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Three ways to use Instagram hashtags
[Ashley Knight] If Instagram's your jam, but you're pretty much lost in the dark and find yourself hazarding a huge guess on how to use those hashtags effectively to grow your company's following, you're in luck... read


Digital media: What's going to be big in 2016?

Richard Lord

So here we are - 2016, with yet another year under our belts. 2015 held some interesting developments in the digital space... Read

Doing work to be proud of

Leigh Andrews

The latest radio and TVCs from Ogilvy for Careers24 are something to be proud of - highlighting the awkward scenarios that can arise when you're asked 'So what do you do?'... Read

Moving into the 21st Century

Danette Breitenbach

This year there's a streamlining of the PRISM Awards, not only in terms of categories, but also in terms of entries and judges with the implementation of a new online registration submission system... Read

The Bookmarks 2015
IAB Digital Summit set to demystify digital

Issued by IAB South Africa

With a line-up of industry heavyweights and personal interaction sessions with digital's leading thinkers, the 2016 IAB Digital Summit and Bookmark Awards, hosted in Johannesburg on 3 March, is a hot ticket for online marketers, publishers and agencies... read
Biz Takeouts
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 161: A look at BizTrends 2016
On the first episode of Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show in 2016, host Warren Harding focused on the recently launched BizTrends 2016... read
Marketing
#WeAreTimeOne - Public-Ideas part of TimeOne Group

Issued by Public-Ideas

By bringing together the business and technological expertise of Public-Ideas and Place des Leads / Khing, TimeOne will offer you even more ways to monetise your spaces and traffic... read
Advertising
VML makes Ad Age's Agency A-List

Issued by NATIVE VML

VML recently celebrated 9th spot on the prestigious annual Ad Age Agency A-list. The Advertising Age Agency A-List is a celebration of the globes best agencies in the advertising and marketing business... read
Showing how easy it is to go local for Team Namibia

Issued by Weathermen & Co

Team Namibia's first TV commercial, by Weathermen & Co., aims to encourage Namibian consumers to buy and support locals and make Namibian products and services part of their everyday life... read
CSI
Heart FM teams up with Newborns Groote Schuur Trust to save premature babies

Issued by Heart FM

Heart FM has once again put their hearts into the cause and partnered with Newborns Groote Schuur Trust, Cape Argus and Pick 'n Pay to raise much needed funds for the Little by Little campaign aimed at expanding and upgrading the Groote Schuur Neonatal Unit... read
Mobile
The future of the cellular industry

Issued by Mortimer Harvey

According to Eleanor Potter, Consumer Executive at Altech Autopage, "Today, it's all about understanding what the customer wants and adapting accordingly - before they go somewhere else"... read
Newspapers
Media planners get a belated Christmas present from Son

Issued by Son

No letter to Santa was required if your Christmas wish was a new Apple iPad Mini. Son, South Africa's biggest Afrikaans daily newspaper, encouraged media planners and buyers to join the Christmas spirit by handing out over 400 Christmas hats at the agencies... read
Online Media
How small changes can make a big difference

Lianne Godfrey, Issued by DQ&A Media Group

Ad exchanges are the go-to platform for selling remnant inventory in an effortless, effective and highly profitable manner... read
Recruitment
Worx Group is in the market for fresh, young talent!

Issued by The Worx Group

As we grow into 2016 the Worx Group is looking for five ambitious and passionate young people to join its Incubate Internship Programme for the year, with the prospect of staying... read
Research
[Biz Online Insights] Media freedom
This week, our 'Biz Online Insights' section explores the South African online population's views on media freedom... read
GfK becomes newest member of IAB South Africa

Issued by GfK South Africa

German-owned global research giant, GfK, joins IAB South Africa in support of the local digital industry... read
Retail
Smart glasses could make a comeback, shipping over 12 million by 2020
The current market in consumer smart glasses is 15 months behind previous expectations, thanks to the withdrawal of Google Glass in 2015, but a new study by Juniper Research shows that over 12 million consumer smart glasses will ship in 2020... read
Social Media
Not all social media returns can be quantified

Andre Steenekamp

As businesses start to dedicate more resources to managing their social media channels, the question that they are asking is how they should measure return on investment... read
International
Check your temperature with Theraflu campaign
In what is described as a world-first, Saatchi & Saatchi/ Interactive Solutions Poland and Saatchi & Saatchi Switzerland have joined forces to create an outdoor ad that detects fever, through a live thermo-scanner camera... read
Millennials love investing, if you can reach them

Hicks Crawford

Today the financial picture looks considerably better than just a few short years ago. Job growth has improved, the housing market seems to be getting up off its knees, and consumer confidence is climbing... read
More International
Business
The collapse of the next industrial revolution

Naseem Javed

Now that all the brilliance of the mighty popular World Economic Forum 2016 in Davos, themed as The Fourth Industrial Revolution, has been fully captured, streamed and indexed, it's time to find a revolt. read
Multimedia
Biz Takeouts is back with BizTrends 2016 - Louise Marsland
Biz Takeouts is back with BizTrends 2016 - Louise Marsland
On the show we chatted to Louise Marsland, Specialist Editor: BizTrends 2016 about the top 2016 trends and putting the section together. - View/Rate
Biz Takeouts is back with BizTrends 2016 - Emma Odendaal
Biz Takeouts is back with BizTrends 2016 - Emma Odendaal
Emma Odendaal, digital editor at John Brown Media about social media trends for 2016. - View/Rate
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New events to diarise
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


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


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


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


Short course in customer experience practice
Enterprises University of Pretoria - 16 Mar 2016 to 18 Mar 2016, Pretoria


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


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