Dave Duarte

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Dave Duarte ranks 28 in Africa and 19 in South Africa. According to site visitors it ranks 363, and 233 according to page views:

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Awesomeness at the GeekRetreat

Talking Heads at the Geek Retreat - photo by Paul Furber This past weekend I participated in the second annual South African Geek Retreat. It was held at the beautiful Stanford Valley Lodge. Basically, it was a bunch of people involved in the South African web industry getting together

Published on Jan 19, 2010, 7:43 pm

Major players in the Canadian record industry face a $6 Billion c

After years of claiming outrageous amounts of money from people who have downloaded and shared music illegally online, the record industry is being given a taste of its own medicine. The defendants in the case are Warner Music Canada, Sony BMG Music Canada, EMI Music Canada, and Universal Music

Published on Dec 13, 2009, 6:33 pm

The Value Proposition of Newspapers in an Attention Scarce Market

“Across consumer markets, attention is becoming the scarcest – and so most strategically vital – resource in the value chain. Attention scarcity is fundamentally reshaping the economics of most industries it touches; beginning with the media industry“  – Umair Haque, Bubblegeneration Online tools and resources that enable large-scale participation

Published on Nov 10, 2009, 5:07 pm

Fort Knox: a Stunning Example of South African Artistic Talent

I couldn’t resist sharing this music video for one of my favourite South African bands, Goldfish, that was animated by my friend (since primary school), Mike Scott. Click play and witness the product of creative genius: Given the difficulties that South African groups have breaking

Published on Oct 11, 2009, 10:00 am

Measuring Influence on Twitter

Marketing on Twitter is largely about influence, unless you simply want to use it as a customer service channel. You either want to co-opt people who are influential on the platform, or become influential yourself. Some people think that influence on Twitter can be determined simply by looking at

Published on Aug 31, 2009, 8:44 pm

3 Simple Tips to Help Busy People Get Into Social Media

Fast Company recently published an article called The 10 Commandments of Social Media, which basically amounted to “Blog, Tweet, Podcast, Monitor, Social-Network, and Comment all day every day”. While I appreciate that this may be the ideal, it is simply not feasibly for many people. Among the most common

Published on Aug 14, 2009, 4:06 pm

Opting Out of Telemarketing

Recently I’ve been getting almost daily calls from telemarketers offering me mainly insurance or cellphone contract upgrades. Despite asking to be removed from their lists, the calls have persisted. There are four types of prospects for telemarketers: 1. Impressionables : People who will buy the product because they were

Published on Jun 8, 2009, 12:32 pm

Mobile Marketing in Action

Some of the best clips that I use for teaching are actually adverts. The following clip demonstrates how Velti’s mobile marketing products can be used companies of different sizes, and enjoyed by people with different buying needs. This is where Marketing is going - a

Published on May 30, 2009, 11:13 am

20 Ways to Evaluate Contributions to a Corporate Social Network

Purpose-built online social-networks can work really well for groups within big companies. Usually the main objectives of the networks are to facilitate idea-sharing around a theme or topic (e.g. “our brand”); help users find out more about their peers; form useful insights to solve particular challenges; and for the

Published on Apr 23, 2009, 6:43 pm

Decision-Making Biases

While there are many rational reasons for people to choose to buy a particular product or service, it’s often our emotions and personal biases that drive us. Below is a list of some of the more commonly debated cognitive biases that can affect people’s decisions (From “Decision-Making” on

Published on Apr 14, 2009, 9:45 am

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