Tag Archives: conversions

Social Media in the South African Local Government Elections

By the looks of things; some South African political parties are finally waking up to the digital revolution and are beginning to embrace online marketing and its integration with offline media. From having a functional website, through to using social … Continue reading

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Value is just teaching them to use you!

Here’s a quick snap-shot overview of the evolution of Sales, from the dawn of time until now: Floating amoebas – prostitution – goods and services – selling the benefits of goods and services – selling solutions; and then finally: selling … Continue reading

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All strategy is about asking Questions, not about being an expert

I have a problem with many strategies that you see doing the rounds today. I feel that there are to many “experts” in their respective fields that seem to know all the answers and have all the solutions to everything. … Continue reading

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Landing Page Optimisation : physical shops understand the concept

Landing Page Optimisation and indeed Website Optimisation make up what I believe is the most misunderstood and ignored part of online marketing to date. What is Landing Page Optimisation? It’s the process of ensuring that your specific landing pages convert … Continue reading

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The Business of Buzz Words

Going forward let’s be sure to space bank the Web 2.0 technologies that we are currently utilising and ensure mind share and top of mind awareness. This will allow our social media to gain traction and stickiness with our top … Continue reading

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Your brand : how strict should you be?

A rather topical issue of late has been branding and ensuring that you are staying on brand and communicating your brand properly. Rather predictably I have a view on this… What is a brand? A brand is a name, sign, … Continue reading

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Is a template website right for your business?

This is a topic that I have been toying with writing for a while. The main reason for it is because it touches on a lot of disciplines and needs to – as a website does. The question here is … Continue reading

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The Marketing of my site worked! Now what?

Online Marketing can be broken down into a few different areas which all have their place in the online world. First there is SEO (search engine optimisation) which is perfect for getting visitors to your site. But this is all … Continue reading

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Is website optimization really worth the trouble?

The short answer here is : yes..! Website optimization allows you the opportunity to take a good looking website and convert into a great performing website! Let’s face it, we all want a website that not only has a lot … Continue reading

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Where Does Social Media Fit In?

A quick look at where social media fits in to the digital marketing mix and where some companies get it wrong and why. Continue reading

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