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01
Dec

Web 2.0 Conference in March 2012

By • December 1, 2011 • Events • 2 Comments

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 [...]

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31
Oct

3 lessons from the Global Leadership Summit

By • October 31, 2011 • Entrepreneurs, Global Leadership Summit, Leadership, Productivity • Leave a comment

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 [...]

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06
Oct

Social Media Bootcamp in Johannesburg this October

By • October 6, 2011 • Social Media Workshops • Leave a comment

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 [...]

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19
Aug

Social Media Bootcamp in Durban – 20th September 2011

By • August 19, 2011 • Social Media Workshops • Leave a comment

” 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 [...]

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30
Jun

Social Media Workshops for CEO’s and Directors

By • June 30, 2011 • Social Media Workshops • 3 Comments

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 [...]

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10
Jun

Prezence Digital clothes DigitLab with AngryNird Shirts

By • June 10, 2011 • Social Media World Forum • Leave a comment

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 [...]

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02
Jun

What is Silicon Cape?

By • June 2, 2011 • Entrepreneurs, Social Media, Social Media World Forum • 4 Comments

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 [...]

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02
Jun

Great social media brand tips from Nike

By • June 2, 2011 • Online Branding, Social Media, Social Media World Forum • Leave a comment

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 [...]

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01
Jun

Social Media Crisis Management

By • June 1, 2011 • Online Reputation Management, Social Media, Social Media World Forum • 1 Comment

What if it hits the fan? This fear is one of the main reasons why companies don’t get in social media. Companies are worried that if they enter the social media space, they will generate bad PR. The problem is that this bad PR, if it exists, is on those social media channels already. In [...]

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01
Jun

The biggest benefit to monitoring online reputation and sentiment

By • June 1, 2011 • Online Reputation Management, Social Media World Forum • 6 Comments

Standard Bank did a detailed presentation around their listening strategies online. The presentation was very interesting and went into detail about crunching the stats in such a way to get valuable, workable results. Now for a few of the key points: Tailoring your offering on different social media platforms This was spoken about in the [...]

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