 | TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
[Brian Berkman] Slack packing, or hiking with someone else transporting your gear and checking into accommodation along the way is gaining popularity with folk who love the great outdoors but not enough to sleep under it. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Lucinda Boddy] This letter has been a long time coming... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Marion Scher] For me one of the hardest parts of any freelance business dealing is coming up with a price for my work... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Sid Peimer] In the early days of the automobile industry, engineers agreed that the steam engine was far more efficient than the petrol engine... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard] Numerous articles have been published, primarily in the US, about how Google's recent major algorithm update affects the press release distribution industry and ultimately global public relations.
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 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  [Jerker Hellström] Even professional users of rugged laptops, tablets and smartphones are sometimes unsure of what defines a "rugged computer" and how the various tests to validate ruggedness are carried out. A truly rugged computer is so much more than just a normal computer wrapped in a tough outer case.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Sanele Mgaga] It's funny to me how much marketers and designers nowadays take their trades for granted. What's even more surprising is how little we are willing to fight accountants in the boardroom.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Graeme Wilson] Most stereotypes are absolute hogwash. Some, however, are born from some small seed of truth.
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 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Eugene Yiga] Oliver Baines, founder of the British classical-pop group Blake, chats about their upcoming South African tour. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Thomas Oosthuizen] When you buy a Nespresso coffee machine, you do not buy a coffee machine. You buy into a system of consumer benefits. Or what I would call an "ecosystem "of related offers. |
| TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
[Brian Berkman] If you're used to staying at top-end private game lodges in Kruger's Sabi Sands and paying upwards of R8,000 a night you might be disappointed with Gondwana - a fynbos and big-five reserve in Mossel Bay, in the Cape. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Tess Sulaman] Not too long ago, I came across the concept of quantum entanglement, which if you like is a kind of romance at a particle level, which translates into lifelong attachment by particles. |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Nina Timm] Sausage and Mash (or Bangers and Mash) is a meal that features quite often in our household, but I try to give it a different twist every time. |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Ruth Cooper] With a new album, "Dear Silence Thieves", recently released and national tour currently underway we jumped at the chance to conduct an email interview with guitar god Dan Patlansky, gaining new insight into the album, the process and the man himself. |
 | HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT
[Juliette Attwell] In this week's BizCareers column we look at how to use your LinkedIn profile effectively, as well as the pitfalls of job-hopping. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Chris Moerdyk] Anyone working for an ad agency will know that one of the most desperate feelings on earth is losing an account. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Leon Minnie] The printing industry has changed, with many established printer providers, as well as new companies, adopting digital printing solutions to meet the demands of the print market.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Rolf Akermann] Although not perfect, I have found AMPS (the product survey side) an essential tool when developing strategies for brands over the years. |
 | EDUCATION & TRAINING
[Chris Moseley] Choosing the right technology to suit your educational needs is one of the most important decisions you'll have to make before setting foot on campus, and I'm sorry to say, but your dad's hand-me-down - the one without a webcam that's slower than peak-hour traffic - is just not going to cut it. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Louise Burgers] There's a nasty meme that's increasing as more and more brands and PROs use social media for promotional purposes and give disgruntled consumers the opportunity to lash out, using a '#bashtag'. |
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