Sep 21, 2023
Byline: Sam Nassimov, MD of Premier Hotels & Resorts Sam Nassimov, MD Premier Hotels & Resorts We recently marked the 10-year milestone of Instagram, a platform that has profoundly shaped and, some might argue, even birthed the concept of...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 6, 2021
60% of organizations that run social ads plan to increase their spend in 2021, says Hootsuite’s Trends survey. Are you one of them? Whether you’re a paid social newbie or a campaign-optimizing machine, you can always get more out of your...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 5, 2020
Chat’r TV has announced EPISODE 4.0 of the TheOtherSIDE. Up for discussion is how to build online communities, and manage your brand and reputation using social media As the tourism, business events and hospitality industries begin to open up, and...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 5, 2020
Chat’r TV has announced EPISODE 4.0 of the TheOtherSIDE. Up for discussion is how to build online communities, and manage your brand and reputation using social media. Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2020Time: 14h00 SAST (GMT +2)RSVP: Click to save you...
Louis Nel | May 28, 2018
This is the last article in the series on social media and defamation. You can read the previous articles here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. So far I’ve dealt with the following requirements in order to prove defamation: (1) reference to the...
Louis Nel | May 21, 2018
Before you read this article, make sure you have read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. Having established intention, what is the next requirement? The following has to be established in order to determine whether or not we are dealing with...
Louis Nel | May 14, 2018
Before you read this article, make sure you have read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. This is a challenging requirement and much debated. It would seem that the courts will sometimes go beyond intention and find that negligence or at least...
Louis Nel | May 7, 2018
Before I deal with the Terms & conditions (‘T&C’) e.g. Facebook, etc, I think we need to get to grips with defamation and to do so we need to ‘unpack’ (1) the definition I used in the first article, (2) potential damages (claims) and then...
Louis Nel | Apr 29, 2018
As we are all no doubt quite aware, social media has to a large extent become the medium of choice not only to publicize and disseminate information but also to glean information. Due to the ubiquitous nature of the social media and the fact that...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 15, 2018
As of November 2017, Instagram was the third most popular social media site – after Facebook and YouTube. It has approximately 800 million users, and is proving to be one of the best platforms for brands to engage with their audience effectively,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 4, 2017
More than a billion people around the world use Facebook, including 13 million South Africans. This makes it an invaluable tool to reach you audience. Of course, everyone else will have the same idea, so you will need to battle through a lot of...
Heather Hook | Aug 4, 2016
Article courtesy of Scan Display. When Scan Display set out to create a completely unique stand for this year’s Markex show, a major consideration was how social media would add value to the stand, driving foot traffic and increasing...
