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16Nov

3 Things To Gear Up For Christmas Online – Part 2

Part 2 of 3 things you can do to gear up for Christmas Online, ensuring that you use your full online potential. By now your Christmas campaigns are already running or lying in wait for the Black Friday hype to die down. In the first part of this series we looked at strategy marketing and ways to build an email marketing list. As there is still enough time, let’s tackle some of the details of your campaign – its tinsel, if you will. Ultimately, if you (and your team) aren’t really excited about your Christmas specials, you’ll have trouble enticing anyone else. So, get psyched! 3 Things To Gear Up For ChristmasPackagingIn the spirit of ChristmasFreebies 3 Things To Gear Up For Christmas If you haven’t done so alread […]

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09Nov

eCommerce Tips and Tricks for Black Friday & Cyber Monday

Tips and tricks for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the two American-named, major shopping days that have in recent years grown in popularity in South Africa. In fact, many SA stores are now making an entire weekend of it. This year, Black Friday will take place on the 26th of November and Cyber Monday on the 29th. Shoppers can expect to pick up incredible deals in-store and online respectively. Did you know that in-store sales dropped by 30% last year, but the increase in eCommerce jumped by 60%? Is your eCommerce store ready?Increase visibility and boost sales with Tips & Tricks for Black Friday & Cyber Monday1. Sweeten the deal more to stand-out2. Improve user-friendliness on your website3. Make sure your site is mobile-fr […]

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28Oct

10 Cyber Security Tips for Businesses & WFH Employees

It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month but in truth, recognition of this growing hazard should take precedence every day. South Africa experiences the third highest number of cybercrime attacks in the world, suffering 577 malware attacks every hour. Companies need to intensify their defence strategies. Unfortunately, with most of the attacks focussed on employees, a company’s mitigation protocols are only as strong as their ‘weakest’ link. Here are our top 10 cyber security tips to protect your business and your remote workforce from the digital age’s biggest threat! Cyber Security Tips for Businesses1. Implement a cyber security strategy for in-house and remote-working employees2. Train employees regularly & […]

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18Oct

Why Prioritising Cyber Security is Critical to Your Business

Cyber Security is non-negotiable! Cyber attacks can affect businesses and individuals in a professional, or personal capacity, with disastrous consequences. While October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the seriousness of cyber crime should always take precedence; particularly in companies where a ‘work-from-anywhere’ culture is the order of the day. Did You Know?The Biggest Cyber Security ThreatDomains.co.za Takes Cyber Security Seriously Did You Know? Malware – It has been estimated, that South African businesses suffer 577 malware attacks every hour via online communications. Malware is malicious software such as a virus, worm, spyware, ransomware etc., which are designed to steal information and disrupt […]

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13Oct

3 Things To Gear Up For Christmas Online – Part 1

In this blog we focus on helping you find things to gear up for Christmas Online. Part one we focus on strategise, marketing and your email list. When it comes to Christmas, there is no such thing as starting too early. Brick and mortar shops are getting the decorations out, why shouldn’t online stores follow suit? Gearing up for Christmas means you can better prepare your business for the “silly season” and be one of the first online stores to grab the attention of your specific Christmas shopping market. In retail, Black Friday and Cyber Monday warm up shoppers for the grand finale of the year: Christmas, which is traditionally the busiest and most revenue-generating time of the year. That means everyone with somethi […]

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How can we encourage entrepreneurship in South Africa?
05Oct

Cultivating a Culture of Entrepreneurship in South Africa

The unemployment rate in South Africa is currently at a staggering 34.4%. That’s 7.826-million people without jobs. First-world, developed countries that do not have this problem, also have something else we do not have – many entrepreneurs. Why is there such a shortage of entrepreneurs in this country? Could it be that we aren’t encouraging or rewarding entrepreneurial thinking enough? The pandemic may have clipped the wings of many start-ups, but it has also seen many innovators coming to the fore. Why we need to cultivate a culture of entrepreneurship in SA:1. It creates jobs and assists in growing the economy2. It drives change3. It boosts industry productivity 4. It develops communitiesHow can we encourage entrepren […]

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28Sep

5 Excellent Plugins for Your WordPress Website Right Now

There are tens of thousands of plugins available for WordPress, many of which are overhyped. At a loss as to which to single out? We’ve tried and tested a few and think these are the five your WordPress site should consider investigating further.   1. Yoast SEO to help you optimise better Only 5% of the search results shown are paid ads. This means optimised organic ranking is one of the best things you can do for your website. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) does not have to be daunting, thanks to Yoast SEO. Yoast SEO is a website content optimisation plugin that gives tips on how to improve SEO. This plugin also analyses content readability making it easier for you to see how your improvements are affecting your […]

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21Sep

Time to Spring Clean your Business

When it comes to change, humans seem to favour two periods on the annual calendar: January (after New Year celebrations) and Springtime. In January we try and form new habits (or break old ones), and in September we tend to clean, throw out and organise. This internal desire to sort out and improve our environment during spring is also great for business. Every “corner” of your business can do with a good “sweep”. Remember, Christmas is only three months away… Give your business a new sense of structure by:   1. Cleaning your website Go through your website page by page. Look for outdated information, old pricing, discontinued product references etc. and update all of these. Is your website host […]

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07Sep

Top 5 Office Gadgets to Improve Health, Productivity & Fun

Humans are often inspired by the change of seasons (especially winter into spring) to take charge of their work and personal lives. Now is the best time to use that extra motivation to start that business, register the domain name, paint that wall, spring clean the garage and sort out your life in general. If there’s no change on the horizon for you, don’t fear. Domains.co.za has found 5 gadgets that will help you improve your productivity and mental and physical wellness at the office (even if it is your home office).   Gadget 1: Logitech Zone Wired Headset It doesn’t matter where you work, at the office or at home, web conferencing has become a part of business. Looking for the perfect headset to bloc […]

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27Aug

Email for Marketing — Why it is still a great tool for your business

Using email for marketing is still very much in use. Sceptical? With the floods of spam and junk mail everyone is constantly receiving, it could easily seem like a waste of effort. The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), requires companies to send emails to an ‘opted-in database’ only, which makes reaching your customers via email even harder. Keeping the above in mind, would you believe it, if we said that 50% of customers actually like receiving brand emails? This means POPIA is actually doing you a favour and helping you separate those that wish to engage with you, from those who don’t. It seems as if email has become the red wine of marketing tools. Instead of fading into the background again […]

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