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A key theme going into 2026 is social engineering and the impact that has on fraud (Image source: Spend Trend 2026 Report)

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#BizTrends2019: Social marketing, and true word (of mouth) power

Leigh Andrews 15 Jan 2019

BizTrendsLIVE! Avoid the FOMO!

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#BizTrends2019: Digital, data-driven biometrics

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Pine Pienaar 15 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: The revival of print

#BizTrends2019: The revival of print

Sam Swaine 14 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: How fintech will democratise the internet

#BizTrends2019: How fintech will democratise the internet

Justin McCarthy 9 Jan 2019

Trend specialist John Sanei.

#BizTrends2019: The acceleration of acceleration

John Sanei 8 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Big brother brands - how to not be evil in 2019

#BizTrends2019: Big brother brands - how to not be evil in 2019

Bronwyn Williams 7 Jan 2019

BizTrendsLIVE! January 2019 speaker line up

BizTrendsLIVE! January 2019 speaker line up

Bizcommunity.com 6 Dec 2018

BizTrends 2019 is here!

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Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2018

The audience at the Heavy Chef Sextech event of which the first part was presented by Heidi Patmore. Image: Heavy Chef.

#Sextech: Chatbots, sex robots and impact on society (Part 2)

Juanita Pienaar 12 Sep 2018

Heidi Patmore, a tech marketing consultant up on the Heavy Chef stage. Image supplied by Heavy Chef.

#Sextech: Smart condoms, KinkBNB and VR porn (Part 1)

Juanita Pienaar 5 Sep 2018

The Mann brothers - Mic, Shayne and Kevin.

How to leapfrog your industry's disruption and future-proof Africa

Leigh Andrews 4 Sep 2018

How Africa can embrace an AI-enabled future

How Africa can embrace an AI-enabled future

Zoaib Hoosen 18 Jul 2018

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VR and digital video storytelling as top marketing tools for 2018

Leigh Andrews 19 Apr 2018

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"Let me tell you a story..." Why marketing fails without digital storytelling

Leigh Andrews 5 Apr 2018

#BizTrends2018: How to manoeuvre through 2018 and come out the other side

#BizTrends2018: How to manoeuvre through 2018 and come out the other side

Natasha Fourie 5 Feb 2018

Mike Sharman, owner, Retroviral Digital Communications.

#BizTrends2018: Putting the 'I' in live.

Mike Sharman 11 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: Delivering UX with soul

#BizTrends2018: Delivering UX with soul

Mike Carter 8 Jan 2018

Samantha Wright, content producer at Tech Girl.

#BizTrends2018: Death to the influencer - a shift in word-of-mouth marketing

Samantha Wright 8 Jan 2018

Marcus von Geyso and Diogo Mendonça

#BizTrends2018: Today's kids will never know...

Diogo Mendonça and Marcus von Geyso 8 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: It is time for marketing professionals to become more innovative

#BizTrends2018: It is time for marketing professionals to become more innovative

Desiree Gullan 8 Jan 2018

Gabbi Brondani Rego, director at Urban Espresso.

#Biztrends 2018: More brands exploring the e-sports and gaming space

Gabbi Brondani 8 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: Prescriptive data in the digital space, the next big thing

#BizTrends2018: Prescriptive data in the digital space, the next big thing

Paula Raubenheimer 8 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: South African businesses should be investigating AI (now)

#BizTrends2018: South African businesses should be investigating AI (now)

Colin Thornton 8 Jan 2018

Laura Owings Rawden, director at Locomedia.

#BizTrends2018: Your customers are smarter than you think - talk to them better

Laura Owings Rawden 8 Jan 2018

Natalie Pool, Native VML's head of content.

#BizTrends2018: Is the 280-character count the end of brands on Twitter?

Natalie Pool 8 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: The Platform Economy

#BizTrends2018: The Platform Economy

Josephine Buys 8 Jan 2018

Leigh Andrews, editor-in-chief of marketing and media at Bizcommunity.

#BizTrends2018: Rewind from attention spam back to attention span

Leigh Andrews 8 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: Location strategy's new role in the marketing mix

#BizTrends2018: Location strategy's new role in the marketing mix

Marc du Plessis 8 Jan 2018

Mike Oelschig, head of advisory at Cerebra.

#BizTrends2018: The (eventual) rise of the social command centre in South Africa

Mike Oelschig 8 Jan 2018

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