What will your focus be in 2014? - 27 Jan 2014[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] In her trends piece, Tarryn Pitchers writes about marketing for advertising - the top three forward-looking ideas affecting the industry this year. They are: A growing tribe of agency marketers, a hub-and-spoke structure, and great clients mean great people. read more Africa is on trend... - 20 Jan 2014[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] If you still aren't completely sure if 'Africa is rising' or gaining ground in the industry, perhaps Oresti Patricios will be able to convince you. In his 2014 trends piece he says that Africa is surely on trend. read more A clean slate for 2014 - 13 Jan 2014[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] Need a fresh start in 2014? Juliette Attwell answers some questions on whether January is a good time to look for a new job and also clarifies what constitutes valid reasons for leaving your current job. Speaking of employment, Tony O. read more (2 Comments) 2014, we are ready for you! - 8 Jan 2014[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] Well, welcome back to all in our Biz Africa community! Hope you all had a wonderful break, and if you didn't have a break, I hope you will have one soon. We are already a week into the new year and things are slowly but surely starting to pick up. read more Have a holly jolly Christmas this year! - 17 Dec 2013[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] And so the year draws to a close... What an eventful year - full of fun, adventure, stress, scandals, laughs and tears. read more Not moving back, but rather moving forward... - 9 Dec 2013[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] Bruce Mubayiwa has been appointed managing partner of Homecoming Revolution. I had a chat with him and company founder and CEO, Angel Jones about Mubayiwa's new role as well as where the company is headed. read more If you're on holiday, does it mean your target market is too? - 2 Dec 2013[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] A presence on Bizcommunity.com communicates to our readers and your prospects that African digipreneurs are open for business, open 24/7, open to opportunity. Bizcommunity has got some exciting things for you this holiday season, including a selection of the year's top stories on our site, the most tweeted and shared, as well as special content from key contributors - aiming to provide our audiences with more than enough must-read content to tide them over the "silly season". read more Silly Season is upon us! - 25 Nov 2013[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] The festive season is upon us and Ferdie Bester reminds us that now is not the time to let your mobile ads go on holiday too. He suggests you get your mobile ad campaigns ready for December and gives some helpful advice on how to keep your customers happy during the holidays. read more Giving honour where honour is due - 18 Nov 2013[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] Last week saw the 16th annual AfricaCom conference take place in Cape Town. With three jam-packed days delegates were bombarded with information (in a good way) about building Africa's digital economy. read more Five great SEO tips for Africa - 11 Nov 2013[Rod Baker, Content Director, @Biz_Africa] Search engine optimisation (SEO) is very important for the success of any website, but not everyone gets it right - so it's just as well that Charles Mburugu is giving you five great WordPress SEO tips - use them... and grow your business. When will Africa's leaders learn? At this rate, it seems it might take some time. read more Hello Movember! - 4 Nov 2013[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] Well, November has arrived and many moustaches have said goodbye to their owners' familiar faces in support of Movember, a prostate cancer awareness campaign. Christmas decorations are springing up at the speed of lightning and we are quickly reminded that 2013 is on its back. read more Saying sorry can go a long way - 28 Oct 2013[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] After the whole fiasco of MetropolitanRepublic withdrawing its MTN Project Uganda entry which was found not to have met the Loeries entry criteria, and recanting statements which was made during an interview on SAfm recently, the board of the Loeries has accepted the agency's apology. The Homecoming Revolution last week hosted its first VIP think tank at Norton Rose Fulbright offices in Johannesburg. read more You win some, you lose some... - 21 Oct 2013[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] MetropolitanRepublic's Project Uganda for MTN has been stripped of its Grand Prix it received at this year's Loerie Awards. It reportedly doesn't meet the Loeries criteria which require that all entries must be commercially published, launched or aired to a substantial audience for the first time between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. read more Cheers to all the African Journalist Awards winners! - 14 Oct 2013[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] This weekend saw the 18th CNN MultiChoice Journalist Awards take place at the CTICC in Cape Town. Two South Africans from The Daily Dispatch, Msindisi Fengu and Yandisa Monakali, were named overall CNN MultiChoice African Journalists of the Year. read more Brand building is about copywriters - 7 Oct 2013[Ilse van den Berg, @Biz_Africa] According to Chemory Gunko, internet brand building is about copywriters. She says that when bots search the internet, they search the words, letters, numbers and instructions that make up the DNA of your document. read more |
