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• Be Cool in Crisis: Lessons From the Secret Service Scandal
  How a management team prepares for and manages a crisis is what sets a great business apart from a mediocre one. Here are a few steps key to PR success in the face of disaster.
• 6 Tech Themes To Watch
• Confident? You Might be Making This Huge Mistake
  A climber must make sure his strengths and weaknesses are perfectly aligned with the summit he's scaling. That's also true in business, which I learned the hard way.
• Stop "Keeping Up With the Joneses"
  Steve Cody explains why brands should stop copying and start innovating in this Inc. Magazine column.
• Why stand-up comedy is good for your business
  How one PR firm changed its culture through comedy and improv. Now, it offers comedy training to clients.
• Put the Humanity Back in PR
  Peppercom's Director of Digital Strategy Sam Ford discusses the importance of experiencing your brand from the audience's perspective.
• LendingTree names Peppercom AOR
  PR News
• Swap Jobs With Your Receptionist (Inc. Magazine Contribution by Steve Cody)
• Did Retailers Risk Damage To Their Brands Despite Hit Holiday Online Sales? (Fast Company Contribution by Sam Ford)
• Why Nobody is Talking About Your Company (Inc. Magazine Column by Steve Cody)
• Peppercom Shows How Stand Up Can Help a Business
  In the latest Inc. Magazine, Peppercom employees demonstrate how comedy is good for a business' bottom line. To read the complete article, click 'More Info.'
• Sam Ford in PRNews: Match Your Brand Promise to Your Brand Experience
• Where PR and EQ Collide: Walking the line between spin and substance
• Cocktail of Strong Media Relations and Tongue-in-Cheek Advocacy Boost T.G.I. Friday's Bartender Competition
  Check out this PR News profile to find out how Peppercom helped T.G.I. Friday's bring the World Bartending Championship to the next level. Click
• Sam Ford Featured on NPR's Marketplace
  LinkedIn IPO Heats Up
• PR News: PR Is Better at Social Media
• TEDxEast Explores How We Can “Tinker, Noodle, Obsess” to Unearth Innovations and Resolve Problems
• Breaking Down Advertising's Walls
• Heads or Tails: How to Raise the Odds of Being Recommended by Your Customers
• Managing a Crisis--and Becoming a Stronger Organization
• Dos and Don'ts
• O'Dwyer's: Ad Council Expands Vet PR Push
• Bulldog Reporter: Peppercom Picked by Whirlpool Corporation Mass Brands
• PRNewser: Spin the Agencies of Record
• Bulldog Reporter: Ad Council and PRSA Choose Peppercom to Implement Campaign
• PRNewser: Iraq & Afghanistan Vets of America Get Peppercom Pro Bono
• Ad Council taps Peppercom
• Firm Voice: Surviving 2009: Seven Management Lessons for Agencies from Past Recessions
  By Roxanna Guilford-Blake
• Firm Voice: Battle Market Doldrums
  By Roxanna Guilford-Blake
• What Do You Stand For?: 2009 - A Turning Point?
  By Kristian Darigan
• Entrepreneur: Alternative Places to Network
  By Jessica Chen
• Using Licensing to Generate Profits and New Revenue Streams for Clients
• Bulldog Reporter: Feel Good PR Stories a Bust? Coping with the Business Equivalent of a "Dear John" Letter
  By Steve Cody
• Bulldog Reporter: Planning for Critical Events in 2009: Digital Communications Key to Managing Today's Volatile Times
  By Jackie Kolek and Sam Ford
• Fast Company: Governing 2.0
  By Ellen McGirt
• PR News: Closing the Gap with the C-Suite: Digital Times Call for Digital Measures
  By Steve Cody, Jennifer Martin and Dale Durrett
• Planetdata: Surprise Attack -- Executing a Crisis Simulation Plan for the Unknown
  By PR News
• Firm Voice: What's Your Company's Digital Aptitude?
• Firm Voice: Seven Rules for Better Blogs: How to Create an Agency Blog that Drives Buzz and Business
  Firm Voice, September 17, 2008
• Bulldog Reporter's Daily Dog: What's Your Company's Digital Aptitude?
  Bulldog Reporter, September 9, 2008
• PR News: Surprise Attack: Executing a Crisis Simulation Plan for the Unknown
  PR News, September 8, 2008
• Bulldog Reporter: Peppercom Promotes Birkhahn to COO, Head of Client Services
• The Holmes Report: People News in Brief
  The Holmes Report, July 28, 2008
• BusinessWeek: The Fireside Chat vs. the Podcast
  BusinessWeek, JULY 17, 2008
• The Firm Voice: Digital Natives at the Gate
  BY: THE FIRM VOICE, JULY 9, 2008, MELINDA ZURICH
• The Bulldog Reporter: Ford Joins Peppercom as Director of Customer Insights
  BY: THE BULLDOG REPORTER, JUNE 12, 2008, BY: STAFF
• The Firm Voice: Peppercom Adds MIT Researcher as Director of Customer Insights
  BY: THE FIRM VOICE, JUNE 11, 2008, BY: STAFF
• The Bulldog Reporter's PR Agency News: Quick Takes
  BY: THE BULLDOG REPORTER, MAY 8, 2008, BY: STAFF
• The Bulldog Reporter: Not Easy Being Green: How PR Can Help Corporations Remove the Gray from Green
  BY: THE BULLDOG REPORTER, MAY 1, 2008, BY: ANN BARLOW
• How One Silver Bullet Can Cure The Measurement Blues
• Bayview Financial Selects Peppercom for Integrated Communications
• PEPPERCOM LAUNCHES MEASUREMENT TOOL DESIGNED TO PROVIDE VERIFIABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE OUTCOMES FOR CLIENTS
• Peppercom accelerates its growth heading into its second decade
• Peppercom Jumps on Measurement Bandwagon
  BY: PEPPERCOM JUMPS ON MEASUREMENT BANDWAGON
• Another NU Success Story
• Bayview Financial
• MOST EVENTS DON'T MEASURE UP SAY EVENT PROFESSIONALS
• The Donald Calls On Two Lumin Executives For Advice
• Pound the Pavement
• Peppercom names GM of SF office
• A New Ad Wrinkle: The Public Apology
• TIMES A CHANGIN
• Disney lawsuit lifts curtain on real-life Hollywood drama
• What Keeps Brand Execs Up at Night?
• The Holmes Report: Peppercom Selected for Ninja Turtles' Shell-abration
  BY: THE HOLMES REPORT, APRIL 21, 2008, BY: STAFF
• The Bulldog Reporter: Peppercom Tapped for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Marketing
  BY: THE DAILY DOG, APRIL 21, 2008, BY: STAFF
• Peppercom Gets Ink For SUV Push
• ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
• Events Endure
• People on the Move
• Closing the Gap' panel highlights the relationship between PR and legal
• PRWEEK PANEL TO FOCUS ON UNION OF PR, LEGAL ADVISORS
• How Vulnerable Are You?
• Peppercom Chosen as Finalist for PR Week's "Best Mid-Sized Agency of the Year" Award
• CNBC/Wall Street Journal
• AUTHORS TAKE PAINS TO REMEDY SALES ILLS
• Peppercom Picks Up National Work for the Doctors Company
• Marketing a PR firm is much the same as marketing a client
• Henkel in North America Chooses Peppercom To Support Corporate Communications Initiatives in the US and Canada
• Coalition Promoting Work-Life Balance Benefits Taps Peppercom
• Crisis Communications: On the Front Lines
• Pregnant Pause: Deciding When to Tell A New Boss You Are Expecting a Baby
• The Firm Voice: Steve Cody: Climbing Kilimanjaro is No Laughing Matter
  BY: THE FIRM VOICE, APRIL 16, 2008, BY: STAFF
• Financial Week: You've got to talk, talk, talk to your employees
  BY: FINANCIAL WEEK, APRIL 14, 2008, BY: GENE COLTER AND TED BIRKHAHN
• The Bulldog Reporter: To Lead the Digital Revolution, PR Must First Educate the C-Suite
  The Bulldog Reporter, April 3, 2008

Press Release

• Michael C. Fina Appoints Peppercom Agency of Record
• Funny, They Don’t Look Like Comedians
  Peppercom’s Comedy Experience featuring comedian Clayton Fletcher takes storytelling to the next level
• Peppercom Launches Audience Experience
• Peppercom Inc and Flagship Consulting form Strategic Alliance
• Bulldog Stars of PR Name Sam Ford Social Media Innovator of the Year
• Whirlpool Brand PR Campaign Wins Coveted Bronze Anvil Award
• Datapipe Reengages Peppercom as Agency of Record
• PEPPERCOM ACQUIRES H2O ASSOCIATES
• T.G.I. Friday’s® Restaurants Names Peppercom as Public Relations Agency of Record
• BBC Worldwide Retains Peppercom to Support In the Night Garden Franchise in the U.S.
• Tasty Bite Selects Peppercom as Agency of Record
• Peppercom Workshops: Smart, Strategic Solutions for Budget-Conscious Organizations
• What's Your Company's Digital Aptitude? New Tool From PepperDigital Holds the Answer
• Peppercom Promotes Ted Birkhahn to Chief Operating Officer, Head of Client Services
• Peppercom Adds MIT Researcher as Director of Customer Insights
• Peppercom Adds Two New San Francisco Clients to Its Roster