Marketing & Media South Africa

#BizTrends2017 is alive and kicking! - 9 Jan 2017

By Leigh Andrews

#BizTrends2017 is alive and kicking! - Mon, 09 Jan 20172017 is off with a bang, and we have ample good business reads on hand to ease you into the new work year. Key among these, you'll find inspiration and predictions from some of the industry's most respected and revered BizTrends thought leaders, innovators and trend specialists. Curated by Louise Marsland, BizTrends will run throughout January and are all housed in a special section for ease of reference. Click through and get stuck in!

If it's youthful exuberance and millennial thinking that inspires you, you're in luck as I also chatted to several of Vega's Loeries-winning students after their 2016 #LoeriesRankings reveal. Click through to find out how they plan on extending their winning streak as they enter the industry this year.

Here's to a successful 2017 in all arenas of life!

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Leigh Andrews

Leigh Andrews

Andrews was on the inaugural Marketer of the Year (MOTY) jury for the 2019 Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) as well as an #Inspiring50 2018 nominee herself, and judged over 500 entries for the most recent Epica Awards - the only creative prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world. She's also serving on the IAB (SA)'s #Bookmarks2020 Publisher panel.

Responsible for keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest happenings in the marketing and media industry, this is an almost 24/7 role that involves keeping one eye on your inbox with the other on your social media feed, to write breaking news stories and interviewing key people in the B2B space.

All made easier by 13 years of working for companies such as Microsoft, Kagiso Media, Fleet Street Publications, the Mail & Guardian Online, Caxton Community Newspapers and Newsclip's media, marketing and PR publications.

Let's do Biz