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Top 20 Websites in South Africa 2012

Top 20 Websites in South Africa 2012

Over the last few years I have been tracking the Top 20 most popular websites in South Africa. Comparing 2010 and 2011 results revealed that social media was definitely growing as a high priority for South Africans. In this analysis there are some interesting and valuable pieces of information we can observe. LinkedIn beats Twitter [...]

Top 20 Websites in South Africa 2012 original posted on Keynote Speaker Mike Saunders Blog

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Linkedin in South Africa has grown by 83%

Linkedin in South Africa has grown by 83%

Over the past few months I havebeen looking extensively at the topic of Social Reinvention. This is the process of reinventing our business to incorporate social media and social technology. I have come to believe that this is imperative for business to adopt in order to claim a competitive advantage in the future. Whilst doing this research [...]

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Social Media Recruitment

Recruitment Trend Shifts in South Africa

The recruitment industry in South Africa looks like it is on the rise for the first time in two and a half years. Human Resources South Africa reported “employment grew by 5.6% during March.” As business slowly starts to find its feet again after a rough few years in the global economy recruiters are looking [...]

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Short Study: Generation Y in South Africa

Over the last month Mike Saunders and a few associates ran a small study on Generation Y in South Africa. We interviewed 144 students with an average age of 18 years old. The gender split was 60% female and 40% male. The findings were quite interesting and echoed many generalizations about generation Y. In South [...]

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“Black to the Future”- South Africa’s Gen-Y

Shifts in societal change over the decades have radically changed the way we do business. Some creep up on us while others happen like a tsunami. Is your business in symbiosis with its ever changing environment?  In order to attract and retain your target market, and indeed survive and thrive in current times, businesses need [...]

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What it means to "be British" – a response to Nick Griffin

Like 8 million other Britons, I watched BBC’s “Question Time” on Thursday night. Nick Griffin, the head of the British National Party (a right wing party who restrict membership to white’s only and want to keep Britain “British” – by which they mean white, Caucasian) was given a place on the stage alongside other panel [...]

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Brrr is kewl in South Africa

Brrr is kewl in South Africa

Thanks to my friend Bev from SimonSays Communications for this link. The Sunday Times announced it’s ‘Times Generation Next’ cool brands survey results on 28 May 2009. 5000 tweens, teens and young adults between the ages of 8-22 were polled on their coolest brands, and Coke came out on tops with it’s Brrrr campaign. Bizcommunity.com [...]

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