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Interesting Digital Marketing Stats!

Last week seems to have been the week of interesting digital marketing statistics. There were stats released that cover everything from AdWords right through to mobile ad spend and China! The following are my top 5 as well as some … Continue reading

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Agang South Africa and their digital presence

I wrote a post similar to this over two years ago when I essentially compared the DA to the ANC in their digital marketing strategies. With the rise of a new political party, Agang, to the South African political arena, I … Continue reading

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Social Media Summit Presentation with ITWeb

There is so much buzz and hype around social media – especially in a Business 2 Business context; so much so that organisations are finding it difficult to keep up with the trends and further to that show real business … Continue reading

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More proof We follow people, not brands

There has been a lot of activity recently around whether or not people follow brands or whether they follow people within those brands. In a recent study published by Forbes, it showed that people follow brands for discounts and not … Continue reading

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Exclusive Books Looks to Gamification

In a very interesting move by Exclusive Books; they have added a new layer on to their very successful online store front. On the 21st of June, 2012 Exclusive Books have added Gamification principles to their website. Gamification essentially is … Continue reading

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Mobile website or Mobile Application : Which one’s better?

The debate around this has been raging for quite some time now; with each side having its own set of pro’s and con’s. Some of the major differences are cost; speed of roll out; performance and maintenance. The last one … Continue reading

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Virgin Active jumps on the Wimpy bandwagon

This week saw the fast food lovers in South Africa ablaze with Wimpy’s promotional offer of a free breakfast. The offer simply put was that Wimpy restaurants were offering their streaky bacon breakfasts for free between 7am and 8am on the … Continue reading

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Woolworths : Great social presence; terrible delivery

I am not generally one of those who get up on their soap box and start sprouting negative sentiment until the cows come home. I am also aware that some of my followers and readers of this blog are not … Continue reading

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Use Vlogging to Position Yourself as an Expert

So you’ve decided to start sharing your wealth of information with the world. You’re determined to position yourself as a thought-leader, dishing out profound and witty insights and accumulating flocks of followers; but when it comes to actually writing, it’s … Continue reading

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