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M&C Saatchi Abel reigns supreme as Agency of the Year
After years of near-misses, M&C Saatchi Abel was named Agency of the Year at the 2015 Annual AdFocus Awards. The awards event took place on Wednesday night 25 November at RoomFive, Rivonia... read


[NewsMaker] Justin Bonello

Louise Marsland

Justin Bonello, Cooked in Africa Films creative director and partner, is celebrating, along with executive producer and managing partner, Peter Gird, the success of the company's Ultimate Braai Master series... Read

Programmatic buying unpacked

Graeme Stiles

Programmatic buying is a buzzword that is taking the industry by storm. There is a lot of confusion around this topic and it's often seen as very technical and complicated... Read

[Behind the Selfie] with... Lucy Worsley

Leigh Andrews

This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with technophile Lucy Worsley, founder and CEO of Empire Experiential Marketing... Read

Advertising
Meet the Annual AdFocus 2015's top student nominees

Leigh Andrews

Sarah Mitchell of Vega Durban walked off with the title '2015 AdFocus Student of the Year' at last night's gala evening... read
Digital
SEO and video marketing take user intent up a level

Dee Stephens

It's official now in ways we could never have imagined, it's the end of 2015 and mobile has finally obliterated desktop search, and although we saw that coming we could not have prepared for the new video trend... read
Bookmark Awards 2016 entry series: Emerging Digital Technologies and Channels

Issued by IAB South Africa

Digital marketers have one last opportunity to enter the coveted IAB SA Bookmark Awards and do battle across eight categories, of which the Emerging Digital Technologies and Channels category is one... read
Newspapers
Afrikaans speakers prefer to read 'in die taal'

Daya Coetzee

Most South African newspaper readers can read their news in English, but that does not mean that it is their preference... read
Son gave media agencies a Taste of Summer

Issued by Son

With Johannesburg temperatures soaring in the 30°s, Son's recent 'Taste of Summer' activation could not have been more appropriate... read
PR & Communications
[21 Icons Season 3] Kyle Shepherd
Kyle Shepherd has been selected for 21 ICONS South Africa Season 3 for his ability to transcend cultural barriers by using music as an art form to communicate commonalities and differences across diverse nations... read
Recruitment
CareerJunction tops "career" searches online

Issued by Career Junction

Based on Google Trends, the keyword/phrase, "Career Junction", seems to be top-of-mind for South Africa's jobseekers... read
Research
How markets grew

Erik du Plessis and Neil Higgs

Markets grow by more people buying products, or people become heavier users, or both. Markets decline for the opposite reasons... read
Retail
An introduction to e-commerce integrations for social media

Matt Zajechowsk

Here, Matt Zajechowsk provides an overview of integrated shopping on Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter... read
Social Media
Twitter share counts a big fat zero?
With Twitter dropping the ability to get share counts for articles, online publishers are concerned as it looks like their articles have experienced a drop in social share popularity... read
Sponsorship
Playmakers named Adfocus Specialist Agency of the Year

Issued by Playmakers

Playmakers, three-time Discovery Sport Industry Awards Sport Agency of the Year, have added Specialist Agency of the Year at the prestigious annual AdFocus Awards to their growing list of accolades... read
Youth Marketing
Our youth are marching to the beat of a new drum

Katlego Moutlana, Issued by Mortimer Harvey

I teach part-time at AAA and one of my lectures is always on youth. One of the most passionate discussions we have is whether today's teenagers, students and first-jobbers have a cause - whether they have anything they care about enough, to look up from their smartphones/chats and disrupt their daily lives... read
International
Audio Network launches creative portal, Workshop, tailored for advertisers
Global music group, Audio Network has introduced another level to its advertising offering with a new portal Workshop, which offers a deeper look at the artists and composers that it has collaborated with... read
New White Paper outlines in-flight entertainment and Wi-Fi connectivity growth prospects
UK based research company, Juniper Research, has released its new 'In-Flight Entertainment & Connectivity: Market Prospects 2015-2020' research... read
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Business
Getting internships right

Claire Jackson-Bernardo

The definition of an internship is quite clear amongst many sources that can be quickly googled... read
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