Food and Wine Tips – how to look after your wine glasses
What is the worst thing about having friends over for dinner? Cleaning up after they have all left. Especially if you ate too much and overindulged on the old vino. Read more »
Demystifying Personal Finance
We’re big fans of Weathwise Magazine. It’s one of South Africa’s leading sources of information on personal finance and investment issues.
What we love about it is the manner in which it makes information accessible. For too long, the world of finance has been almost impossible to fathom unless you’ve a degree in applied economics. Read more »
Sensational Water Coolers
The one thing that the human body can not go without is water. Workers have found to be more productive when they have fresh water at their disposal every day. There are many water cooler companies out there, all of whom offer different product ranges and different water cooler dispensers.
Social Media for B2B
On a daily basis, I talk to b2b marketing leaders who are putting together and defending social media marketing strategies with the purpose of reaching business buyers. Many of the conversations sound like this: “We’ve created a Twitter account and Facebook page, but we’re not getting many followers, what do we do next?”
Too many b2b marketers use social tools as just another channel for pushing out press releases and product promotions. Your prospective buyers don’t care. In the same manner that they tune out television commercials and ads, they get turned off by companies that push commercial messages through social channels.
Trust Building and Better Email Results
Trust plays a big role in a recipient’s decision to open an email. For the majority of b2b customers, that trust is defined by the relationship they have with the salesperson, which ideally will be someone that they have communicated with, or even better, met in person. If that trust is not present, generic emails usually end up in the trash.
