WordStart, an ambitious new word of mouth agency, has appointed L Communications to handle its marketing and public relations. 18 Jan 2011
South African leisure and lifestyle perception management specialists Manley Communications commences 2011 with the following new premier brand accounts and campaigns:
FRENCH TOAST
NEWMARK Hotels
The Nautilus
The Queen Victoria
OLDENBURG Vineyards
One&Only Cape Town
Wembley Medi Spa 11 Jan 2011
Creative consultancy, Thewinwingroup, has gained three new clients for 2011:
o South African Travel Centre - Annual Preferred Partner Conference.
o International Finance Corporation - Business Edge and SME Toolkit research
and brand strategy in Africa.
o Unilever SA - CSI Programme for schools 10 Dec 2010
Freight and logistics group, The Bridge Group, has appointed Chillibush Group of Companies to handle its marketing and communications. 29 Nov 2010
Graham Beck Wines is the latest addition to the Realm family. 26 Nov 2010
RBJ Marketing Solutions has been appointed the public relations agency of the coming China Sourcing fairs exhibition. 18 Nov 2010
PenQuin International has won the marketing, media, advertising and design business for Maille Mustard, the premium French brand available throughout South Africa. 11 Nov 2010
Indigo Marketing and HMC Seswa Corporate Communications have recently been appointed by BANKSETA (Banking Sector Education and Training Authority) to handle its marketing and communications. 29 Oct 2010
Glocell has appointed Watt Communications as its PR agency. 26 Oct 2010
Sithabile Technology Services, one of South Africa's leading specialists in the provision of primary data, storage, backup, recovery and archiving solutions has appointed Watt Communications as its PR and communications agency. 22 Oct 2010
Rose's Cordials recently selected Nine Mile Media's Billads Bill Folder advertising platform to ensure that it effectively engages with consumers to promote its new Lemon Marula, Grenadine and Black Cherry variants. 8 Oct 2010
The newly-launched Assisted Recovery Centres of Africa (ARCA Durban), Africa's first affiliate of the Assisted Recovery Centers of America (ARCA America), founded by leading independent pharmacologist Percy Menzies, has appointed Marlan Padayachee GreenGold Africa Communications as marketing and media strategists, publicists and consultants, at the new head office in Durban North. 30 Sep 2010
Joe Gqabi District Municipality appointed Rivoni Investments to act as technical and transaction advisor to work on all technical and strategic aspects of the establishment of Joe Gqabi Development Agency. 10 Sep 2010
Artifact has been appointed to run the Facebook pages for Hot Dog Cafe, Scooters Pizza and Maxis as well as advertising campaigns to promote these. 26 Aug 2010
Ince.motiv - a division of Integrated Communications Agency, Ince, has been awarded the full rebrand and retail website for Communicare, full rebrand for Propell, marketing audit and strategy for Cape Nature, and the annual report and investor website for HomeChoice. 16 Aug 2010
Vodacom has just appointed specialist Word-of-Mouth-Marketing (WOMM) agency, HaveYouHeard, to launch their new youth-oriented brand, Vodacom Color, to the under 25-year-old market - a market notoriously reliant on peer-to-peer recommendations. 12 Aug 2010
Ince.motiv - a division of Ince, Integrated Communications Agency, has recently been awarded Cape Nature's marketing audit and strategy, Communicare's full rebrand and retail website, HomeChoice's annual report and investor website, and Propell's rebrand. 11 Aug 2010
Solid strategic planning together with great creative has won Boomtown Strategic Brand Agency the SA Breweries Castle Milk Stout BTL work. 6 Jul 2010
VISI magazine, published by New Media Publishing, has appointed creative agency Net#work BBDO to head up a new creative marketing strategy. 29 Jun 2010
Gullan&Gullan adds GG Boutique - exclusive fashion house for fuller-figured women - to a growing repertoire of PR clients. 29 Jun 2010
Celebrity Services Africa Events, a division of Celebrity Services Africa, has been appointed along with its joint venture partner Maximum Exposure to manage the Host City Welcome Carnival Event for the City of Cape Town. 4 Jun 2010
One of South Africa's top law firms, Webber Wentzel, has awarded its advertising account to Net#work BBDO Johannesburg. 31 May 2010
Liquidlingo Communications has been awarded the PR account for New Media Publishing (NMP), South Africa's leading content marketing company. 31 May 2010
Premium shopping centre Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village has appointed Marcus Brewster Publicity (MBP) as its PR agency of record. 24 May 2010
African Dune Communications, the up-start ICT PR agency headed by Lynne Forbes and Rodaiba Malick, has won South Africa's fiction and poetry blogsite: www.onelongminute.com. 19 May 2010
HaveYouHeard, South Africa's leading Word-of-Mouth Marketing agency has notched up several more popular brands to add to its client arsenal. 17 May 2010
Indigo Trading has appointed Kezi Communications to launch The Beyond Nicotine Programme, a stop-smoking programme that includes herbal supplements combined with a how to quit DVD and booklet, the campaign will include corporate and public Beyond Nicotine rallies. 12 May 2010
JWT Johannesburg has been appointed by Loxion Kulca as its Through the Line advertising agency of choice. 11 May 2010
Reality, the Sanlam Group's rapidly growing lifestyle, wellness and rewards programme, has appointed TinFish Advertising to develop their new advertising campaign following a creative presentation from the Cape Town based ad agency. 15 Apr 2010
Atmosphere Communications - the most awarded PR agency by PRISA for a second year in a row - started 2010 with an unprecedented growth spurt of new blue chip clients during the first quarter of 2010 including V&A Waterfront, Sanlam Personal Finance, KWV Wines, Comair, Fairview and Bio Oil. 15 Apr 2010