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34Woman and Clover lift the Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival to new heights!

[Issued by 34] Tasked with developing an insightful, relevant marketing campaign that would connect with the festival's target audience, 34Woman used the classic knock-knock joke (or klop-klop grap, in Afrikaans) to give this year's Aardklop festival more gees. 14 Nov 2012 10:35

Digital Marketing Institute partners with Vega School

The Irish-based Digital Marketing Institute announced a new partnership with Vega School of Brand Leadership to train over 3000 students in digital marketing in South Africa next year. The Institute forecasts that the South African market will generate revenues in excess of €3 million for the company by 2015. 14 Nov 2012 09:42

Millward Brown

Millward Brown opens in Cairo, Egypt

[Issued by Millward Brown] Leading market research firm Millward Brown has officially opened its newest office in Cairo, Egypt to serve the North Africa market. This is the third office opened by the global firm in the Africa and Middle East region this year. 14 Nov 2012 09:08

Marketing for results

[Louise Robinson] You have a fantastic product or service. You have invested valuable resources into creating or acquiring an up-to-date, accurate and extensive database of prospective leads and clients for your company. So why aren't you seeing any results in terms of return on investment and sales? 14 Nov 2012 07:46

New app offers members discounts on luxury items

Recently launched by Liveoutloud at one of its events in the Sandton Audi Centre, the new Playoutloud App contains a cache of luxury goods worth over R5.7m and offers a competitive format to an exclusive subscriber base, which is limited to 500 members. 13 Nov 2012 09:27

Skyfall promotion reaches South Africa

In celebration of Heineken's 15-year association with the James Bond franchise and, in anticipation of the launch of Skyfall at the end of November 2102, the company has launched its international 'Crack the Case' campaign in South Africa. (video) 13 Nov 2012 06:20

Tuk Tuks Race highlights CSI initiatives

As part of its integrated PR and social media campaign for Old Mutual South Africa, Positive Dialogue Communications, in collaboration with Radar, launched 25 Shesha Tuk Tuks, branded with Old Mutual Foundation's supported initiatives in the streets of Sandton, offering commuters a fun and affordable transport alternative to cut through the traffic. 12 Nov 2012 11:16

[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 45: Search marketing

Listen to the podcast of last week's Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show which airs every Thursday 5pm-6pm, streamed live via 2oceansVibe Radio, to find out how search marketing, SEO and SMO can be used to improve a company's visibility online. [twitterfall] 12 Nov 2012 10:33

On the Dot

On the Dot continue to deliver effective leaflet distribution campaigns

[Issued by On the Dot] Operational since 1994, with an infrastructure that boasts 32 depots in South Africa with six over-border depots in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia, On the Dot operations has grown from 240 to 360 contractors in the last two years, creating job opportunities for over 2 900 runners. 12 Nov 2012 10:15

Colourtone Aries

Printing will not die, says Colourtone Aries

[Issued by Colourtone Aries] There seems to be a misconception that traditional commercial printing is on the verge of extinction. Not so, says Colourtone Aries. Printing has evolved and remains a critical element in the marketing mix. 12 Nov 2012 10:08

Content analysis explained

[Athar Naser] Traditional advertising messages are no longer effective. To capture the attention of a consumer that is expert at tuning out "buy now" media messages, you need to offer them something they want. This is where content marketing, the latest buzzword in the digital marketing sphere, comes in. 11 Nov 2012 15:13

Keep Sasha Martinengo on the road via Caltex tweets

As part of Caltex's new socially powered campaign, Sasha Martinengo will be embarking on a road trip in a vintage car powered by tweets. 10 Nov 2012 11:20

Kagiso and VenFin Media call off talks on assets

Kagiso Media Limited on Monday announced the cancellation by mutual consent of negotiations with VenFin Media Investments Proprietary Limited‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Remgro Limited‚ for the acquisition of various marketing assets. 9 Nov 2012 11:29

What is content marketing?

[Athar Naser] Content marketing is the latest buzzword in the digital marketing sphere. It's a solution to connecting with today's savvy consumer who has become very good at tuning out media noise they're not interested in. Traditional advertising is no longer effective and rather than telling the consumer to "buy now", brands should be telling the consumer what they want to know. 9 Nov 2012 05:40