2016 business success secrets
One way to get the business year off to a good start is by looking at last year's success and building on it by learning from it.
With their 'media agency of the year' win at the recent Annual AdFocus Awards, Vizeum is one such successful industry leader. I chatted to Kelvin Storie, managing director of Vizeum Johannesburg about what it takes to be a
successful media agency and what we can expect in the coming months.
This is proof that businesses that haven't made the digital leap simply won't survive in 2016. A big part of that is making sure your online offering is in line with what your consumers expect, to ensure continued growth in revenue and reach.
In this light, Adegboye Adeniyi looks at whether
linking to another website is the key to help website traffic to grow and how it ties into the law of reciprocity.
Lastly, if you're looking for a new spot for your office mug entirely, you're in luck as Tanya Eksteen offers
job-hunting tips that go beyond the obvious CV clean-up.
Happy business reading!
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 | The Independent Agency Search and Selection (IAS) Company has launched an innovative service to marketers and procurement officials that consists of a qualified list of agencies that could meet a brief... read |
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 | The Art Directors Club has selected the advertising and digital juries for the 95th ADC Annual Awards. The two juries represent 29 creative leaders from 15 countries... read |
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 | Tess Sulaman Where are we headed in this fiercely competitive tech world, and how do we keep our customers satisfied? read |
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 | Entries for the 2016 Nelson Mandela-Graça Machel Innovation Awards close for submission on 17 January 2016... read |
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 | 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... read |
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 | Gordon Barker During the 18 years of doing online business I realised that video can become life changing to companies and brands in 2016. We all know how powerful TV advertising is... read |
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 | On Yavin Gone are the days when you could just hope to avoid the whole online aspect and focus exclusively on offline marketing strategies and methods... read |
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 | Eugene Rudenko Launching a startup is not easy, but through trial and error the startup community has gained enough experience and the most common pitfalls can be avoided... read |
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 | Jackie Burger My inquisitive nature has always been a driving force in my field of study and subsequent career choices... read |
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 | There will be a Media Strategy conference on 18-19 February 2016 at the Indaba Hotel, Fourways Sandton... read |
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 | Mehul Rajput Building a mobile application demands patience and perseverance. After a long and iterative process, developers tend to rush through the final stages and drag the project to the finish line... read |
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 | Louise Marsland Bongani Siqoko will take over as the new editor of the Sunday Times on Monday, 11 January 2016. Siqoko was appointed editor of East London's Daily Dispatch, Saturday Dispatch and DispatchLive in June 2013... read |
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 | The deadline for entries to the 2016 IMA Web Awards has been extended to 15 January 2016. Entries of website, app, blog, microsite, video, ad, game or social media campaigns for mobile... read |
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 | Cecilia Mohlala A new year has started, and social media is abuzz with comment and views dealing with racism, as well as companies calling their employees to order... read |
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 | [NEWSWATCH] The companies of Silicon Valley have been slowly but surely changing the notion that the technology sector is a man's world. Now Pinterest is leading this change with the appointment of Candice Morgan... read |
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 | Kaveel Singh Controversial radio personality Gareth Cliff and realtor Penny Sparrow have dominated South African social media in the past week, ROi Media has said... read |
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 | Facebook announced on Thursday that the number of people using its Messenger application monthly has shot past 800 million, with more features on the way to win even more fans... read |
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 | For the fifth year, the Facebook Awards celebrate the best creative work being shared on the Facebook platform. More businesses are using Facebook and Instagram to connect with audiences and tell stories... read |
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 | Gareth van Zyl Television shows such as House of Cards, Orange is the New Black and Grey's Anatomy are unavailable on Netflix in South Africa owing to content rights... read |
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 | [NEWSWATCH] The biggest TV streaming service in the world, Netflix, has gone global. It's launched in 190 countries around the world and SA is one of them... read |
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 | Fadia Salie In a day in which the penny dropped on racism in South Africa with the Penny Sparrow "monkey" scandal gripping the country, Standard Bank dropped another bomb to announce the suspension of economist... read |
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 | LAS VEGAS, USA: Google and Lenovo said Thursday they would team up to produce the first smartphone using three-dimensional mapping developed for the US tech giant's "Project Tango..." read |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Global app usage soared in 2015 as a growing base of smartphone users found new ways to use their devices, a study showed on Tuesday... read |
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 | LAS VEGAS, USA: Facebook-owned Oculus VR will begin taking orders for its Rift virtual reality headsets on Wednesday, as the doors of Consumer Electronics Show gadget extravaganza officially open in Las Vegas... read |
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 | Nkem Ndem V Nigeria has witnessed an explosion of mobile apps in the last couple years, making it convenient for smartphone users to do everything from paying bills to saving money, shopping, ordering food, keeping up with news... read |
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Eleanor Roosevelt "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Albert Schweitzer "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." Benjamin Disraeli "Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes." Robert Louis Stevenson "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." Jenna Alatari "All you need is a vision and a little passion to meet success." |
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