The marriage of Facebook and Retail
Let me be frank. I do not have a Facebook account. I used to have one, but that was before I grew up and got a life. I guess I’m just not interested in what other people are eating or drinking. Ever....
View ArticleCreating interactive email signatures to increase brand engagement
The Realmdigital email signature generator allows you to effortlessly create custom signatures to use with your email accounts. Most companies often make the mistake of creating an image as a...
View ArticleeCommerce in South Africa – Lessons from China
The year 2014 saw a major shift in consumer behavior and spending habits, and this was reflected in the launch of the biggest IPO yet, that of the Alibaba Group, raising $25 billion. Founded by Peng...
View ArticleThe number of South Africans making weekly online purchases has grown by 94%
In results released by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) from a survey they carried out, it was revealed that between 2013 and 2014 the number of South Africans making an online purchase once a week had...
View ArticleElasticsearch speeds up search for clients with product-heavy websites
Elasticsearch is a distributed search engine that has been developed for websites that require a search functionality that can filter a huge amount of products or items in the most relevant and...
View ArticleXero’s online accounting software saved us time and money
Before I tried Xero, the online accounting software, I was using Pastel however it had its limitations. Pastel was fixed to one computer and that particular accountant, which meant that reports were...
View ArticleHow Xero has disrupted business accounting
We spoke to Colin Timmis, Managing Director of Real Time Accounting, on the disruption to business accounting that online-based accounting software Xero presented. Colin’s company uses Xero daily, and...
View ArticleIn-store technologies encourage customers to stay longer and shop more
Brands are constantly on the lookout for new and engaging ways to reach their customers, and with technology providing almost endless options it can be overwhelming to choose in which direction to go....
View ArticleHow 3D secure is affecting SA online stores
Despite showing significant growth in 2014 and into 2015, the South African eCommerce market has hit another hurdle threatening its progress. The onset of compulsory 3D Secure implementation on March...
View Article4 ways to innovate your customers shopping experience
If you’re a retailer you know that customer expectations are higher than ever before; they expect to be able to shop all day and night, use your brands’ social media channels for ideas and to discover...
View Article5 Tips that’ll safe-guard you against Internet banking fraud this festive...
“Here today… and gone tomorrow” – the last words you want to hear when it comes to money! Imagine signing into your online banking account and noticing that your balance is dramatically different from...
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THE POWER OF KNOWING YOUR CUSTOMER
Your clients are your biggest asset. Without them, your product or service is deemed virtually useless. With the knowledge of that truth, it is imperative that as a business, great emphasis is placed...
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