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Echoes & Influence

Conversations about public relations and reputation management and why they matter.
Whether you're a seasoned communications professional or just finding your feet, this podcast is a space to learn, reflect, and grow. Hosted by Joanne Smith of Pillar9, and content strategist Francois Rank of 2BFrank, Echoes and Influence explores the trends, disciplines and moments that define communications today.
Through interviews with leading voices in the field, it offers insight into the impact of public relations and reputation management and why these practices matter in business today.
English South Africa Business · Education
4 Episodes
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Trailer

Welcome to Echoes and Influence, the show that explores the business of reputation strategy and crisis management for contemporary organisations and brands. In each episode reputation strategy and communication practitioners Joanne Smith and Francois Rank with share their own experience and insights or invite guests who are much cleverer than…
Season 1 / Episode 0 2 min

Groundwork

Joanne Smith of Pillar9 and Francois Rank of 2BFrank discuss the role of Public Relations and Strategic Reputation Management in the contemporary business context. In this episode they explore why what they do is vital to businesses and brands and how it has evolved from simply churning out press releases…
Season 1 / Episode 1 29 min

Media Relations

What we do is all about relationships. It's about relationships with clients and service providers, but most of all it's about relationships with members of the media. In this episode, we discuss media relations. How do you build up a network of media contacts, and how do you maintain and…
Season 1 / Episode 2 21 min

Crisis

Alan Arguile is considered by many - especially Jo and Franki - as the finest crisis management practitioner working in the industry locally. He joined us to share his thoughts on what constitutes a crisis and how to manage the crisis when it comes. We also spoke about how to…
Season 1 / Episode 3 28 min