Tag Archives: education

Nomadic Marketing Johannesburg

Posted 23 January 2009 | By Mike | Categories: Marketing and Advertising, Web 2.0 and Social Media | 1 Comment

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 [...]

Mind The 2.0 Talent Gap

Posted 08 August 2008 | By Mike | Categories: Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Web 2.0 and Social Media | 25 Comments

Vincent Maher and I spent a fascinating day in a very sunny Cape Town with the Design Indaba team today. On the way to the session at the gorgeous 12 Apostles Boutique Hotel (kudos to the staff – best service I’ve experienced in ages) we got chatting about the state of the social Web, [...]

A Necessary Dose Of Reality

Posted 21 May 2008 | By Mike | Categories: Marketing and Advertising, Random Thoughts, South Africa, Web 2.0 and Social Media | 5 Comments

I’ve just picked up on a fantastic post from one of my favourite bloggers, Lee LeFever from the Common Craft Show which is a must-read for all of us immersed in the Web 2.0 evolution.

I’ve often criticised advertising agencies of losing site of the bigger picture as a result of striving for bigger, flashier ads, edgier copy and design and of course, elusive awards. But Lee’s post has pointed my accusatory finger right back at me – do I have blinkers 2.0? Am I so worried about my traffic, Twitter replies and blog rankings that I’ve forgotten that the vast majority of my clients and their customers don’t know about, or don’t care about anything 2.0-ish.