Tag Archives: Business/Finance
Tip for the Week From The Finance Coach
Finance tip: Estate planning
Draw up, or update, your will. Having recently gone into a new tax year here at home, and with the tax changes in the annual Budget having been announced, it reminded me that it’s a good time to have a look at your will. For too many people, this is something they [...]
Tip for the Week From The Finance Coach
Finance tip: Credit
Get a credit report at least once a year. It’s one of those unavoidable truths in life, but our credit history is destined to follow us around for years, and affects so many different aspects of our lives – applying for a homeloan; getting credit from the bank; trying to open an [...]
Introducing Gareth Cotten!
We’re happy and excited to introduce our latest contributor to Ideate, Gareth Cotten – our own Finance Coach. Gareth will be supplying us with personal finance and business tips which will cover essential money-management techniques, practical ideas of how to save money; as well as business insights, ideas and suggestions.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about [...]
The Heavy Chef’s Guide to Branding: Point 5
Point 5: Keep your promises!
This is a follow on from Heavy Chef Guide to Branding Point 1 (Understanding branding), Point 2 (Define your message), Point 3 (Brand consistency and pervasiveness), and Point 4 (Execution is everything) in a series on branding that stemmed from the Heavy Chef Digital Marketing Course. The points are not directed at online branding, but [...]
Employers: have you remembered to submit your Employment Equity Reports?
I thought I’d be nice and send you a reminder that 1 October is the deadline for designated employers to submit their Employment Equity Reports to the Department of Labour.
So, how do you know if your organisation is a designated employer?
You’re a designated employer if:
1. You employ more than 50 employees (this includes part time [...]
The Heavy Chef’s 5 Point Guide to Branding: Point 3
This is a follow on from Heavy Chef Guide to Branding Point 1 and Point 2 in a series on branding that stemmed from the Heavy Chef Digital Marketing Course. The points are not directed at online branding, but at brand building as a whole.
Point 3: Understand the two most important rules in branding
Ok, so [...]
The Heavy Chef’s 5 Point Guide to Branding: Point 2
This is the second instalment of a 5 point branding series, exclusive to Ideate, where we’re taking some lessons contained within the Heavy Chef Digital Marketing Course and distilling them for our Ideate readers. [Read Point 1 of our brand-building series here]
Point 2: Figure out what your message is (and make sure it’s special!)
Once we [...]
The Heavy Chef’s 5 Point Guide to Branding: Point 1
At a recent Heavy Chef Course, it became clear that Brand Building is one of the most misunderstood segments within marketing, yet we marketers still try to make it more complicated with clichéd jargon. We attempt to dispel the misconceptions with a 5 point overview.
Point 1: Understand what branding means
This is where the problems start. [...]
How Fundamo became the world’s no.1 mobile financial services provider
On Wednesday night, I attended the final session of the entrepreneurial mentorship initiative, the MyMentor program, with which I was supremely fortunate to be involved (along with some super cool entrepreneurs from top SA companies). The Cape Venture Partners team introduced a very special guest, Hannes van Rensburg, the CEO of South Africa’s very own [...]
Small Business is Good News Right Now: Nico Jacobs, ABSA
This morning Mike and I spoke at a breakfast seminar for ABSA Small Business. We were followed by Nico Jacobs, the General Manager for ABSA Small Business, who spoke about the small business landscape in South Africa. It was a great talk, with some really inspirational passages. Here are some of the highlights:
The Current Situation:
SA [...]
