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Avoid advertising blahblah: the real meaning of Christmas?

Prakkypedia

I watched some regional SA television recently – during a Christmas trip – and saw a swathe of festive commercial messages from local retailers. We’re looking forward to 2016 when we launch This New Product Which We have Exclusive Rights To. Over the 2016 summer I plan to post a little more regularly. Thank you for a great 2015!

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Hold the front page: the news business remains a work in progress

Stephen Waddington

It’s why much of the local and regional media is on its knees. Advertising, at least in Europe and the US, has shifted from local and national media to Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and to a lesser extent Twitter. In 2009 Nick Davies wrote about the distortion of the media by propaganda in Flat Earth News.

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A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing

PR Conversations

Angela Barter, CPRP, a sustainable communication strategist based in South Africa , drew from her presentation at the Global Alliance’s World PR Forum (May 2016, Toronto) when writing A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing. Moving beyond greenwashing. Connect with Angela Barter via LinkedIn or Twitter.

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A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing

PR Conversations

Angela Barter, CPRP, a sustainable communication strategist based in South Africa , drew from her presentation at the Global Alliance’s World PR Forum (May 2016, Toronto) when writing A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing. Moving beyond greenwashing. Connect with Angela Barter via LinkedIn or Twitter.

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A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing

PR Conversations

Angela Barter, CPRP, a sustainable communication strategist based in South Africa , drew from her presentation at the Global Alliance’s World PR Forum (May 2016, Toronto) when writing A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing. Moving beyond greenwashing. Connect with Angela Barter via LinkedIn or Twitter.

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These Cliff Notes to 19 Email Marketing Studies will Give You a Quick but Thorough View of Current Email Marketing Benchmarks and Statistics

Sword and the Script

“In 2009, The Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that email was dead. In 2016, an email marketing agency in the UK called AlchemyWorx tested 21 billion emails and found no real difference in the subject line length. Constant Contact measures this by the highest open rate by local time. Their recommendation?

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PRoust Questionnaire: Andy Green

PR Conversations

I was a fresh out of university, in my first PR job in local government, at the former South Yorkshire County Council, in the North of England. Founder of Flexible Thinking Forum in 2009 and creativity@work in 1998, Andy is also a non-executive director of several organisations. Who would you describe as a PR hero or villain?

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