Tag Archives: social media

Grow bridging The Digital Divide

The past 5 days have been like no other for a group of young people hand selected to attend this groundbreaking initiative at no cost to the pilot group. The founding companies of the GROW Academy are WooThemes, RLabs, Silulo, … Continue reading

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RLabs Academy 2011

This year has started off with much anticipation for the RLabs Academy providing the community access to professional training courses. There has been such a buzz in the RLabs space about the Academy and we already received an overwhelming response … Continue reading

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How Twitter is changing lives on the Cape Flats and beyond

Over the last two years Twitter had a very big impact on the lives of many in the RLabs community on the Cape Flats. The journey with this micro-blogging platform started in 2008 when a number of young men and women were introduced to … Continue reading

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Breaking social barriers at #wtf conference Day 2

Day 2 of the conference saw more people turning up and everyone seemed a lot more relaxed than on Day 1. That together with the line up of speakers simply set the tone for a good day. One of the … Continue reading

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Storytelling at #wtf conference – Day 1

Had an early start on Day 1 with registration at 07:30am and with all the hype building up to the conference I didn’t get much sleep the night before. Arrived at the venue bright and early and got a bit … Continue reading

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WTF Media Conference – CPUT October 20 – 22, 2010

I’m looking forward to attending this conference again this year as I did for the past 2 years. Last year I was particularly impressed with the line up of speakers and this year it looks as if the conference comittee … Continue reading

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Social Media Strategies for all

As most organisations have staff and clients making use of Social Media, adopting a strategy for engagement and marketing should be considered to maximise the use of these powerful tools. A few questions to ask before making use of Social … Continue reading

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Social Media Surgery for the local community

The Social Media Surgery concept is where we go to shopping malls, shopping centre and public places where we provide social media training, advice to the public, non-profits and businesses in the format of a surgery. This is the first of … Continue reading

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Online Marketing and the role Social Media plays

Is social media and social media marketing the same? The answer is No, there is a fundamental difference. Both have distinctly different roles and both have their part to play in making a business succeed. The role of marketing is … Continue reading

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Social Media ROI

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