| 20 May 2013 |
| Marketing & Media | South Africa |
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SMS texting: the new wave Reuben Yonatan, writing from New York, reckons the future of business is in SMS texting. He says that texting and talking are becoming an unlimited package with data being the hot, expensive commodity and VoIP and managed IP PBX service have been big game-changers, as well as smartphones and tablets. On the social media front, Luke McKend says social networks have become an integral part of any business. So, if your customers are talking about you, why don't you join in and get socialising onlineYour company name could make or break it - or at least have a positive or negative impact on its success and growth. So, as Anton Ressel asks: What's in a name? The short answer is... plenty. Our newswatch today covers Durban tycoon Vivian Reddy's complaint against the Mail & Guardian newspaper being dismissed, Icasa being in the limelight for the wrong reasons, and the death of SABC television and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli. Sara Butchart takes a look at trends in branded broadcast content. And saving the best for last... did you enter our Portfolio Night competition? Well, here's our winner. Rod Baker, Content DirectorPS Take a look at the latest ads in the Ornico ad showcase.Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your South African marketing and media news to marketingnews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-marketing@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news".
Weekly top stories | [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Mail & Guardian's editor-in-chief, Nic Dawes, has resigned to take up a post at the Hindustan Times in New Delhi, the newspaper reports. Read more >> |
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 | [Anton Harber] We need to learn to celebrate the big victories, and not dwell on the small defeats. The Protection of State Information Bill currently awaiting President Jacob Zuma's signature is a victory for organised citizens' power. Read more >> |
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[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The Gupta family isn't going to talk to the media until the report on its guests landing at Waterkloof is finalised, reports Mail & Guardian, and BD Live reports the DA is urging Zuma not to sign the secrecy bill. The ConCourt has reserved judgment on media's access to the Krejcir hearing, reports Mail & Guardian, and IOL reports that a Sun reporter has been charged in the UK hacking probe. Read more >> |
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 | [Jonathan Stilwell] Why are most agency creatives so obsessed with metal? Why do we covet these birds, lions, pencils, medals and cubes so much? To many of our client services friends, they may as well be bookends or doorstops. Read more >> |
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 | [Anton Ressel] Have you ever stopped to consider how much impact the name of your organisation has on its success? Read more >> |
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 | AuDITIONS, a gold design competition established by AngloGold Ashanti in 1999 to encourage original and striking contemporary gold jewellery design from students and designers is now open for entries. Read more >> |
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 | [Luke McKend] Social networks have become an integral part of any business - if your customers are talking about you, why not join in the conversation? (video) Read more >> |
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 | [Su-Mari Du Bruyn] Too often we find that someone is appointed to a specific position, shown how the system works and then left to his own accord - that is it. Then, later when things go wrong, other people in the organisation are very surprised to learn that this individual gave poor customer service or does not know the first thing about the email program that he must use, etc. Read more >> |
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 | Nal'ibali is launching a creative writing and drawing competition for children between the ages of 3 and 11, with four book hampers to the value of R10,000 each to be won. Read more >> |
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 | The CLIO Awards is a recognized international awards competition for advertising, design, interactive and communications. Herewith the South African winners of the 2013 CLIO Awards. Read more >> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: According to IOL, on Sunday evening after the Justin Bieber concert, thieves collected themselves what is suspected to be millions of rands from a strong room at FNB Stadium in Joburg. This is apparently not the only money that went missing recently, as Mail & Guardian reports that Jacaranda FM has suspended a DJ due to missing charity funds. IOL also reports that bus drivers are finally back at work after weeks of striking. Read more >> |
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 | [Justin Hawes] Exhibiting can be daunting, especially because it can be one of the more costly marketing options for your business. To make sure you manage the process properly, and see ROI, I recommend you follow five simple steps. Read more >> |
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 | RamsayMedia has announced that journalist and media specialist, Steve Smith, will take over as the eighth editor of Car magazine from 18 June 2013. Read more >> |
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 | [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The press ombudsman has dismissed Durban tycoon Vivian Reddy's complaint against the Mail & Guardian newspaper in its entirety, the newspaper reports, and Icasa is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, reports BD Live. On a sad note, SABC television and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli has died, reports Times Live. Read more >> |
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| [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Mail & Guardian's editor-in-chief, Nic Dawes, has resigned to take up a post at the Hindustan Times in New Delhi, the newspaper reports. Read more >> |
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 | [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. Read more >> |
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 | The Sunday Times, in partnership with PRAESA (The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa), has launched the new Sunday Times Nal'ibali Storybook. Read more >> |
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 | [Catherine Milward-Bridges] Business is about maintaining and growing a healthy bottom line. Satisfied customers are what make that bottom line possible. The missing piece in this puzzle is the motivated employees. Read more >> |
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 | In his opening speech at today's session of the South African Market Research Association's (SAMRA) conference, Butch Rice, co-founder and CEO of market research company Pondering Panda, criticised the local research industry. Read more >> |
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 | Originally founded in New Zealand, NRS Media, an internationally operating media sales agency, has announced the opening of its first African office in Cape Town. Read more >> |
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 | [Sara Butchart] It's a real art to create relevant, meaningful and entertaining broadcast content which has a comfortable space for clients to be integrated. It's an inversion of the classic marketing approach where the brand leads and the story follows. Read more >> |
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 | [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: SABC3 has landed in hot water for not placing the correct age restriction on the All My Children soapie, reports IOL, and Lisa Hiemer, writing in journalism.co.za, reports on a new study that shows surprisingly strong investigative journalism in independent local papers in three provinces. Read more >> |
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 | [Reuben Yonatan] NEW YORK, US: It wasn't that long ago that the cost of texting was on the rise, but the recent move towards smartphones has changed business models for cellular carriers. Read more >> |
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 | LONDON, UK: The London International Awards has issued a call to enter the 2013 awards. Read more >> |
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 | LONDON - A senior British lawmaker on Thursday (16 May) described Google as "evil" and accused the US internet company of unethically avoiding paying vast amounts of tax in Britain. Read more >> |
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| | Television | Volkswagen Polo Vivo | spur | Nando's | FNB | AA Insurance |
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 | The probe into the landing of a commercial airliner at Waterkloof Air Force Base has revealed a number of transgressions made by officials, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Jeff Radebe, said yesterday, adding that investigations would continue. Read more >> |
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 | A beer maker's plans to boost the sale of its product in Africa has left a sour taste in Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's mouth. Read more >> |
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 | South Africa's population is estimated to have grown to just under 53 million by the middle of this year, with an inflow of migrants behind much of the 1.2 million population increase since the 2011 Census, Statistician General Pali Lehohla said earlier this week. Read more >> |
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 | [Dennis Cruywagen] A solid case is being built against South Africans suspected of having links with terrorists groups such as Al-Shabaab terrorist groups, Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele said yesterday. Read more >> |
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More Government news...
 | [Eugene Yiga] Inspiration can strike at any moment. For Robert Fridjhon, whose award-winning stage career spans over twenty years, it came when he worked for FreeMe Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre back in 2006. Given that most of the cases he worked on involved birds, and that he was reading African Genesis by Robert Audrey, it was only a matter of time before the idea for Twitch was born. Read more >> |
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 | [Sindy Peters] Charly's Bakery has been around the proverbial block in Cape Town over the years, finally finding a home in The Fringe. Famous for its cakes and quiche, the TV show opened up the bakery's oven doors to an international audience, but now Charly's has boldly gone where no bakery's gone before - to a trailer park. Read more >> |
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 | [Brian Berkman] Not often a product comes along that does everything you want it to and then a whole lot more you didn't know you wanted. Read more >> |
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 | [Brian Berkman] It probably won't be pristine for very much longer as Rio Tinto, the mining company that is extracting ilmenite and zircon from Fort Dauphin on Madagascar's most South Easterly coast, exploit the earth and pave the roads in return. Read more >> |
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 | The Imvelo Awards for Responsible Tourism, which were launched yesterday at Tsogo Sun's 54 on Bath hotel in Rosebank, this year extends its reach to ensure that both large and small organisations can benefit from these prestigious Awards. Read more >> |
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 | Bonnie Tyler, the husky voiced pop-rock diva behind hits such as Lost In France, It's A Heartache, Holding Out For A Hero, and Total Eclipse Of The Heart will perform at the Emperors Palace in Johannesburg on the 29 and 30 August and at the Cape Town Convention Centre on 6 and 7 September 2013. Read more >> |
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 | [Eugene Yiga] Cape Town's Long Street has earned a reputation as one of the city's favourite party spots, what with all its restaurants, bars, and clubs. Many local residents and international visitors make this place their home late into the night and early into the morning. But do you really know who they are? Read more >> |
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 | [Nina Timm] Everybody has an icon or hero; we have just survived the Justin Bieber tsunami and, for we old rockers, Bon Jovi brought new life to our nine-to-five exsistence. Middle-aged people stood in queues remembering days when life was carefree and wild. Burger King just landed in South Africa and everyone rushed off to sink their teeth into a giant Whoopie Burger. Read more >> |
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- DUO wins execMobile and Framework One PR accounts - more info
- Bletchley Park appointed by wonga.com - more info
- Twiga Communications to implement PR for International Thyroid Week - more info
- Kalahari.com appoints new marketing manager - more info
- John Gale appointed to the O&M SA Board - more info
- Aviat Networks appoints technical marketing manager - more info
- New appointment at Allergan South Africa - more info
- Old Mutual re-appoints Nomia Machebe - more info
- New team member revels in cinema production - more info
- Redelinghuys brings new strategy to Jupiter - more info
- Verena Neumayr-Howes joins Fivestar PR - more info
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Looking for a hands-on, adaptable and driven marketer to plan, create and implement various campaigns that engage and retain the audiences of 24.com Read more >>Develop and deliver highly integrated marketing campaigns across all marketing disciplines including TV, Print, Digital, PR and Events. Read more >>Bizcommunity is looking for a talented and motivated junior online direct sales executive, who has a solid sales track record. Read more >>Bizcommunity is looking for a talented and motivated junior online direct sales executive, who has a solid sales track record. Read more >>Dynamic digital agency seeks junior - mid level all round web developer. Read more >>We are looking for an experienced production manager with online marketing knowledge. Read more >>DTP operator required to join a busy studio. Attention to detail and ability to work under pressure is needed. 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