Best tablets for 2013

When Apple introduced the famed Retina display to the third-generation Apple iPad, it set a bar so high that the rest of the industry struggled to catch up. That's until Google and Samsung joined forces to produce the Google Nexus 10. Incredibly, the display on the Nexus 10 has an even...

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Apps for informal and micro business

Nomsindo is offering Apps for small businesses from as little as R285 No you didn't read it wrong - only R285! While many micro enterprises are disinclined to spend on websites, e-commerce and more complex digital presence, mostly because of an affordability and maintenance problem, many are acutely aware that far more people in South Africa have smartphones than PCs or laptops. It...

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Why using Social Media for CRM is a priceless tool

I must start by emphasising that social media is by no means the only CRM (customer relationship management) tool a company should use and certainly in certain circumstances there are are other CRM tools that are more effective. It has however become clearly obvious that with the implementation of social media as a grass roots CRM instrument by medium and large enterprises, the cost effectiveness...

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LinkedIn- why 100 million users can't be wrong..

A great blog post from Robert Clay about The power of LinkedIn I've certainly found it useful, particularly in South Africa. Any thoughts? - Posted using BlogPress from my iP...

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How to bag your first Tiger....

You know how it goes...you've set up on your own, survived the first year and struggled through half of the second. Small accounts, but nothing big. And then all of a sudden, that first big deal lands in your lap, the saviour of your fledgling business. How did it happen? Tempting though it is to think so, this big deal was not, repeat not down to luck. It was all down to your absolute focus on business...

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Facebook-what they don't tell you but what you should know

With nearly one billion users, Facebook is a social media phenomenon which cannot be ignored by anyone seriously trying to market their particular brand or business. But just creating a Facebook page and thinking its going to do all the work for you would be a huge mistake! Successful Facebook marketing involves a lot more....advertising, refreshing content, finding new customers and clients, the...

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Job hunting and social media

So 89%of companies will be using social media as a part of their recruitment processes by the end of this year... Did you know that? No, me neither. But it's all here in a great article and info graphic I came across this morning. Have a look for yourself. - Posted using BlogPress from my i...

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