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Welcome to BizTrends 2016! This week sees the launch of BizTrends 2016. Curated by Louise Marsland, the industry's thought leaders have submitted their top business trends to watch out for over the coming months. The content, set to be featured on our site throughout the month, is sure to inspire your upwards trajectory, so get reading! I also explored how Publicis Machine's Drugstore concept is bringing big businesses tech-pain relief by providing a platform to facilitate engagement and fuel game-changing ideas. Lastly, with a mere 140 characters often turning into lost jobs or former employer litigation, Hugo Venter shares how to avoid the nuclear landmines of social commentary. These include researching your employer's social media policy or guidelines and securing your social media profiles. All you need to get the business of 2016 off to a good start... Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Today's top stories |
Erik du Plessis and Neil Higgs Here is a list of brands that gained more than two million users between 2010 and 2014 (Source AMPS). This is enough people to fill Ellis Park more than 33 times... Read | Leigh Andrews Problem: Lack of collaboration, innovation and knowledge-sharing between 'big business' and small tech startups. Solution: Publicis Machine Drugstore... Read | Hugo Venter We are barely into the first two weeks of the New Year and already Twitter is seeing some very heated and contentious debates taking place around the themes of economics, racism and politics in South Africa... Read |
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 | The Brand Council South Africa (BCSA) elected a new chairperson and Board at the end of 2015. Leigh-Anne Acquisto was voted in as chairperson and Sbu Manqele as vice chairperson... read | |
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 | Shaune Jordaan, Issued by Saatchi & Saatchi Synergize I have seen hundreds of SME businesses and start-ups establish themselves because at some stage they took search marketing seriously... read | |
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 | Issued by Speakers Professional speakers bureau and corporate entertainment agency, Speakers Inc, has announced its talent line-up for their Annual Speaker Showcase in Cape Town on 3 February... read | |
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 | Issued by EXSA A group of key Exhibition and Event Industry of South Africa (EXSA) members sat down to discuss what we can expect from EXSA in 2016, as well as the key trends for the coming year... read | |
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 | MTN and Vodacom have called for the government to regulate WhatsApp (as well as Skype and similar services). They are claiming that their profits are being undermined by 'unfair competition' from the popular messaging system... read | |
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 | The two presenters who have been at the helm of the show of late are set to move on from the soccer show after SABC bosses decided to change the format... read | | |
 | Corporate Fundamentals owner and founder, Jill Young and her business partner, Russel Brand have opened a new portal, offering advice and tips on career and entrepreneurship... read | |
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|  | WAN-IFRA is launching its editorial leadership programme, Women in News (WIN), in the MENA region in March 2016... read | |  | Mitú, a leading online Hispanic-focused digital content creator and media company catering to young Latino audiences in the US and Latin America, has sold a minority share to WPP Digital... read | | | More International | |
| - New host of CNN's 'Winning Post' - more info
- Al Lotter appointed as executive creative director for Infinity Qatar - more info
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