LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Cock & Bull Story packs all the right punches[Daniel Dercksen] Macho bravura and male bonding clash head-on in the provocative Cock & Bull Story, which enjoys its second round at the Alexander Upstairs Theatre on 2, 3 and 4 December at 9pm. | |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE How to apply for a bond when you're self-employed[Kathy East] Banks are particularly cautious when assessing self-employed applications, due to the fact that their income fluctuates and cannot be guaranteed, and these individuals are understandably considered a higher risk than salaried persons... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA How LinkedIn is changing the integrated communication landscape[Leigh Andrews] If you're leaving your company's social media communications to one department to handle, you're missing out on a great opportunity to punt individuals as experts - Lars Basche, EMEA digital lead for Text 100, explains... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Our industry needs a "Hellopeter"[Rolf Akermann] Do you remember the days when there were plenty of functions where clients, agencies, freelancers, production houses and the media got together and picked up on all the "skinner"?... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA #OutofOffice is where great brands are built[Jessica Tennant] Out of Office is no longer just an automatic reply, but a new talk series that features inspirational, informative and high-profile speakers in unusual spaces... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Internet of Things - when problems can be hidden in a billion places[Brent Lees] The promise of the Internet of Things era is that all things can be connected and so all things can be efficiently tracked and controlled... | |
RETAIL Celebrating 20 years of living in Levi's locally[Ilse Burger] How better to celebrate 20 years of building a legendary brand in South Africa than transforming an old Cape Town factory/warehouse into a San Francisco streetscape, taking guests way-back-when to the very beginning of the Levi's brand in 1853? | |
ESG & SUSTAINABILITY Is CSI a farce or impactful?[Bonnie Ramaila] Where is the difference if it's not sustainable and soon forgotten? | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Email newsletters: Keep customers informed to get repeat business[Dries Badenhorst] Email newsletters are the medium most commonly used by companies to communicate with prospective customers and current customers. The goal of this communication is to educate, inform and persuade customers to visit them again... | |
TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY Rocktail: Where the blue planet comes to life[Brian Berkman] There is something about the quiet of being under the water that soothes my soul and my Rocktail experience did just that... and ushered me into a whole new world... | |
AUTOMOTIVE Classiest Estate on the market[Henrie Geyser] Mercedes-Benz has expanded its hugely popular C-Class sedan range with the addition of three new Estate models that are even more practical, spacious and frugal than the outgoing models and most other vehicles in this segment. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Content trickery alienates audiences rather than engaging their attention[Andre Steenekamp] Brands, agencies and publishers need to take a consumer-friendly approach to digital native advertising that emphasises transparency and value to the reader... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Telkom exits marketing comfort zone, enters entertainment sponsorship[Leigh Andrews] Enzo Scarcella, Telkom's Chief Marketing Officer, discusses the strategy of entering into entertainment sponsorship such as Idols, DStv Box Office and Dragons' Den... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Three areas of User Experience Design you need to get right[Matthew Arnold] User Experience Design (UXD) is defined as the process of enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty by improving the usability, ease of use and pleasure provided in the interaction between the customer and the product... | |
RETAIL Young bloods flaunt their talent at Static Fashion Show[Cari Coetzee] On 20 November 2014, the Cape Town College of Fashion Design (CTCFD) hosted the Static Fashion Show at the Young Blood Gallery, where its fashion design graduates showcased their wares... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA What Jeremy Sampson's going to do after leaving Interbrand[Leigh Andrews] While he's had a rich, diverse career and is undoubtedly one of the local ad industry's biggest names, Jeremy Sampson's move from Interbrand shouldn't be seen as retirement - far from it, he explains... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA How to have more impact[James Hurford] The more prepared your speech, the more impact it will have... | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Figaro's 458th marriage at the Met[Daniel Dercksen] If there's one wedding you can't miss, its Figaro's in Mozart's sumptuous and enormously popular opera The Marriage of Figaro, which gets a Spanish makeover for The Met: Live in HD screening at Cinema Nouveau theatres from 22 November. |