VIVA LE SMARTPHONE REVOLUTION!
With a 104% increase in smartphone use in the last 12 months since May last year, there is now a whopping 8.5 million adult smartphone users in the world and 4.37 million adults using tablet devices! It’s no wonder, which way you turn you will see people with their heads down, fingers tapping and headphones
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One Minute with Emily
How do you think of yourself/your job? Compulsive organiser. Spreadsheets are my spirit animal. The words “line item” and “status” are music to my ears. Just as long as they don’t involve more than basic maths – then it’s like navigating my way through a vat of custard with just a solar-powered headlamp to guide
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One minute with Alexis
Welcome to the first instalment of our “One minute with…” feature. Each week we plan to share “one minute with” a member of the Salsa team, sharing with you what we consider our challenges, creative ideas and quirks! This is also the time you can take to ask something you may have always wanted to know about one of our
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Pinteresting
Pinterest (if you haven’t heard already) is a virtual or social “bookmarking” site, where users can collect and “pin” images of their favourite designs hobbies, fashion, foods, interests and well, anything really. The idea is that you are creating your very own virtual mood-board, that you can use as a reference when planning and event such
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Dinner Conversations – websites, interest rates, or wine?
What’s the difference between a website build and a home loan? …Well not much really, however you’ll likely benefit in both pursuits if you can adopt a flexible approach. From January 2007 to January 2009 home loan interest rates increased by nearly 2% in Australia, rising to almost 10%. Dinner conversations amongst mortgage holders and,
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The Art of Minesweeper
RECONNAISSANCE When greeted with an empty field it is extremely important not to be overawed by the mission ahead. You are responsible for the lives of your team, but you must not let this emotion affect your judgement – level headedness is absolutely critical. The first sector that you clear will always be safe; the enemy
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John Cleese on Creativity
I watched an excellent presentation from John Cleese last week, and took some notes which I would like to share, though I recommend you take a break and spend 36 minutes watching the video yourself and find inspiration to make 2013 your most creative year yet. My notes: Creativity is not a talent – it’s a
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Social Media Madness
As 2012 has drawn to an end and 2013 is here, the time has come to reflect on the year that has been in the world of Social Media. And for those of you who are immersed in staying connected whether it be through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Path, Klout, LinkedIn, MySpace, Spotify, YouTube, Google+, Pinterest,
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Another year gone by at Salsa HQ
2012 has been the most stressful, fun, exciting, successful & all round manic year of Salsa’s short life so far! To give you an idea, here is a quick summary of Salsa’s 10th year: January – the Salsa team got over the Christmas hang over before embarking on what was to become a massive, MASSIVE
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