Mike Stopforth

Virgin Active Comedy

Ok maybe I’m finding this funnier than you will, but I just got a mail from Virgin Active saying the following (verbatim):

Hey there
Premier Upgrade Fee
We’re writing to let you know that your monthly upgrade fee will be increased by R .00 per month, effective 1 January 2009, resulting in your new monthly instalments now being [...]

Nomadic Marketing Johannesburg

Dave Duarte has grown the Nomadic Marketing brand into the definitive local social and mobile media education programme – nothing else comes close. The combination of excellent content, the backing of the UCT GSB and professional facilitation mean that it ranks among the best of it’s kind worldwide.
And now Dave is bringing Nomadic Marketing [...]

I’m Looking For A Zebra

I love free stuff. Want to win me over? Send me free stuff. But then I think that works for most humans.
I still get a warm tingly feeling when a post office slip arrives, or even better, the courier rings the doorbell for me to collect some random corporate gift or token. [...]

My Thoughts On The Digital Edge Podcast

Just before I sneaked out of the office yesterday I received a surprise in the form of a hand-delivered package containing a flash disk and a letter drawing my attention to the launch of SA’s newest tech podcast, The Digital Edge. As soon as I got home, and in between whipping up supper and [...]

Ten (More) Young South African Digital Citizens To Watch

In March 2007 (jeez, that long ago??) I wrote a post titled Ten Young South African Digital Citizens To Watch. In it I highlighted the guys and girls I believed would make a big, meaningful impact over the next few months in the South African digital space.
I’m pleased to report that many of them [...]

My Claim To Fame – A Nerdy Nom-Nom

God bless Sheena Gates‘ little cotton socks. Not only does she regail us with unending wit and drama on Twitter but, and to quote her own words, in a week that is normally quite ‘emo’ for many of us returning to the grindstone, she has brought a little ray of sunshine to the circle-jerking, [...]

Weapons Of Choice

This time inspired by Erik Hersman, but not necessarily a meme, my weapons of choice:

15″ MacBook Pro
16 Gb iPhone
Gorilla-head stress ball (too cool)
Steaming hot cup of coffee
Car key (I spend most of my life on the road)
Canon EOS 450D D-SLR (not pictured)
Garmin Nuvi GPS (not pictured)

What are yours?

Why I Blog About Africa

Erik has tagged me as part of the “Why I Blog About Africa” meme.
It’s proved a tough one to answer. I blog about Africa primarily because I was born here, I guess. I sometimes feel guilty calling myself African because in many ways South Africa is to Africa as America is to the [...]

links for 2009-01-03

How to Use Twitter to Grow Your Business � Copyblogger
Is Twitter more than just a waste of time? Before you discard it, read this and decide.
(tags: web2.0 socialnetworking socialmedia marketing branding business tips tools seo social_media Twitter)

links for 2008-12-21

Influential Marketing Blog: A Compilation of 2009 Social Media Predictions Worth Reading
Rohit points to a very nice doc highlighting 2009 social media predictions / trends from the minds of the industry's leading thinkers
(tags: predictions trends social media RohitBhargava)