Jessica Tennant interviews Peter DeBenedictis, chief marketing officer for Microsoft in the Middle East and Africa on his recent business trip to South Africa...
Jessica Tennant 5 Feb 2019
Bizcommunity invited contributors to join its vision for Africa (with over 230 industry trend contributions making up the 2019 report) at BizTrendsLIVE!, which took place at Ster-Kinekor Sandton City in Johannesburg on Thursday, 31 January.
Jessica Tennant 1 Feb 2019
Transparency. Radical honesty. Authenticity. These words conjure up a new era in marketing, one that requires bravery and self-assurance, and will change the industry for good. Because, for audiences, customers and employees that have seen everything, it is time to reveal it all...
Paula Hulley 25 Jan 2019
As we begin 2019, our industry sits quaking in its ethically sourced vintage leather boots. Panic and anxiety around data, consultants, insourcing, etc. But has this all not been self-inflicted? Is this all the final acknowledgement of an industry with an identity crisis?
Mike Silver 16 Jan 2019
CX is everything. Businesses boom because they offer awesome differentiated customer experience, online and offline. The big trends in 2019 will follow this rule...
Godfrey Parkin 14 Jan 2019
There is a demand for insight into African markets and much of the data collection is done via mobile, social media and CRM...
Danette Breitenbach 6 Sep 2018
In business, your company needs to get as deep into the minds and interaction habits of your customers as possible. Too often, however, the single view of the customer is viewed as unattainable, a marketing smokescreen that can obscure business strategy and confuse communication efforts...
Wynand Smit 14 Jun 2018
It's no secret that personalisation is essential in developing a successful customer experience. Central to that is getting to know all you can about your customer and using that information to drive the interaction...
Wynand Smit 18 Apr 2018
The proliferation of e-commerce essentially means that retailers are now more than ever competing in a global marketplace...
Lauren Hartzenberg 16 Mar 2018
Gil Sperling writes that marketers need a fundamental shift in outlook to remain relevant...
Gil Sperling 15 Mar 2018
Email is by no means going the way of the fax machine just yet; most companies use it, and yet most don't use email very well...
Wynand Smit 13 Feb 2018
In the highly competitive business landscape where social media and customer experience are adding complexity to a global landscape, marketing needs to evolve...
Paula Sartini 6 Feb 2018
Terms like "command centre" or "digital centre of excellence" have been in the South African marketing landscape's lexicon for a few years now; but for the most part that is largely where the concept has remained. Until now...
Mike Oelschig 8 Jan 2018
Before we can start talking about any trends, marketers need to be aware of the fact that mobile starts with an understanding of how fiercely personal this device is, it has become more of an appendage than a device...
Lynette Hundermark 8 Jan 2018
How are people coping in this new connected world? A global study from Viacom looks at The Next Normal: Rise of Resilience among consumers, including from Nigeria and South Africa, and how brands should respond...
Louise Marsland 7 Nov 2017
Never has it been so evident to acknowledge and value the power of consumer insights in 2017...
Thomas Sepheka 20 Oct 2017
As industries across the board find themselves having to transform to keep up with a digital economy, customer experience (CX) is playing a significant role in providing businesses with opportunities for innovation and sustainability...
Julia Ahlfeldt 11 Sep 2017
Khangelani Dziba writes that brands giving consumers experiences as a way of marketing their brands, building brand love and affinity is definitely one that needs to start dominating the discourse of most marketers...
Khangelani Dziba 8 Sep 2017
There is an organisational shift taking place in the customer experience industry, where traditional siloed structures are breaking down to enable a culture of customer-centricity...
Louise Marsland 21 Aug 2017
How do you convince your colleagues in government to embrace citizen needs first and deliver excellent customer service and experience to citizens, meeting service delivery needs and solving their problems?
Louise Marsland 18 Aug 2017
Without incorporating data from all channels, organisations will rely on a level of assumption, allowing a disconnect between what customers want and what is being delivered...
Danny Drew 27 Jul 2017