Marketing & Media Press Office News in South Africa

Kabelo Ncholo nominated for the Hennessy Businessman of the Year Award in the Big Time Strategic Group BBQ Awards

Kabelo Ncholo, the founder and CEO of Yourself Management, is a nominee in South Africa's most prestigious and longest-running black business awards ceremony...

Issued by Yourself Management 9 hours ago

A vital message

The Brand Film Co. (a member of The Brand Alive Group), in association with Perfect Directions and Salmon Motion Design, have created a highly compelling three-minute film for The Love Trust...

Issued by Brand Alive 10 hours ago

What are the legal implications of your company's social media use?

A new book, Social Media in the Workplace, published by LexisNexis South Africa, offers a much-needed guide to the legal and reputational risks inherent in social media use...

Issued by LexisNexis 10 hours ago

The secrets of influencer marketing

It's vital to understand that influencer marketing is a relationship, not a business transaction. This requires a strategic approach...

Issued by R-Squared Digital SA 10 hours ago

Brand SA, FCB Africa finalists in 2017 City Nation Place Awards

Brand South Africa and its marketing partner, FCB Africa, have achieved finalist status in an international competition benchmarking and celebrating best practice in place branding vision...

Issued by FCB Africa 11 hours ago

Boomtown promotes Gerard Addison to Art Director

Beginning in 2013 as an intern as part of the Boomtown Bayeza programme, Gerard Addison has quickly proven his creative prowess as he has risen up the agency ranks...

Issued by Boomtown 11 hours ago

Playmakers win the Sponsorship Gold Award at the AMASA Awards

Playmakers walked away with the coveted Gold Award in the Sponsorship category for its Coca-Cola campaign, #ThatsGold @SuperSportTV, at the AMASA Awards that were held in Sandton...

Issued by Playmakers 11 hours ago

International film craft festival appoints local industry leaders to its Grand and Executive Jury

Ciclope, a leading international festival recognising exceptional craft in moving image, has invited four prominent figures in the SA film industry to sit on the jury of its upcoming awards show...

Issued by Ninety9cents 12 hours ago

The Riverbed Agency adds storytellers to its fold

The Riverbed Agency has announced an addition of leadership resources to its PR portfolio with the appointment of Raphala Mogase as PR director, and Tonie Jere as PR account director...

Issued by Riverbed 12 hours ago

Frank talk: Rethinking value in agency-client relationships

Frankly, the current way of working between marketing agencies and clients is in a state of flux and we are not sure what's coming next. We have seen this before, but this time it's different...

By Lynn Madeley, Issued by Havas Johannesburg 13 hours ago

Two new members for Business and Arts South Africa board

Business and Arts South Africa is pleased to announce that it has appointed Charmaine Soobramoney and Yacoob Abba Omar to its board...

Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 1 day ago

Dove: It shouldn't have happened

Who first raised the outcry when Dove's by now notorious campaign, featuring a black woman who removes her T-shirt to reveal a more ‘clean' white woman, broke?...

By Monalisa Zwambila, Issued by Riverbed 1 day ago

Uber Kenya pitch picked up by Hellocomputer, FCB Cape Town, FCB East Africa

Hellocomputer Cape Town along with FCB Cape Town and FCB East Africa, all three agencies within the FCB Africa fold, have successfully landed an Uber Kenya project after a swift yet effective pitch process...

Issued by Hellocomputer 1 day ago

R-Squared Digital partnering with Sugarbird Gin in influencer marketing crowdfunding campaign

In the current difficult economic climate, it's courageous for an entrepreneur to launch a new business. R-Squared Digital supports South African entrepreneurs and producers, and has assisted one such startup in its crowdfunding initiative to finance its launch...

Issued by R-Squared Digital SA 1 day ago

What are the biggest challenges seen in B2B selling?

When you want to sell to a business you are faced with many different challenges than what is seen as consumer selling happens. You have a sales cycle that is naturally going to be longer and the speed of a buying process is slower...

By Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library 1 day ago

Ninety9cents awarded Spur Steak Ranches

Ninety9cents (99c) has been appointed lead creative and digital agency for Spur Steak Ranches after a four-way pitch...

Issued by Ninety9cents 1 day ago

John Brown SA nominated for eight international awards

Following a highly successful 2016 awards season, John Brown Media South Africa has announced nominations for no fewer than eight international content marketing awards...

Issued by John Brown 1 day ago

Embracing social media marketing

Up until a few years back, social media was used only as personal communication tool to keep friends and families in constant communication. Now it is a tool used globally to expand businesses and it is also a platform where people identify opportunities...

By Nana Zuke, Issued by Damelin 1 day ago

Supermarket surge on the cards for Cote d'Ivoire

The Nielsen Shopper World Conference held in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, has found that the country's modern trade arena has seen the greatest evolution in the last two years and holds the most potential for growth...

Issued by Nielsen 1 day ago

Macrocomm's smart solution solves South African telecoms industry energy challenges

Advanced metering infrastructure investment significantly cuts operational costs and improves efficiencies...

Issued by Macrocomm 1 day ago

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