Tag Archives: business
Christmas List: Book Builds A Foundation Of Biblical Teaching To Achieve Financial Success
Devonshire, Bermuda – The third time is the charm, right? Wrong, at least for Melvin Joell. When his third small business venture failed, Joell realized that the fault might not lie solely in an unstable economy or faulty business plan. Instead of focusing on outside factors, Joell began to look at himself and his relationship [...]
The World Is Going To Hell In A Handcart … And That’s Good For Smart Business
Consumers who have never had it so bad are presenting service-led businesses with an unprecedented opportunity to stand out. Smart business simply has to offer respite from a perfect storm of rising prices, strikes, violence and failures of leadership, says one of the country’s leading customer service consultants. Aki Kalliatakis shares his views with us. [...]
Get Ready For Content Marketing, Social Media And SEO In 2013
In anyone’s world, 2012 has been a rollercoaster one. We still appear to be here, but who knows what will happen on the 21st December if the dire warnings are in any way true. But operating on the positive assumption that there will be a 2013, I’ve been auditing MANGO-OMC’s 2012 learnings and summarising them [...]
APMSA Strengthens Relationship With IPMA
Project management is the one discipline that permeates every facet of life. In fact, some scholars go as far as saying that project management skill is what differentiates poor from rich countries and that project management is the way forward in challenging economic times. The ability to organise, run matters in the most optimum sequence [...]
The Cost Of Immature Project Management
Immaturity is defined as not being developed or perfected and being juvenile or childish. In terms of Project Management, immaturity can be defined as being unable to see the bigger picture, respond to the issues in a systematic manner and assess all risks. While there are many different elements which need to work together in [...]
Corporate Use Of ‘Gamification’ Drives Brand Engagement And Business Goals
Companies of all kinds have begun to introduce‘ gamification’ into the way their products, processes, training and marketing are presented and consumed. Gamification is particularly successful at promoting engagement with brands and portfolios, and driving strategic objectives like increased sales, marketing and even innovation. This is because of a predisposition in many people to respond [...]
What It Means To Be Open For Business: Q & A with the Branson Centre CEO
Ideate recently featured the Open For Business Festival, an initiative by the Branson Centre Of Entrepreneurship. They hosted the first one in Katlehong, a township on the east of Johannesburg. I caught up with the CEO, Tracey Webster, to find out what this initiative aims to achieve and what would make more successful startups in [...]
Digital Customer Service: When Technology Misses The Human Element.
In a world where all people really want to do is look after themselves, individuals and companies that break the mold by caring or excelling in service will get noticed. One of the first jobs I had was working in a sporting shop. We had a section called customer care. It was the refunds and [...]
Greentrepreneur Wins National Entrepreneurial Competition
After an extensive search across South Africa, Pitch & Polish unearthed the 2012 entrepreneurial gem in Criytone Revanewako from eMalahleni. Last week in Johannesburg, on 20 September, the national Pitch & Polish entrepreneurial competition reached a thrilling culmination at a glitzy final event at The Venue in Melrose Arch. The 2012 competition clearly reflects the [...]
Massive Demand For Entrepreneurial Self-help Book
Allon Raiz’s “What to Do When You Want to Give Up” appears on bestseller list two weeks after launch. What to Do When You Want to Give Up, the second book by Allon Raiz, world-renowned South Africa entrepreneurship expert and CEO of Raizcorp, reached bestseller status within just two weeks of its launch on the [...]
