Top company and news stories 5 March 2018 - 5 Mar 2018By Leigh AndrewsThe IAB SA's fourth Digital Summit and 10th Bookmark Awards took place on 1 March. Click through to Jessica Tennant's overview of the Summit on championing diversity in digital and of the Bookmarks on a decade of rewarding excellence in digital, my digital jury jabber with marketing panel jury chair Tseliso Rangaka, and here for all the winners! Khangelani Dziba says the time for Africa is not now - Africa is now Julia Breakey of Memeburn asks why South Africa is not watching South African movies Red Ribbon Communications' MD Ronelle Bester says women entrepreneurs can influence the future Richard Bensted of iShack writes about unicorns and fairy dust: The mythical land of SEO Juanita Pienaar investigates how viral app Vero gets backlash over CEO's ties to Russia I spoke to Annie Raman about the second edition of FortReview and how creativity can save lives #KFCCrisis: I spelled out the ABCs of KFC's FCK apology #FairnessFirst: Meghan Markle's feminist sparkle means she won't be a 'push-over princess' I go #BehindtheSelfie with Rob Stokes, chairman of Red & Yellow Creative School of Business Read up on my latest #LoeriesRanking Q&A with Howard Audio 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. |
