I was deeply humbled when we heard the announcement of The Bookmark Awards 2012 shortlist a few nights ago – with three shortlisted entries, our team is over the moon! Hundreds of companies entered the awards that celebrate all things digital, rewarding excellence in digital publishing, advertising, and marketing. DigitLab has been nominated for the following awards: [...]
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Social Media Bootcamp in Cape Town – March 2012
We are launching DigitLab in Cape Town by running our famous Social Media Bootcamp in conjunction with TomorrowToday. According to a study by TNS Surveys, Social Media has become the main reason that people access the internet. 80% of South Africans online have a Facebook account and on average they visit it twice a day. [...]
Web 2.0 Conference in March 2012
I am proud to be presenting at the Web 2.0 Conference at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park in March 2012. I will be speaking on the need to reinvent your business using social technology and how you can do this. The line up of speakers looks very impressive and I think it will be one [...]
3 lessons from the Global Leadership Summit
As a businessman I have become acutely aware that my ability to lead is directly related to the growth and success of any business I run. This has lead me to read as much as possible on leadership, follow top leadership professionals and attend conferences where I can learn more about successful leadership. The Global [...]
Social Media Bootcamp in Johannesburg this October
Thanks to a growing demand in our Social Media Bootcamp we are proud to be bring another round of the bootcamp to Johannesburg on the 26th October 2011. To refresh your memory here are the key points we cover in the half day workshop: The Social Media Bootcamp is a crash course in Social Media and [...]
Social Media Bootcamp in Durban – 20th September 2011
” If you’re amongst the many people that are totally overwhelmed by Social Media, who may love and use Facebook for your personal networking or connecting with school friends but haven’t seen or understood the value of using this tool for business; if you think Twitter is for people who have too much time on their hands [...]
Social Media Workshops for CEO’s and Directors
TomorrowToday and the IoDSA are proud to present a series of Social Media Workshops for Directors. These courses are specially designed to teach CEO’s and Directors the value of social media in business management and marketing. The courses are very practical and you will need to bring your laptop on the day. Please find all [...]
Prezence Digital clothes DigitLab with AngryNird Shirts
One of the benefits of the Social Media World Forum is all the networking that takes place. Another benefit is the FREE stuff. I met Tim from Prezence Digital at the #SMWF Conference who has been in the online and mobile industry for over 16 years. Tim spearheaded Prezence Digital UK’s expansion into South Africa [...]
What is Silicon Cape?
There has been a fair amount of buzz around this new initiative in Cape Town called Silicon Cape. The concept is pretty simple but pretty hard to achieve. Their main objectives are: 1) Increase number and quality of tech startups 2) Increase number and quality of tech investors 3) Creating an environment where both can [...]
Great social media brand tips from Nike
I have finally found a presentation at #SMWF that went deep into some branding ideas in social media. Kemi Benjamin spoke about social media as a key part in branding but not the main part. I have enjoyed seeing what Nike has been doing in the branding space and how social it is without being [...]