Telkom launches new customer service app

In its ongoing quest to improve customer service‚ Telkom on Thursday, 22 November, unveiled a free mobile application to enable its clients to‚ among other things‚ log a technical fault related to their telephone lines and internet connection. 23 Nov 2012 07:29

Unthink lately?

[Maria Berrios-Carter] There is a well-known creative condition called "analysis paralysis". Fuelled by our incessant hunger for information and meaning, we have created a society too focused on the thinking and less so on the doing, overanalysing ourselves into a full stop. And the only way to move passed the stupefying white page staring back at you is to practice the art of Unthink. 23 Nov 2012 06:45

Top 10 recruitment technologies, companies

[Dirk Dijkstra] I recently took over the helm at Ahoy Employ, having no experience in the recruitment sector, at all...The basics of recruitment are pretty easy to find online so I am now kind of familiar with the workings of the recruitment business and with industry specific terms. If you're a recruiter or employer looking for the latest recruitment trends and developments, let me share my top 10 shortlist of technologies and companies that I'll be following in the years to come. 23 Nov 2012 06:08

African Market Momentum: insights, obstacles and opportunities

The CMO Council Africa Advisory Board Meeting is set to take place on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, via live tele-presence linking members and experts in Lagos, Nairobi, Johannesburg and Cape Town. 22 Nov 2012 12:28

SABC executive contradicts Ngubane

Tensions among directors of the SABC spilled out into the open on Tuesday, 20 November 2012, when the national broadcaster's suspended chief financial officer, Gugu Duda, moved to accuse the board of poor governance practices. 22 Nov 2012 11:46

Wrappa Branding and Design

Brand audit - Give your brand a health check

[Issued by Wrappa Branding and Design] When a brand reaches its tipping point in its lifecycle, and as a result sales decrease, it may be because customers no longer resonate with your brand's value proposition. Completing a brand audit is an opportunity to take an objective look at your brand from a critical perspective. 22 Nov 2012 11:38

MobiMedia

When potholes become pitfalls in mobile marketing

[Issued by MobiMedia] Creative and on-trend mobile campaigns are essential in securing brand awareness and consumer loyalty. However, too often the fundamental principles of mobile marketing are overlooked resulting in campaigns, regardless of their innovation or creativity, falling short. 22 Nov 2012 10:55

GUD wins ASA case

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) handed down its ruling in the case of GUD Holdings and Federal-Mogul at the end of last month. 22 Nov 2012 10:43

Egg Films

Kim Geldenhuys shoots Nedbank ad in Morocco

[Issued by Egg Films] Egg Film's Kim Geldenhuys recently directed Nedbank Private Wealth No Stone Unturned. The commercial was shot on location in Morocco at Ait Benhaddou, a fortified city and UNESCO World Heritage Site that has hosted films like Gladiator and Prince of Persia. 22 Nov 2012 10:42

Acceleration Media

Moving social listening up to the next level

[Issued by Acceleration Media] Companies that want to evolve into truly social enterprises must look beyond tracking keywords and towards building a deeper understanding of the meaning and tone of social conversations in their online reputation management (ORM) strategies. 22 Nov 2012 10:31

New staircase advertising for local airports

Alternative out-of-home media specialists BOO! Alternative Media and Communications, recently introduced an OOH media channel to South Africa's three major airports in the form of staircase advertising. 22 Nov 2012 10:28

Graffiti

Graffiti helps Lead Laundry clean up with branded vehicles

[Issued by Graffiti] Leading supplier of industrial laundry equipment, Lead Laundry and Catering, recently gave their company vehicles a professional new look at the hands of branding specialists, Graffiti, and was pleasantly surprised by a whole new level of interest in the brand. 22 Nov 2012 10:15

Secrecy Bill closer to becoming Secrecy Law

On 21 November 2012 members of the NCOP ad hoc committee voted to finalise a Bill that, according to Right2Know, still carries the fingerprints of the securocrats who have remained the 'hidden hand' behind this process from the start. The ANC used its numerical majority to force the Secrecy Bill one step closer to becoming a Secrecy Law. 22 Nov 2012 09:54

Draftfcb (South Africa)

New Klipdrift Export TVC highlights ageless appeal

[Issued by Draftfcb (South Africa)] The new television commercial from Draftfcb Cape Town for South African icon, Klipdrift Export, highlights that the Distell brand has as much appeal and zest for life today as it had when it was launched over 70 years ago. 22 Nov 2012 09:30