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Beverley Klein
MARKETING & MEDIA
#YouthMonth Newsmaker: Chanelle Carawan from Student Brands

#YouthMonth Newsmaker: Chanelle Carawan from Student Brands
[Beverley Klein] Chanelle Carawan is only 23 years old and has been appointed operations director at online student portal, Student Brands South Africa...

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Pasqua Heard
MARKETING & MEDIA
#YouthMonth: Youth on the flipside

Alison Harris conducts a workshop with creative mentors and Woodstock youth.
Alison Harris conducts a workshop with creative mentors and Woodstock youth. © Tyler Walker / big red photography
[Pasqua Heard] Anyone familiar with the Woodstock scene in Cape Town will know that skateboarding is a common pastime for many young locals...

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Doros Hadjizenonos
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Holding your phone hostage - how ransomware went mobile

Holding your phone hostage - how ransomware went mobile
©Michael Heim via 123RF
[Doros Hadjizenonos] Imitation is a quick way to learn, which is why mobile malware is evolving so rapidly - it frequently imitates attack behaviours and trends that were first trialled and proven to work in the PC...

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
#YouthMonth: Exposing Edgars' 100,000 download magic

The June 2016 cover, displayed on iPad.
The June 2016 cover, displayed on iPad.
[Leigh Andrews] With everyone and their grandma reading content on their phones these days, digital magazine apps are by no means just the realm of the youth. Here's how Edgars Club Magazine is repeatedly delighting its downloaders...

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Beverley Klein
MARKETING & MEDIA
#YouthMonth: How brands can win with Generation Z [Infographic]

[Beverley Klein] This group of youngsters is also called the "Pluralist Generation" because they are so diverse in race, religion, politics. They believe people can coexist happily, and have a more optimistic view of the future...

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Jane Stevenson
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT
Value through long-term relationships

Value through long-term relationships
© RawPixel – 123RF.com
[Jane Stevenson] Business owners often get caught up in conversations around the details of what they sell rather than focusing on critical conversations around building relationships. This extends not only to clients but to suppliers, employees, and *gasp* even our competitors...

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Mike Sharman
MARKETING & MEDIA
Cell C Game of Phones campaign puts the WIN in Winterfell

Cell C Game of Phones campaign puts the WIN in Winterfell
[Mike Sharman] Last week I shared this pic of actor/comedian/director - Glen Biderman-Pam - playing all of the characters from GoT...

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Brian Berkman
TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
Bangkok's grande dame gets a nip and tuck

Bangkok's grande dame gets a nip and tuck
[Brian Berkman] For 140 years authors have gravitated to the elegant calm and sweet-scented air of Bangkok's famous riverside hotel, The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok...

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Charles Mburugu
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Selecting a domain name: blunders to avoid

Selecting a domain name: blunders to avoid
[Charles Mburugu] When it comes to business, the domain name of your site is a critical element of your identity and branding. It is therefore important to take time choosing a domain name...

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
#KantarOnAir: Commercial TV in a FFW VOD world

Oleksandr Horiainov ©
Oleksandr Horiainov © 123RF
[Leigh Andrews] How do you tackle advertising when consumers actively skip it, choosing to rather binge-watch VOD or video-on-demand shows? Speakers at the second and final day of Kantar's World Audience Summit 2016 shared the importance of real-time data...

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Ruth Cooper
Ruth Cooper
[Music] 

AKA ft Yanga releases the music video for Dreamwork. Directed by Adriaan Louw.

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Lauren Hartzenberg
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
#YouthMonth: iFixing the quick-throwaway culture

#YouthMonth: iFixing the quick-throwaway culture
[Lauren Hartzenberg] Do SA consumers have an always-upgrading, quick-throwaway culture when it comes to electronic devices? Or is it just that there hasn't been enough reliable service providers around to repair one's precious gadgets?...

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Brendan McAravey
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Importance of quick, secure and flexible IT delivery

Importance of quick, secure and flexible IT delivery
©goodluz via 123RF
[Brendan McAravey] Delivery has always been a key differentiator in business. Whether it be goods or services, companies that are known to deliver quality offerings quickly, securely and flexibly...

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Brendan McAravey
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Staying one step ahead of information security threats

Staying one step ahead of information security threats
[Brendan McAravey] In the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global State of Information Security Survey 2016, 41.44% of companies in South Africa and the Middle East reported that they had detected 50 or more cybersecurity incidents...

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JS Smit
MARKETING & MEDIA
How to boost your boardroom presence

JS Smit[JS Smit] I've been in 12 boardrooms none of which had en suite bathroom; all of which terrified me. The best way to counter that fear, I've found, was to let my mind wander at will to create the impression - to me at least - that I'm anywhere but in a boardroom...

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Pasqua Heard
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
Introducing We Are Charlie

Introducing We Are Charlie
[Pasqua Heard] We Are Charlie, who hail from Pretoria and describe themselves as "three dudes who know of salon quality hair and black coffee so strong you can shave with it", recently released their EP 'The Sad Kind Of Happy'.

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Lesley Svenson
Lesley Svenson
[BizTakeouts Radio Show & Podcasts] This week we look at the upcoming Marketing Mix, Shopper path to purchase 2016 event happening on 20 July and 21 July at the Sunnyside Park Hotel in Johannesburg.https://
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Lee Naik
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
With technology, there's no need to fear the walking dead

With technology, there's no need to fear the walking dead
©solarseven via 123RF
[Lee Naik] What would you do if you were faced with a zombie apocalypse? With the popularity of fiction like The Walking Dead and World War Z, it's become something of an internet cliché...

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
#KantarOnAir: Internet disrupts TV

Peter Chalakov ©
Peter Chalakov © 123RF
[Leigh Andrews] It's never been more evident that the internet and mobile era is disrupting TV for good. Here's how the first day of presentations and panelists at Kantar Media's World Audiences Summit 2016 explained the implications...

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Antoinette Pombo
MARKETING & MEDIA
#YouthMonth: SA blind to accountability, with real consequences for future generations

#YouthMonth: SA blind to accountability, with real consequences for future generations
© Ludi via Pixabay
[Antoinette Pombo] "... universal adult suffrage, a national common voter's roll, regular elections and a multi-party system of democratic government, to ensure accountability, responsiveness and openness"...

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