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With Facebook Insights Comes Social Media Enjoyment

With Facebook Insights Comes Social Media Enjoyment

With so much variety whilst consuming digital media and so little time browsing through it all, we really should gain insight into who we are communicating with. If you have a facebook page and no “guru” running it for you, then you should utilise the tools available. If you receive a weekly email from facebook [...]

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Is Facebook a Feasible option for a small business to grow their community?

Is Facebook a Feasible option for a small business to grow their community?

A community on Facebook is no different to a group of people with a common interest. Not everyone speaks to everyone in your area, but you live within a community and only if that community is active, does it strive to achieve great things. I must say that simply “being” on Facebook is not a [...]

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How to Start Monitoring your R.O.I from Social Media

How to Start Monitoring your R.O.I from Social Media

How to measure return on investment from social media has got to be one of the most commonly asked questions regarding social media marketing. It is also one of the trickiest topics to define a single solution for, as it depends heavily on your influence within a community of people.
Adam Mitchell is a Digital [...]

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Top 3 social networks to market yourself on in South AfricaTop 3 social networks to market yourself on in South Africa

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 [...]

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How big is the network on Linkedin in South Africa?

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 [...]

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Start Networking on Linkedin

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 is the CEO of DigitLab, a digital marketing and social media agency, as well as Keynote Speaker and Social Media Coach at TomorrowToday. An internet strategy consultant by day, and blogger by night [...]

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The missing link in web development and design

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.

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Quizzle Me This: How Literate Are You In Social Media?

Quizzle Me This: How Literate Are You In Social Media?

Want to know how effective you are in using social media? Take this quiz and calculate your score to see!
1. I am registered to…

Facebook and Twitter

Facebook, Twitter, a blogging service and other social networks such as SlideShare and LinkedIn

Facebook, Twitter and a blogging service

… Vote?
2. I use Social Media to …

Build awareness for my company, [...]

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