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Pieter Streicher
By Dr Pieter Streicher, MD of BulkSMS.com
The Consumer Protection Act (CPA) allows sending unsolicited direct marketing communications (which is commonly seen as spam by many consumers) under certain conditions. However, if one looks more closely, i... |
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Views: 280 | No Comments » | posted on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 | Tags: CPA, Dr Pieter Streicher, Marketing
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Pieter Streicher
By now, most companies should have woken up to the fact that if they want to stay in business for any length of time, permission-based marketing is the order of the day. In other words, get permission from customers and potential customers before mar... |
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Views: 217 | No Comments » | posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 | Tags: advertising, Consumer Protection Act, consumers, engagement, mobile marketing, SMS, social media, spam
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Andy Hadfield
The greatest trick Steve Jobs ever pulled was getting us to use his phone as the benchmark for all phones. They make a good benchmark of course: best experience, best industrial design and best ecosystem. Best for developed nations (and the developed... |
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Views: 594 | 3 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 | Tags: Africa, Android, Android Market, cellphone, mi fone, product review, review, smartphone
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Pieter Streicher
2012 is the year that the electronic communications opt-in vs opt-out debate is going to come to a head, and the fallout is going to have a significant impact on both businesses and consumers. Related telecommunication regulatory decisions are going ... |
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Views: 442 | 2 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 | Tags: BulkSMS.com, Dr Pieter Streicher, mobile, SMS, trends
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Karl Reed
The most significant communication trend to emerge in 2011 was mobility, which is beginning to drive major changes in the way the global economy operates. There are other important developments emerging that demand attention, however my best bet is i... |
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Views: 234 | No Comments » | posted on Monday, November 28th, 2011 | Tags: Elingo, Karl Reed, mobile, tablet, telecommunication, trend
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Bennie Langenhoven
The mobile revolution is well under way, but it comes with problems of its own, including picking among the growing range of options on which to reach colleagues. The answer? Ask your employees to bring their own device.
Join the mobile revolutio... |
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Views: 328 | No Comments » | posted on Thursday, November 24th, 2011 | Tags: corporate mobility
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Pieter Streicher
The latest South African crime statistics for 2010/2011 could probably best be summarised as “improving, but could do better”. While there have been reductions in the murder and attempted murder rate, assault, robbery and attacks on policemen -- ... |
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Views: 198 | 1 Comment » | posted on Monday, October 31st, 2011 | Tags: BulkSMS.com, Crime, Dr Pieter Streicher, SMS
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Rob Lith
Before Voice over IP (VoIP), life was pretty black and white. You had your office jockeys and your road warriors.
Office jockeys operated PCs, desk phones and faxes. Their jobs started and ended when they entered and left the premises. You could ge... |
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Views: 290 | 2 Comments » | posted on Thursday, October 13th, 2011 | Tags: applications, broadband access, collaboration, converged communications, IP, iPad, iPhone, mobility, smartphone, tablet, telecommunications, UC, unified communications, VoIP
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Wesley Lynch
While mobile payments have met with astounding successes in other parts of Africa, adoption has been far more modest in South Africa.
The main reason for this is our severe banking laws, which further entrench banks in the payments industry while... |
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Views: 221 | 4 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 | Tags: cellphone banking, M Pesa, mobile payments
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