Janine Venter | [Education & Training] Set your creative goals and make them happen! If being creative is your passion and a key to live deeply, why isn't it a priority? |
MARKETING & MEDIA Will Google Search replace domain names?[Naseem Javed] The growing notion among big advertising agencies and brand marketers is that, as search engines find answers instantly, there's no real need to enter a domain name in the browser and, therefore, domain names are far less important. They're both absolutely right and seriously wrong. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Where to for Avusa in an ever-tougher media world?[Gill Moodie] Is it fair to ask if the wheels are threatening to come off Avusa, when the grapevine is buzzing with news that seems to indicate a pulling back by the company, namely, that it has been decided that the East London-based Daily Dispatch newspaper will shut its press and be printed in Port Elizabeth from February next year; that the Zappon deals website, launched this year, is being put on ice; and that there is talk of significant cost-cutting in order to stave off retrenchments? | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Fast politicians, cowed cricketers, busy apples and Indiana Jones[William Smook] Cricketers, politicians and media magnates share the need to manage their reputations and to deal with setbacks. The details of how they do so may differ, but the fundamentals are constant. Don't wait for a crisis to build your brand's reputation, or try to defend the indefensible. If you're concerned about how your brand manages threats, it's worth examining three such incidents in the past few days. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Inside Telkom's broadband, TV plans[Duncan McLeod] Telkom is involved in a multibillion-rand project to increase the throughput of fixed-line broadband to speeds of up to 40Mbit/s. The plans also include dramatically upping the speed of entry-level broadband services and introducing video-on-demand (VOD) products, possibly from international providers such as Hulu, Netflix and Nangu. | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT The Evil Queen is dead. Long live the Queen![Sindy Peters] Was the "Evil" Queen in Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs really as evil as your mum or dad made her out to be at bedside storytime or was it all just a load of propaganda cooked up by seven vertically challenged men? Finally Snow White's stepmother gets the opportunity to share her side of the story in Dianne Simpson's "Rose Red". | |
TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY There's magic in those hills[Brian Berkman] I don't believe in magic but a visit to the Limpopo hills almost has me convinced otherwise. Near enough to Johannesburg for a weekend getaway or, in our case, to break our trip to Kruger Park, Limpopo Province and Tzaneen in particular, offers the kind of fairy-tale environment of verdant hills and lush valleys that exudes a magnetic attraction. | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Cape Town Divas unite[Evan-Lee Courie] What do you get when you put three S.A Idols winners', well two and a half (after the latest Idols season's joint winners), a vivacious performer and a SAMA winner on stage? A star quality performance of Cape Town's Divas. Idols winners, Karen Kortje, Jody Williams and newcomer to the industry, Sasha Lee Davids, along with the incredible performer, Salome and SAMA winner Claire Phillips, came together for the first time ever on stage to bring you Divas Cape Town! | |
Cyril PALAN | [Marketing & Media] would welcome affiliation to a worldwide group in advertising not yet represented in Mauritius .Example: BBDO,Lintas... |
Jennifer Smith | [Marketing & Media] Social media has been an incredibly useful tool to use in this campaign, but as novice event organisers, it has been very hard work. |
Jennifer Smith | [Marketing & Media] Social media has been an incredibly useful tool to use in this campaign, but as novice event organisers, it has been very hard work. |
Jennifer Smith | [Marketing & Media] We are putting together some youtube advertsto improve our google ratings and gain further exposure. We have also accessed our network and asked them to send the invitation on to their networks. |
Jennifer Smith | [Marketing & Media] We also used our Facebook Page and my LinkedIn connection, as well as sending out regular tweets. The invitation also had to be added on to our website http://[[http://www.marketingmatters.co.za.]] |
Jennifer Smith | [Marketing & Media] It has been a real challenge to leverage the various media. Email invitations were sent out first, then we developed a more comprehensive advert for a second despatch. |
Jennifer Smith | [Marketing & Media] At Marketing Matters we have been having great fun trying to communicate with our public about the Durban Chamber Of Commerce and Industry "Marketing Matters Conference" |
MARKETING & MEDIA Global adspend continues to grow despite stock market turmoil[Jonathan Barnard] We need to bear in mind that we are part of the 'Global Village' and events that happen worldwide have a direct impact on South Africans. This includes the economy, and part of the comings and goings of the economy worldwide, and in South Africa, is advertising spend. | |
Craig matthews | [Human Resources & Management] According to the latest employment projections from the U.S. Department of Labor, good news is on the horizon for career seekers. |
MARKETING & MEDIA What's in a name?[Charl Thom] An agency needs partners with different skill sets and expertise to ensure its all-round commercial success, but it's worth being sure that the creative partner owns that meaningful share in your chosen agency. One that gives them real influence in the agency's creation and management , the clients the agency chooses to work with, the kind of work done for those clients, and the business imperatives that form the operation's foundation. | |
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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Smoking Joe Merc C63 AMG[Henrie Geyser] If any of the great composers such as Bach, Mozart or Vivaldi was still around today I reckon one of them would have produced a musical masterpiece after hearing a hot V8 engine howling in anger - particularly if it was coming from under the bonnet of the latest Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 thundering down the main straight of a race track. |