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Your brand's biggest asset - every single brand has one

Bogosi Motshegwa

In a frenzy to remain competitive or gain some sort of competitive edge, brands tend to lose sight of their biggest asset... Read

Advertising. Don't believe the hype

Damon Stapleton

"I believe that truth only has one face: that of a violent contradiction." Georges Bataille... Read

You want to go viral, do you?

Sophie Baker

Every content provider and marketing guru desperately wants to attain the holy grail of digital content - to go viral and take their place in the internet hall of fame... Read

Design Indaba
Design Indaba 2016 to hit Port Elizabeth

Issued by Boomtown

The world-renowned Design Indaba Conference, famous for its showcase of innovative and talented out-of-the-box thinkers and designers, will be streamed live from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth between 17 and 19 February... read

Design Month
#DesignMonth: Fashion forward with Leah Misika

Beverley Klein

Leah Misika is the founder and managing director of La Mode Fashion. She's a design creative whose love for fashion and background in retail management makes for a well-balanced integration of disciplines... read
#DesignMonth: That Rich Mnisi style

Ruth Cooper

Rich Mnisi only graduated in 2014, but has already made a name for himself as a ground-breaking fashion designer, winning many prestigious awards and appearing on many hot-young-things lists. We got in touch with him for Bizcommunity's Design Month to chat about style and success. read
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Marketing
Marketing to LGBT consumers: Overcoming exclusion in pursuit of the "Pink Rand."

Mike dos Santos

As societal acceptance and support of the rights of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) people continue to accelerate worldwide, we are also seeing an upsurge in the interest being shown by marketers... read
CSI
Women in Action marks World Cancer Day - 4 February 2016

Issued by Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

"We can, I can" is the ethos embedded in the Women in Action's ongoing "It's all about you" campaign which educates, empowers and equips cancer patients and their families when a cancer diagnosis is received... read
Digital
Five tricks digital content producers can't live without

Phindiwe Nkosi

It is not always necessary to reinvent the wheel. One must, however, be constantly willing to interrogate if it is serving its purpose and can't be improved upon; and if so how... read
Exhibitions
EXSA announces new chairman and board

Issued by EXSA

Neil Nagooroo of Sandton Convention Centre has been voted in as the new chairman of the Exhibition and Event Association of Southern Africa (EXSA). There are eight new members to the board which is made up as follows... read
New format expos to actively broker business relationships

Issued by Seven Colors Communications

On the back of decades of successful business development expos, Thebe Reed Exhibitions has announced two new format business exhibition titles... read
PR & Communications
Making sense of data in communication

Jaco Pienaar

Every company, irrespective of size, industry, and geographic location, needs data to remain competitive. But given the amount of sources at our disposal, finding relevance in a sea of bits and bytes is not without its challenges... read
Production
Gordon Lindsay Adforum Top 5 Directors - McDonald's Big Flavour Trio

Issued by bouffant

Gordon Lindsay is ranked third in this month's Adforum Top 5 Directors for his McDonald's #BigFlavourTrio commercial... read
Promotions
Brewing up a record number of entries with Tafel Lager

Issued by Weathermen & Co

Weathermen & Co.'s client, Tafel Lager, made history with their latest consumer interaction promotion after receiving a remarkable 4.7 million entries into their Tafel Lager National Bakkie Lotto competition... read
Publishing
Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen becomes the first South African to be awarded a Michelin Star

Issued by Penguin Random House SA

JAN, a restaurant in the south of France owned and run by South African-born chef, Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen, has been awarded a Michelin Star... read
Retail
SA's Traditional Trade sector thriving with R46bn in annual sales

Issued by Nielsen

Sales through South Africa's 134,000 Traditional Trade outlets currently amount to R46bn per annum, which equates to one of every five rands spent and one third of all consumer goods packages sold in South Africa... read
Social Media
Plot twist: Zuma to #PayBackTheMoney
After more than six years since the Nkandla scandal began and South African tax payers asked Zuma to pay back the money, the president has finally decided to do so and Twitter has lit up with comments... read
International
Wayne Bishop on Dubai Lynx Media jury
As the Middle East and the North African (MENA) creative community come together at Dubai Lynx on 6-8 March 2016, South Africa's Wayne Bishop will attend the festival and sit on the Media Jury... read
WPP expands its digital health care in the US
ghg/greyhealth group, a wholly-owned operating company of WPP, has acquired The Lathe, a mobile app developer and digital design company specialising in health care in the US... 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


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


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


Design Indaba Simulcast - Port Elizabeth
Boomtown - 17 Feb 2016 to 19 Feb 2016, Port Elizabeth


Adobe Creative Cloud
Multidimensions - 25 Feb 2016 to 26 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


Brandlove customer journey design course
Brandlove - 10 Mar 2016 to 11 Mar 2016, Sandton | 16 Jun 2016 to 17 Jun 2016, Cape Town


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
Photoshop basics
Multidimensions - 5 Feb 2016, Cape Town


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