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Your brand is not your buddyNatalie Jardine reckons that not even on social media can, or should, a brand be a friend. She says that after almost a decade of fighting for this, we're finally at a point where CEOs & CFOs have finally cottoned onto the idea that digital is the way of the future, and your communications and marketing strategies need to take this into account. Good news on the CSI front is that The Street Store, a local pop-up shop for the homeless has gone global - from China to Cape Town, Brussels to Bangladesh, Florida to France, Mexico to Melbourne. It's captured the imagination of people worldwide. 'Aah, yes... well... Aah, as I was... um... Aah... Er... I'm glad you asked me that question... er... What was your question again?" ... Here's a very useful article on how to avoid the public speaking willies. And Pallo Jordan says that media freedom requires commitment to truth. Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Today's top stories |
| [Natalie Jardine] After almost a decade of fighting for this, we're finally at a point where CEOs & CFOs have finally cottoned onto the idea that digital is the way of the future... Read more >>
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From China to Cape Town, Brussels to Bangladesh, Florida to France, Mexico to Melbourne, the concept of The Street Store - the world's first pop-up clothing store for the homeless... Read more >> | | Pallo Jordan Freedom of expression has been placed at the top of the international media's agenda by events in Egypt and the UK during the past 10 days. Read more >> |
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 | The travel partners for this year's Loeries are South African Airways, Hertz, Tsogo Sun and Cape Town Tourism, who have joined forces to offer a number of... Read more >>
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 | Graeme Wilson If you haven't heard of Game of Thrones yet, you might want to consider climbing out from under that rock and rejoining the human race... Read more >>
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 | Issued by June15 Brand Movement Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) has appointed June15 Brand Movement as its lead agency for brand positioning, PR and multimedia advertising requirements... Read more >>
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 | Deirdre Elphick-Moore A strong brand is critical, particularly in tourism, as it is your promise to your customer, tells them what they can expect and differentiates the experience you offer from your competitors... Read more >>
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 | Issued by GetSmarter Project management is a practice that is being widely employed across almost all industries, both locally and internationally, and is a satisfying and exciting field in which to work... Read more >>
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 | Issued by Howard Music Join the Johannesburg Big Band and two of South Africa's finest vocal talents in a scintillating celebration of the classic big band sound in My Favourite Swings at the... Read more >>
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 | Thalia Anderson The suitability of the word freelancer remains under scrutiny. It seems the 'free' part is an offensive little blighter that suggests freelancers offer a cheap commodity or work for free... Read more >>
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 | Silicon Valley based Evernote invites African designers and developers to apply for its annual Evernote Platform Awards... Read more >>
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 | Any charity that wishes to be benefited by the annual 101.9 ChaiFM radiothon can send its application by SMS, including its name... Read more >>
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 | The SME Survey 2014 has found that a small business owned by a women has a better chance of being profitable than one run by a man... Read more >>
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| Promoted content |  | Issued by BMW The new BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé is the first four-door coupé in the premium mid-size class that represents a consistent extension of the model range. Read more >> |
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 | To fast track the plans of the Cape Town Marathon being classified as Africa's first World Marathon Majors (WMM) race, and in the process boost city tourism... Read more >>
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|  | SEVASTOPOL, CRIMEA: A Russian burger chain is replacing McDonald's in Crimea. Read more >>
|  | LONDON - More than 70,000 people have already asked Google to delete links about them under Europe's "right to be forgotten" ruling, with some of the world biggest news sites the first to be hit. Read more >>
|  | WASHINGTON, USA: Extensive Twitter use can lead to conflicts and have other damaging effects on marriages and romantic relationships according to an American study. Read more >>
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|  | The Presidency claims that the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) was informed of an inquiry into his fitness to hold office before he saw it in the media.. Read more >>
|  | PRETORIA: South African Airways (SAA) says it will comply with new regulations relating to children who travel to and from South Africa. Read more >>
|  | It is costing taxpayers an average of R84m a month to keep the Gautrain running. Read more >>
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|  | James Blunt will be coming to South Africa in 2015 with his new Moon Landing tour. He will play in Cape Town on 12 February at the Grand Arena, GrandWest followed by two nights in Joburg on 14 and 15 February at the Big Top Arena, Carnival City. Read more >>
|  | Charl Blignaut, arts editor of City Press newspaper, has been named South Africa's Arts Journalist of the Year for the second consecutive year. Read more >>
|  | Ilse van den Berg Chances are, if you're a local, or are familiar with Muizenberg (to a further extent than knowing about the fantastic family beach, colourful wooden houses, surfers, and effective shark alarm), you'll know the legendary Empire Café in York Road. Read more >>
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|  | Develop and maintain market base within the hotel, leisure and multi-unit residential market and coordinate sales strategy on regional basis in respect of DStv growth/contracts in the market. Read more >> |
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|  Dr Brian Jude's Psychology of customer service training seminar - Johannesburg and Cape Town. Book now. Read more >>SEO strategyAAA School of Advertising - 21 Jul 2014 to 25 Aug 2014 Cape Town |
| The 2014 Customer Experience Management Africa summit will explore the critical trends that are improving the performance of enterprise operations and communications. Read more >> | |
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