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Let's make 2015 a year to remember - for all the right reasons2014 has come and gone, and it's history... even though much of what began last year seems destined to continue... Eskom leaving us in the dark with monotonous and irritating regularity and all the other trials and challenges we had to face. Africa faced its challenges during 2014, though a number of key economies are growing at a pace that should make us in SA green with envy... not that you'll be able to see much in the dark, anyway. That means, however, that Africa is rich with possibilities. So let's make 2015 a year to remember, for all the right reasons... meeting and beating challenges, making sure the advertising, marketing and media sectors, and all the others as well, a 2015 of success and achievement. It won't be easy, and we won't always succeed, but if the hits outweigh the misses, 2015 will be a year we can look back on with some satisfaction, across SA and Africa. We at Bizcomm are starting 2015 with a bang... with an even better overview of the trends you can expect in 2015, and a range of products designed to help your business prosper. All the best for 2015 to you all from the Bizcomm Team. 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 African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Weekly top stories |
Leigh Andrews Few jobs involve 24/7 input, but this is set to change for those who work in social media, as social media-savvy consumers don't limit their tweets to business hours... Read more >> | Another busy year in South Africa has come and gone - and many interesting new developments have seen the media business itself thrust into centre-stage as live courtroom and boardroom drama made the headlines... Read more >> | Sid Peimer Mrs Keech (a pseudonym) was gifted with automatic writing. Basically she got messages from The Guardians of outer space, and would share the information with a small group... Read more >> |
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 | Leigh Andrews What's in a name? A whole lot, it seems, when it comes to new ad agency on the block, '7 Different Kinds of Smoke'... read more>> | |  | The second IAS Marketers Masterclass will take place on 3 March 2015 and will feature Tina Fegent, UK-based procurement and marketing expert, on 'Procurement - Friend or Foe? A better way to SLAs'... read more>> | | Leigh Andrews | | Walter Pike | | |
 | Local advertising creativity is curated by the Creative Circle. But there are a few changes coming the Creative Circle's way in 2015... read more>> | |  | Leigh Andrews John Bowles, Acting President of the Advertising Benevolent Fund or ABF says 2014 was a difficult year for many - difficult for trading, difficult for clients and just tough to hold heads above the water... read more>> | | Leigh Andrews | | |
 | Thanks to a simplified immigration regulation agreement between the South African film industry and the Department of Home Affairs, the promotion of South African film to international clients is set to get a boost... read more>> | | |
 | Wendy Moorcroft Many young creatives enter the advertising industry with aspirations of one day becoming the creative director at a major agency. Yet not every creative person is cut out for this particular job... read more>> | | |
 | The Designtimes has launched a digital version of its publication, as a creative resource. Editor, Mark Rosenberg, says the addition of a digital element was inevitable for the publication, in a world where almost everything is going digital... read more>> | | Issued by World Wide Creative | | |
 | James Hurford The fear of public speaking is the #1 fear of all fears. It ranks far above the fear of death, heights, sickness, jumping out of a plane or loneliness... read more>> | | |
 | Nomad Africa Magazine has refreshed its website for 2015. It has been more than three years since its last redesign, during which time the Web has changed a lot, so it started over from scratch... read more>> | | |
 | The newly launched NewsPics app allows them to load the images onto their smart device, put the camera away, edit in Photoshop express or similar and then send high res images, fully captioned, immediately from their position... read more>> | | Issued by Vserv | | |
 | Leigh Andrews Passions often run high in newsrooms. But is that what's behind the recent spate of firings, departures and foul moods at Independent Newspapers... or is there more to it? read more>> | | |
 | Leigh Andrews Did you know that the man behind the popular Zuma Eskom meme actually runs an entire site based on trivia? Ian de Jager, 'Fun Master' and all round graphics artist and bottle washer at Trivia SA, tells us more... read more>> | | | | |
 | Marion Scher Every time I teach a course that involves writing releases, whether traditional or through electronic media, I meet communications people who all have the same problem... read more>> | |  | Now in their 18th year, the PRISM Awards are presented to public relations and communication professionals who have successfully incorporated strategy, creativity and professionalism into public relations and communication programmes... read more>> | | |
 | Veteran journalist-turned-author, Michael Schmidt, pulled no punches at the launch of his book, Drinking with Ghosts: The Aftermath of Apartheid's Dirty War, in Johannesburg... read more>> | | |
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 | In this demanding digital age, social media can make or break any business. Dealing with social media customer relations can be a nightmare... read more>> | |  | Leigh Andrews Ever wondered what it takes to get social media and online presence right, as a business? Wonder no more, as Jodene Shaer, Chat Factory's 'social twit', shares a few industry secrets... read more>> | | Leigh Andrews | | Jason Stewart | | |
 | NEWSWATCH: SABC chair Ellen Tshabalala, found guilty of misconduct and lying, has finally resigned from her position... (videos) read more>> | | | | |  | NEWSWATCH: Three Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt are to be retried. Their original trial (the 'evidence' included footage of sheep and horses) has been slammed as a sham by international media and the international community... read more>> | |  | BEIJING, CHINA: Internet giant Google's unwillingness to obey Chinese law is to blame for the shutdown of its hugely popular email service, state-run media said on Tuesday... read more>> | |  | Caitlin Stewart, courtesy Ashlan Bonnell WASHINGTON DC, US: The process of conducting market research isn't always easy, nor is the job of a market researcher. Here are five factors you should consider when gatthering data... read more>> | |  | Naseem Javed No matter what your position, location or size of your operation, the following 15 trends start to collide and open up amazing and instant opportunities for you... read more>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | More International | |
|  | CAIRO, EGYPT: Egypt's top court hears an appeal today by three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists as expectations of their release grew amid a thawing of Cairo's ties with Qatar, the channel's base... read more>> | | | More Africa | |
|  | The presidency says it 'is alarmed by the personal attack on President Jacob Zuma by Max du Preez in an article that appeared in the Independent News titles yesterday...' read more>> | |  | Sipho Masombuka and Penwell Dlamini Two years ago international shoe distributor PhindiK was a success story - but now the South African couple behind the venture have 'lost everything'... read more>> | |  | Ructions at the South African Revenue Service (SARS) deepened as another top official resigned and disciplinary charges were instituted against two officials... read more>> | | | | | | Ibrahim Thiaw | | | | | More Government news | |
|  | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor If you think that Mercedes-Benz will never stoop to down-sizing its potent AMG cars you are in for a huge surprise... read more>> | | | More Motoring news | |
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