Tag Archives: Online social networking
Top 3 social networks to market yourself on in South AfricaTop 3 social networks to market yourself on in South Africa
Entrepreneurs are always being spread to thin having to do all the work in the business. So with this in mind I though your would like to know the top three social networks that should give you the best return on your marketing effort online.
Facebook
Only because everyone is on Facebook. This is a great network [...]
How big is the network on Linkedin in South Africa?
It has been ages since my last post to Ideate and to be honest I have missed it. I left things off with two articles on Linkedin that looked at why you should and how you can start networking.
Since the we have been doing some research into Linkedin usership in South Africa and found 600 [...]
Start Networking on Linkedin
Linkedin has over 600 000 users in South Africa and over 30% of those people are in management positions or higher.
Mike Saunders is an internet marketing consultant and social media coach. If you like what he has to say visit his blog on internet marketing strategy or follow him on twitter and Facebook – [...]
Did someone say Video?
Did you know that Youtube is the 5th largest website visited by South Africans? That means that Youtube is bigger than Twitter! yet for some reason business people and brand managers seem to think that South Africans don’t watch video on the internet. Something about bandwidth costs apparantly (Mweb and Afrihost seem to be sorting [...]
A new platform in Facebook: Community Pages
Facebook have released a new platform call community pages. I have expanded of what community pages are on my blog if you need to catch up a little.
This article however looks at something important to consider now that Facebook has created and unofficial basis for discussing brands online.
You see big brands have started to take [...]
Google – no longer the King of the Internet?
Two weeks ago Facebook received more traffic than Google in the US.
Although this is a statistic about American traffic there is cause to believe that this is a sign of the future of the internet. Americans in general use the internet more than the rest of the world and have become the internet trend [...]
Social Media: Show me the money!
Jerry Maguire screams “SHOW ME THE MONEY” into the telephone to convince his client that he is committed to making him more money. Its a great scene by Cuba Gooding Jr. and Tom Cruise and is worth watching. If you need a little reminder then check this out.
Cuba Gooding Jr. basically chose to keep Tom [...]
The missing link in web development and design
I would like to share with you three strategic components of internet strategy that are so often overlooked in the development process. These components are simple but effective questions that will help you to present yourself online in a better light. They will also give you clear litmus test to measure the success of your online presence.
Mashable’s 10 Small Business Social Media Marketing Tips
Co-founder of crowdSPRING, Ross Kimbarovsky posted an article on Mashable last week on 10 Small Business Social Media Marketing Tips. I was seriously impressed and thought to share this useful post with you.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” because Yolandi is nuts about [...]
Introducing Sean Tucker, Ideate’s social media “guy” (with a special offer to boot)
Sean Tucker, social media specialist, connected with us a while back after attending a digital marketing presentation via The Heavy Chef Project. We liked him immediately. He’s a straight-forward no-nonsense kinda guy. So, we’re stoked that he’s going to write a series of articles on Ideate about social media stuff for entrepreneurs. This kind of [...]
