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Top company and news stories 29 October 2018

  • October means #BizTrends2019 contributions:
    Mail us on marketingnews@bizcommunity.com;
    Subject: #BizTrends2019;
    Final deadline: 1 November!
  • Results are in from the Sunday Times Top Brands survey 2018; Danette Breitenbach chats to the winners
  • Meet the new Amasa Joburg committee for 2018/19
  • SA Press Ombudsman Johan Retief resigns
  • Media Inflation Watch 2018 Q2's latest findings
  • CT nominated as world's top events destination
  • SA can't switch off... even on holiday
  • #NewBiz: Publicis Machine partners with Graham Beck
  • In #FairnessFirst, I share local campaigns busting stereotypes of SA women in the workplace
  • I investigate why the Khashoggi murder mystery has dominated news headlines
  • I report back from Red & Yellow's #DigitalAgencyShowcase
  • I report back from the 2018 Galliova Awards
  • Juanita Pienaar reports back from #SML18, on how SA brands are approaching social media
  • Lauren Hartzenberg reports back from the Think With Google Retail Summit
  • Andy Walker of Memeburn writes about the Gigaba sex tape fiasco
  • Contributor Colleen Backstrom shares an email design checklist
  • Dean Prinsloo asks what's fuelling our smartphone addiction
  • Mercia Lampen writes aboutad crooks as the ongoing problem in digital advertising
  • Kirsten McLeod Grobler laments the problem with knee-jerk marketing
  • I also go #BehindtheSelfie with Stella Carter, head of client services at Stratitude

    Leigh Andrews
    Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA


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  • #FairnessFirst: Busting stereotypes of SA women in the workplace

    LEIGH ANDREWS

    With rising awareness that inequality needs to be tackled head-on, we're seeing more mindfulness of issues of inclusion and equality in local marketing campaigns and movements like the 7% Tribe, Take This Thread and 'Women Acknowledged'... read
    South Africans can't switch off... even on holiday
    South Africans were under significantly more pressure than their global holiday counterparts to balance staying connected to social media and work, while also making the most of their holiday...read
    #DigitalAgencyShowcase: The power of timing in creative ideas

    LEIGH ANDREWS

    In the final session of Red & Yellow's Digital Agency Showcase, Matt Ross, founder and CCO at King James Digital, shared a presentation that touched on the power of sharing ideas in the right time and place, presented from his iPhone...read
    Malusi Gigaba is caught in South Africa's latest sex tape fiasco

    ANDY WALKER

    South Africa's minister of home affairs Malusi Gigaba is at the centre of the internet's and the country's latest sex tape scandal, the politician confirmed on Sunday...read
    Advertising
    Rollersigns takes market by storm with all-new advertising possibilities

    ISSUED BY MARIN'S SOUTHERN AFRICA

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    Brands can, and should, ensure that their ads don't appear on fake news sites

    NEIL PURSEY

    Read
    Branding
    High fives all round for FCB Africa clients on top brands lists

    ISSUED BY FCB AFRICA

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    The story substance

    WAYNE FLEMMING

    Read
    Design
    Yogi Sip launches Fruit Fusion

    ISSUED BY BERGE FARRELL

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    One Club's Executive Creative Summit now accepting applications
    Digital
    Pragmattica appointed as d6 Group's digital media partner

    ISSUED BY PRAGMATTICA

    Read
    Your online reputation precedes you

    ISSUED BY BUSINESS POSITIONING SYSTEMS

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    2018 Folio: Digital Awards is now open for entries
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    Entrepreneurship
    22 on Sloane launches its 2019 residency application

    ISSUED BY GEN AFRICA

    Read
    Events & Conferencing
    Nando's to fire up the Chamber's 'Rumble in the Urban Jungle'

    ISSUED BY CAPE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

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    Film & Cinematography
    International Banff Mountain Film Festival to screen at Ster-Kinekor
    Magazines
    November issue of Sarie to tell agriculture story in SA
    Media
    Sanef grieves over Moses Moyo's passing
    OOH
    Enriching the richest square mile in Africa

    ISSUED BY GUERRILLA IMC

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    Research
    Reputation Matters develops research model
    Social Media
    Influence or fraud?

    FEDERICO DEDEU

    Read
    Meltwater Africa tracks, analyses trending hashtag #AfricaEmoji
    HHP's passing dominates social media this week
    TV
    SA series selected as finalist for C21 Content London 2018
    Business
    Fasa signs MoU with Small Business Institute
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    Quotes
    Anne Frank
    "Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart."

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    New appointments
    • Durban Chamber of Commerce appoints Marlan Padayachee - more info

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    The marketing industry has never before been under so much stress. https://t.co/DORhapwDAn
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    New events to diarise
    Essentials of next newsroom management course
    Rhodes University, Sol Plaatje Institute For Media - 5 Nov 2018 to 9 Nov 2018, Johannesburg

    Fact-checking on the go using a mobile device
    Africa Check - TRi Facts - 5 Nov 2018, Johannesburg

    How To Market Your Consulting Practice
    The Reputation Go-to Guy - 9 Nov 2018, Johannesburg

    The art of effective communication
    Fabimage - 22 Nov 2018, Johannesburg | 23 Nov 2018, Cape Town

    Imbizo on Africanisation of Marketing
    Africa Marketing Agency - 29 Nov 2018, Johannesburg

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