http://www.emarketingblog.co.za Trends in eMarketing and everything related to Strategy, Search, Internet & Marketing Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:24:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Apple brand, and no not the one that keeps the doctor away, is one if the ‘must-have’ items for a regular computer user.  These days anything that has an ‘i' before its name is a must have for all, even those that are not even old enough to understand ... http://www.emarketingblog.co.za/2010/03/ethics-or-technology/ People in the country's 60 largest cities spend 70% of their leisure time online. Read the full article on McKinsey Quarterly. http://www.emarketingblog.co.za/2010/03/chinas-internet-obsession/ The internet, as we all know, has a lot of advantages for any business. But let’s think about the internet as a human being; does it still have that many advantages? PRO 1: The internet discriminates against no one. If you want to ... http://www.emarketingblog.co.za/2010/03/pros-and-cons-of-the-internet-from-a-human-perspective/ Compared to countries such as Germany and America, we are rather ‘small’ on the e-commerce side.  Last year alone the e-commerce industry in Germany made 15.5 billion pound translating roughly to 158.72 billion rand (using the latest exchange rate).  Not a bad number I would say. But all is ... http://www.emarketingblog.co.za/2010/03/small-for-its-age/  Room 160 at the ICC in Cape Town was packed yesterday as Ad: Dynamo set an opportunity for the advertising and online industries came together to discuss the direction that their industries are going and how they have become dependable on each other. Leading the discussion was Marc Ashton ... http://www.emarketingblog.co.za/2010/02/ad-dynamo-blogger-seminar/ Why do they call it “Fast Foods”? Because it’s food, fast… Think about it for a second, you drive to a McDonalds and place your order at the first window, followed by a second window where you pay. And what do you do, just pay. Proceeding to the ... http://www.emarketingblog.co.za/2010/02/when-will-the-internet-become-drive-through/ The Great retreat of super search engine Google from China is bound to cause a few concerns and perhaps a large change to the face of the internet. China boasts a prior to the buzz around the exit of Google from China, a few security concerns surfaced. The Major one ... http://www.emarketingblog.co.za/2010/02/the-impact-of-googles-exit-from-china/ Being a public relations student, I have been taught to do things in the ‘PR’ way. That would include Media releases writing, event management, corporate communications, etc. The thing is just that the internet has brought about a change in the way that PR is done. Before, and this ... http://www.emarketingblog.co.za/2010/02/using-the-e-in-public-relations/ Well here goes my 1st blog posting written on OMM Writer, headphones on and soothing sounds in the background. Who would've thought there'd ever be a substitute to that "word" app? Anyway, lemme tell you what is on my mind today? It is the concept of a SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT and what ... http://www.emarketingblog.co.za/2010/01/i-r-social-media-xpert/ and now, the real launch: http://www.emarketingblog.co.za/2010/01/apple-tablet-before-and-after-2/