Let MiWay know whether they are going your way or not…

While MiWay insurance was previously among the leagues of local companies that received commentary on HelloPeter and Getclosure, the company has since decided to take a big, brave step forward and enter the social media arena, by creating a space on its website, where customers are free to have their say for all to see.
Named ‘compliments and complaints’, [...]

Being an open book could be risky for your career

According to an article on MyBroadband, job-seekers are being warned to avoid posting compromising photos and status updates, and even innocuous details like hobbies; political opinions; and personal lives, on social networking sites like Facebook as it is a growing trend for employers to routinely check potential employees’ backgrounds by doing online searches, sometimes even [...]

Twitter’s annoying habits

Earlier this month, JD Rucker wrote a blog post about the 15 most annoying types of Twitter users. I picked my top five favourite from his list and would like to share them with you.
1. Linkjacker
Twitter users who post links to a story, but it works out that those who are interested in the story [...]

Caster’s media frenzy sparks online discussions

You can be forgiven for not having heard of the Caster Semenya controversy last week – but only if you were living under a rock. After her 800-metre win at the world championships in Berlin, Semenya was hit with allegations that she is actually a ‘he’, based on her gruff voice and musculature. The story [...]

The snowballing social media space

Mack Collier of The Viral Garden blogs that Social Media isn’t going away, so we should ‘either get on the bus, or get left behind’.

He adds that people who are constantly using social media for their campaigns (thinking that it supercedes all communication tools that came before it); as well as those who keep pointing out [...]

Google makes PowerPoint easier with new applications

The Google Docs team has begun work on improving its word processing; spreadsheet; and presentation applications. It has already begun the rollout of these features by adding the ability to import tables from Microsoft Office PowerPoint and inserting them in presentations. In addition, the tables will be editable. When dropping a table into a presentation, [...]

Facebook Lite – the cat’s (almost) out of the bag

News that Facebook is thinking of becoming leaner, has spread rapidly on the wonderful platform called the internet. Because this has been a project that has been relatively hushed-up, what the point of re-working Facebook is not really clear. I visited a few blogs to see what others had to say and this is what [...]

Empower female bloggers in August, Women’s Month

Jeri Cartwright of the Media Relations blog is delighted that Forbes is forming a network of women business bloggers. She was asked to join the ForbesWoman Blog Network (FWBN). I love that there is growing recognition of the impact that bloggers – female bloggers in particular – are having on the business world, and helping to [...]

Don’t forget to grow, too

Recently, Windows Live posted an article about the ‘7 Deadly Blogging Sins’.
The article commented on the snowball effect of blogging, and how it’s not only ‘your own online journal’ but also a platform to share your views.
The article mentioned that the most common ‘mistakes’ made by bloggers are: not blogging; blogging for the sake of [...]

“No speak-a da Engrish!”

As a lover of the English language, I must say that ‘Engrish’ mistakes – usually found in foreign hotels/ touristy areas – completely crack me up.
Ranging from misplaced ‘R’s and ‘L’s to completely nonsensical sentences, there is so much out there that it’s now becoming quite a hot topic, with a multitude of ‘Engrish’ emails [...]