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Five types of content to fuel your marketing success
[Charl Vollmer] In order to survive in today's cut-throat market, companies are now forced to explore fresh new exciting ways to capture their audience attention... read


[TrendTalk] Amazon's new 'billboard' book store

Louise Marsland

Amazon just opened its first book store in Seattle stocked with books at the same discounted price as on its website. Is this a new disruption for the book publishing industry or just a giant interactive billboard for Amazon..? Read

A new framework for measuring social media

Michal Wronski

With 1.44 billion Facebook users, 307 million Twitter users and over 1 billion monthly Youtube users, social media has become the most engaging media format used by consumers worldwide... Read

Marketers should treat disruption as an opportunity rather than a threat

Cindy Diamond

Disruption, more specifically digital disruption is the buzzword on everyone's lips, with new competitors in a range of industries and sectors using technology to challenge long-established business models... Read

Biz Takeouts
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 156: Where we stand on programmatic RTB buying
On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Paula Raubenheimer from SouthernX... read
Marketing
Cooler as ekke...

Daya Coetzee

You need to speak Afrikaans to truly get what's so cool about it... read



CSI
M-Net's Magic in Motion Academy searches for class of 2016

Issued by M-Net Magic in Motion

M-Net Magic in Motion Academy is now inviting applications for year two of its year-long, paid work-readiness programme... read
HDI Youth launches a new non-profit company, HDI For Good

Issued by HDI Youth Marketeers

With its creed, doing good to create great, HDI For Good launched on Thursday, 29 October, at The Main Change, in Maboneng, Johannesburg... read
Entrepreneurship
Motlekar BBQ Awards winners announced
The winners of the Motlekar Black Business Quarterly (BBQ) Awards were announced at an evening function late last week in Johannesburg... read
Should you be crowdfunding?

Nokwazi Mzobe

The number of people utilising crowdfunding platforms is growing and, according to Forbes Magazine, is estimated to surpass Venture Capital funding in 2016... read
Mobile
iSmart acquires JABBA Connect call centre
Effective 1 November 2015, Cape Town-based iSmart has purchased JABBA Connect and concluded a commercial agreement to collect the existing JABBA Customer Book... read
Research
Leveraging big data for better business decisions in marketing departments

Gary Allemann

Big data and the benefits it can deliver for business is a hot topic, particularly for marketing departments where big data promises to deliver deeper customer insights... read
[Biz Online Insights] #Movember
This week, our 'Biz Online Insights' section explores the South African online population's awareness of and commitment to the annual Movember campaign... read
Youth Marketing
A youth lost in translation

David Blyth, Issued by Yellowwood Future Architects

Today's young adults have more disposable income than the generations that have come before them. While marketers want to draw in the under-23s, they need to be aware that this is a heterogeneous group with mercurial tastes... read
Ad showcase
NIC Bank (Print)
NIC Bank (Print) - Ornico
Safaricom (Print)
Safaricom (Print) - Ornico
Safaricom (TVC): This is for You
Safaricom (TVC): This is for You - Ornico
Old Mutual (TVC): They say
Old Mutual (TVC): They say - Ornico
Gumtree South Africa (TVC): Gumtree me, please!
Gumtree South Africa (TVC): Gumtree me, please! - Ornico
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International
Top global brands partner D&AD New Blood Awards
The D&AD New Blood Awards have announced that 17 global brands will set the 2016 briefs, including Amnesty International, Dazed, Dr Martens, Ford and John Lewis... read
Facebook grows user base to 1.55 billion, profits up
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook said on Wednesday its profit in the third quarter jumped 11 percent to $891m as advertising revenues soared... read
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