Welcome to 2012; the year Facebook is predicted to reach 1 billion users, the year the fastest train in the world is set to convey travellers from Beijing to Shanghai at 350 km per hour and the year of some significance in the Mayan calendar. Small business owners might be interested in another prediction: search [...]

2012 will be a year of great opportunity for the UK’s exporters and importers, despite the bleak outlook for the UK economy, according to foreign exchange provider Global Reach Partners. Stewart Blake CEO of Global Reach Partners, which helps hundreds of British businesses trade internationally, says there is plenty of hope for success. “There is [...]

The holidays are a time to gather with family, consume vast quantities of food — and gawk at the holiday card photos of people you only correspond with once a year. Rather than receive generic wishes for “Happy Holidays!” from some of the companies we’ve corresponded with this year, Fast Company reached out to hear [...]

It becomes clearer every day that corporations are facing some major decisions. They can either choose to be social or stick with the status quo. They can either throw out the stuffy, traditional business playbook and adapt to the needs of today’s socially connected consumers, or risk extinction. Faced with adapt-or-die decisions, shareholders are counting [...]

Yahoo! has announced the launch of a new Yahoo! homepage, new Yahoo! Mail and a new Yahoo! News offering for South Africa. This step brings South African news, sport and entertainment content together with the best of Yahoo!’s international media services to offer Yahoo!’s 2.6 million South African users a deeply personal experience. It also [...]

If you’ve applied for a job recently, you’ve probably looked over that 8½  x 11” summary of your career more times than you can count—and tweaked it just as often—in pursuit of the perfect resume. But before you add another bullet point, consider this: It’s not always about what you add in—the best changes you [...]

JOHANNESBURG – Companies resisting change in the move towards a green economy could find themselves out in the cold as many corporates take the lead in lowering their carbon footprint to prevent climate change. Business greening consultant, Hugh Tyrrell, says companies, including small businesses, are beginning to realise that green credentials are becoming increasingly important, [...]

Africa holds unlimited potential for brands that value the power of strategic mobile marketing: With its 620 million mobile connections, Africa surpassed Latin America in September this year to become the second largest mobile market after Asia Pacific. I recently attended the ad:tech New York Digital Marketing Conference and here are some insights from the [...]