Haydn Townsend, Managing Director at Accenture Interactive Africa, says small, agile companies are enjoying great success in digital marketplaces. As digitally native businesses that can evolve on the fly, these brands are capitalising on the multitude of shoppers on the likes of Amazon, Alibaba, click and collect models and food delivery ecosystems. However, a disruptive […]
Inovo CEO Wynand Smit says detailed analytics, which is only possible with good data, can drive efficiencies throughout the business. Optimising customer experience (CX) by leveraging emerging and new technology results in a host of positive spin-offs for businesses but it must be approached in a methodical and strategic manner. Every intervention or technology application relies […]
M&C Saatchi Abel partners state that Covid-19 provided rocket fuel for our digital rocket. Forget captive audiences, the more interesting the world becomes, the less interested consumers are in brands. The time you will take to read this opening sentence is about how long a brand has to grab a consumer’s attention, which is why […]
According to JD Engelbrecht, Managing Director of Everlytic, marketers know that the success of email campaigns comes down to the total number of engaged contacts. The ultimate return any organisation can hope for is to multiply the volume of its email distribution list by the engagement rate. But to build engagement, the recipient must first […]
Zubeida Goolam, director and chief creative officer at Valiant, says lite versions of mobile applications or apps have become increasingly popular across Africa and many other parts of the developing world, because these have smaller installation footprints and use less data compared to the regular app versions. Africa has a tremendous mobile adoption rate, with […]
Jacki McEwen-Powell, founding partner and strategist at Eclipse Communications, says today’s workforces expect messaging that is more inclusive, personally relevant and decidedly digital. In short, companies need to engage with employees more than ever before. This is underlined by Beekeeper’s Internal Communications Trends in 2021, which notes that in 2020, 84% of employees felt their […]
Brent Haumann, Managing Director, Striata Africa says while there are all sorts of complicated formulae for calculating a customer experience (CX) score, there is a simpler solution. Given how important customer communication is to customer experience, it makes sense to simply measure engagement. Not only does doing so save organisations a lot of time and […]
Wayne Flemming, founder and CEO at Valiant, says simplicity still matters more than ever and that nothing can be truer than within our social media itself. Content overload We are inundated with consistent feeds, messenger platforms, emails and social content on multiple platforms. With a global trend of people decluttering their lives, it is a […]
Celebrate Printing SA’s 110th anniversary with a webinar taking place on 18 March. One of the new benefits the federation is introducing is medical cover for the visual communications industry. Agility and Health Squared have partnered with Printing SA to bring you a one of a kind medical offering for you and your staff that […]
The Loeries Committee has announced its new members for 2021. A key change was the announcement that the Loeries Committee will now include representation from Middle East and North Africa (MENA), West Africa and East Africa. The committee is the operational decision making body of the Loeries and is responsible for steering the organisation. The […]