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A social media strategy is more than just Tweets and Facebook posts

The social media revolution is more than just connecting people on a social level, for corporates, it’s about influencing customers.

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Premium whisky brand Glenfiddich celebrates South Africa’s unsung mavericks

Digital campaigns are not new to alcohol brands although the recent #GlenfiddichMaverick campaign, created by digital innovation company Platinum Seed, is changing the way the single malt whisky brand connects with South African consumers.

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Platinum Seed building social support platforms with 5 For Change

We are very passionate about community and social development that makes a real difference in people’s lives,” says Brad Elliott, MD of digital agency Platinum Seed. “When we were approached by 5 For Change to assist them with marketing their event, it was a very natural fit."

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A guide to mobile app community management

Following on from this, many businesses have found that a well-managed app community – much like a social media community – can also have a significant impact on the bottom line.

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Russian Bear #IAMNEXT campaign reaches 2m South Africans

The campaign offered music fans the opportunity to win a single, iconic limited edition Riky Rick X Russian Bear bottle, with a cutting-edge design and the winner’s face and lyrics.

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Social CRM works harder for retailers

At the dawn of the first Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM) software programmes in the 1970s, retailers relied on customer information collected by sales representatives on basic spreadsheets and stored on mainframe computers

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Business Day TV interview: Advertising effectively with Facebook

The Big Small Business Show - 08 Spet 2017: Bradley Elliott, Director: Platinum Seed

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The solutions and pitfalls of influencer marketing

According to a study by MediKix, global spending on Instagram influencer marketing alone is projected to reach as much as $10 billion by 2020

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Influencers are expensive and ineffective. Or are they?

An “influencer” is someone who has managed to acquire a large amount of followers on his/her social media profiles, and is perceived to have a certain amount of social influence over/among those followers.

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Always Learning: Why your brand needs to create killer content

If you think about it, Bill Gates was the Gary Vaynerchuk of his era. The principal founder of Microsoft, Gates is the world’s second-richest man (Jeff Bezos is #1), thanks to the company he helped grow into a multibillion-dollar technology multinational.

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Always Learning: Brand loyalty in an age of influencers

The latest research I’m reading paints a worrying picture of how consumers think about brands.

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Is your brand part of the noise?

These days I feel like I’m standing in Times Square New York, with a myriad of brands trying to yell louder than the next. My social feeds are mostly littered with noise and it's hard to sidestep any advertising that actually appeals to me as a person.

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So, you want your content to go viral?

People have thrown around the phrase, "content is the new king" many times in recent years. While on the one hand that is seemingly true, there is a hard truth that is often overlooked when creating and sharing content.

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It's time to cut Twitter out of your social media strategy.

Using Twitter to drive our client’s social media presence has taught me many things. The most important being that unless you're a news or media outlet, a politician, celebrity or sports star, you'll put in maximum effort for minimal ROI.

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Double eCommerce sales using digital marketing

These 10 digital marketing techniques could strategically increase your website's revenue and ROI.