How To Be Found Traffic is the lifeblood of any business. Whether it’s online traffic or traffic through the door of a store, enough people need to see what you have to offer. You could reach out to people by cold calling, direct messaging, or emailing them and risk being labelled as spam. Or you could get them to find you and contact you. In all our years working online, we’ve only found three ways to be found online. As you go through the three options, think about how applicable they are to your business and whether you should have a strategy for each one. 1. Someone searches for you or you ..read more

A scrambled final-ball single helped the Momentum Multiply Titans steal a thrilling derby win over log-leaders DP World Lions and ensure the race for the Cricket South Africa (CSA) T20 Challenge play-offs goes down to the wire after wins for Hollywoodbets Dolphins and World Sports Betting Western Province on Friday. Dafabet Warriors, who were the stand-out team for most of the competition thus far, also blew their chance of moving back to the top of the table when they suffered a third straight loss – this time against Auto Investments North West Dragons. But the big result of the evening came ..read more

The ITEC Knights have been promoted back to Division 1 in domestic cricket. Following a challenging season that saw them relegated, the Knights displayed exceptional performances across all formats, securing two final spots, and earning themselves a well-deserved promotion back to Division 1 at the conclusion of the 2023/24 season from Division 2. The CSA domestic structure, implemented three seasons ago, introduced a dynamic system aimed at enhancing competitiveness and nurturing talent across the country. The recurring automatic promotion and relegation system ensures a fair and equitable pl ..read more

Heinrich Klaasen scored his 3rd half-century in the IPl 2024, his efforts helping Sunrisers Hyderabad set the highest IPL score of 287-3. SRH broke their own record set earlier in the tournament when they scored 277/3 against Mumbai.  Travis Head led the charge for SRH with a breathtaking 102 off 41 balls. The side was on 165-2 after 12.3 overs when he lost his wicket.  Klaasen came out to the middle and was destructive as we have come to expect. He hit 7 sixes and 2 fours for his 31-ball 67 and took SRH to 231-3 after 17 overs.  Contributions from Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram ..read more

A half-century by Matthew Breetzke ensured the Dafabet Warriors continued to impress in the CSA T20 Challenge with a 31-run win over AET Tuskers at the Dafabet St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Friday. The Proteas batter clubbed 7 sixes in a scintillating 41-ball 72 (1 four) as the hosts made it 9 wins out of 10 to extend their advantage over the DP World Lions at the summit of the table.  There were also wins for Momentum Multiply Titans and Auto Investment North West Dragons in the latest round of action with the competition now fast closing in on the business end of proceedings. On ..read more

A scintillating unbeaten 83 by Cameron Delport helped the AET Tuskers flatten defending champions Momentum Multiply Titans by 6 wickets at SuperSport Park in Centurion in the latest round of Cricket South Africa (CSA) T20 Challenge matches held on Sunday. The veteran opener smashed six sixes and five fours in a world-wind 49-ball show as the visitors easily chased down 166 with 14 balls to spare, securing only their second win of the campaign, although they stayed bottom of the table. There was also a win for the Tuskers’ KwaZulu-Natal neighbours, Hollywoodbets Dolphins, who overcame Auto Inve ..read more

Sibonelo Makhanya and Corbin Bosch played leading roles to help the Momentum Multiply Titans end the remarkable winning CSA T20 Challenge run of Dafabet Warriors with a 12-run victory in Port Elizabeth on Friday night. Batter Makhanya struck 60 (48 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) as the reigning champions posted 168/9, before seamer Bosch nabbed 3/22 to help restrict the hosts to 156/7 – securing an important 12-run triumph to end the visitors’ eight-match streak that has seen them dominate the season thus far. The performances of the pair overshadowed a career-best return of 5/39 by Beyers Swanep ..read more

How Much is Enough? What you are about to read is counter-intuitive. You may even fight the idea all the way. But if you get it, and I know you will, the rewards will follow. Kevin Kelly wrote a landmark essay way back in 2008, 1,000 True Fans. He said that to be successful, you don’t need millions, you only need thousands. This idea has been responsible for thousands of successful businesses and artists worldwide. We’ve built Cricket Fanatics Magazine based on this idea. It enabled us to become a well-known respected brand in the South African cricket space. Before you think that 1,000 is n ..read more

A New Mindset We are going to challenge a mindset that started nearly 600 years ago. It’s a mindset that has been responsible for the billion-dollar brands we all know today. But it’s also a mindset that is stunting small and medium-sized businesses everywhere. And it’s probably stunting your business as well. Historical Context This mindset started with Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press nearly 600 years ago. Recreated Gutenberg press at the International Printing Museum, Carson, California. Some label it as the greatest invention of all time. It fuelled the Renaissance and the ..read more

What is Marketing? Whole books and university courses have been dedicated to this subject, so we know that we won’t do it full justice in a short article. But we want you to have a working knowledge that’s sufficient for your cricket-related business. What we are about to reveal will enable you to use it as a planning tool, as well as a diagnostic tool. We’ve literally spent thousands, of hours pondering over this and hope that we’ve come up with a practical, working definition that you can apply immediately to your cricket-related business. You can also use it to analyse and solve any marketi ..read more