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 for engagement. This seems to be the case when we look at a platform like …
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 on that list is what I want to bring in to focus here with a …
Google are no longer happy with just indexing the internet by keyword relevance. They have now, with the launch of Google Knowledge Graph started indexing the internet in terms of contextual relevance. This is a huge reason for bloggers and content owners out there to start using the rel=author meta tag. What this tag does …
Marketing demographics are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Marketing has changed shape and pace with digital marketing fast becoming the defacto standard for any and all marketing campaigns. The thing is that with digital marketing being able to literally let you deliver a campaign to a handful of people; demographics are no longer specific enough to keep …
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 19th of January, 2012. This however is not what I want to write about; I …
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 fans of “brand trashing” through social channels. But (as there always is) this time I …
I was having a chat with a friend of mine the other day, when he highlighted a problem that he and his organisation were having with their product versus their competitors. On the surface the problem seems quite simple, but when you sit and think about it for a little longer, the problem is one …
Entrepreneurs are arguably the lifeblood of a thriving economy. They are idea people; innovators; inventors and are driven by results (with a bit of cash thrown in for good measure. What an entrepreneur is not (by and large) is a marketer! The way that the internet has grown and developed has made “socal media” the …
If you read this article and forward it, like it or comment on it; you will not win an iPad, a Galaxy Tab or a PlayBook. There is a nasty trend that is developing throughout marketing – both online and offline – and that is the trend of giving away new and popular technology goods …
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 media like Twitter and Facebook – the times they are changing! Of course as with …
