The PR Group blog: February 2015

27 February, 2015

The newest member of The PR Group. prepping to look after all the journos and VIPs at the Tomato Battle Melbourne - introducing Boof Byrne.

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26 February, 2015

The Secrets Of Women Running Billion-Dollar Companies

Great article featuring inspirational woman leaders (and clients) Julia Hartz of Eventbrite and Adi Tatarko of Houzz, sharing secrets to running billion dollar companies

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Carsguide.com.au partners with Uber to celebrate Mardi Gras with 'MardiCars' - mUmBRELLA

mUmBRELLA covered the new CarsGuide.com.au Mardi Car campaign, offering Sydneysiders free Uber rides during the Mardi Gras and donating $10 for each ride to Aurora Group (LGBT) charity.

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Congratulations Lauren Williams CEO CarsGuide.com.au named Emerging Leader in the Private Sector at the Women's Agenda Awards

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Feb 27-March 1: Relaxed Racing with Yellowglen, Tomato Battle and Cycle Collective - candyhertz.com

On The List Melbourne featured Tomato Battle in its weekly wrap of the best events to check out this weekend.

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25 February, 2015

Ability for players to feel

Channel 7 News gets up and close with The Realm System and takes the technology for a test-drive, to experience what gamers can look forward to in the not too distant future.

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24 February, 2015

This startup hopes to disrupt Australia's $750 million self-storage market and it's already had...

“We’re revolutionising the way people store items they do not need to use on a daily basis."

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The Herald Sun speaks to Tomato Battle co-founder, Rob Caponga about why you should join in on Melbourne's messiest food fight this weekend.

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Tomato Battle | Nova 100

Nova 100 have featured this weekend's Tomato Battle on their events page. We hope to see you at Flemington Racecourse this Saturay for bands, beers, a dj and an epic food fight.

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Are you exposed? A global economy means currency volatility affects almost all businesses

Are you exposed? A global economy means currency volatility affects almost all businesses according to OzForex

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Video games meet resistance training

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Realm System Preview - CNET

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Rocket Internet increases Australian push with 'Uber of self storage' SpaceWays

The 'Uber of self storage,' SpaceWays launches in Australia today

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23 February, 2015

Seth Shapiro - Multi-Screen Engagement 2015

Want to know the secrets behind the Emmys, Streamys and Oscar Award Winners? Check out XMediaLab Multi Screen Engagement Event with two-time Emmy® Award winner, USC Professor and Television Academy Governor Seth Shapiro, March 30-31 2015.

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8 ways to ensure festival goers have a top experience at the gate - The Nibbler

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19 February, 2015

The best home designs for 2015 revealed

The Sydney Morning Herald - smh.com.au Life & Style featured the Best of Houzz - the top homes in Australia from Houzz

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Melbourne BattleHack: developers compete to build apps in 24 hours

Put a bunch of software developers in a dark, well-equipped computer room, give them free food, and you've got the makings of a hackathon @braintree PayPal

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World's First 3D Force Gaming Tech Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on Kickstarter

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The Aussie creation that lets you ‘feel’ video games:

Today 'The Realm System' kickstarter campaign launches with the aim to raise $150k and bring the first-of-a-kind technology brought to market.

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Security, local presence important when choosing a cloud provider: survey

BrennanIT Australia reveals 'what SMEs want when it comes to Cloud providers' in their annual Cloud survey.

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The best interior design and architecture from around Australia

The best interior design and architecture in Australia is recognised in The Best of Houzz awards, as seen on Daily Mail Australia

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17 February, 2015

Don't go Broke Trying to Find Work

CareerOne CEO Karen Lawson looks at innovative ways to find work, such as VFAIR (16-26 March): http://ift.tt/1zJOGWR

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AvePoint partners with Brennan IT to enable comprehensive enterprise collaboration across...

BrennanIT Australia brings enterprise collaboration service to Australia.

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LawPath Beta Subscription

Buy legal from LawPath like you buy Amazon - cloud subscription to unlimited legal docs & lawyers' advice for introductory price of $19/mo. Only 103 spots left before it becomes $49/mo #startup

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16 February, 2015

Is Tomcar planning to extend its reach beyond the "all terrain" niche it plays in? - Startup Daily

Is Tomcar planning to extend its reach beyond the “all terrain” niche it plays in? #tomcar #ATV #cars #manufacturing #startup

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Tomato Battle | Beer. Bands. Tomato Fight.

We cannot wait to see New Gods, Castlecomer and Some Blonde DJ at Tomato Battle Melbourne. Do you have your tickets?

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Saasu Automates Foreign Currency Payments with OzForex

A much easier way to pay foreign bills - thanks to OzForex linking up with Saasu

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14 February, 2015

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13 February, 2015

A guide to get you through Valentine’s Day | The New Daily

Vinomofo, eatnow.com.au, HotelQuickly and YumTable are Valentines Day apps for the last minute lover via The New Daily.

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Houzz Careers: Find a Job at Houzz

Know a great PR student looking for their next challenge? Houzz are looking for a PR and community intern for a six month paid position at their beautiful Surry Hills, Sydney office. Full details here: http://ift.tt/1CkMxFz

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Houzz

Houzz has been named the 11th most innovative company of 2015 by Fast Company, who highlighted that their revenue model is so strong because its revenue streams grew out of customer demand.

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"Learn To Cook The Paleo Way" with Pete Evans, Luke Hines + special guests (Melbourne)

Chef Pete Evans presents The Paleo Way tour, tomorrow at the Melbourne Town Hall. Following up his 2014 sold out tour, the celebrity chef will presents realistic and affordable ways of living The Paleo Way. Tickets include access to Evan's year long diet and fitness guide.

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12 February, 2015

Buyers are seeking safer alternatives to standard quad bikes - Agriculture - General - News -...

David Brim from Tomcar spoke with Stock and Land about the switch to safer all-terrain vehicles

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Last-minute ways to celebrate Valentine's Day if you haven't planned anything yet

Haven't made plans for Valentines Day yet? HotelQuickly has you sorted! Sarah Megginson - Author & Editor shares her top last-minute ideas via SheKnows.

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11 February, 2015

Tomcar hires ex-Toyota engineer

Australia's hottest startup Tomcar has hired ex-Toyota executive program manager to its team. Watch this space as Tomcar continues to reinvent safety and performance for ATVs

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A David and Goliath story of the Australian car classifieds industry, and why being bold is the...

To be a challenger it takes guts. CarsGuide CEO opens up about her David and Goliath strategy and key to success #carsguide #cars #startup #auto

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HotelQuickly

Great competition from Hotel Quickly and Uber in the lead up to Valentines Day <3

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Renovation rescue for the Hardaker family Pt 2

Milan Direct donated furniture to the Hardaker family, who lost their loving husband and devoted father Mark in a boating tragedy in Fiji last year. A Current Affair set out to help the family and brought together a team of volunteers and retailers to build and fit out a new home for the family in Toongabbie.

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Lifehacker Australia spoke to the Appliances Online Australia blimp pilot for their 'Odd Jobs' column. http://ift.tt/1C8OIcy

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Press Release: OzForex powers currency solution for Saasu cloud accounting software

Foreign invoicing a hassle? Thanks to OzForex partnering with Saasu, you can now trade in over 50 currencies directly from your cloud accounting software

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09 February, 2015

Five ways your SME can mitigate the risks of a volatile Australian dollar

Will Shepherd from OzForex gives advice on protecting your business from the plummeting Australian dollar

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06 February, 2015

From Dodo to data: How a job at a telco startup inspired Tristan Sternson to build his $20...

How Tristan Sternson of InfoReady's job at a telco startup inspired him to build a $20 million data analytics business, via SmartCompany.com.au

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Beauty expert disrupting brick and mortar with online moves

Dynamic Business spoke to CEO and Founder of Adore Beauty about disrupting the beauty industry and how to stand out in the crowded community of online retailers.

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Here are 17 Australian startups that had a cracking 2014

Business Insider Australia profiles 17 startups that had a great 2014, including clients Vinomofo, InfoReady and Invoice2go

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05 February, 2015

How to complain at a restaurant

Levi Aron from YumTable gives his tips on how to complain at a restaurant #dining

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You won’t takeaway our market share: Menulog and Eatnow merge against offshore threat

Australia’s two largest online takeaway food ordering businesses, eatnow.com.au and Menulog have merged in a pre-emptive strike against multinational entrants, via BRW

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04 February, 2015

Top business workforce trends for 2015

Clients @careerone and @elance @odesk share their predictions on what will be on-trend in the corporate world in 2015

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03 February, 2015

Inside Tomcar Australia

You can go anywhere in a Tomcar... yep, anywhere. Think we're lying? Check out this video #freedom #ATV #automotive #offroad #adventure

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Car websites in row over ambush marketing taken ‘too far’

“Our job is to champion the consumer and create more transparency for car buyers and sellers. And we have only just begun”

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