[BizTrends 2016] Telling the real, good story

[Melissa Baird] Five years ago, the Harvard Business Review announced "The Age of Transparency"...

Job hunting? Here are some tips for the New Year

[Tanya Eksteen] If you're feeling in a rut at work, the beginning of a new year is a great time to make a fresh start and begin the hunt for a new job...

That winning Vizeum vision

[Leigh Andrews] With so many media agencies servicing the local marketing industry, what does it take to really make an impact? Having clinched the title of 'media agency of the year' at the recent Annual AdFocus Awards for the first time, Vizeum has the answers...

Will linking to another website help my traffic to grow?

[Adegboye Adeniyi] As I sat down to write my next article, I was thinking what should I talk about? Different topics ran through my head and while I was trying to decide, I received an email asking a question about the impact of linking out to a website..?

Gamification - motivating a contact centre sales force

[Jan Kühn] By applying the gaming principles of reward, competition, social recognition, mastery and immediate feedback (termed 'gamification'), companies can use familiar and effective strategies driven by technology to motivate, engage and retain this ever-expanding group of workers, Generation Y...

Singin' in the Rain: Q&A with Bethany Dickson

[Eugene Yiga] Bethany Dickson, lead actress of the musical Singin' in the Rain, chats about her performing career.

[BizTrends 2016] Five game-changing trends for 2016

[Dave Nemeth] The top five trends for marketers to note for this year include VR, AR, the maker movement, device culture, and content in context...

[BizTrends 2016] Five finance sector forecasts for 2016

[Nicci Botha] From collaboration with fintech startups to more personalised client services, digital technology dominates trends...

[BizTrends 2016] Five top trends in tourism

[Nicci Botha] As is the case with so many industries, digital technology will be a major influencer in the tourism sector. These are some of the continuing and emerging trends in 2016...

[BizTrends 2016] Trends hitting the road in 2016

[Nicci Botha] There is no doubt that the automotive sector is going through one of its most disruptive phases since Henry Ford introduced the Model T. However, most of the vehicle trends in 2016 are tweaks...

[BizTrends 2016] Conscious consumerism in the retail space

[Justin Smith] Conscious consumerism and innovation are on the rise in the retail space and customers are demanding that increased attention is paid to sustainability...

[BizTrends 2016] Shifting towards e-mobility

[Hiten Parmar] Global statistics reveal that world populations have grown exponentially, but have the supporting services and infrastructure grown in proportion to cater for this? The answer is no...

CX demands to be harnessed by analytics

[Deon Scheepers] Gen D, the digital generation, demands more of organisations across a growing number of digital channels...

[BizTrends 2016] Sustainability, technology key for construction

[Nicci Botha] Sustainability and technology will continue to be trend growth points in SA's building and construction industry...

[BizTrends 2016] New approaches to urban planning in property sector

[William Johnston] The construction and engineering sectors are currently facing slower growth that is expected to continue into the first quarter of 2016. There is however room for optimism...

SD-WAN: Agile enabler of enterprise movement towards the cloud

[Wimpie van Rensburg] Today, businesses are increasingly mixing off-premises assets with existing IT infrastructure. The internet is becoming the backbone of enterprise communications...

[BizTrends 2016] A tougher construction industry for smaller players

[Frans Pienaar] According to a recent report by PwC, infrastructure spending in Africa is estimated to grow from $70bn in 2014 to $180bn per annum by 2025...

The Good Dinosaur rules

[Daniel Dercksen] Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs with The Good Dinosaur in which an apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend named Spot.

SEO and content marketing

[Gordon Barker] Currently search engines apply various algorithms to their search results which aim to provide the user with an accurate result of what is being searched for...