The consumer advertising Grinch strikes again

[Leigh Andrews] Just when you thought it was safe to look at billboard advertising, a recent supposedly Christmas-themed one was pulled for inspiring the ire of parents and potentially ruining Christmas by claiming Santa isn't real...

Defensive strategy in a game challenger brands are doomed to lose

[Walter Pike] Although he's spent many years in advertising, Walter Pike doesn't attend ad industry events as frequently as he did before. Here he shares insights from the NAB bites event earlier this year...

Sisters are doing it for themselves - and others - at Okuhle Media

[Leigh Andrews] At the end of November, Okuhle Media was recognised as the Western Cape's most deserving entrepreneurs in the established business category of the Western Cape Premiers Recognition Awards. CEO Paula Brown explains the future of TV and sound future-proofing strategies...

2014: The year that was

[Louise Burgers] I expected a helluva lot more from 2014. It was a tough trading year for the industry and it seemed as if we lost far too many local and global icons in the past 12 months. But as always, there was levity, the WTF and the plain ridiculous...

AMP shows other publishers how print can embrace digital

[Leigh Andrews] If your brand doesn't have a digital component it's just not going to survive. But don't worry, Julia Raphaely, Chief Executive Officer of Associated Media Publishing, shares their survival strategy...

The elephant in the room is Julius

[Walter Pike] If I had to award a prize for the marketer of the year, that prize would go to Julius Malema and his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)...

Remaining "in touch"

[Duaan Dekker] In an increasingly mobile and virtual business environment, it has never been more important than now to be in close contact with all the functions of your business, individual employees and your customers...

Six of 2014's top buzzwords

[Ilse Burger] Every year this is one of my favourite lists: the top buzzwords for the year, which have saturated the interwebs and our conversations...

Explore Rembrandt's masterpieces on the big screen

[Daniel Dercksen] Meet the man behind the masterpieces in the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, Rembrandt: The Late Works from the National Gallery, London and Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum at Cinema Nouveau cinemas for four exclusive screenings from 13 December.

Singing in the Rhyn

[Eugene Yiga] Brendan van Rhyn, current star of The Rocky Horror Show, chats about doing the time warp over and over again.

2014 - No awards necessary to have a Halo of a good year!

[Leigh Andrews] Don't write off non-traditional BTL agency Halo just because their name didn't appear at any of this year's award shows says Halo director Dean Oelschig...

Leaping into the future of design with Springleap

[Leigh Andrews] Springleap Founder/CEO Eran Eyal talks about lessons from 'Woz' (that's Steve Wozniak to you) and Springleap's industry-changing research tool that's set to launch soon...

[NewsMaker] Trevor Wolfe

[Louise Burgers] The newly appointed managing director and head of commercialisation at Springleap, Trevor Wolfe, will drive Springleap's client base expansion into the African market with the opening of a Johannesburg office...

Time to debunk the myths of market volatility

[Carl Roothman] Nassim Taleb, renowned author and fierce critic of all who take comfort in statistics, once chose the snappy title of 'We Don't Quite Know What We are Talking About When We Talk About Volatility' for one of his papers...

Ultimate awe at its most spectacular

[Daniel Dercksen] The overwhelming spectacle and ultimate awe of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will most definitely blow your mind and gets my vote as the top film of 2014.

If you want to grow, go for the marketing swingers, not the followers

[Walter Pike] All election campaign managers know the importance of targeting the swing voters. The theory is that in any campaign, there's a group of voters who will support one political party or another no matter what...

There's money in them thar ubiquitous connectivity

[Sid Peimer] Certain instances aside, such as when you're driving with your spouse, it's nice to know how you're performing. Take the digital world, for instance...

The importance of reference checks

[Niteske Marshall] Recruitment is becoming an increasingly risky business. There's been a disturbing increase in deceitful behaviour by job seekers and this can be linked to high levels of unemployment, heightened competition for jobs and an apparent decline in levels of honesty amongst the general population...