Tweeting at the New Age Business Briefing
By Roy Barford // February 03, 2012
This morning I attended the New Age Business Briefing at the Cape Town International Convention Centre as a Twitter guest of Front Foot Events and Dorette Steenkamp, who tweets for @capetown. The idea was for Twitter guests to provide instant online coverage of discussions with Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille and generate interest in the event using the hash tag #tnabizbrief. Read more…
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Record traffic for Table Mountain Cableway: On foot and on the web
By Ingrid Sinclair // January 27, 2012
December 2011 will go down in the books as one of Table Mountain Cableway’s busiest months to date: 116 000 pairs of feet took to the summit of Cape Town’s beloved landmark. That’s pretty impressive when you consider that the Cableway reported just 6 000 visitors in December 1929, the year that it was first operational. Of course, here at Flow Communications, we get most of our kicks elsewhere – on the web, that is. Read more…
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Social networking and your children – things you should know
By Tara Turkington and Laura Maggs // January 26, 2012
Social networking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, have changed the way we interact, source news, conduct business and express ourselves. People across the world and of all ages are using these platforms on a daily basis, and having access to your Facebook or Twitter account on your phone is, if anything, as trendy as it is convenient. Read more…
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Twitter tips that will take your tweets to new heights
By Laura Maggs // January 25, 2012
Are your tweets lacking verve? Are you struggling to accumulate followers? Not entirely sure what Twitter can really do for you? Here are five “twips” to help you tweet like a pro! Read more…
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The 2012 digital media race begins
By Jay Caboz // January 18, 2012
In 2011, Facebook officially overtook Google as the most visited site on the globe, with a whopping 50% of its 65-million active users accessing the site daily. Such statistics indicate that 2011 was a year that saw an explosion of social media formats.
What does this mean for the future in 2012?
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A happy moo year to you
By Patrick Gurney // January 13, 2012
Last year was indeed a fantastic year both for Collective Cow members, and for the team behind the great deals from which they benefited.
Watching the growth and buzz has been amazing, as Collective Cow has offered some of the most interesting deals in online group buying. Read more…
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Flow behind the lens – glimpses of our natural surroundings
January 10, 2012
Sometimes, a well-chosen image says far more than a string of sentences.
Flowstars put great care into capturing and making use of images that will complement their stories, or best represent a client. Read more…
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Five social networking tips to see you through the festive season
By Laura Maggs // December 15, 2011
Are you getting the most out of your social networking accounts? Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are constantly evolving, and it’s important to keep up to date with what they are able to offer you. Read more…
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Another day in Africa
By Julia Lloyd // December 14, 2011
It was one of those really shabby days at the office. Certainly it was with heavy heart that the pair of us found ourselves on the back of a Landie at sun-up, cavorting about in Sabie Sand. Ingrid Sinclair of Flow’s Cape Town Office, and I, had been given one of those briefs too ghastly to detail – produce the content for the website upgrade of a game lodge in the Sabie Sand. As a result we were forced to head north-east for three days to this rather stunning place called Cheetah Plains. Read more…
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Writestar highlights of 2011
By The Writestars // December 13, 2011
It’s been a landmark year for the writing team at Flow. We’ve been involved in a fantastic variety of projects and welcomed several new team members – Laura Maggs, Stuart Dickinson, Linda Piegl, Keith Nicholls, Julia Lloyd, Mildred Thabane and Leon Jamarie – who have added enormous editorial value to the company. The Flow writers, or “Writestars” as they are affectionately known as at Flow, spent some time this week thinking back on 2011… Read more…
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