unfair advantage over competitors,” Menzies explained.

Public Relations for Beginners incorporates two conference calls with Menzies, downloadable materials such as Essentials of a PR Toolkit, written feedback on participant homework such as participant PR plans, and one-on-one mentoring with Menzies via email throughout the course.

Participants signing up for the course by March 9, 2018 will receive a free communication audit of their existing or planned business outreach efforts (website, advertising and marketing materials, social media, PR) by Menzies featuring a customized report, Roadmap for Success.

Registration is available online at http://www.innovativeprnc.com/product/publicrelationsforbeginners/

Dave Menzies is an award-winning PR coach, consultant and trainer. He is President of Innovative Public Relations, serving established businesses and startups in the pharmaceutical, government, defense, homeland security, biometrics, engineering, general technology, software, health care, biotechnology, law, retail and nonprofit sectors among others. For more information visit www.innovativeprnc.com.

Wilmington PR Coach, Consultant, and Trainer Hosting Free Webinar November 16

Dave Menzies, President, Innovative Public Relations

Innovative Public Relations President Dave Menzies Helping Entrepreneurs and Startups Build Buzz, Get in Front of Customers

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Award-winning public relations coach, consultant, and trainer Dave Menzies is hosting a free webinar November 16 to help entrepreneurs and startups learn how to build buzz and get in front of customers. Build Your Business with PR will lay-out what young businesses need to do to rise above competitors and be the main attraction in a crowded marketplace.

“How Can I Do PR?” Mini Webinar Available for Entrepreneurs, Startups and Small Business Owners

Discounts, Signups Extended for Innovative Public Relations Do-it-Yourself Online PR Program

CARY, N.C. -- Innovative Public Relations (www.innovativeprnc.com) has published the free instructional video “How Can I Do PR?” taken from a webinar for the course PR101 - Foundations launching this month. The video and webinar are part of an online training program to give entrepreneurs and small business owners an unfair advantage over competitors by implementing an effective professional public relations (PR) program. The video outlines core elements of a do-it-yourself PR plan to leap-frog competitors in a crowded marketplace and attract eager investors, pre-qualified customers and talented employees. The PR101 - Foundations course details how public relations is the most cost-effective form of outreach with the highest return on investment for startups and established businesses alike to get their products and services in front of target audiences.

Entrepreneurs, Startups Can Design their Very Own PR Plans - David Menzies 919-274-6862

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Innovative Public Relations (www.innovativeprnc.com) is launching an online training program to give entrepreneurs and small business owners an unfair advantage over competitors. The new PR101, PR201, and PR301 courses will give participants working knowledge of how to develop and maintain an effective professional public relations (PR) program to leap-frog competitors in a crowded marketplace and attract eager investors, pre-qualified customers and talented employees.

PR101 - Foundations

Understanding what public relations (PR) is — and what it is not — is essential to success. This course will explain the difference and relationship between PR, marketing, and advertising, in addition to introducing the tools and methodologies that make up a professional PR plan. PR101 incorporates two webinars and a conference call, featuring live interaction with award-winning professional communicator and President of Innovative Public Relations David Menzies (including written feedback on participant materials). Supporting documentation is emailed to registered participants, and each webinar is archived for 90 days in a password-protected area for exclusive access at a later date.

Length of program: 3 weeks
Start date: July 10, 2017

3 Keys for Entrepreneurs in Public

by David Menzies

For entrepreneurs, especially for those bootstrapping their startups, getting a huge return on investment for every effort is essential to success. Most new business owners keep this in mind for the vast majority of their business operations.

But what about maximizing your R.O.I. for being in public?

Your public persona is your brand, and how you promote and manage your brand can make or break you with important stakeholders like prospects, customers, investors, employees, strategic partners and others. Each and every time you step out of the office and head into a public setting, you are representing your business.

With this visibility brings opportunities.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development Welcomes New Directors

DURHAM, N.C. -- The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED), the largest and longest-running entrepreneurial network in the nation, today announced its 2017-2018 Board of Directors. The Board will support CED’s mission to propel emerging North Carolina companies into highly successful businesses. In order to strengthen and grow North Carolina’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, CED provides resources and services to help high-growth, high-impact companies gain traction and scale.


The Board unanimously elected Stephen Fraser, co-founder of Spoonflower, as its Chair. Fraser will take over for Richard West, CEO of Baebies, Inc., who served as Board Chair last year.

*NEW! Bury the competition under a landslide of publicity you create yourself with online PR courses from Innovative Public Relations. PR101 starts July 10 -- enrollment is now open, click here for details*