WeChat is the communication and social app that rules the roost in China. Since its inception in 2011, it has been funded by the Chinese government with the generally accepted proviso that it can monitor all user activity. According to Ben Thompson, analyst and founder of the blog Stratechery, “there…
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Jack Vale
Jack is a recent psychology graduate who has found himself sucked into the wonderful world of online marketing and tech.
Is email still the optimal method for workplace communication?
For something that hasn’t even been around in the public sphere for a full 30 years, email sure is doing well for itself. Rumours of its demise are totally unfounded: around 269 billion messages were sent and received every single day in 2017. Of course, email is not solely…
Why your team needs a community manager
Within many marketing teams, laser focus is placed on content management and strategy, and rightly so. The quality and timing of this kind of output is crucial to the visibility of any brand, but perhaps not every company gives much thought to what happens next. Once a member of the…
Seven ways to bring out employee creativity
A workplace usually has a team framework that needs looking after, otherwise it will begin to go stale. As well as motivation and other factors, it is vital to create the optimum conditions for creativity in the workplace. Creativity is often noted as the spark which keeps the team functioning.…
Are professional communication apps becoming too gimmicky?
You take a look at your smartphone’s app hub, only to see that Linkedin has issued yet another update. It’s another ‘social’ feature. For the world’s leading professional connection and communication service, it sure is becoming a little too similar to Facebook and other social media platforms…
How safe are you being with your data?
It is an unfortunate fact that data breaches go hand in hand with society’s increased use of technology. It is down to all of us to watch which companies and enterprises we trust our personal data with, and the actions we take to keep as much of our data…