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All growing businesses need to invest in good PR
[Thoriso Kolobe] To many small and medium businesses, PR is seen as more of a luxury than a necessity. "Reputation management is for the big guys" SMME owners will be heard uttering such words... read more>>



Loeries Creative Week Durban
Digital, Interactive and Integrated finalists
With judging complete in these categories, the Loeries' Digital and Interactive and Integrated finalists have been announced... read more>>
Ubuntu Award finalists
With judging complete in this category, the Loeries' Ubuntu Award finalists have been announced... read more>>
Student finalists
With judging complete in this category, the Loeries' Student finalists have been announced... read more>>
Unilever Ubuntu Award promotes sustainable marketing

Issued by The Loeries

On Saturday, 15 August, during the first awards evening of the Loeries Africa & the Middle East, the Unilever Ubuntu Award will be presented to a businesses for their commitment to sustainable business practices and marketing efforts... read more>>
Out of Home finalists
With judging complete in these categories, the Loeries' Outdoor Media and Street Pole finalists have been announced... read more>>
Effective Creativity & Service Design finalists
With judging complete in these categories, the Loeries' Effective Creativity & Service Design finalists have been announced... read more>>
TV & Cinema Commercials finalists
With judging complete in these categories, the Loeries' TV & Cinema Commercials finalists have been announced... read more>>
Radio & Mobile Audio Commercials and Branded Content Radio finalists
With judging complete in these categories, the Loeries' Radio Station Commercials, Internet & Mobile Audio Commercials and Branded Content Radio finalists have been announced... read more>>
Newspaper & Magazine Advertising and Indoor Posters finalists
With judging complete in these categories, the Loeries' Newspaper & Magazine Advertising and Indoor Posters finalists have been announced... read more>>
Brand Identity & Collateral Design finalists
With judging complete in these categories, the Loeries' Brand Identity & Collateral Design finalists have been announced... read more>>

Marketing
Broadening the ambit of marketing in the digital era

Kim Andersen

As an organisation embarks on a digital transformation strategy, one of the most visible (and most important) functions that needs to evolve is that of marketing... read more>>
Variety is the spice of life

Rolf Akermann

The size of the "self-employed" market (freelance, contract, consultants) is growing at an exceptional rate worldwide. In the US 33% (53 million) of the workforce is made up of freelancers... read more>>

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Branding
Will today's top 10 brands still be here in 10 years?

Bronwen Auret, Issued by MetropolitanRepublic

Innovative businesses not only knock old players off their perch, but also make them obsolete if they do not change with the times. So will today's top 10 brands still be here a decade from now?... read more>>
CSI
Centrum Guardians: we CAN be heroes

Eugene Yiga

Every day, South Africa's emergency and rescue personnel give 100% to saving lives. Not because it's their job, but because they believe that every single life is worth saving... read more>>
Design
[Behind the Selfie] with... Trevyn McGowan

Leigh Andrews

This week, as part of our special focus on women in #WomensMonth, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Trevyn McGowan... read more>>
Events & Conferencing
[TEDxCapeTown] Speaker profile: Sizwe Mxobo

Beverley Klein

Project Coordinator at the Community Organisation Resources Center (CORC), Sizwe Mxobo, will be speaking at this year's TEDxCapeTown, taking place on 15 and 16 August at City Hall... read more>>
[TEDxCapeTown] Accenture to demonstrate innovation
This year's TEDxCapeTown event, taking place on 15 and 16 August, which is themed (Open [Access) Control], will open up the stage to an impressive line-up of select speakers... read more>>
International conferencing, one of ECHO's specialties...

Issued by ECHO Events and Conferences

One of ECHO's many specialties is conferencing and besides handling their regular UK clients this year, they have also had the pleasure of working with various international groups from Angola, Iraq and the USA... read more>>
PriceWaterhouseCoopers named SA's Business of the Year at 12th Annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards

Issued by Topco Media

PriceWaterCoopers recognises that diversity is not about numbers but about meaningful development and equality of people, with objectives on representation of all demographic groups in the workplace, irrespective of religious beliefs and sexual orientation... read more>>
Exhibitions
The event industry welcomes the Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO)

Issued by Thebe Reed Exhibitions

The recently launched Association of African Exhibition Organisers has engaged with a number of stakeholders and is rapidly gaining traction... read more>>
Bulletproof Marriage offers relationship counselling at the Johannesburg Wedding Expo

Issued by Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

International best-seller Bulletproof Marriage: Your shield against divorce, has doubled the size of its stand at the August Wedding Expo at TicketPro Dome and will offer free relationship counselling. ... read more>>
Mobile
ZAZOO expands virtual card reach in partnership with UK's Funifi

Issued by Mobile Marketing Association

ZAZOO has partnered with Funifi, a startup based in the UK and Cyprus, to enhance their service by adding a secure payment mechanism to the Funifi DO (chore) app using Mobile Virtual Card technology... read more>>
PR & Communications
Just a jump to the left

Issued by Blue Moon Corporate Communications

13 August is International Left-handers Day. At Blue Moon we embrace diversity so we did a whip-around survey asking: "How do you experience the world, as a left- or right-handed person?"... read more>>
Radio
Historic move for OFM

Issued by OFM Radio

OFM has begun broadcasting from a custom-built state-of-the-art building, where brand-new studios now provide the radio station with cutting-edge digital broadcasting facilities... read more>>
Research
The quick and the dead - A manifesto for change in consumer insight

Issued by Nudge

The nature of speed in commerce is changing and this is having far-reaching consequences for commerce in general and the process of working with consumer insight and market research in particular... read more>>
Women's Month
[#WomenInBiz] Q&A with Zolani Mahola

Ruth Cooper

Zolani Mahola, the powerhouse and voice behind the ever-popular band Freshlyground, chats about Women's Month, as well as what it means to be a powerful woman in South Africa. read more>>
International
Sundar Pichai: the little-known new chief of Google
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: His name may not ring a bell, but Google's new CEO Sundar Pichai has worked on some of the company's best-known products -- from the Chrome browser to the Android mobile software. read more>>
Twitter lifts limits on direct messages between users
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter lifted its character limit on Wednesday for direct messages between users, saying it would help make the private side of Twitter "more powerful and fun." read more>>
Google plays forbidden name games

Naseem Javed

Google, when borrowing a simple dictionary word 'Alphabet' to create a powerful mega global corporate name identity, could have easily called itself 'Cool', 'Pool' or a "Fool'... read more>>
More International
Business
How to keep your battery going while on the move
It's always annoying to run out of battery power when you're not near a charger and a power point... read more>>
Concern about silence on key threats to SA's economic longevity
South Africa has a leadership crisis, but this is not limited to government. Trevor Ncube, entrepreneur and publisher of SA's Mail & Guardian newspaper, recently addressed corporate leaders on their silence on key threats to the country's economic longevity... read more>>
Jobs offered
Marketing and Social Media Officer - Johannesburg
Marketing and social media officer responsible for developing and executing marketing and social media strategy for ITWeb and its divisions, and managing ITWeb's brand identity. Read more >>

Digital Account Manager - Cape Town
Digital marketing agency, World Wide Creative is looking for an account manager to join its dynamic Cape Town team. The ideal candidate is a high-velocity self starter. Read more >>



New events to diarise
Free Digital Marketing Workshops
Webafrica - 21 Aug 2015, Cape Town

Social media masterclass
Inyoni Marketing - 21 Aug 2015, Cape Town

Social franchising workshop
Bertha Centre: Social Innovation/Entrepreneurship - 25 Aug 2015, Durban | 26 Aug 2015, Johannesburg | 27 Aug 2015, Polokwane | 2 Sep 2015, Cape Town

Digital strategy for PR
PRISA - 1 Sep 2015 to 2 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Change management
PRISA - 4 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Upcoming events
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Homecoming Revolution - 14 Aug 2015, Johannesburg

Bike, Boat and Outdoor Show
14 Aug 2015 to 16 Aug 2015, Johannesburg

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