The Virtual Workspace How would you describe your current workspace? A desk with a computer in a business office? Is it your car, your home, any public place with a secure wireless connection, or all of the above? Consider the new paradigm of work - anytime, anywhere, in real space or in cyberspace. For many [...]
Consumer consumption of video has exploded over the past few years, with marketers experiencing a full-on video revolution in the past year alone. Wyzowl reports that 61% of businesses have started using video content marketing and 66% of these companies were not using video a year ago. (excerpt. See the full infographic, The Future Of [...]
The raw basics of a business can be defined as such: we get stuff from our suppliers, produce work with our team, and receive income from our customers. Simple? Yes, but the danger lies in dependency on any of these 3 groups. Let's be real – life happens to us all. We can manage the [...]
“The hottest investment in the world today doesn’t exist. It’s Bitcoin.” - Dana Blankenhorn If you’re interested in your financial future and are remotely concerned about how to manage it, cryptocurrencies are deemed, by some, to be the future of all currency as we know it. There are, in fact, 831 different cryptocurrencies being actively traded, even [...]
Sales is once again undergoing a universal and fundamental change in order to meet the demands of a more informed and increasingly digital consumer. Research studies show that customers spend at least 50% of total shopping time researching products online. Digitally empowered and socially networked, they have high expectations of service providers. This change in [...]
The announcement by Capitec that advances in its credit affordability checking model will allow it to offer unsecured loans at better rates, with some cases at the same rates as secured loans, is a giant leap in the lending model of South African banks. Capitec explains that it will use big data, multiple regression models [...]
With economic pressures weighing down on consumers, we’re forced to find ways to cut expenses and free up disposable income. In certain areas throughout South Africa - investment, second homes, are being sold at a high rate and now with the advent of apps like Uber, the purchasing of a second vehicle is in the [...]
