Three tips to help your brand avoid getting eaten for breakfast on Twitter

[Skhumbuzo Tuswa] Making your brand an interesting voice to listen to on social media is a mixture of intuition and trial and error. The Telkom social media accounts lack of both of these was exposed...

Green buildings catching on in South Africa

[Richard Gray] South Africans are increasingly opting for green property solutions in both their residential and commercial investments...

Who will teach the teachers?

[Damon Stapleton] Many years ago, I worked with a truly great global creative director. Let's call him John. ...

#WomensMonth: Fostering social change through circus arts

[Sindy Peters] Laurence Estève runs one of the first social circus schools in the world...

#WomensMonth: Currey on female-led FMCG retail advertising

[Leigh Andrews] Think of your favourite local fresh food advertising, like that of Food Lover's Market and FreshStop, and chances are the brand work was created by the fittingly named Lisa Currey, managing director of Hamiltons Advertising. Here's a taste of her business success...

Boosting sales in contact centres

[Wynand Smit] Call and staff costs are some of the biggest expenses in the contact centre...

#CoCreate2Accelerate: Accelerating Polymorph in the IoT market

[Cari Coetzee] Innovative South African based mobile development company, Polymorph is one of the companies chosen for acceleration at #CoCreate2Accelerate...

[Orchids & Onions] Flour ad shows print media still reigns Supreme

[Brendan Seery] Good graphic design, which showcases a clever or appealing slogan or catchphrase in a frozen moment, still works in this age of pixels, videos and screens...

Making culinary waves at the Blowfish

[Leigh Andrews] Seafood, sushi, sunset. That's the promise at Blowfish Restaurant, situated in Cape Town's stunning Dolphin Beach, and that's exactly what you get - and more...

How to retain staff in tough economic times

[Kay Vittee] During trying economic times with high unemployment rates, business executives often assume that employees will remain loyal to their jobs and not look for greener pastures. This is a very dangerous assumption...

#TRENDING: What does it take to be a "breakthrough" brand?

[Louise Burgers] Interbrand has released its first report on "breakthrough brands", those new brands that are disrupting the market, and Louise Marsland takes a look at what makes a breakthrough brand...

Quotas and random sampling within quotas - the PSA experience

[mike broom] When it comes to demographic variables, none of them change all that much...