ESG & SUSTAINABILITY Discourse of environmental issues has been hijacked[Melissa Baird] Sustainability is not about being 'green'. It encompasses economic, environmental and social conditions and with regulatory requirements comes the opportunity for improvement... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA [TrendTalk] 2015 is defined by disruption[Louise Burgers] World-changing ideas and technologies are defining 2015 as a momentous year - from the beginnings of real Artificial Intelligence emerging out of the Big Data revolution... | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Elegant Italian at Peddlar's Volaré[Ruth Cooper] Volaré means 'to fly or soar' in Italian and I suppose that is exactly what Chef Brad Ball's aim was when he came on board to revamp the previous, somewhat dingy, restaurant at the recently rebranded Peddlars & Co. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA How to create a logo for your business[Sophie Baker] Your budding business will need a logo if you want to become visible to potential clients, but because logos are such a crucial aspect of your business, there are a lot of things to consider... | |
TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY Road Tripping Namibia[Henrie Geyser] Road Tripping Namibia, by Fiona McIntosh, Shaen Adey, Willie Olivier, Ron Swilling, Katy Sharpe and Nick Buys, will open your eyes to Namibia... | |
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT Building your dream business teamImage: www.freedigitalphotos.net | |
MARKETING & MEDIA [Orchids & Onions] Warning: 50 shades of pirate parts[Brendan Seery] Toyota has a rock-solid reputation for reliability and quality and, because of this and because the brand's marketing in this country has a unique, local flavour, it is successful in the sales charts... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Databases key to sales and marketing[Louise Robinson] Having valid, actionable databases of customers, be they current or potential, is a highly valuable marketing and sales tool, which can not only drive new business, but also boost profits and improve CRM... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA How Spree won big at the Bookmarks - two years running[Leigh Andrews] It's not often that an e-tailer wins big at the Bookmark Awards, traditionally seen as the domain of digital publishers. But after a year of phenomenal growth, Spree.co.za did just that... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA The elephant in the SAARF boardroom[Chris Brewer] I remember, very well, the agony of SAARF Council meetings... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Why 2015 should be the year of internal communication[Thabiso Dlamini] Internal communication is a fundamental part of any organisation's operations, for without optimising this it will not operate efficiently... | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Unforgettable opera double-bill on the big screen[Daniel Dercksen] Opera lovers are in for a double treat with the screening of Tchaikovsky's lyrical fairy tale Iolanta and Bartók's haunting psychological thriller Bluebeard's Castle from 21 March at Cinema Nouveau and select Ster-Kinekor cinemas countrywide for limited screenings. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Clarkson kerfuffle shifts into Top Gear[Leigh Andrews] Jeremy Clarkson's no stranger to controversy, and he's been in the headlines again this past week. So much so that the Twitter bird's aflurry with the #JeremyClarkson hashtag and you can't turn to an entertainment site without seeing mention of the opinionated Brit... | |
AUTOMOTIVE Infiniti has Germans in its sights[Henrie Geyser] Nissan is one of the "other" brands running flat-out to catch up to the world-dominating German smart sedan threesome - and with its new seven-model Q50 Infiniti range, it has certainly narrowed the gap... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA [Loeries 2015] Agency expectations with... King James II[Leigh Andrews] In the first iteration of our new feature running until Loeries Creative Week in Durban this August, we find out what Rob McLennan, creative founding partner of King James II, expects... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA No communication = death to CRM[Scott Cundill] Let's face it, CRM is now a buzzword and the space has become cluttered and somewhat over-traded. For CRM to make it to the plateau of productivity, it needs to be properly integrated into customer communication... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA The view of engagement - VDX.tv[Tyler Greer] Unless you've spent the past few months hiding below the fold, you'll be aware that one of the trending topics in digital media is viewability... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Don't try to tame big data - rather try to leverage smart data[Richard Mullins] Data is one of the most valuable assets any organisation owns today. But much as crude oil needs to be transformed into petroleum to power a motor vehicle, raw big data must first be refined... |