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_RonBates

  1. Confidential Retained Executive Search: SVP Engineering, Design, and Technology (+$3B business) executive-advantage.com/Conf_SVPEDT
  2. Retained Executive Search: Flextronics - Sr. Dir. HR Business Partner - $30B Client: executive-advantage.com/FLEX_SDHRBP
  3. Retained Executive Search: VaporStream, Inc. - CEO - Worldwide Electronic Messaging Marketplace: bit.ly/s3spwS
  4. New Retained Executive Search: Synechron, Inc. - Director, Enterprise Sales executive-advantage.com/Synechron_DES
  5. New Retained Executive Search: Flextronics International - SVP & Treasurer - $30B client: bit.ly/n0NkRg
  6. Google+ attracts 25 mln visitors - comScore. Will it differentiate itself in a meaningful way? in.reuters.com/article/2011/0…
  7. Creativity doesn't necessarily mean originality. Nice Forbes #InnovationTip article by Andy Boynton blogs.forbes.com/andyboynton/20…
  8. 5 ways to bolster your authority. Interesting FastCompany.com #lLeadershipTip article. fastcompany.com/1762069/elimin…
  9. 5 ways #marketing can build an army of brand advocates. Nice AdAge.com article by Malcolm Faulds goo.gl/7LHHx
  10. 21 reasons that brilliant ideas go belly-up. Nice #leadership #innovation article by @berkun goo.gl/ykGys
  11. "The Best Figure-Outers Win" Nice #leadership #innovation article by @dennisstauffer goo.gl/vzH5i
  12. Can Viral Be Bought? Poof, magic - your product video just got a million hits on YouTube. Colby Hamilton AdWeek article http://ow.ly/5eVMT
  13. "5 Things All Digital Marketers Should Know About Audience Targeting" Nice Clickz.com article by @robwgraham http://ow.ly/58HYz
  14. And then there's being too creative. "#SocialMedia Job Titles Get Creative" http://ow.ly/55xCG
  15. How to Know If Your #SocialMedia Is Paying Off (nice CBS BNET.com article by @David_Rogers) http://ow.ly/54JuL
  16. 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Managers (best comment: This would be much funnier, if it was not so accurate...by TomRI) http://ow.ly/54zq9
  17. It was a big day for #SocialMedia with the initial success of the #LinkedIn IPO: http://ow.ly/4YN40
  18. Thanks for the Tweet @KenHerron RE: my brief @CNN interview commenting on the #LinkedIn upcoming IPO http://ow.ly/4XSzB
  19. If you miss my brief @CNN interview regarding the upcoming #LinkedIn IPO (airs today + tomorrow) view it here: http://ow.ly/4XSoZ
  20. What will 1 million Facebook fans bring you? Big Facebook followings don't necessarily mean big buzz, study finds: http://ow.ly/4WUqn