by Dave Duarte. On Sunday 1st May 2011, Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin-Laden had been killed. The strike against his compound in Pakistan was not televised, but it was tweeted. The thing is, Al-Qaida was already looking irrelevant after the “Arab Spring” – the social-media enabled revolutions that occurred throughout the Middle-East in early 2011.
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For youth market mobile access to information and communication is the answer
Mobility no longer simply refers to motion, it has also come to describe the untethered use of technology on devices like smart phones, both of which seems to have come together in a perfect storm to enable the revolutions currently sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. Setting these revolutions in motion, is the youth, who organise and spread their message using social networks primarily accessed through mobile devices. These platforms are not only changing how young consumers engage with politics but also with commerce and one another.
News24 misrepresents ‘Malema Facebook page’
A story published today (March 17, 2010) in Afrikaans newspaper Beeld and republished on News24 (English) purposely misrepresents the supposed Facebook page of Julius Malema.
Don’t expect to make Facebook millions
The fast-breaking storm of social networking has left marketers flailing about for shelter, a path to the calm in the eye of the storm, or at least a way to harness the energy in the turmoil. Some are turning to self-appointed experts, and some try to learn it as they go along. Somewhere in between comes a new guide to ‘Facebook Marketing’, with an umbrella of a sub-title that goes ‘Leverage Social Media to Grow Your Business’. Does it live up to its promises? Arthur Goldstuck tests it against the social weather.
Team Uncool will Facebook you
Bouffant, a TV commercials production company, is giving out customized Moleskins as end of year gifts. The illustrations are designed by Nicholas from Team Uncool. Mark thinks it’s all pretty cool. Bouffant consists of six commercials directors namely Erik Van Wyk, Ariane Besson, Dean Blumberg, Marc Sidelsky and Andre Liebenberg.
Luv Jozi – made in Joburg, China! (No really)
Designer Bradley Kirshenbaum of Love Jozi T-shirt fame has come up with a unique viral campaign over the course of the last two years that has been running under the nose of marketers and consumers alike without anybody realising it. In short – he faked his own brand.