Ruby on Rails Developers needed for the one of the hottest new technology companies in the country! Work in a dynamic team with passionate people on important projects. RoR, Computer Science, AWS, EC2 – R170,000 – R220,000 + possible stock options Responsibilities: -Help build and maintain our social media monitoring backend used by some of the largest [...]
South Africans have embraced social media as a core pillar of Internet activity in this country, along with e-mail, news and banking. MXit and Facebook lead the way in user numbers, while Twitter has seen the most dramatic growth in social networking in the past year, and BlackBerry Messenger is the fastest growing network [...]
We constantly get asked about Foursquare usage in South Africa. However, due to the very private nature of the platform, it is very difficult for us to get any usable information with regards to absolute user numbers, top venues and checkins . However, we have noticed that a significant proportion of people connect their Foursquare [...]
The recent terrorist attack in Oslo received massive media coverage as soon as the word broke out. As is becoming usual in this day and age, Twitter was the first source of information for what had happened. As the days progressed, South Africans had their voices and sentiments heard on Twitter. We have analyzed these [...]
Photo credit imooty Social media monitoring is normally used for online reputation management – making sure your online audience’s perception of you aligns with your business’s marketing goals. It can also be used in many ways to help streamline your sales funnel and increase your bottom line. Many companies monitor what is being said online [...]
These days, even smaller companies are considered behind the curve if they aren’t using some form of social media monitoring solution. From the free tools available, such as Google Alerts, to premium tools such as our Social Insights platform, there is an extensive selection of choices available. However, the choice of tool isn’t everything. Perhaps [...]
Using the Social Insights platform, we wanted to see what the sentiment is around South Africa’s top two political parties, according to conversations on the social network Twitter. What we found was predictable, but also insightful. The DA is much more involved in online interactions, and this is apparent from its online reach and discussions. [...]
Overview Standard Bank is clearly the least liked of all banks, according to online Twitter conversations assessed by the Social Insights platform. FNB receives the most online exposure, with 140 conversations occurring just this morning about the popular bank. FNB and Standard Bank have the most engagement, clearly responding to user’s complaints and queries. The [...]
Fuseware questioned a variety of influencers from different fields in South Africa recently. The goal was to get a better picture of where South Africa, and the rest of the world, is headed in terms of social media usage in business. One thing has become completely apparent – social media is the new wave of [...]
The top three mobile networks in South Africa have always been the topic of much contentious debate. Fuseware has put our systems to work on seeing which one of the big 3 come out on top in online conversations. We pitched Vodacom, Cell C and MTN against each other, and compared them on Twitter. The [...]
