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283				<div class="subtext">23rd June 2025  by <a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/author/digitalthreadadmin/" rel="author">digitalthreadadmin</a></div>
284				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2025/06/23/elastic-identity-the-future-of-brand-design-isnt-fixed/"><h6>Elastic Identity™: The Future of Brand Design Isn’t Fixed</h6></a> 
285				<p>In a world where platforms change overnight, (literally), audiences are split into micro-segments, and relevance has the lifespan of...</p> 
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296				<div class="subtext">17th June 2025  by <a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/author/abigail-van-zyl/" rel="author">Abigail van Zyl</a></div>
297				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2025/06/17/when-one-brand-has-to-speak-ten-languages-you-need-a-new-system/"><h6>When One Brand Has to Speak Ten Languages, You Need a New System</h6></a> 
298				<p>We were handed a brief that most brand teams would quietly cry into their kerning over. The ask? Create...</p> 
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309				<div class="subtext">15th March 2025  by <a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/author/guest-author/" rel="author">Guest Author</a></div>
310				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2025/03/15/is-your-personal-brand-eating-your-personality/"><h6>Is your personal brand eating your personality?</h6></a> 
311				<p>I get it. There’s nothing better than people understanding you, your work and responding with (virtual applause). And in...</p> 
312				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2025/03/15/is-your-personal-brand-eating-your-personality/"><div class="arrow-right-post"></div></a>
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322				<div class="subtext">10th February 2025  by <a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/author/abigail-van-zyl/" rel="author">Abigail van Zyl</a></div>
323				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2025/02/10/how-ai-is-rewriting-the-digital-marketing-playbook/"><h6>How AI is rewriting the digital marketing playbook</h6></a> 
324				<p>The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is rewriting the digital marketing rulebook and brands that don’t adapt risk becoming...</p> 
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335				<div class="subtext">26th November 2018  by <a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/author/abigail-van-zyl/" rel="author">Abigail van Zyl</a></div>
336				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2018/11/26/the-downfall-of-the-traditional-agency-part-4-sociopaths-and-accepting-abuse/"><h6>The Downfall of the Traditional Agency – Part 4 &#8211; Sociopaths and Accepting Abuse</h6></a> 
337				<p>The more I grow the business, the more I’m exposed to new business owners and entrepreneurs. This exposure has...</p> 
338				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2018/11/26/the-downfall-of-the-traditional-agency-part-4-sociopaths-and-accepting-abuse/"><div class="arrow-right-post"></div></a>
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348				<div class="subtext">19th November 2018  by <a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/author/abigail-van-zyl/" rel="author">Abigail van Zyl</a></div>
349				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2018/11/19/the-downfall-of-the-traditional-agency-part-3-old-boys-club/"><h6>The Downfall of the Traditional Agency &#8211; Part 3 &#8211; Old Boys Club</h6></a> 
350				<p>It’s 2018 &#8211; and as a woman I’m still made uncomfortable in the workplace due to my gender.  A...</p> 
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361				<div class="subtext">12th November 2018  by <a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/author/abigail-van-zyl/" rel="author">Abigail van Zyl</a></div>
362				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2018/11/12/the-downfall-of-traditional-agencies-part-2-technology-and-early-adopters/"><h6>The Downfall of Traditional Agencies &#8211; Part 2 &#8211; Technology and Early Adopters</h6></a> 
363				<p>I have a son who is two-years-old. Recently, he discovered how to split screen YouTube on my iPad, a...</p> 
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374				<div class="subtext">6th November 2018  by <a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/author/abigail-van-zyl/" rel="author">Abigail van Zyl</a></div>
375				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2018/11/06/the-downfall-of-the-traditional-agency-part-1/"><h6>The Downfall of the Traditional Agency – Part 1</h6></a> 
376				<p>In this four-part blog series, I will be discussing the inevitable downfall of the traditional agency structure in four...</p> 
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387				<div class="subtext">1st November 2018  by <a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/author/the-digital-thread/" rel="author">The Digital Thread</a></div>
388				<a href="https://thedigitalthread.co.za/2018/11/01/ephemeral-content-here-today-gone-today-what-is-it-actually/"><h6>Ephemeral Content: here today &#8211; gone today &#8211; what is it actually?</h6></a> 
389				<p>Right… what is ephemeral content? Well, it’s online content that can be only accessed for a limited time, like...</p> 
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