Thomas Oosthuizen

Thomas Oosthuizen is a marketing and brand strategist (www.drthomasbrand.co.za) who focuses on helping clients achieve greater marketing and brand success by spending less, for which he has devised his own methodologies. He has consulted widely to major companies across Africa and the Middle East and holds a doctorate in marketing communications. Email , read his blog at brand-blog.drthomasbrand.co.za, follow @drthomasbrand and connect on LinkedIn.
Can marketing lift stock price?

[Thomas Oosthuizen] While most marketers will endorse the fact that marketing works in building brands, improving brand image and driving sales, the relationship between marketing and investor value is not always that clear. Although we as marketers will anecdotally believe it, isolating the effect of marketing is complex.

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Can Facebook ever make (real) money?

[Thomas Oosthuizen] Growth is hardly the challenge Facebook faces. The challenge for the monetarisation of Facebook is not how many people it reaches - it is a huge medium by any standards - but how it extracts revenue from its core business: connecting people in an objective, friendly, social, non-threatening and non-commercial environment.

Posted 3 months ago | Like
[2012 trends] Marketers must cut costs yet drive growth

[Thomas Oosthuizen] 2012 will be tough. Business will need to control costs and grow, despite global turmoil and low economic growth. Here are twelve questions marketers need to ask themselves this year.

Posted 4 months ago | Like

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