 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Warren Harding] Biz Takeouts show host, Warren Harding ( @BizcomWazza), dragged his one and only suit out of the recesses of his cupboard, shook out the mothballs, and hit the Red Carpet at the 35th annual Loerie Awards... (video) |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Yunus Carrim... to appear before Parliament. (Image: GCIS) NEWSWATCH: IFP MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini says the fight against some clauses in the Protection of State Information Bill is SA's first real exercise in democracy, reports IOL. Meanwhile, Yunus Carrim will be in the hot seat over the SABC/MultiChoice deal, reports AllAfrica, e.tv has slammed the same deal, reports BusinessTech, and EWN reports on where some of our SABC licence fees have gone. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Susan Peimer] Getting the right audience to an event is the biggest challenge any event organiser faces.
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 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Daniel Dercksen] Love and passion are shattered by the malevolent corruptness of fame and fortune in Behind the Candelabra, an intimate odyssey into the madness that was Liberace. |
 | HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT  [Juliette Attwell] This week we look at the best IT hardware qualifications to start off with if you're looking to head in this direction, as well as how to get into a role you're passionate about.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Justin McCarthy] A South African advertisement for Flora margarine recently caused a bit of a stir both here and abroad[1], raising some interesting questions about what constitutes offence.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Marion Scher] I received an email this morning from a colleague who, some would think quite cheekily, asked me for my press listing for a particular industry...
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Michael Wood] After celebrating South African Heritage Day - also widely known as Braai Day - take a moment to think fondly of those iconic brands that contribute to our heritage and who we are, unique in this world and proudly South African. |
 | AUTOMOTIVE
[Henrie Geyser] General Motors SA have pulled a few pleasant surprises out of the hat for its passenger cars, including some impressive specification upgrades, fresh cosmetics, changes in model line-ups, the addition of a new engine, a hot limited edition scorcher - and an all-new Astra four-door sedan. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Oresti Patricios] Key broadcasters quit the South African Audience Research Foundation - the independent research body mandated to find common currency for audience measurement in SA's media landscape. The exit will happen in December 2014. My plea is for the decision to be reversed, and for marketing industry decision makers to keep this debate alive.
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| LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Daniel Dercksen] With Illusive, charming mindbender Stuart Lightbody proves that he knows how to spin real magic. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Golden Muzanago] Nelson Mandela's iconic status is anchored on three key building blocks that characterise strong brands: meaning, difference and salience. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Terry Levin] Presenting some of the awards at the 35th Annual Loerie Awards, guest creative director from Hamburg, Gotz Ulmer, was heard to wonder why those receiving prizes were so blasé, so "like Germany" and when they might start behaving "a bit more African"! |
| MARKETING & MEDIA
[Terry Levin] Screeds have been written about whether advertising creates or reflects pop-culture. Marketing philosopher Marshall McLuhan, was quoted as saying 'Advertising is the richest and most faithful reflection that any society ever made of its entire range of activities'. |
 | GOVERNMENT  [Anton Ressel] The next generation of tenderpreneurs is waiting in the wings, and we should all be very worried.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Sid Peimer] Say for example there is a drug on the market that enhances creativity. Just say. We call that Drug A...
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 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP  [Courtney Bentley] 'We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit' - Aristotle.
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| MARKETING & MEDIA [Oresti Patricios] There is a need for transparency, and to tell not just one story, but many. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Larry Khumalo] Brand-intelligence firm, Ornico, has noticed a shifting trend in the focus of the motor industry - and it's the colour green.
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