Bateman wins Kick Apps account San Francisco, August 20, 2007 by Aarti Shah NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO: KickApps has selected the Bateman Group as its AOR following a competitive review of several PR agencies in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The agency’s responsibilities include corporate positioning and brand development, communications counsel, media and blogger relations, and grassroots efforts targeting Web developers. The account team will be split between San Francisco and New York. KickApps is a hosted platform that lets publishers, brands and marketers apply social media functionality directly on their websites.