https://www.bizcommunity.com/CommunicationsFocus South Africa news 15 Focus on Communications news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/CommunicationsFocus en-us Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:32:55 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/11/199090.html We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2019 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Marketing & Media site over the past year below. 1-199090 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Focus on Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/424/182346.html 2019 is almost here and with it your annual invitation to join BizTrends. 1-182346 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Focus on Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/714/136699.html Current PR training still incorporates media liaison as a topic, but how is that carried out in the existing media climate, where publications are fluidly crossing from print to digital, newsrooms have enthusiastic youngsters who cannot spell (it's so old school) and clients want 'that social media stuff'. 1-136699 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 07:56:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Focus on Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/714/136380.html Dinosaurs roamed the earth in 1986 when I first entered the world of PR. My first job was as Promotions Manager in the music business and I arrived in the industry right at the tail end of the telex machine. It was only later in 1986 that the fax machine was introduced in the RPM Records offices - as revolutionary a communication enabler as email or social media were to become to the PR game in subsequent decades. 1-136380 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:19:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Focus on Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/714/136288.html If you, like me, are in the PR and communications industry, you'll know that it's virtually impossible to remain out of touch with anybody beyond an hour or two. You'll also know that you have to be just a little bit schizophrenic (ok, maybe a lot) as you go about your daily tasks in this crazy, but wonderful world of PR and communications. 1-136288 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:16:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Focus on Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/714/136286.html The PR industry is in a battle for consumers' attention. Time magazine earlier in 2015 reported that the average human attention span now sits at eight seconds, down from 12 seconds in 2000. To put this into perspective: a goldfish has an attention span of nine seconds. 1-136286 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Focus on Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/714/136305.html Managing a company's reputation, especially in a digital era, is becoming more complex and challenging. And yet, the gap between the in-house teams that own and manage corporate reputation and the teams (be they in-house or outsourced) that actually engage with customers in the social media space is growing wider, to the point that there is a disconnect between policy and practice. 1-136305 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 08:57:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Focus on Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/714/136388.html Leigh AndrewsDanette BreitenbachBrian BerkmanSindy PetersAnnabel EatonBeverley Klein .ccarousel-overlay:hover .ccarousel-row1 {bottom:150px} .ccarousel-overlay:hover .ccarousel-row2 {height:150px;line-height:150px} .contributor-carousel-wrap .ccarousel-row, .contributor-carousel-wrap .ccarousel-row1, .contributor-carousel-wrap .ccarousel-row2 {padding:10px 5px;} 1-136388 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:37:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Focus on Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/714/136482.html Since we've pegged PR as a top career choice, we asked top communications professionals what advice they would give young public relations professionals entering the industry. 1-136482 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:16:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Focus on Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/714/136474.html Changes in the media landscape have dramatically altered the practice of public relations and media relations. Finding and reporting the news is very different today and has even led to a change in the construction of the 100 year old press release. 1-136474 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:42:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Focus on Communications South Africa