The unspoken social media commandments

Social media is fair game, right? Wrong. Over-use and abuse it and you’ll end up unliked, unfollowed and maybe blocked. Teens and young adults from HDI Youth Marketeers’ Junior Board of Directors offer their top 10 rules when it comes to social media. #1...

Dynamic digital consumer voice gets louder

The collective voice of today’s dynamic digital consumers is growing louder, compelling goods and services providers to respond with enhanced organisational agility across their entire businesses, writes Wayne Hull, MD and head of Accenture Digital for South and...

Balancing the digital demand with human touch

It’s no secret that banks have looked to move many of their services to online solutions in response to the growing consumer demand for digital, and in an effort to manage cost, writes Michiel Lely, vice-president of practices: EMEA at Verint. This has...

What no one is telling you about live chat

Today, consumers are constantly searching to establish connections to the businesses they use. However, they are doing so while simultaneously demanding ease. A well-trained call centre is perfect to build relationships, but the experience can be overshadowed by a bad...

Microsoft’s HoloLens brings AR to the fore

Etienne de Villiers, leadpProgrammer at Fuzzy Logic, unwraps the potential for Microsoft’s HoloLens Earlier this year, tech juggernaut Microsoft began shipping the developer’s version of its HoloLens AR headset. A device that has been in development for...

Financial resolutions for a new year

Anton van Heerden, executive vice-president: Africa & Middle East at Sage, point out that a new year brings fresh opportunities and challenges Here are some financial resolutions to kick-start your small business in 2017. Planning – Outline your plan for the...