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#YouthMonth: How to spot fake influencers on social media
Influencer marketing is an especially hot topic as we enter #YouthMonth, but do your research before you rush in as the quickest way to waste your time and money is to spend it on the wrong people...
Leigh Andrews 4 Jun 2019
Forget buzzwords, embrace trends
It is near impossible nowadays for organisations to keep up with trends in business and technology...
29 Mar 2019
2019 Research Conference to unpack retail trends, tech and the 'Afripolitan' consumer
The 9th Annual South African Council of Shopping Centres Research Conference, a mainstay event on SA's shopping centre and retail industry calendar, is set to take place at the Maslow Hotel in Johannesburg on 3 April...
19 Mar 2019
IAB Insight Series: These are the trends transforming the digital economy
The IAB Insight Series held its second event on The Future of Work, where a panel of experts in the field shared insights on trends transforming the digital economy...
Juanita Pienaar 25 Feb 2019
Microsoft CMO on the transformation of digital marketing
Jessica Tennant interviews Peter DeBenedictis, chief marketing officer for Microsoft in the Middle East and Africa on his recent business trip to South Africa...
Jessica Tennant 5 Feb 2019
#BizTrends2019: Bizcommunity hosts #BizTrendsLIVE!, an overview
Bizcommunity invited contributors to join its vision for Africa (with over 230 industry trend contributions making up the 2019 report) at BizTrendsLIVE!, which took place at Ster-Kinekor Sandton City in Johannesburg on Thursday, 31 January.
Jessica Tennant, Bizcommunity.com 1 Feb 2019
#BizTrends2019: Creativity is the currency of the future
I never like to weigh in on trends or predictions because, among many other reasons I've given before, human beings are generally awful at predicting the future...
Brett Morris 25 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Embracing uncertainties and change to survive 2019
The year 2018 was one of uncertainty and scandals rocked the world, South Africa and advertising - forcing changes to take place...
Michelle Beh 24 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Facebook is the dial tone, not the message
When Marian Salzman (one of the world's top trendspotters) invited me to discuss all things trends over coffee at the end of 2018, I jumped at the chance. This is the second of three overviews of our talking points...
Leigh Andrews 22 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: The speed of culture
A lot happens in a year, and as our population and their access to the world and each other grows, our collective innovation and productivity will continue to grow exponentially, making each passing year increasingly dense with 'trends' and 'disruptions'...
Yatish Narsi 22 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Embrace these business-changing themes or suffer the consequences...
This is a genuinely fascinating time to be alive, and yet it is even more fascinating to be in the business of communications, as we bear witness to and participate in some of the industry's most ground-breaking developments...
Mark Tomlinson 21 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: The rise of live communications and branded everything
When you study the world's most iconic work from recent times, you see patterns that may give you a direction of where everything is headed - at least in the short term. However, the world is extremely complex currently, and nothing is clearly defined, especially in the long term...
Peter Khoury 16 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: From disappearing acts to dark social and digital wellness
Kalliebree Keynerd, head of social media at Joe Public Connect, predicts we'll see more of the following six trends over the coming months...
Kalliebree Keynerd 16 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Social marketing, and true word (of mouth) power
When Marian Salzman, one of the world's top trendspotters, invited me to discuss all things social marketing trend-related over coffee at the end of 2018, I jumped at the chance. This is the first of three overviews of our talking points...
Leigh Andrews 15 Jan 2019