Aprio Voice

Delivering considered, contextual strategic communications advice.

The Aprio team is a group of skilled, experienced and highly-regarded communications specialists and our strategically-minded team of experts allows us to deliver and implement strategies in key business areas such as investor relations, crisis and issue communications, digital strategy and content creation, and training and development.

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Occasionally English South Africa Business
14 Episodes

#014 The new South African media landscape

In this episode of our Aprio Voice podcast, Alan Arguile of Aprio Credence speaks to Aprio’s media veteran Rio Matlhaku, about the challenges facing in the media industry and how to manage these challenges. He also provides some insight and tips on the importance of establishing good relations with the…
22 Nov 2023 17 min

#013 Social media analytics and diagnostics

Analyse data from your social channels to support your strategic business decisions. In this episode of Aprio Voice, Aprio's Alan Arguille speaks to Aprio Digital's account manager, Ritz Pucci, about the role of a specialist for accurate social media analytics and diagnostics. Learn more about how analytics can assist in…
11 Jul 2023 12 min

#012 It’s all about content, but good content

The importance of developing quality content for the right channel and audience. In this episode of Aprio Voice, Aprio’s Alan Arguile speaks to Aprio Group’s founder, Julian Gwillim, about the importance of producing and disseminating compelling, distinctive content that resonances with your various stakeholders. Learn more about some of Aprio’s…
17 Aug 2022 10 min

#011 Communication for African audiences

In this episode of our Aprio Voice, Alan Arguile of Aprio Credence speaks to Aprio ARM’s Managing Partner, Webster Malido, about the importance for foreign investors to do business in Africa with a local market mindset. Webster shares his perspectives on the differences in stakeholder engagement across the continent, navigating…
5 Apr 2022 13 min

#010 Pertinent skills needed for effective strategic communications

Today Alan Arguile of Aprio Credence speaks to his seasoned and experienced colleagues, Nikki Catrakilis-Wagner at Aprio Investor Relations, Head of Aprio Digital Thomas McLachlan, Esme Arendse of Aprio Credence and Aprio’s Tracey Peterson about the skills needed in investor relations, digital communications, crisis and reputation management, and internal communications…
3 Nov 2021 27 min

#09 Changing digital landscape for retail investors | Troye Brady and Thomas McLachlan

In this episode Alan Arguile of Aprio Credence speaks to Troye Brady at Aprio Investor Relations and Head of Aprio Digital Thomas McLachlan about the changing investor landscape where more retail investors and day-traders are using social media platforms and organising themselves into influential trading groups on these platforms. Join…
20 Jul 2021 19 min

#07 Building resilience in a listed environment | Nikki Catrakilis-Wagner

Building resilience in a listed environment The value of transparency and communication Alan Arguile (Aprio Credence) Nikki Catrakilis-Wagner (Aprio Credence) In this episode Alan Arguile speaks to investor relations specialist Nikki Catrakilis-Wagner about how and when to engage with the investment community, the increasing value of transparency, the importance of…
28 Oct 2020 16 min

#05 Online Reputation Management | Chris Botha

"Everyone's a broadcaster these days." In this episode of Aprio Voice, Aprio's Alan Arguile speaks to Chris Botha from online reputation management consultants Getclosure. In a wide-ranging and buoyant discussion, they touch on the democratisation of communication, how best to deploy online resources, ideal response times, cybersquatting, and much more.
12 Mar 2020 13 min

#04 Content Marketing | Mark Leighton

In this episode Alan Arguile speaks to Mark Leighton, Aprio's content-marketing specialist. Mark has decades of experience in publishing and using high-quality content to build brands and deliver effective campaigns. Here he speaks to Alan about the history and function of content marketing, and about a recent addition to the…
5 Mar 2020 9 min

#03 Investor Relations | Lydia du Plessis

In this episode Alan Arguile speaks to Lydia du Plessis, one of Aprio's investor relations (IR) experts, about the way in which IR differs from public relations and other communications functions, its tangible value, how it ought to be measured, top IR tips for listed companies, and more.
5 Mar 2020 11 min

#02 Market reports and communication | Troye Brady

In this episode Alan Arguile speaks to Troye Brady, Aprio's in-house research analyst, about the function of his weekly and monthly reports to JSE-listed clients, the uniqueness of South Africa's financial markets as well as the relationship between share prices and corporate communication.
5 Mar 2020 9 min

#01 Media Preparedness Training | Alan Arguile

In this episode Alan Arguile - Aprio | Crisis and Reputation Specialist Dan Mare Welcome to Aprio Voice, a podcast in which the Aprio team explore topics in corporate communications and investor relations. In this episode one of our writers, Dan Mare speaks to Alan Arguile about what it takes…
5 Mar 2020 11 min