This is basically a hypothesis to the question, “why don’t we comment on articles we read online anymore?” It is a trend that I have seen countless times on content that is really captivating and thought provoking; on blogs that have asked questions looking for reader opinion and engagement. Recently though, those cries for input have …
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 …
Recently I started thinking more and more about the role of the Online Community Manager and what the role actually means to business and the external and internal communities they are serving. I want to try and unpack the role slightly more as well as its significance. Who owns the online community manager? Let’s unpack …
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 …
As with any new technology that bursts on the scene such as cloud computing; there are always those who are massively for the idea and then those who resist the change and cling to their original ways more than a train to a railway track. Digital marketers can use this conflict to position the new …
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 …
So here is the thing. I was walking through the shops this afternoon; Sandton City to be precise. And a thought dawned on me as I watched everyone buzzing around; “What makes us think that we are so damn important”? This particular blog is going to move away from my usual writing for a little …
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 like beating your head against a wall. That’s where video blogging can become your best …
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 …
