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Playboy Hugh Hefner dies at 91, social media remembers his life

Hugh Hefner, the founder of the Playboy empire, has died at the age of 91. According to reports, the American passed away “peacefully” in…

Andy Walker, former editor News • 28 Sep 2017

Is Tinder a completely different app for men and women?

I’ve never had Tinder, but it was always something that fascinated me, and whenever I met someone who used it I found myself asking…

Julia Breakey Social • 11 Sep 2017

Irma, Harvey and Google: analysing the hurricanes’ search impact

Tropical weather is seemingly all social media users in the western hemisphere can talk about this week. With three named storms currently swirling in…

Andy Walker, former editor Google • 6 Sep 2017

Violent viral videos spark social media storm around Kempton Park school

Another school in South Africa has this week gone viral on social media for all the wrong reasons. Norkem Park High School, located in…

Andy Walker, former editor Trends & Hashtags • 18 Aug 2017

Instagram wants you to reply to friends’ photos with their own photos

Instagram is about to give its 700-million users another way to annoy one another through visual replies. According to a blog post, the Facebook-owned…

Andy Walker, former editor Instagram • 18 Aug 2017

Reddit’s video upload feature is now ready for primetime

Some Reddit users will no longer have to rely on third-party services to upload videos to the platform. The social link aggregator and self-proclaimed “front…

Andy Walker, former editor Social • 18 Aug 2017

Here’s how ‘kidnapped’ model Chloe Ayling was saved by Instagram

British model Chloe Ayling has said Instagram saved her when she was allegedly abducted and held for ransom in Italy. The 20-year-old claims that…

Julia Breakey Instagram • 7 Aug 2017

5 things Justine Sacco’s ill-advised tweet taught us about the nature of social media

Poor Justine Sacco. She is definitely not having a very merry Christmas. Caught in an international mess, sending out a tweet she thought was…

Mich Atagana Social • 24 Dec 2013

Staying ahead of the curve: 3 massive enterprise trends to watch in 2014

It’s that time of year again, when the technology seers and trendspotters start pontificating on what they believe will be the transformative or shape-shifting…

Nick Durrant Future Trends • 22 Nov 2013

Building a hyper-local marketing strategy? Here’s how to get started

Hyper-local is the marketing buzzword du jour. However, getting your head around what is available and how and when to use the activities is…

Grant Shippey Ads & Marketing • 21 Nov 2013

4 ways the online hatred aimed at Melissa Bachman is misdirected

By now you’ve most likely seen the hunting photos US TV presenter Melissa Bachman posted online of her South African trip. Judging by the…

Stuart Thomas Social • 18 Nov 2013

Just getting started with social media? Try the POST method

What do most people and companies do wrong when they jump on the social media bandwagon? They lack an overall strategy to get the…

Anton Koekemoer Ads & Marketing • 18 Nov 2013

Managing the customer lifecycle process: the case for consolidating CRM, ORM and social media

The question isn’t, ‘What do we want to know about people?’ it is ‘What do people want to tell about themselves?’ – Mark Zuckerberg…

Theunis Stoffberg Ads & Marketing • 13 Nov 2013

Mxit 7 is here: fresh feature phone app, smartphone version to come

The new version of Mxit is here. Okay, it isn’t really a surprise, given that we were able to give you preview of it…

Stuart Thomas Mxit • 12 Nov 2013

Goals are crucial for your social media campaign: here’s how to set them

Do you know and understand what is possible with a social media marketing strategy? Do you know what you can achieve with a social…

Anton Koekemoer Ads & Marketing • 11 Nov 2013

Hey digital brands, it’s time to stop being so damn whingey

There are a few things that irritate me more than people who choose to plainly ignore the rules and regulations set up by the…

David Alves Ads & Marketing • 6 Nov 2013

Your social media efforts need to focus on quality over quantity: here’s why

If you finally took the big leap and jumped on the social media marketing bandwagon to start promoting your products and services, that is…

Anton Koekemoer Ads & Marketing • 4 Nov 2013

Wherefore art thou social media ROI?

As some of you may know, my first set of pieces for Memeburn dealt with the issue of ROI, of how it can be…

David Alves Ads & Marketing • 30 Oct 2013

This is why your Facebook news feed is now filled with photos of giraffes

Suddenly noticed that a lot of your Facebook friends have transformed into a certain long-necked mammal? You’re not alone. The latest odd trend (no,…

Staff Reporter Facebook • 29 Oct 2013

5 big ways your business can help its social media community

Many businesses are jumping onto the social media bandwagon with the hopes of increasing their revenue and customer base. Most of these businesses are…

Anton Koekemoer Social • 28 Oct 2013

5 massive ways social media has changed the face of traditional PR

Most businesses are still only using traditional PR to build name recognition and awareness. The truth is that traditional PR doesn’t work as well…

Anton Koekemoer Ads & Marketing • 24 Oct 2013

The road to digital maturity: 4 steps to bringing social media in-house

In my previous article I spoke about the three key milestones companies need to work towards achieving in order to be successful in a…

Megan Bernstein Social • 23 Oct 2013

5 big ways social HR is changing the way we do business

We are entering a time of social HR, where companies are integrating social technologies into their employee life cycles, from recruitment, skills development and…

Phil Lotter Social • 21 Oct 2013

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