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Is SEO the science and PR the art – of content?

Linkbait: Art or science?

Content is reasserting itself as King, the Search Engine Optimisation industry is moving into the ‘content’ business, a domain Public Relations – who specialise in ‘earned’ media – previously saw as theirs. That was the conclusion of a talk /…

What makes our social media course different

You can be a social media guru

There’s a number of companies out there providing social media training, like here, here and here. All these courses differ in some respects. Some of them look promising too.

So why are we starting a social media training course? We’ve been asked…

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? …

The outsourced and in-house Social Media administrator

The outsourced and in-house Social Media Administrator

Since fellow RAAKonteur Wessel wrote his post about PR, advertising and the new roles in communication, and David Meerman Scott’s penned his thought-provoking Is it time for companies to hire a Social Media Administrator, we can now officially add social media administrating to the list of services we offer…

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…