As you can imagine, SXSW Interactive attracts "digital natives" from all over the world that essentially wouldn't be able to survive without their mobile apps. Here is my list of top apps for SXSW Interactive 2014:
By Mark Schefermann 7 Mar 2014 07:52
Having recently returned to South Africa from a 15 year tenure in London, I am constantly amazed at the number of small, local businesses that don't have their own websites.
By Grant Bushby 6 Mar 2014 14:49
Selfies are on the rise. And we're all guilty of taking a few of our own and exposing them to the social networking world.
By Daphney Mngomeni 6 Mar 2014 11:33
For better or worse, technology has changed how we engage with media. And despite the 'print is dead' argument, clients of public relations firms still expect to get their column centimetres. So how is technology shaping the lives of media professionals?
By Jaco Pienaar 6 Mar 2014 06:30
As the rand weakens and the pula strengthens, so consumers in Botswana find the gap in the cost of goods between South Africa and Botswana in Woolworths grows and not in their favour.
By Gwen Watkins 5 Mar 2014 16:02
The South African economy is currently taking a bit of a beating with the petrol price hike, the interest rate increase, and the declining value of the rand against the dollar. Financial services companies and financial organisations will feel this pinch directly as their customers may potentially go further into debt or have less money to invest. The financial landscape is risky, uncertain, and unfriendly... and just perfect for the launch of your content marketing campaign.
By Mark Wright 5 Mar 2014 14:05
South African brands that focus only on measuring impressions and click throughs in their digital advertising campaigns are not getting a full view of the returns they are getting from their online advertising budgets.
Issued by Mediamark 5 Mar 2014 11:50
Two things happened in the ad industry in the last few months that would have made David Ogilvy cringe in his grave.
By Suhana Gordhan, Issued by NATIVE VML 5 Mar 2014 07:33
If you're the kind of person who cares more about what kind of office you work in than set office hours or medical aid, it hardly makes sense for you to be looking for your next employer on a traditional jobs board or in a newspaper.
Issued by Creative Spark 3 Mar 2014 09:57
How does one define a designer these days? Designers are so much more than building constructors, typography poets and chair and vase crafters. Designers are creators, activists, humanitarians, revolutionaries, risk takers, visionaries. One might be confused as to why an author might be on the line-up for a design conference, but with the previous statement in mind it makes perfect sense.
By Ruth Cooper 3 Mar 2014 09:18
Just recently, I had to prepare a course for writing in the electronic environment. First stop - a look at South African corporate and company websites. Conclusion - they have very little clue about the time people are prepared to spend reading their words...
By Marion Scher 27 Feb 2014 13:52
High Life, the much applauded inflight magazine of British Airways, is getting a localised edition for BA-operated Comair. The new magazine replaces Horizons - Comair's previous inflight title, published by Media24. The contract was awarded to Omnicom-owned content marketing firm Cedar Communications UK and the first edition appeared 1 April 2012.
By Herman Manson: @marklives 4 Apr 2012 10:19
In the face of evolving brands, change has to be anticipated and the strongest indicator of that change is culture, Added Value South Africa cultural insights specialist Dr Inka Crosswaite said this week in Johannesburg, as she revealed the 10 mega-trends which she said will shape the future of brands, come 2012.
By Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia 14 Oct 2011 10:58
