Chris Onderstall's Blog

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An insight into my world…yours is probably different

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Chris Onderstall's Blog ranks 5163 in Africa and 2930 in South Africa. According to site visitors it ranks 1094, and 1426 according to page views:

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A perfect press release?

PR courses teach students the theory and background to public relations, but fail to give students hands on step-by-step guides to dealing with journalists and their pet hates. Jennigay Coetzer’s A Perfect Press Release – or Not? is that useful reference guide for PR consultants. It outlines tips ranging from

Boycott Makro

I love a fight, especially when the under dogs take on the fat cats. It gets even more exciting when it is taken outside publically. If you live in Magaliessig you will undoubtedly know about the proposed building site for Makro on Witkoppen. The residents’ forum of Magaliessig is protesting the

Online reputation – What to track

Following my post on online reputation tools I thought I would share some of my own insight into what to track using these free online tools. Tracking a local brand’s online reputation is fairly simply, you get to search for the brand name and the ORM tools bring in

Toyota, moving ahead forward whether you like it or not

I love my Toyota Auris, I smile every time I get into my sexy carJ. There is something special about the first car that you pay for yourself, well for guys at least. Throughout the entire purchase process of my car I have been less than impressed with the

PR metrics are bullshit

PR is known for its bullshit, in fact it’s famous for it. In my short period in the industry I’ve seen less bullshit than the PR’s industry’s reputation would suggest. There is one area that in my opinion is complete bullshit, PR metrics. PR agencies use a range

The web – a home for everyone

With so many weird people out there (it’s all relative, I guess), it’s no wonder that they have found their own niche on the non-judgemental Internet. Lately I have come across some pretty strange sites, here are some of them that really stood out for me. Cats that look

South African Online Reputation Tools compared

I have had the pleasure of testing 3 large online reputation engines currently promoting themselves in South Africa. I’m sure that in 2010 every second web agency will have ‘cracked’ the algorithm and offer its own online reputation tool. The truth is there is very little difference between the

Quirk certification in eMarketing

I recently completed a course offered in collaboration between Quirk and Getsmarter, after the 8 week course I can now brag that I am certified in eMarketing (time to update my bio . I would encourage those considering the eMarketing course to go for it, 8 weeks is

‘Transactions’ for coverage

On the back of a recent press release I got a reply saying that they are happy to publish the release, but there is a small cost involved. —- From: Fred Sent: 01 December 2009 05:33 PM To: Christopher Onderstall Subject: RE: The mindset of the global business traveller

Name and shame Muti spammers!

Muti has been shredded into a worthless entity by spammers, online communities are supposed to be self healing although I don’t see enough criticism over what spammers have done to Muti. I have started a post naming and shaming sites that are spamming Muti, as you find more sites

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