| 23 Aug 2012 |
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Marketing & Media
 This week's Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, streamed live 5pm-6pm via 2oceansVibe Radio, will focus on the impact and planning of event marketing for companies looking to add some sparkle to marketing, trade marketing and events. The studio guests this Thursday evening, 23 August 2012, will be Sally Robinson and Lisa Wynne, owners of Showworks, Creative Entertainment. [ twitterfall] Read more >>
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Cinema
 A co-produced South African/US documentary The White Picket Fence Project has won the RIIFF International Ambassador Award at the Rhode Island International Film Festival 2012. Read more >>
Direct Marketing
The Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI), which is going through the Justice Portfolio Committee of Parliament at present, is strongly supported by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA). Read more >>
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 The inaugural Business Indaba at the CTICC, Cape Town on Saturday 15 September 2012 will feature global entrepreneur, Kelly Ritchie of SalesPartners Worldwide, who will present his 'Always Start Big seminar and workshop', brought to the event by SalesPartners Cape Town. Read more >>
Media
 NEWSWATCH: The Competition Tribunal has approved Times Media Group's buyout of Avusa, reports BDlive, and ITWeb reports that there are some financial and other issues around the migration to digital TV from analogue. Read more >>
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Mobile
 [Graeme Hosken] MTN SA, still reeling from the Iran cellphone scandal, is embroiled in a new bruising battle - this time involving its legal department and a retrenched whistle-blower. Read more >>
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Newspapers
 [Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] There is often a backstory to movement in print circulation numbers - such as Media24's Cycad disaster of a few years back from which many of the company's titles are only recovering now. Not that advertisers care too much about these things as their focus is on reaching as much of their target market as possible. Read more >>
Production
 [Genevieve Vieira] Is Nikita, the third biggest solo song of Elton John's career a sham? Guy Hobbs, an award-winning freelance photographer from Cape Town made a claim in May this year, stating that Elton's well known track Nikita was based on his own lyrics titled Natasha. Read more >>
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 Tové Kane has joined Algoa FM as a presenter of her own show, 'The Quiet Storm', which will be broadcast on Sundays from 7-10pm from 2 September 2012. Read more >>
 BERLIN, GERMANY: Sony wanted to use content rather than direct advertising campaigns to promote its "Make Believe" message. Read more >>
 NEW DELHI, INDIA / SAN FRANCISCO, US: e-commerce giant Amazon on Wednesday launched its Kindle Store in India, claiming to have the largest selection of any e-bookstore in the country. Read more >>
WARSAW, POLAND: Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile on Wednesday launched operations in Central Europe offering a prepaid service in Poland and aims to expand its mobile telephony presence in the region. Read more >>
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Advertising
human.kind advertising has appointed two new account executives. Nonku Mfeka and Graham French joined the agency in August and will work on an impressive client portfolio including Budget Insurance Company, Auto & General, 1Life, Telesure Communications and Noah. Read more >>With the myriad of brand messages attempting to engage with consumers on a daily basis, it's becoming more difficult for brands to break through. Which is why selecting a communications agency that has the ability to strategically innovate and the skills to execute break-through campaigns across all 360ยบ channels has never been more vital. Read more >> The DNA Project is a Cape Town- based initiative whose mission it is to raise awareness of the importance of DNA preservation at crime scenes, and in 2011 it combined forces with FoxP2 to create a TVC called 'The Cigarette that saves lives', which was flighted on Top TV last year, and DSTV and MNET in 2012. Read more >>Design
Johannesburg design agency, Blue Apple, has received a level 2 BBBEE score for the second consecutive year. This means clients can again claim R1,25 towards their BBBEE procurement for every R1 they spend with Blue Apple. Read more >>Digital | | Your source of digital advertising | |  |
 With the transformation of the Living Your Brand website, the corporate events and creative conferencing industry leader has extensively renovated its digital presence. The organic functionality of the new site mirrors the ethos of this vibrant and energetic company. Read more >> Launched in October 2011, South Africa's premier content rich beauty website, www.beautysouthafrica.com, continues to attract new users and keep its current users coming back for more. Read more >>Caroline Gaffney, Product Manager at LinkedIn, who recently announced a series of changes to the LinkedIn homepage with the goal of making the site easier to access and easier to use. Read more >> In an attempt to promote the digital marketing industry as a viable and exciting career option for young South Africans, NATIVE invited a few students from select tertiary institutions and schools to spend some time 'job shadowing' some of its team members. Read more >>Education & Training
Cindy Krawe, TSiBA's Community Training Courses Co-ordinator, has recently launched a joint venture project with Silulo Ulutho Technologies to create a training academy in Khayelitsha. Ekasi Entrepreneurship Academy aims to empower township entrepreneurs by giving them the necessary skills and training to grow their businesses. Read more >>Events & Conferencing
 The 18th August 2012 saw host to Women, the Real Architects of Society, an event organised and presented by South African business woman and media personality Joan Madibeng. The day was attended by around 350 women at the SAX Arena in Irene Pretoria. Read more >> TechRig turned the Discovery Financial Consultants and Sales Conference and Awards/Gala Dinner into a night to remember. Discovery Business Consultant, Thabo Mkhwane said, "The set up was innovative yet modest and emphasised the power of technology; it set the tone for the evening and heightened everyone's excitement. Read more >>Out Of Home |  |
 Singer Elvis Blue and a humourous tagline on one of Continental Outdoor Media's billboards have seen sales of a local magazine, Easy DIY, increase two-fold (the magazine's cover, featuring Elvis Blue, was advertised on the billboard). Read more >>Production
 JH, newly appointed as a director at Picture Tree, blew people away with his beautiful direction of the recent 'My life as a movie' commercial for M-Net. It draws viewers in by tapping at their emotions, making them feel part of the magic that is M-Net. Read more >>Sponsorship
 Business and Arts South Africa is proud to announce the appointment of Lonwabo Mavuso to the position of Marketing and Operations Manager. Also part of the current BASA team is Thabo Makgato who has joined the organisation for a few months, as an Intern. Read more >>
 Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant today met with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) representatives in Rustenburg in a bid to defuse the tensions at mines in Marikana. Read more >>
 The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has been approached to conduct investigations into the problematic area of housing delivery in the Free State. Read more >>
More Government news...
 Family holidays are the hot trend in the high-end safari market. South Africa's More Collection specialises in giving every member of the family maximum value in the continent's Big Five tourism sector. Read more >>
More Travel news...
 [Daniel Dercksen] If you have ever wondered what will be on your wish list when there are only 21 days left before the world is destroyed by an asteroid, friendship trumps all desires in the delightfully refreshing Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World. Read more >>
More BizLounge news...
- Grid Worldwide appoints new brand strategist - more info
Itopia Interactive is looking for junior web designers to help us with various digital projects Read more >>Itopia Interactive is looking for a talented, creative senior digital media designer to create stunning digital media concepts across various channels. Read more >>Experienced senior marketing manager required for prestigious mall managerial role. Retail and people management experience essential. Innovative strategic plans. Creative ideas. Budgets. Customer service. PR and events. Own transport Read more >>John Brown SA seeks to appoint a dynamic; innovative; extremely detail oriented; sales-passionate advertising manager in Johannesburg. A proven track record of achieving and exceeding targets is compulsory. Read more >>
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- Blues, jazz and a one man band Bay Harbour Market, Hout Bay - Cape Town, 24 August
- Project cycle management Minero Training & Development - Cape Town, 27 August
- Gordon Patterson at AMASA's September meeting AMASA - Sandton, 5 September
- A belly full of laughs at Bay Harbour Market Bay Harbour Market, Hout Bay - Cape Town, 5 September
- Xtraordinary women networking session Xtraordinarywomen - Somerset West, 6 September
- TMA method - talent management SOBETHU Learning Solutions - Johannesburg, 20 September
- Twitter for PR's, publicists and communicators HIPPO Communications - Observatory, Cape Town, 21 September
- Legends magic access to finance conference Fetola - Johannesburg, 26 September
- Little Eden happy feet fun walk LITTLE EDEN Society - Parktown, 6 October
- Retail credit Southern Africa conference Trade Conferences International - Fourways,Johannesburg, 17 October
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