Skye Pillsbury on PodBites #GoLive #Interview

Today we are joined by Skye Pillsbury who is the main person behind the Inside Podcasting Newsletter. Skye began her career as a public relations professional. She worked at Niehaus Ryan Wong, helping to build the agency’s first “Internet” and “People and Technology” divisions. She directed the strategic public relations of over 10 clients, including Yahoo! before, during and after the company’s high-profile IPO. After leaving Niehaus Ryan Wong, Skye joined LinkExchange as a director of marketing. LinkExchange is a Sequoia-funded Internet start-up. Skye helped to generate enough “buzz” to attract the attention of Microsoft, who acquired the company one year later. At Microsoft, Skye managed a yearly budget of 20+ million and drove all strategic marketing activities. Eventually Skye returned to the PR agency world. She worked she worked for Eastwick Communications, and OutCast Communications. During her career as a publicist, Skye has garnered press coverage in numerous leading publications and media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNN, New York Times, NPR, Fortune, GQ, TechCrunch, San Francisco Chronicle and Rolling Stone Magazine. She has been on tour with clients on both coasts and around the country and has orchestrated hundreds and hundreds of media interviews. Recently, Skye jumped the fence from PR to writing; she now pens the Inside Podcasting newsletter for Inside.com and also produces a podcast which is called Inside Podcasting.