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South Africa's top 50 corporate brands
South Africa's top 50 corporate brands
Brand Finance, a brand valuation and strategy consultancy that annually measures the world's most valuable brands, in partnership with Brand South Africa, has launched a table displaying the top 50 corporate brands in South Africa... read


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#InnovationMonth: "Repetition is a dirty word"

Leigh Andrews

Associated Media group CEO Julia Raphaely talks us through the collaborative benefit of shifting from silo structure and instead having creatives work with other creatives, as well as how they continue to innovate and shine despite market conditions on the downturn... Read

Where did all the research go?
Where did all the research go?

Desiree Gullan

In traditional agencies, research is a nucleus - it's the alpha and omega of brand strategy. It means a deep, reverberating comprehension of products or services, the people who make them and the people buy them. It means crystallising strategy and campaign to align with this understanding... Read

Five ways to win with social media strategy
Five ways to win with social media strategy

There's no correct way to ensure your brand engages successfully with consumers on social media. However, as with most relationships, it's important to keep some key principles in mind like having a grasp of consumer insights, being fluent in internet culture, staying true to the brand and being tech savvy. Read

Cannes Lions
#CannesLions: Time for the brave
#CannesLions: Time for the brave

Danette Breitenbach

Courage is most difficult to harness and deploy in advertising. These are the words of Andy Rice, who facilitated a panel at Ster-Kinekor and Cinemark's Cannes Lions Edit event, which showcased the best of Cannes 2016... read
#CannesLions: The good, the diverse and the insane
#CannesLions: The good, the diverse and the insane

Danette Breitenbach

This year's overarching trend that came out of Cannes Lions is that of technology. However, technology on its own is nothing; it is the creative behind it that makes it meaningful in peoples' lives. read
Marketing
No pyramid or Ponzi schemes in multilevel marketing
No pyramid or Ponzi schemes in multilevel marketing
The Direct Selling Association of South Africa (DSASA) has reassured South Africans that direct selling and multilevel marketing are neither pyramid nor Ponzi scheme, but to still be on guard against falling for "get rich quick" schemes... read

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JWT's Ford Spitfire - a combination guaranteed to deliver awesome performance
JWT's Ford Spitfire - a combination guaranteed to deliver awesome performance

Issued by Spitfire Films

Mates Loyiso and Donovan are growing up, albeit reluctantly. What better vehicle to showcase their escapades than the Ford Focus? And who better to capture their comedic performances than Spitfire Director Peter Heaney?... read
CRM
Boris Dzhingarov
Customers need to know they're valued

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

Studies are constantly performed to find out what customers want out of their relationships with businesses. Answers vary on many accounts, but what the responses mostly come down to is this: Customers want to be valued... read
Digital
Eight most influential technologies in business
Eight most influential technologies in business
PwC has identified the Internet of Things alongside virtual reality and 3D printing, as one of the eight essential technologies that C-suite executives... read
Entrepreneurship
SMME Opportunity Roadshow assists Cape Town entrepreneurs
SMME Opportunity Roadshow assists Cape Town entrepreneurs
The SMME Opportunity Roadshow, held last week at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, offered approximately 250 Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) advice from key speakers about business growth... read
Events & Conferencing
Sun International launches new event facility, SunPark
Sun International launches new event facility, SunPark
SunPark, Sun International's latest event and conferencing facility, which recently opened at Sun City, offers event organisers a space to host industry and lifestyle events of varying sizes... read
Media
Media24 sells INET to Iress for R149.6m
Media24 sells INET to Iress for R149.6m
International financial market data company Iress is buying INET BFA from Media24 for R149.6m. TMG sold INET to Naspers's (NPN) McGregor BFA in late 2013 for R113m... read
Mobile
Spree develops app-first mobile shopping experience
Spree develops app-first mobile shopping experience
Understanding that the future of online shopping lies in mobile devices, and seeing a constant increase in the contribution of mobile traffic to total traffic, the online fashion retailer recently implemented a mobile app-first approach to improve the overall mobile user experience... read
Online Media
SA ePublications - The breadth and depth of African-rich content
SA ePublications - The breadth and depth of African-rich content

Issued by Just Perfect

With the focus on African research, Sabinet proudly re-launched the ePublications platform on 2 September, at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg... read
PR & Communications
PR services iceberg
The PR services iceberg

Dominique Pienaar

There is a misnomer that delivering public relations (PR) services is easy - that it is the cheaper alternative to advertising and that determining its value is as simple as knowing what an Advertising Value Equivalent (AVE) is... read
Sales
Using telesales to reach the low-income insurance market
Using telesales to reach the low-income insurance market
Despite the country's well-developed market, less than 30% of low-income South African adults have any form of insurance... read
TV
Small business comes to new DStv channel weekend block, SME Zone
Small business comes to new DStv channel weekend block, SME Zone
The dedicated block, launching on DStv channel 412, is an extension of Times Media's finance and news channel, Business Day TV. It follows the success of programmes like The Big Small Business Show, now in its fourth year... read
International
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BBC chair quits amid shake-up of British broadcaster
The head of the BBC's governing body has resigned after being asked by Prime Minister Theresa May to reapply for her job ahead of a major overhaul, the public broadcaster confirmed on Wednesday... read
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Business
10 secrets to thriving as an entrepreneur
10 secrets to thriving as an entrepreneur

Steven Cohen

While every entrepreneur is unique and each story is different, there is a common factor that unites them - they take risks, follow their dreams and pursue their passions... read
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