I've done my fair share of predicting trends and telling people which trends to watch for their business and marketing goals. However, these trends are all for the benefit of certain individuals or companies. What about the average man? I feel we nee...
Hawkers: the guys who are at almost every single robot at which you stop; the reason you keep your windows rolled up and enjoy your air conditioning. I spend a considerable amount of time in traffic, like every other Johannesburg resident. The one th...
Unfortunately, I was not lucky enough to receive an invite to the Google South Africa event that happened in Johannesburg yesterday. Stafford Masie, country manager for Google South Africa, gave some insight into Google SA's plans once it has launche...
Over the last few months we have seen a bunch of brands jumping onto the Facebook bandwagon. Trying to take advantage of the trend and engage the youngsters on Facebook -- demographics are becoming more diverse -- the most recent to see it backfire w...
Cliff Jennings, the now popular Idols contestant, was exposed to blogger Bruinman to be a marketing ploy by Ogilvy. This was confirmed on Tuesday by Pierre Cloete, brand manager at M-Net.
I don't want to discuss how I feel the campaign should have...
As Vinny Lingham, a well-know South African Internet entrepreneur, mentioned this morning, Google is coming to South Africa. They have appointed Stafford Masie as the General Manager.
What does this mean for South Africa as a country? Well I beli...
Tyler is a young entrepreneur, blogger and speaker. He is the Creative Strategist at Younique, a social media marketing firm. He spends most of his time working with the latest web 2.0 technologies and trends to find new ways of engaging consumers. He blogs at www.tylerreed.co.za.
