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Creative Circle Awards: December 2015 winners

The winners of the December Creative Circle Awards have been announced, with agency Joe Public as hosts... Read

Game, set, Brand Match!

Leigh Andrews

Adrian Naude, Pick n Pay's marketing director, explains why John Robbie was selected as a specific ambassador to investigate the efficacy of the 'Brand Match' promise... Read

How the top 10 growing brands grew (2010-2014)

Erik du Plessis and Neil Higgs

With one exception, the 10 brands that gained more than 2m users between 2010 and 2014 did this by consistently gaining users each year... Read

BizTrends 2016
Innovation and collaboration

Bridget von Holdt

The industry is in an age where migration into the digital space is imperative, and the strong, inventive, pioneering and innovative players will ensure the longest longevity in the market... read
Heading for a 'privacy apocalypse'

Anice Hassim

Big data is all the rage, but what does that mean in real terms in 2016 and is it just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the implications for privacy protection and the unchecked harvesting of consumer experiences..? read
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Design Indaba
Meet Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives class of 2016

Issued by Design Indaba

South Africa is hardly shy of creative talent - Design Indaba had over 400 applicants to their Emerging Creatives programme... read
Marketing
Coca-Cola launches 'one brand' strategy

Lynette Dicey, Issued by The Redzone

Coca-Cola's "one brand" marketing strategy brings all four products - Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero and Coca-Cola Life - under the Coca-Cola master brand rather than marketing each separately... read
Advertising
Cannes Young Lions ready for this year's entries
Given the falling Rand to Euro, a Cannes Lions Competitor Pass, valued at €1295 per person, plus other rewards sponsored by Cinemark is an opportunity to enter the Cinemark Cannes Young Lions competition... read
Does length matter?

Chris Brewer

How long should your copy be - given that we now live in a world of 140 characters and time is now a really scarce commodity... read
Castle Milk Stout and its agencies win Content Marketing Award



Events & Conferencing
Meetings Africa a collaborative affair

Danette Breitenbach

It is imperative for the continent's countries to work together to secure business events. Yet in 2014 out of the 124 meetings hosted as a country only 13 were association meetings from Africa... read
espAfrika announces espYoungLegends Top 20 finalists

Issued by espAfrika

espAfrika, the organiser of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF), has announced the shortlisted entries from their espYoungLegends competition... read
Media
SANEF meeting to discuss industry resignations, intimidation
At the first council meeting of Sanef, being held on Saturday 13 February 2016 at the Cullinan Hotel in Cape Town, members will discuss the media industry amid its high profile resignations... read
Online Media
SA Blog Awards 2015 winners announced
The winners of the 2015 SA Blog Awards were announced on 1 February 2016 and among the big winners for the year were CN&CO, who bagged Best Business Blog... read
OOH
Provantage Media Group acquires Green Advertising

Issued by Provantage Media Group

Provantage Media Group, has acquired a controlling share in specialist media owner, Green Advertising. Green Advertising has media rights at the top 170 golf courses in South Africa... read
Social Media
Power to the hashtag

Atiyya Karodia, Issued by NATIVE VML

2015 saw the birth of a hashtag that would define our rhetoric long after it stopped trending. The #FeesMustFall and subsequent #ZumaMustFall and #RacismMustFall movements relied heavily on social media support... read
International
Twitter Live Young Lynx Competition launched
A partnership between Dubai Lynx Festival and Twitter sees the launch of the first Twitter Live Young Lynx Competition at the upcoming Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity, taking place from 6-8 March 2016... read
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New events to diarise
Creative writing course
Allaboutwriting - 8 Feb 2016 to 2 Mar 2016, Johannesburg | 9 Mar 2016 to 20 Apr 2016, Cape Town | 4 Jul 2016 to 22 Aug 2016, Cape Town | 10 Oct 2016 to 2 Nov 2016, Johannesburg


Strategic role of public relations
PRISA - 16 Feb 2016, Polokwane


Illustrated infographics and animation workshop
Multidimensions - 16 Feb 2016 to 17 Feb 2016, Cape Town


Brandlove customer experience foundation course
Brandlove - 25 Feb 2016 to 26 Feb 2016, Sandton | 26 May 2016 to 27 May 2016, Cape Town


3rd annual digital and mobile business summit
Knowledge Integration Web (Pty) Ltd - 29 Feb 2016, Johannesburg


Magaliesburg writing retreat
Allaboutwriting - 4 Mar 2016 to 6 Mar 2016, Magaliesburg


Course in customer experience management
Enterprises University of Pretoria - 8 Mar 2016 to 11 Mar 2016, Kyalami, Johannesburg


2016 Knysna Literary Festival
Pam Golding Properties - 17 Mar 2016 to 20 Mar 2016, Knysna


10 secrets to successful self publishing
Kruger Publications - 19 Mar 2016, Midrand


Mastering sales and marketing in the age of new social media
NES Consulting - 20 Apr 2016 to 22 Apr 2016, Johannesburg | 25 May 2016 to 27 May 2016, Cape Town


Upcoming events
Storytelling in the digital age
Storytelling.co.za - 4 Feb 2016, Johannesburg


Florence Musengi's Women At The Top launch
Business Engage - 4 Feb 2016, Kyalami


Photoshop basics
Multidimensions - 5 Feb 2016, Cape Town


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