Bizcommunity.com

Portfolio Night Johannesburg: Bizcommunity launches a shooting star

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Bizcommunity is pleased to announce a worthy winner of the ticket to attend McCann Johannesburg's Portfolio Night initiative coming up this Wednesday, 22 May 2013, as judged by Biz creative director Terry Levin ! 20 May 2013 14:13

Employee engagement - a non-negotiable

[Catherine Milward-Bridges] Bear with me as I state the obvious. Business is about maintaining and growing a healthy bottom line. Satisfied customers are what make that bottom line possible. 16 May 2013 08:52

Twitter: The (career) carnage continues

[Sandra Roberts] Ex-spokesperson for the Hawks McIntosh Polela is the latest to be felled in a spate of twitter-induced career suicides (or at least setbacks), demonstrating that the balance between communicating quickly and communicating carefully can be difficult for communicators. 17 May 2013 09:59

Blue Moon

Full of fire - Blue Moon's Dikeledi Mogorosi

[Issued by Blue Moon] Dikeledi Mogorosi is a red-hot firecracker of a producer in the Employee Engagement Division at Blue Moon. She took some time out to share her work ethic, and more, with us. 17 May 2013 10:12

Bizcommunity.com

Students, don't forget to enter Biz's Portfolio Night competition!

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] A reminder once again to all branding, design or advertising students in Jozi to enter our competition to win a ticket to attend South Africa's first Portfolio Night hosted by McCann Johannesburg next week, Wednesday, 22 May! Complete this form and upload a Biz Portfolio Showcase before Monday, 20 May. You will need to create a MyBiz Profile if you don't have one already. 17 May 2013 11:04

Gullan&Gullan

Does your brand need some street cred?

[Issued by Gullan&Gullan] For the first time in human history more than 50% of people live in cities. It follows then that many new and established brands are targeting this urban market, and are doing so with a "cool" brand positioning. How does a big corporate brand reinvent its image to pique the interest of what marketing professionals are calling the "creative class"? 20 May 2013 10:33

Topco Media

Mega Cities mean mega opportunities and Africa is where it is happening!

[Issued by Topco Media] The first Mega Cities Africa Conference & Expo highlights the needs and challenges of cities and mega cities - the opportunities they offer are incubators of innovation. 20 May 2013 11:43

The radio natives are restless

[Travis Bussiahn] Marissa Mayer is a businessperson I admire greatly. I think her story is edgy. I think it was brave of her to leave the ever-rising star of Google to take to the helm of the former rising star of Yahoo. I feel she has a mixed media mindset that sees her understanding that traditional media is as important as new media and I like what she had to say about advertising in the mobile space. (Yes! This article is about radio). 21 May 2013 08:01

Gullan&Gullan

Gullan&Gullan builds PR offering

[Issued by Gullan&Gullan] Gullan&Gullan recently made the strategic decision to expand its public relations offering bringing new depth to web PR. As part of the offering the agency is focussing on building and expanding its skill set in order to ensure maximum return for their clients. 21 May 2013 10:50

Gloo

Gloo scores at the Webbys again

[Issued by Gloo] South African agency Gloo is celebrating its ninth recognition at The Webbys, with its Way Better microsite for Clover. The awards were announced in New York on 30 April. 21 May 2013 11:05

Glasshouse Mobile Editing Solutions

Glasshouse... The next chapter

[Issued by Glasshouse Mobile Editing Solutions] It's been 11 years since Glasshouse opened its doors, and it still feels like yesterday! This is what happens when each new day brings a new challenge and each new project we work on is like the very first day at an exciting new job! 21 May 2013 11:30

Millward Brown

Apple remains no.1 in the BrandZ Top 100

[Issued by Millward Brown] African telecoms network MTN retain their position in the Top 100, moving up nine places from 88 to 79 with a positive brand value change of 23%. Apple remains the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand for 2013, worth $185 billion. Apple grew just +1% in the last year compared to a +51% growth for its closest competitor, Samsung, which is now no.30 in the global ranking with a brand value of $21 billion. 22 May 2013 10:07

Ogilvy & Mather Joburg ECD moves to Quirk

Current executive creative director at Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg, Fran Luckin, will be joining Quirk Johannesburg as its new ECD as of 1 July 2013. 23 May 2013 10:16