Blog Will 2020 kickstart the decade of the driven human? Ole!Connect's, Desere' Orrill, takes a look underneath the hood of autonomous transportation, what it means to our future mobility, and whether we are ready to relinquish the wheel, or not...Currently, there’
Blog OLE!CONNECT Secures Key Account Wins OLE!CONNECT, a new breed of service provider formed through the restructuring of its four subsidiary companies and incorporating a fifth, data expert Shinka Pty Ltd, has recently secured a number of key
Blog Maria Wilson appointed as NEW Business Unit Director at OLE!CONNECT Following the merger of OLE!Connect’s former conglomerate companies, HoneyKome, MobiMedia and TeamTalk, the business has appointed Maria Wilson as New Business Unit Director. She is tasked with building a sustainable marketing
Blog How digitalisation is changing the global job market - Is South Africa prepared? Deseré Orrill is the chairman and co-founder of Ole! Connect, a digital media company based in South Africa. She is currently completing an international MBA with a specialisation in Design Thinking principles.It
Blog Zinzi Nokhemane chats about her role as a Business Analyst in IT Every team member plays an essential role in helping OLE!CONNECT run smoothly, and Zinzi Nokhemane now fulfills our most recent opportunity as a Business Analyst in our Development Department. We chatted to
Blog Are you ready for the media and marketing convergence? Actionable data fuels audience-based marketing at OLE!CONNECT Cape Town, June 13th: The worlds of media and marketing are merging. As brands transform into publishers and build their own audiences, so too media
Blog Connecting the Dots: OLE!CONNECT Amalgamates Three Digital Companies The Ole! Media Group has relaunched its service offering as a single business entity named OLE!CONNECT. Amalgamating the cornerstone companies of the group
Blog How to improve digital content marketing in 2020 As we return from an uber insightful IAB digital content workshop, we are more than a little excited to share the pearls of wisdom that will give you an
Blog All the best online stores have these 10 things in common What do you love most about your favourite online store? Some may choose the look and feel of the website, while others would credit an easy payment portal or fast delivery service. But
Blog Why data-driven marketing will help you thrive in 2019 Did you know that 40% of what you do every day, is not part of a decision you make, but a habit? It may seem crazy to think that most of your actions
Blog De-coding Stereotypical Thinking *Ole! Media Group working to narrow the gender gap in Media IT * It’s 2018 and global research reports that gender bias still lurks within the work place – no shock there. However, because
Blog Omni-present mobile drives omni-channel marketing **Omni-channel strategy essential for eCommerce survival in the new mobile connected South Africa, **says Deseré Orrill, CEO of the Ole! Media Group By the end of 2017, two billion people globally used their
Blog The Queen Bee at work: Have you been stung by one? “My boss’s name was Angela. But angelic, she wasn’t. She was mean,” says Lindi, describing her first job, at a Johannesburg travel company. “She’d start a meeting without me if
Blog Inclusive Design: More love, more humans In July, HoneyKome was the proud sponsor of the monthly UX Masterclass meetup which was held at our Cape Town offices. Steve Barnett & Nicola du Toit are no strangers to Web Accessibility
Blog WHY LSM is being replaced by SEM The marketing segmentation tool, LSM, is quickly being replaced by SEM – and this updated tool displays exactly how disproportioned South African communities are. In the late 80s, when television advertising was placed on
Blog The best and worst ways technology impacts the planet Technology is changing the human experience every day. But is it for the better, and what about the rest of the planet? We look at the amazing, and not-so-great, effects of having advanced
Blog Signs of gender transformation in the tech space Despite global reports that gender bias still lurks within the work place, positive appeal from women at Ole! Media proves that transformation is underway in the tech space. More than 10 years ago,
Blog The top 4 challenges that African Women in Tech Face Cue James Brown lyrics as background music to this article: This is a man’s world! Pum, pum, pum! This is a man’s world! Every day new job opportunities are developed in
Blog How Deseré does it “Don’t ask me how I manage to balance the ‘mom - wife – career’ thing. It’s a disparaging old cliché,” says Deseré Orrill, CEO of the Ole! Media Group, holding company of
Blog “People leave people, not companies,” says new Ole! Media Group Talent Manager Ole! Media has a brand new Group Talent Manager,Capetonian Shireen McWhite. We asked her how she found her way to a career in talent management. “Actually, I always wanted to be a
Blog How to market your small business Starting a business with no marketing experience can be daunting. Watch as our General Manager, Pierre Cassuto shares key digital marketing tips to help your business grow:
Blog Moving cities for love Nicole Smith crosses the Digital Bridge to get Face-to-Face with Mr Right HoneyKome account director Nicole Smith, for 13 years a Capetonian, is transferring to HoneyKome in Joburg, and all because of a
Blog Love in a time of dating apps Having a tiny, but powerful computer in our pockets all day has transformed our lives –how we think, remember things, shop, socialise, and, of course, how we love. Understanding how humans use and
Blog eCommerce **Omni-channel strategy essential for eCommerce survival in the new mobile connected South Africa, **says Deseré Orrill, CEO of the Ole! Media Group and Managing Director of HoneyKome By the end of 2017, two
Blog “Go with the Flow” – Marketing Trends for 2018 that will generate value *Cape Town, 15 January 2018 *– Yes, it’s that time of year again where media pundits and the digital marketing cognoscenti are asked to share their views on what worked in 2017 and