Webfluential: influencer firm to shutter agency operations

[Hadlee Simons] Influencer marketing company Webfluential has confirmed that it will be shutting down its local agency operations, Memeburn has learnt...

[Orchids & Onions] All's fair in love and the ad business...

[Brendan Seery] Nothing is truly original, so the experts say… everything has been seen, or done, once before. And true creativity is a synthesis of all that an active and alert mind absorbs from everywhere...

#Newsmaker: Tamsyn Friedman from CBR Marketing

[Beverley Klein] Tamsyn Friedman has been with CBR Marketing for the past five years and is now the group marketing manager. Her goal in her role is to make the presence of the brand stronger...

Trade mark registration: Truworths no longer has "the look"

[Janine Hollesen] Ackermans has recently been successful in a precedent setting trade mark dispute against Truworths which was heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal. The trade mark at the centre of the dispute was “THE LOOK”...

Ten reasons why you should explore the Karoo in 2017

[Jarred Manasse] If you're looking for peace and quiet away from the busy city, then the Karoo should be right at the top of our travel wish list. Become immersed in a place of immense spaces, wide-angle horizons, craggy mountain ranges and starry skies...

The rise of the old school general manager

[Guy Stehlik] There's been something fundamental missing in this last decade of hotel management...

April Fools' 2015: the best stories from the date we hate

[Andy Walker] Although media houses (we'll turn a blushing cheek here) love to publish hoaxes for the sake of good fun and spikes in traffic on April Fool's Day...

AP Style guide strips the 'internet' of its proper noun status

[Andy Walker] The AP Stylebook - an influential media style guide that shaped online writing styles the world over - has announced on Twitter that it will no longer refer to the internet as a proper noun, using a lower case I instead...

15+ cats and kittens you should be following on Instagram

[Andy Walker] Say what you want about business to business, the internet of things or the mysterious force in data recovery dubbed "the cloud". The internet exists for one reason and one reason alone: cats...

Messenger Lite for Android hits Kenya, Tunisia

[Andy Walker] In its valiant attempt to connect the entire world using its software and infrastructure, Facebook has announced a new lite version of one of its most popular apps - Messenger Lite...

The art of Facebook: 30 of its biggest brands analysed

[Andy Walker] For personal use, Facebook is an excellent way to communicate with friends, keep up to date with event lists, and of course, sneak around others' personal lives. But how do some of the world's biggest brands use the social network...

Groupon South Africa is dead: here's what will happen to your orders

[Andy Walker] Back in September 2015, Memeburn reported that ecommerce platform Groupon began shedding global offices in an effort to "make the business more efficient". And while South Africa wasn't a country affected back then, it is now...

Congrats #SaltBae, you're 2017's first awesome meme

[Andy Walker] There were some huge stories this week on the internet. If people weren't talking about Barack Obama and Joe Biden's adorable bromance, or Donald Trump and Mike Acosta's verbal ping-pong, they were probably talking about this Turkish chef...

Effective Measure on the future of SA's digital advertising landscape

[Leigh Andrews] Greg Mason took on the reigns as regional lead for sub-Saharan Africa at Effective Measure on 3 January. With two weeks in the role under his belt, I checked in to find out his plans over the coming months as well as a few digital and programmatic trends to expect from 2017...

#OnTheBigScreen: Heroes and monsters

[Daniel Dercksen] There are four films released this week: Patriot's Day, A Monster Calls, The Birth Of A Nation and Monster Trucks.

Snapchat vs Instagram stories

[Anne Dolinschek] The debate surrounding Snapchat and Instagram Stories started when Instagram launched their stories in August last year. As expected, social media users were confused...

#BizTrends2017: Building confidence in South African wines

[Cari Coetzee] We catch up with Lizelle Gerber, winemaker at Boschendal, to find out what will keep the wine flowing this year...

Five New Year's resolutions for employers in 2017

[Johan Botes] After the festive season break, gyms and health clubs overflow with bodies keen on making good on New Year's resolutions pledged over a glass of bubbly...

#BizTrends2017: The evolving role of CSI

[Sindy Peters] We interviewed Kusile Mtunzi-Hairwadzi, general manager of the MTN SA Foundation to get her take on CSI in South Africa in 2017 and how the role of the CSI manager may evolve this year.