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#Newsvibez was all the Jozi Vibe at the #FollowSA Tweetup

By On March 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

#FollowSA hosted its 4th Jozi event, #Newsvibez, at the Woodmead News Cafe on Tuesday night and pulled a crowd of 80 people, generated mentions in excess of 1,000 to an estimated audience of about 36,000. That’s not too shabby at all.

With Tweets with gratitude for the welcome drinks from

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#RunJozi & #FollowSA

#RunJozi tweet-on-the-run

By On March 23, 2012 · 2 Comments

The late afternoon rain (with some hail) did not dampen the spirits of the #RunJozi runners. In fact, it seemed to raise them. The start was abuzz with excited runners (in ponchos), enthusiastic supporters and uplifting music. As the start time drew near and the Nelson Mandela Bridge lit up against the early night sky, [...]

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First #FollowSA tweet-on-the-run

By On February 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Deloitte Pretoria Marathon – 10km run
#deloittemarathon
25 February 2012

The Deloitte Pretoria Marathon marks the first in a series of events to expand the #FollowSA Twitter community into the realm of sports and health events. Spurred on by an idea of Craig’s (@cchjnb), Greg (@ohgodknows) took [...]

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Has your online presence created a community or an audience?

By On February 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment

No matter the pace at which your timeline passes you by or the number of followers you have, it was very hard to miss the Twitter attack that Standard Bank launched on First National Bank.

While everyone was pointing out that the social media platforms are not the place to sort out a [...]

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FollowSA press release – February 2012

By On February 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Twitter meetups are fast becoming a part of everyone’s diaries and many associate this new way of socialising with the Twitter #FollowSA hashtag founded by Jodene Shaer of Lifeology. Better known by her Twitter handle, @jodenecoza, is praised for her contribution to connecting South African’s online and encouraging them to connect offline. Driven by the [...]

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What is #FollowSA?

By On January 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Uniting people online while motivating them to create communities offline

#FollowSA is an innovative social media hashtag campaign, aiming to fundamentally change South Africa’s presence in the global arena of social media. 

The hashtag was founded by Jodene Shaer of Lifeology, a business with people development and the endless [...]

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