Buying a car in South Africa is not easy, the choice is limited and cars cost much more than the equivalent model Europe or America. So when it came to selling cars I wasn’t sure what the story was going to be. Years ago, before the internet started being a thing, you had to place […]
Moleskin Evernote Notebooks
I was reading on PopScoop that Moleskine and Evernote have teamed up to introduce a new product on the border between an iconic notebook and modern technology. The idea is you can use your smartphone to take a snapshot taken with the Evernote’s App, then handwritten words and sketches found inside the new Evernote Smart Notebook can easily […]
Call Centres and Social Media
Being a consumer in South Africa and having to contact a call centre normally leaves one feeling anxious. 99% of the time you’re not going to get what you want. Here is one example that happened to me today with an inbound sales call centre environment. I go to the Travel Insurance Companies website, I […]
Social Media Management – not as glamorous as you think
I don’t run the 5Rooms Facebook page, but they do a fantastic job. Then again, they have to do a fantastic job, they are a digital retailer. This screen grab is an example of the extremely time consuming nature of social media management. Every questions gets answered, even ones where the answer is staring the […]
Facebook Tackles Vast Amount of Data With Project Prism
Since the beginning of the internet the amount of information available has snowballed. This has lead to data centres having to deal with with more and more information. The corporations who have had to deal with massively growing amounts of data (and moving it around globally) have had to come up with incredibly brilliant ways […]
WooCommerce Quotes instead of Orders
I recently helped set up a website for a client that sells rubber products (hose, pipes, matts etc). Their prices change daily as exchange rates and oil prices fluctuate – the changes are so important to their business they have an employee that sits at a computer all day to change product prices in their […]
Liqui-Fruit iCan responsive WordPress website
I assisted Liqui-Fruit with some digital work to server their iCan product which is a new line that donates R1.00 for every can purchased to Operation Smile. Then for every R5,500.00 donated to Operation Smile South Africa the organisation facilitates corrective facial surgery to help give a child their smile back. It’s an awesome product […]