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Popimedia launches CMO2020 initiative
Popimedia launches CMO2020 initiative

Amidst the backdrop of a rapidly evolving business environment, characterised by a need for innovation to cut through the marketing clutter, and the growing trend of digital disruption led by mobile, the role of the chief marketing officers (CMOs) of the future will be fundamentally different to what it is today... Read

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Exhibitions: misunderstood and undervalued

Danette Breitenbach

Exhibitions add R66.5 billion to South Africa's GDP, contributing R3 billion to national taxes and 135,100 sustainable jobs. In 2015 of the five million visitors to exhibitions, tourists accounted for 1 million of these... Read

The Ad Talent Johannesburg team.
The intricacies of recruiting creatives with Ad Talent

Leigh Andrews

Ad Talent director Stacey Bossenger lets us in on the current emphasis on and shortage in digital talent across the board... Read

Cannes Lions
Meet SA's Cannes Lions 2017 judges!
Meet SA's Cannes Lions 2017 judges!
This year, nine South African creatives will serve on Cannes Lions' judging panels... read
IAB Digital Summit & Bookmarks
Media24 sweeps five awards at the IAB Bookmarks
Media24 sweeps five awards at the IAB Bookmarks
Media24 made a clean sweep of five award categories at the IAB Bookmarks last month... read
Marketing
Mall Indaba supports shopping centre managers with latest challenges
Mall Indaba supports shopping centre managers with latest challenges

Issued by CADEK Media

The Mall Indaba being held in Sandton on 18 and 19 April will focus on various aspects of mall management and mall marketing and offer its delegates expert advice and guidance from more than 12 industry leaders... read
MullenLowe SA win Mini's creative account
One Show Awards
#OneShow2017: Social media finalists revealed!
#OneShow2017: Social media finalists revealed!
Finalists in the 'social media' category have been revealed for One Show 2017 with an SA entry making the grade... read
#OneShow2017: Interactive finalists revealed!
#OneShow2017: Interactive finalists revealed!
Finalists in the 'interactive' category have been revealed for One Show 2017 with an SA entry making the grade... read
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#OneShow2017: Masashi Kawamura's judging pick of the day
“I really love the idea because it's utilising technology... repurposed in a really ingenious way to make everyday life easier.” That's how Masashi Kawamura, ECD and founder at Party in Tokyo and One Mobile juror, introduced the entry that was a delight for him to watch... read
Advertising
True location-based advertising is where it's at
True location-based advertising is where it's at

Issued by Vicinity Media

Location-based advertising is a fast-growing, highly innovative field within the wider marketing industry. While there are major benefits to be had for marketers, it's critical they separate the ‘real location' providers from the many buzzword-sprouting imitators... read
CSI
Vega students pay tribute to Nelson Mandela through children's hospital
Vega students pay tribute to Nelson Mandela through children's hospital

Issued by Vega School

The Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital, which opened on 2 December 2016, is the culmination of years of effort by many people. Among them were four students of Vega School... read
Direct Marketing
Strategic marketing can help CEOs increase revenue
Strategic marketing can help CEOs increase revenue

Issued by Effective Intelligence

If you were to Google “how to increase revenue”, one of the first search results outlines four simple methods: increase number of customers, increase transaction size, increase the frequency of transactions per customer, and, perhaps most obviously, increase price... read
Entrepreneurship
Mic Mann on SingularityU's Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge
Mic Mann on SingularityU's Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge

Jessica Tennant

Mann Made Media is the in-kind sponsor of the PR, content and event production for the upcoming 2017 SingularityU Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge for the second consecutive year. Here, owner and local amassador Mic Mann shares more about the event and the Silicon Valley-like culture such an opportunity presents to Africa's innovators... read
Events & Conferencing
Multi-Media: Changing the face of events
Multi-Media: Changing the face of events

Issued by Multi-Media

Chris De Lancey, sales and marketing director of Multi-Media, shares his wealth of technology insights into events and tells us what tech trends we can expect in 2017... read
PR & Communications
KWV Wines appoints OFYT as PR digital partners
PR industry professionals must stand up for integrity
PR industry professionals must stand up for integrity

Janine Lloyd

It is a sad day when PR firms tarnish the reputation of the industry as a whole... read
Research
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"Zuma should resign," say 7 out of 10 South Africans
According to the latest Kantar TNS mobile survey, seven out of 10 South Africans say that Jacob Zuma should resign as the president of South Africa. This comes in the aftermath of last week's cabinet reshuffle and the dismissal of both the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas... read
Retail
Euroshop 2017: Insights from the show
Euroshop 2017: Insights from the show

Issued by The Clarion Group

The Clarion Group looked forward to attending this year's Euroshop 2017 in Dusseldorf, Germany, as it always gives a very clear idea of the direction in which the retail sector is moving... read
International
Future Digital Awards technology, innovation winners
Future Digital Awards technology, innovation winners
HAMPSHIRE, UK: The Future Digital Awards have been awarded to companies that Juniper believes have made significant progress within their sector... read
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Facebook ramps up fight against 'revenge porn'
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Wednesday unleashed a new weapon in the war against "revenge porn" at the leading social network as well as the messaging services Messenger and Instagram... read
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Business
The petrol price - what you need to know
The petrol price - what you need to know
Taxes make up a big part of the price you pay at the pump. As of last night, 5 April 2017, South African motorists received a 24 cents a litre decrease in the price of petrol... read
Business
New imperatives for leadership and innovation
New imperatives for leadership and innovation

Peter Alkema

Over the top (OTT) services such as Whatsapp have harnessed the network effect very well to drive message growth through their groups feature... read
Jobs offered
Senior Production Coordinator - Cape Town
Oxford University Press currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced senior production coordinator. Applications close 19 April 2017. Read more >>



Head of Digital Strategy - SEO/PPC/Web Analytics - Johannesburg
Plan, implement and improve execution of our client's digital marketing strategies by managing the production team including strategists, account managers, analysts and implementers across all channels. Read more >>

Midweight Designer - Durban
Durban agency is recruiting a talented/passionate mid-senior designer. You need to be conceptually strong to take ideas from concept to final roll out. Three years experience including packaging. Read more >>


New events to diarise
Sales Summit - 21 Apr 2017, Sandton
Attend our full-day sales conference designed to spark creative ways to rethink your sales strategies and methods. Experts will share knowledge, know-how and skills to boost your sales. Read more >>



InDesign basic to intermediate
Multidimensions - 4 May 2017, Cape Town


Photography 1
PRISA - 23 May 2017, Randburg, Johannesburg


Communication strategy
PRISA - 13 Jun 2017, Randburg, Johannesburg | 24 Oct 2017, Randburg


Creative Writing in PR
Provox Centre for Public Relations & Communication - 26 Jun 2017 to 27 Jun 2017, Johannesburg | 30 Oct 2017 to 31 Oct 2017, Johannesburg


Crisis communication and reputation management
Provox Centre for Public Relations & Communication - 20 Jul 2017 to 21 Jul 2017, Johannesburg | 10 Aug 2017 to 11 Aug 2017, Cape Town | 6 Nov 2017 to 7 Nov 2017, Johannesburg



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Upcoming events
Event and festival management courses for event managers
Muchomoo - 10 Apr 2017 to 11 Apr 2017, Johannessburg


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