Finding creative ways to engage your customers can be the beginning of your stairway to success. However, there are now more and more ways to engage your client base thanks to a variety of platforms and marketing channels. Where once the height of an entrepreneur’s skills might see them getting an advert in the local paper or placing a note in a newsagent’s window, computers and mobile devices now mean that creative types can really go to town.The most creative ...

With founder Jack Ma stepping down from the role of CEO, skeptics will doubt whether Alibaba can continue to grow strongly without its founder’s leadership. It’s perhaps normal to have such a reaction given that the founders are usually the most important people in a company.Ma has been an inspirational figure for folks inside and outside of the company. Alibaba without him in the CEO’s seat just doesn’t feel complete. But is it going to have a major impact on ...

The latest major victim of a malicious online attack? That would be the South African Police Service. According to a report by eNCA, the country's police website was hacked on Friday, with the attackers publishing the names and contact details of anonymous tipsters who have been informing the police of crimes since 2005.The Anonymous-affiliate who has claimed responsibility for the attack, who goes by the Twitter handle '@DomainerAnon', says the move was motivated in response to death of striking ...

I've always had a keen interest in construction and building, although I am by no means going to ditch my heels and get my hands dirty.Nevertheless, construction is an industry that fascinates me and one that I feel is really not using digital platforms, especially social media, to its full potential.But how does an industry like construction that is very hands on make use of social media? Here are a few pointers.The factsEarlier this year, UK-based Sales ...

Our main focus here is entrepreneurial productivity and it can teach you how to be strong and financially powerful, so you can free yourself up to go on to other, more important things in life. With that in mind, I am going to fill you in on three important steps to increasing entrepreneurial productivity. these 3 steps will help you take action to build skills and create an environment that supports consistent focus, business growth and profit.Read more on Ventureburn. ...

There’s been a lot of negative stuff in the press so far about how Yahoo is making a big blunder with its recent acquisition of Tumblr.In this article, I’ll explain why I think they’re all wrong.But first, let’s address the critics, who in general, seem to be focused on two main points:1. Yahoo sucks at integrating companies (See Flickr)In 2005, photo-sharing site Flickr was at the forefront of the social media revolution. But, as some critics have pointed out, Yahoo’s ...

This is bound to raise more than a few eyebrows. Amazon plans on building a massive biosphere for the workers in its Seattle offices.The ecommerce giant this week submitted drawings for a series of giant, domed greenhouses which will be capable of housing multiple forms of plant life as well as mature trees and are intended to provide a space where Amazon employees can “work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting”.The newly proposed domes are meant ...

Of all the world's file formats, GIF (or Graphics Interchange Format) is probably the one that resonates most with web users and last night, its creator Steve Wilhite was honoured with a lifetime achievement at the Webby Awards.The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, have been around for some 17 years now. In the world of online that’s a seriously long time. Over the years they’ve recognised some of the most innovative players ...

Microsoft's Don Mattrick summed up the vision for the Xbox 360's successor today. It will serve as the hub "where all your entertainment comes alive in one place," and will be called Xbox One.Introduced as an “all-in-one home entertainment system” for games and entertainment, Xbox One’s shell harkens back to that of the first Xbox. The curves of the 360 have been hammered out and attributes to a rather austere and monolithic looking Xbox One. It doesn’t shout gaming console, ...

Photographer looking for a place to store and display hundreds of high res images, which you can upload on the go? Flickr just became a serious contender. Yahoo! has given the photo sharing site a massive makeover, culling white space and all that boring text to make it all about the images. Oh, and it's offering every user a terabyte of free storage for their images.The redesign was announced at an event in New York and via a blog ...