All Amber

Mobile Web Africa 2012 agenda and speaker faculty revealed

[Issued by All Amber] All Amber, the organiser of premier events in Africa, has announced details for its fourth annual Mobile Web Africa conference. The event, which will take place during the final week of November, is firmly established as the leading mobile-focused event in Africa and the 2012 edition is set to focus on expanding success in the industry. 7 Nov 2012 11:00

NATIVE

NATIVE wins six pixels at Bookmarks 2012

[Issued by NATIVE] Leading full-service digital agency, NATIVE, took home six pixels at the dazzling Bookmarks awards evening held in Cape Town. The agency is most proud of its four wins for the #CloseTheTap campaign, a digital initiative which inspired real-world action. 7 Nov 2012 09:46

Umuntu Media

A sign of the times: Mimiboards. For meaningful messaging

[Issued by Umuntu Media] We've all seen noticeboards; in libraries, shops, schools, businesses. So how does one take the simple and highly effective concept of a noticeboard, and bring it into the 21st century as a simple and even more effective virtual noticeboard? 6 Nov 2012 12:37

Synergize Online

Synergize scoops up four awards at Bookmarks 2012

[Issued by Synergize Online] This year's Bookmarks Awards proved to be a momentous occasion for Synergize as the online marketing specialists were awarded three bronze pixels in the category of Organic Search and their Head of Search, Robin Fishley, received the honour of Best Organic Search Marketer. 6 Nov 2012 11:47

Quirk

Quirk Agency wins at the prestigious Bookmarks Awards

[Issued by Quirk] Quirk Agency was honoured with the Greatest Contribution to Digital title at the recent 2012 Bookmarks Awards. The award comes as a timeous nod to Quirk's recent merger with the Red & Yellow School of Logic and Magic, as well as its continuing contribution to furthering the industry through education and innovation. 6 Nov 2012 10:28

Gloo

Gloo underlines the link between creativity and effectiveness

[Issued by Gloo] Gloo was announced the Bookmarks Agency of the Year and picked up 10 awards at the 2012 event in Cape Town. The event recognises the companies and people in the digital industry who raise the bar from 'mediocre' to 'incredible', with the awards focusing on 'measurable excellence'. 6 Nov 2012 09:34

Social recruitment - what I've learned so far

[Greg Schneider] Our crowdsourced recruitment business Hiring Bounty is off to a great start but the process hasn't been easy. Here are the top five points that I've learned about recruitment in the time since the team began working on the business. 6 Nov 2012 06:23

[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 44: Live from The Bookmarks 2012

The Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, which airs every Thursday 5pm-6pm, streamed live via 2oceansVibe Radio, was broadcast live from The Bookmarks 2012 last week Thursday, 1 November 2012. Show host Warren Harding chatted to finalists, sponsors, judges and some winners at the event. [twitterfall] 5 Nov 2012 16:25

Old Mutual, Shesha Tuks Blogger Challenge kicks off tomorrow

The Old Mutual and Shesha Tuks Blogger Challenge, which takes place tomorrow, 6 November 2012 between 9am and 12pm, will see some of South Africa's top bloggers and tweeters compete in a race around the Sandton CBD in Tuk Tuks. 5 Nov 2012 16:18

New Media

New Media bookmarks four awards

[Issued by New Media] Following hot on the heels of scooping the Galliovas top award for Best Food Writer of the Year, leading content marketer New Media's multiple award-winning publication Woolworths TASTE's digital platform took home three prizes at the 2012 Bookmark Awards. 5 Nov 2012 11:09

Demystifying the cloud

[Carolyn Holgate] While much has been written, spoken and hyped about the cloud and cloud computing, the reality is that the cloud itself is not new. What is new is the growing realisation that the cloud can be a powerful business tool. 5 Nov 2012 11:00

Digivox

DigiVOX bags two bronze pixels at the Bookmarks 2012 Awards

[Issued by Digivox] Champagne was the order of the day for DigiVOX at the esteemed annual Bookmarks awards held in Cape Town on 1 November. DigiVOX scooped two bronze pixel awards for both BMW and Web Africa respectively, in the category for Best Media Plan. In addition, DigiVOX earned an Honour Mention for Greatest Company Contribution to Digital in SA. 5 Nov 2012 10:58

Interactive future of digital radio gives power to listeners

[Attila Bernariusz] Meet the digital radio programme directors of the future: You and your fellow listeners. With technology making it easy for digital radio stations to crowdsource some or all of the programming on their digital radio stations, the power is increasing in the listener's hands. 4 Nov 2012 06:47

Social network: It won't pay if you don't play

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] There are no experts on Twitter and Facebook and I'd do a careful check on the credentials of any "consultant" you might be thinking of paying to advise your company or train your staff on how best to use them. 2 Nov 2012 15:32