Seven stages in becoming an industry expert

[Douglas Kruger] From Amoeba to Icon; where do you currently rank in your industry's natural progression? In this piece, I walk you through the seven stages of development as you strive to position yourself as an industry expert. [video] 13 Apr 2013 06:31

Bizcommunity.com

How to contribute to Bizcommunity, from op-ed pieces to news

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Bizcommunity.com has now expanded its operations into 16 new sectors and will soon venture into another 17, providing a whole new range of target audiences for advertisers. The most critical aspect of this is the quality of content and this is a formal invitation to you to become a recognised contributor on Bizcommunity. 3 Oct 2011 14:57

Electric cars for short hops in new scheme

LONDON, UK: Electric cars becoming an economically rational choice for short hop journeys and now 100% electric vehicles to be made available in pioneering pilot scheme for PwC. 26 Apr 2011 06:00

Demand for higher quality sat navs and car radios

NUREMBERG, GERMANY: When it comes to equipping their cars with radios and satellite navigation devices, German motorists are gearing up. Demand is increasingly for devices that can play music directly from USB sticks or MP3 players. 15 Apr 2011 11:04

Emerging auto insurance and aggregator sites attracting meaningful market share

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has announced the availability of an expanded competitive set of insurers and aggregator sites for its online auto insurance benchmarker. In Q4 2010, these additional sites accounted for 724 000 submitted quotes, making up 8% of quotes submitted online. 8 Mar 2011 09:58

Vodafone Global wants your BIG IDEA

LONDON, UK: Idea Bounty, the South-African-based online crowd sourcing community, has loaded a cracker of a brief with a sizeable reward in the form of a brief for international telecommunications giant Vodafone Global - and the winning idea will be worth US$10 000 - that's about R70 000. 8 Mar 2011 09:02

Hassle-free sales environment revs vehicle purchases

CHICAGO, US: Black or silver? Sedan or coupe? Compact or hatchback? Consumers have much to consider when they're on the hunt for a new car. But, according to Mintel research, it's a hassle-free sales environment that really gets shoppers' motors running, as 27% of consumers who have bought a new vehicle in the past three years say they were influenced by the stress-free sales floor. 11 Feb 2011 10:58

Tendulkar bats for Castrol

MUMBAI, INDIA: Castrol, the world's leading lubrication company, recently announced the signing of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar as their global brand ambassador for the next two years. 1 Feb 2011 10:25

Renault to launch first iAd in Europe

BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FRANCE: Renault, reputed to be the only carmaker in the world to offer a complete range of affordable electric vehicles beginning in 2011, will launch what is claimed to be Europe's first iAd today, Thursday, December 2 with a campaign for Renault Twizy, its new 100% electric tandem-style city car. iAd is Apple's new mobile advertising network. 2 Dec 2010 09:55

Land Rover takes to the road with RWC 2011 and RWC 2015

GAYDON, UK: Land Rover announced yesterday, 24 November 2010, its sponsorship of Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand and Rugby World Cup 2015 in England. As part of the deal for both tournaments the company will supply vehicles to support the organisers, teams and officials. It is the first time that the leading car manufacturer has been involved with rugby's showcase tournament. 25 Nov 2010 09:44

GM restructures African business, seeking growth

[Michael Bratt] General Motors (GM) has announced a new strategy for African business, which it hopes will allow GM to capitalise on the growing opportunities around the continent. 23 Nov 2010 12:36

In-car electronics - Western Europe recovery

NUREMBERG, GERMANY: After a long dry season for the past two and a half years, in which a two digit decline rate was experienced in the in-car electronics market in Western Europe, there are finally signs indicating a recovery in the third quarter of 2010, according to findings of GfK Retail and Technology for Q3 2010. 18 Nov 2010 11:44

Hope for full global economic recovery in 2010 diminishes

NEW YORK, US: After an upbeat start to the year with two consecutive quarters of increases in optimism, global consumer confidence fell three points in September to an Index of 90 as consumers' hopes for a full economic recovery this year fades in most parts of the world, according to the latest edition of the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index. 27 Oct 2010 06:22