It’s no secret that there’s a talent war in Silicon Valley, and an increasing number of companies in the Bay Area specifically point out that one of biggest problems is recruiting and keeping “A” talent. Startups have more cash than ever to increase salaries, up benefits and even bring in superstars for company-only activities — [...]

I had the pleasure of watching Bateman Group’s CEO and Founder Fred Bateman participate in a panel discussion at the PR Summit Conference last week. In addition to Fred, the diverse group of panelists included Harry McCracken, technology editor from Time Magazine, Gerard Francis Corbett, chair and CEO of PRSA and Teresa Rodriguez, president of TangoDiva. Y’Anad Burrell of Glass House Communications moderated the discussion.

It has been interesting to watch the Facebook IPO unfold. When the stock hit the Nasdaq trading floors last Friday, I was in Tokyo for a friend’s wedding. I didn’t really feel the effects of the IPO madness until I came back to the office on Monday, sorted through emails and watched the stock drop [...]

The latest installment of the Bateman Buzz Meter for May 2012, our ranking of recent newsworthy events based on PR and Social Media effectiveness. As always, comments welcome!

To say that 2011 was a big year for the media, technology and PR industries would be a huge understatement. We saw LinkedIn’s IPO, the firing of Michael Arrington from TechCrunch, the firing of Carol Bartz from Yahoo!, the launch of Google+, the unfortunate passing of Steve Jobs and much, much more. Here are some [...]

Some people say the news embargo is dead. I say there is a time and a place for everything. Case in point: On Monday, Facebook launched its long-awaited and lusted after iPad app. A funny thing happened at around 4 p.m. ET that day: a flood of stories on the new app popped at exactly the same time.