 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Tiffany Markman] Yup, that's right. You heard us*. PowerPoint - mostly - stinks. And it's time to take back your PowerPoint power, because Microsoft is trying to take it away from you. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Craig Steyn] Marketers and businesses have long been using Facebook to promote their products and services, but... |
 | LEGAL
[Megan Badenhorst] Looking back to March 2011, the media were positively giddy with excitement about the Consumer Protection Act, No. 68 of 2008 (CPA) and the whip cracking that was to be done by the National Consumer Commission on behalf of consumers who felt hard done by after poor treatment from goods suppliers or service providers. |
 | RETAIL
[Julian Diaz] Starbucks continues to trail blaze the customer experience in order to tighten its competitive advantage with another industry first: wireless charging mats for mobile phones, so customers can charge their phones for free while enjoying a hot cup of java. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Andrea Mitchell] It is predicted that Programmatic Media Buying will soon replace all traditional ways of media planning and buying - not just for digital, but for all media channels. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Louise Burgers] As we know, the dizzying speed of change on the interwebs has led to fundamental changes in commerce, communication and the consumption of information and entertainment content. |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Eugene Yiga] Following its sold-out debut in Johannesburg and Cape Town last year, Cirque de la Symphonie returns to South Africa with performances in Cape Town this weekend and Johannesburg next week. |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Ilse Burger] As tempting as sleeping in on a rainy Saturday morning may be, don't let this Mother City and her weather moods make you miss out on a weekend at Bay Harbour Market which, I believe, is one of the best markets Cape Town has to offer. |
 | TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
[Brian Berkman] Slack packing, or hiking with someone else transporting your gear and checking into accommodation along the way is gaining popularity with folk who love the great outdoors but not enough to sleep under it. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Lucinda Boddy] This letter has been a long time coming... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Marion Scher] For me one of the hardest parts of any freelance business dealing is coming up with a price for my work... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Sid Peimer] In the early days of the automobile industry, engineers agreed that the steam engine was far more efficient than the petrol engine... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard] Numerous articles have been published, primarily in the US, about how Google's recent major algorithm update affects the press release distribution industry and ultimately global public relations.
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 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  [Jerker Hellström] Even professional users of rugged laptops, tablets and smartphones are sometimes unsure of what defines a "rugged computer" and how the various tests to validate ruggedness are carried out. A truly rugged computer is so much more than just a normal computer wrapped in a tough outer case.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Sanele Mgaga] It's funny to me how much marketers and designers nowadays take their trades for granted. What's even more surprising is how little we are willing to fight accountants in the boardroom.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Graeme Wilson] Most stereotypes are absolute hogwash. Some, however, are born from some small seed of truth.
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| LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Eugene Yiga] Oliver Baines, founder of the British classical-pop group Blake, chats about their upcoming South African tour. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Thomas Oosthuizen] When you buy a Nespresso coffee machine, you do not buy a coffee machine. You buy into a system of consumer benefits. Or what I would call an "ecosystem "of related offers. |
| TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
[Brian Berkman] If you're used to staying at top-end private game lodges in Kruger's Sabi Sands and paying upwards of R8,000 a night you might be disappointed with Gondwana - a fynbos and big-five reserve in Mossel Bay, in the Cape. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Tess Sulaman] Not too long ago, I came across the concept of quantum entanglement, which if you like is a kind of romance at a particle level, which translates into lifelong attachment by particles. |
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