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Editor's column

Turn to white papers for digital marketing wisdom - 12 Oct 2015

By Leigh Andrews

Turn to white papers for digital marketing wisdom - Mon, 12 Oct 2015Jacques van Wyk writes that interactive print is crucial to direct marketing. This is based on insights gleaned from a white paper released by PwC that shows mobile elements in marketing campaigns are becoming an industry standard, with up to 88% of South Africans now having mobile internet access and mobile accounting for more than 50% of all global e-commerce traffic.

Research from other white papers such as Exponential's recent one on audience engagement shows that audience engagement is no longer an intangible, immeasurable aspect of marketing. Essential reading if you find it a challenge to get your brand marketers thinking about measurement from the start.

In our [Fashion watch] article, Terry Levin provides a case study on UK Wool Week and Chanel Airlines, and how their transformation of Savile Row, the UK's famous tailoring district, made headlines around the world in a new content marketing approach and leveraging maximum coverage for a brand or cause via both new and traditional media...

You can't go wrong with an innovative marketing approach backed by research.

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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 15 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.

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