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| Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show tomorrow, Thursday, 26 June from 9am-10am as we chat to Mandy Phiri from Times Media, as well as John Sanei of Future-Collective. [twitterfall] Read more >>
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| Media Innovation is a special Loeries category - focusing on innovative ways to use media. The category was introduced in 2012 and this year's panel is a who's who of media specialists in the industry. Read more >>
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| Issued by Frieze Films Frieze Films' Malo 8 is celebrating five years as a commercials director. During this time, he's shot over 70 ads for all the top agencies, including repeat work with some of the biggest brands in South Africa, from Coca-Cola to MTN. Read more >>
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| Al Mackay Have South African marketers assumed that local brands are automatically more relevant to South African consumers than global brands are? Read more >>
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| Issued by Interbrand Sampson De Villiers For the first time in the history of Interbrand's Best Global Green Brands report, there is a new #1 brand: Ford. Toyota, which had held the top spot since the report debuted in 2011, falls to #2 with Honda (#3), Nissan (#4) and Panasonic (#5) rounding out the top five and maintaining each of their 2013 positions. Read more >>
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| Issued by Rocket Creative The Rocket Creative team recently performed their yearly marketing pilgrimage to exhibit their product and service offerings at the Johannesburg Markex Show, held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 10-12 June. Read more >>
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| Anton Ressel In this age of mass consumption, fast food, FMCG, twitterati, fly-by-nights, whirlwind trends and a general throwaway culture, there is still one secret weapon that savvy and sustainable businesses use to stay ahead of the game - a focus on providing exceptional, personal and genuine customer service. Read more >>
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| In preparation for the Ask Afrika Orange Index awards ceremony in November, where South Africa's top companies in service delivery are given a 'gold stamp of approval', two methodology workshops are being held on 27 June 2014. Read more >>
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| Issued by NATIVE VML Giant tactical installations in South African cities with thousands of condoms spelling out the names of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), is an innovative way through which the USAID-funded Anova's Health4Men initiative is spreading the message of STI prevention. Read more >>
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| The 36 finalists for the Sarie 2014 Cover Face competition were selected from almost 12,000 entries from all over the country, a record number of entries for this four-year-old competition. Read more >>
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| The Silver Awards for this year's Arts Journalism Awards have been announced and from this list, Gold Award winners, together with the overall 'Arts Journalist of the Year', will be announced in Grahamstown on 6 July. Read more >>
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| Issued by AMASA This year the Advertising Media Association of South Africa is allocating ALP (AMASA Learnership Programme) positions to 10 gifted graduates who wish to embed their careers in the media and advertising world and is seeking top agency partners. Read more >>
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| Mark Daiss, Issued by Apurimac We created Aviate to connect you with the information you need at the moment it's useful. Since joining Yahoo in January, we've learned a lot from our beta user community about how to deliver a simple, intelligent mobile experience. Today, we're psyched to launch globally as Yahoo Aviate, available for Android phones in English (no invitation needed!). Read more >>
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| Issued by East Coast Radio East Coast Radio has tweaked its on-air line-up. The changes, set to kick in on 1 July, reflect their commitment to empowering more women in a traditionally male-dominated industry. Read more >>
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| Issued by TNS South Africa TNS's aim across its offerings is to be able to tell each of its clients honestly, 'We get you', which in turn can help them to 'get' their own clients better. Read more >>
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| BERLIN, GERMANY Germany's booksellers and publishers said they had complained to the country's competition watchdog about Internet coompany Amazon, accusing it of using "blackmail" to gain discounts from publishers. Read more >>
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| NEW YORK CITY: The IMA Interactive Media Awards deadline is looming - in fact, it's Monday, 30 June. Read more >>
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| WASHINGTON, USA: Malicious software is increasingly making its way into mobile phones through "cloned" versions of popular apps, and software weaknesses in legitimate ones, security researchers warn. Read more >>
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| WASHINGTON - Don't write off teens and Facebook just yet as a report released by Forrester Research showed it was still by far the most popular despite new apps and services like Snapchat and Tumblr. Read more >>
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| Growth in membership of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) has led to a notable increase in medical aid membership generally. Read more >>
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| PRETORIA: President Jacob Zuma has welcomed the conclusion of the strike by platinum mine workers. Read more >>
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| PRETORIA: The Department Mineral Resources says its Gauteng Regional Offices will remain closed until further notice, following a fire at the building at the weekend. The office is located in Braamfontein. Read more >>
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| Brian Berkman Contributing Editor, Travel, Brian Berkman, asked Shane Collinson, Director of Operations and Complex General Manager at Silverstar about why he loves the West Rand with such passion. Read more >>
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| Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Citroen has always been enthusiastic about hoisting the avant garde flag when unwrapping a new model and its latest C4 Picasso people-mover certainly again lifts the bar a good few notches higher than just about everything else in its class and price range. Read more >>
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- PRP Solutions appoints new Marketing and Sales Director - more info
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| USB-ED seeks junior designer for a temporary three-month contract in its Bellville office. The appointee will be part of a dynamic existing team delivering a high quality service. Read more >> |
Rocket Creative Design and Display is looking for an exuberant young all-rounder to add support to their office team. Read more >>The Department of the Premier at Western Cape Government, seeks a suitably qualified assistant director: relationship manager in Cape Town. Read more >>Sales manager: gynmansium career opportunity available at the Stellenbosch Unviersity Sports Peformance Institute. Closing date: 9 July 2014. Read more >>One to two years experience required to work on digital/mobile magazine design for tablet/phone. No coding necessary (just InDesign) just a great sense for awesome layout. Read more >>Join leading social media agency working with the Facebook Africa team to deliver powerful, efficient Facebook brand advertising campaigns. Facebook buying experience and a focused and organised approach are essential. Read more >>Etiket is looking for a digital graphic designer. Your passion - digital and social media, mobile phones/apps. Be part of our lively and extremely unique creative team. Read more >>
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STOKVELEX 2014 - 3 Jul 2014 to 6 Jul 2014 PretoriaThe STOKVELEX 2014 is a Premiere show targeting Stokvels, cooperatives and individuals around the Gauteng region. Read more >>AdForumFuture Group - 27 Jun 2014 Johannesburg SEO StrategyAAA School of Advertising - 21 Jul 2014 to 25 Aug 2014 Cape Town |
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Attend this half-day event on Wednesday 25 June 2014 and update yourself with the latest facts and trends around stokvels, based on the most recent research from African Response. Read more >>Get the chance to network extensively with both the speakers and other social media decision-makers at the Social Media Summit 2014. Read more >>Strategy in a day - 26 Jun 2014 to 23 Jul 2014 Cape Town,Port Elizabeth,Johannesburg,DurbanStrategy in a Day. Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and PE. It takes just one day to get to grips with strategy, if you're serious about being more strategic. Read more >> |
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