The Social PR Consultancy launches
A new public relations agency has launched focusing on the rapidly-blurring boundary between PR and social media.
The Social PR Consultancy is fronted by Sarah Thomas, who previously worked for the UK-based Carve Consulting where she worked with clients including the South Australian government, Wine Australia, Visit Britain and Hardys.
She told Mumbrella: “I believe I’m in a good position to help organisations navigate their way through this new era where they realise they now can’t ignore social media any more, but need help integrating it.
There’s a boundary between PR and social media?
I’d suggest any PR practitioner NOT involved in social media today has a very short future in the PR industry.
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Best of luck with the new consultancy, Sarah.
Great to see new businesses outside of Sydney and Melbourne getting some exposure.
The distinction that needs to be made between PR and Social Media.
PR – you talk at customers
Social Media – You talk with people
Hmm, I can’t seem to easily find Sarah Thomas’ social media footprint – so how can they advise clients if they don’t actively use social media?
Could be worth reading a recent post of mine:
“Does your company or agency need to hire a social media expert?” at http://lc.tl/smex before you invest in a “social media specialist/expert”
@AndrewGrill
London (ex Sydney)
Good luck Sarah – sounds like a very smart concept you are onto!
Thanks Tim and others for your best wishes. I totally agree with you Scott – good point – a lot of clients/organisations still separate the two though.
Cheers
Sarah (www.twitter.com/sarahsocialpr)
Good luck with it.
Would be good to see a different angle from your agency.
Does Sarah know she can insert her Twitter link in the Website section and actually get some links happening? I thought that would be better than posting it in the comment?
I’m a social media novice, but thought that was 101? Please correct me if I’m wrong.
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