Posts Tagged ‘Rod McLeod’

Daft Punk Album Launch Already a Big Success

Today, Daft Punk, the French electro duo known for producing hits such as “One More Time” and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” released a preview of the group’s new album “Random Access Memories” via iTunes; the full album will be released next week. While this may seem like a tiny announcement in the lead up to [...]

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Leveraging Internet Memes to Promote Your Company – Harlem Shake Edition

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 — [...]

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#FollowFriday: Introducing the @bg_enterprise Twitter Channel

Bateman Group launches a new enterprise technology focused Twitter channel: @bg_enterprise.

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OH NO YOU DIDN’T! Part 2: Media Behaving Badly

This is Part Two of a two-part series entitled: OH NO YOU DIDN’T!, or stories of media and bloggers behaving badly told from the PR person’s perspective.

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Facebook Not Being Transparent? The Irony!

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 [...]

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Goldman/Blankfein’s Crisis Communications Dilemma

Disclosure: My younger sister works for a large investment bank and my alma mater is an investment banking factory. When I was younger, my father once told me that a man’s reputation was important, because a man’s reputation will be the only lasting memory of that person when he dies. Luckily for Goldman Sachs, the [...]

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