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Conversations don’t scale

Conversations don't scale

Don’t be fooled.

If somebody that’s following you on Twitter follows 10,000 other people, don’t expect to have a meaningful tete-a-tete with them. And if you’re following 1,000 people on Twitter, don’t even pretend that you will notice half the stuff they are saying.

Is SEO dying a slow death?

Is SEO dead?

It’s almost trite to say that you need to be found and ranked highly by Google. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is very important. Many of even the slowest moving parts of the traditional media and marketing sectors industries, like PR and…

5 Steps down the magic middle road to good blogger relations

What Katie Wore When She Wore Where

We all know how important publicity is, especially for a new company without brand recognition. But in the current media climate – do you know how to get it? Ah yes, bloggers are a sure fire way to get good targeted eyeballs. But have you tried approaching them? …

Don’t give me an ad, give me something fun or useful

Don't give me an ad, give me something fun or useful

These days, everybody in the marketing and advertising industry is talking about giving people ‘experiences’, rather than shouting at them with advertising messages. Or at least the smart segment of ‘everybody’ is talking about it…

Experiential marketing not the same as PR stunts

Experiential marketing not the same as PR stunts

A few years ago I had a chuckle when a friend of mine and co-founder of Cow Africa – Donald Swanepoel – told me about experiential marketing and PR companies like Cunning Stunts. Ha ha! Funny name. Yesterday however, the importance and role of experiential marketing hit home to me…

The wood from the trees: On PR, advertising & the new roles in communications

Aaron Koblin

This week a flurry of interesting bits of news flashed across my screen. Like this tweet:

US study of PR hiring – knowledge of social media, blogs SEO, now as important as traditional skills http://bit.ly/En6rF

…and this one

@MajorPlayerJobs: RT @DanGoldgeier PR agencies…