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 | John Laurence You've probably seen the popular meme on the internet of a picture of a cocktail dress with the question of the colour of the dress... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews In what's been called a brilliant marketing move, 20th Century Fox has released several 'fake stock photos' from Vince Vaughn's latest comedy caper, Unfinished Business, making media workers around the globe giggle at the thought of using them to illustrate their business-y articles... read more>> |
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 | Louise Marsland The Hardy Boys promoted client service director Alan Bell to managing director of the Durban agency in December after he played a key role in the J Walter Thompson acquisition... read more>> |
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 | The Creative Circle announced its Award of the Year winners for 2014 on 4 March and, for the first time, also announced the end-of-year Individual and Group Agency rankings. We've included links to each category's winning work... read more>> |
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 | This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with David Alves, Head of Digital at Net#work BBDO... read more>> |
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 | The second AMASA event will take place on 11 March 2015 in Cape Town and features Zani Botes and Daryn Smith in an open debate on content marketing... read more>> |
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 | John Harvey There can be little doubt that the proliferation of entry-level banks in the past few years has vastly changed South Africa's financial landscape... read more>> |
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 | Brendan Seery Years ago, when my day job included carrying a machine gun and jumping out of helicopters, I remember sitting with some mates in the base barrack room, listening to Forces' Favourites on the radio... read more>> |
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 | To support the efforts of the hundreds of volunteers who have been battling the raging fires across the Cape Peninsula since Sunday, KFM and CapeTalk launched a radiothon yesterday, 5 March 2015. read more>> |
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 | A new documentary from FoxP2, which made its debut at last week's Design Indaba, testifies to the power of creativity in changing people's lives... read more>> |
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 | Ryan Murphy If you've got a website that's based on Wordpress, you're part of the 76.4 million (according to reports) people who have websites that use the Wordpress content management system (CMS)... read more>> |
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 | Tiffany Markman I get it. I do. You're there to teach me life lessons. To circumvent my natural complacency. To provoke pre-emptiveness. So, this letter is to thank you... read more>> |
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 | Douglas Kruger Ever hear the story about the Russians in Bosnia watching their unlikely US allies designing their PP slides? One nonplussed Russian said, "If we ever had a war, while you are working on your PowerPoint, we would be killing you..." read more>> |
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 | The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC), dedicated to the success of small business in South Africa, is gearing up to host its 7th My Business Expo in Joburg, now one the largest event of its kind in the world... read more>> |
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 | Media24's digital division, 24.com, has announced plans for a news wire service launching in April. The announcement follows Sapa's closure. The new service will be called News24Wire... read more>> |
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 | Chris Brewer There's been a lot of bleating recently about "freedom of the press". It picked up momentum at the State Of The Nation Address when the cell phone signals were jammed... read more>> |
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 | AccuWeather has used localisation to tell people the weather in more than 100 different languages. However, localising mobile applications and web services for different markets isn't easy, as linguistic and technical limitations can impact how people receive the information... read more>> |
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 | A recent ESET survey of around 500 smartphone users shows 9.7% have had their smartphones lost or stolen, 29.3% do not lock it and 19.7% do not back up at all... read more>> |
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 | Stuart Thomas Flashback to 2010. Naspers is still a majority shareholder in Mxit, at this stage Africa's largest social network and instant messaging client with 27-million registered users... read more>> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: Citing 'growing unhappiness' about the ombudsman, The New Age and ANN7 are to appoint a 'public editor' to handle complaints, reports Mail & Guardian... read more>> |
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 | Part of its rebranding exercise, Business Day has introduced four new sections into its daily paper offering... read more>> |
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 | The judges' panel for the PRISM Awards 2015 have been announced... read more>> |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Janine Lazarus, founder and owner of Janine Lazarus media consultancy was a journalist for 31 years, and has worked across the board from newspapers to radio... read more>> |
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 | Deirdre Elphick-Moore It's great to have a firm idea of your career ambitions and, once you have a clear goal in mind, translate it into an action statement that you can easily remember and recall every day... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews Springleap gave it clients access a global network of creative professionals to enhance every aspect of their creative campaigns. Here's how... read more>> |
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 | The latest Ask Afrika Orange Index provides customer service trends based on 13 years of data, across 32 industries and 155 companies... read more>> |
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 | Monika D'Agostino The other day I got a connection request from LinkedIn. The person's profile was very scarce, but I accepted the request as I am on a mission to elevate the reputation of sales and its practitioners... read more>> |
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 | Beyond The Eyes (BTE), a black-owned production company, has launched an independent online television network to deliver compelling African content to the world through 'Video on Demand' (VOD)... read more>> |
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 | The Careers24 three-part campaign for Ogilvy Cape Town directed by Terence Neale of Egg Films has featured in the top three best spots in Ad of the Month as voted for by creatives in the industry. This follows its popularity on Ad of the Week for Marklives along with the campaign becoming a conversation starter on social media. |
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 | After an incredibly busy stint, that saw Dani complete five ads back to back in a few months, her last project was a real heart and soul campaign which involved the community, whilst also helping to improve their lives. This aptly demonstrates what the NIVEA Care is Beautiful initiative is all about. Dani worked closely alongside the creatives Stuart Stobbs and Toni Hughes, from 1886, an FCB South Africa group company that brought this to life. The commercial and three documentary pieces were created all directed by Dani Hynes and produced by her team at Egg Films. |
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 | Ritesh Sanghani AHMEDABAD, INDIA: The world is moving at dynamic speed, posing numerous opportunities and challenges. Here's how to beat the heat of this competitiveness and gain an edge... read more>> |
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 | European digital marketing research firm Best Marketing International monitors almost 300 digital award competitions Worldwide... read more>> |
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 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Organisers of the prestigious World Press Photo awards have revoked a major prize after receiving "misleading information" regarding the entry, which portrayed gritty industrial Belgian town Charleroi... read more>> |
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 | New PwC survey dispels myths about women and work... read more>> |
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 | BARCELONA, SPAIN: Several big Asian phone companies launched new high-end smartphones and other wireless gizmos on Sunday, hoping to challenge US giant Apple in a big year for wireless gadgets... read more>> |
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 | Nigeria, with 125 million mobile subscribers, is not just Africa's largest mobile market. It is also home to one of the most connected and engaged mobile populations on the continent. read more>> |
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 | Arthur Goldstuck, writing in BD Live, says many global manufacturers target Africa with the same cut-and-paste products that appear on shelves the world over, but that's changing... read more>> |
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 | Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has sent condolences to the family of helicopter pilot, Hendrik Willem Marais, who died in a helicopter crash while providing aerial support against the fire in the Cape Point Nature Reserve... read more>> |
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 | Christina Watson When interventions made to raise the levels of mathematics skills and knowledge among South African learners fail to bear fruit, it's understandable that many are quick to feel that we are in a state of crisis... read more>> |
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 | Chris Barron In his state of the nation address, President Jacob Zuma said foreign land ownership was a threat to South Africa's control of its own food security and therefore foreigners would not be allowed to own land. In addition, the government would cap all land ownership at 12,000ha, he said. read more>> |
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 | Global demand for SA's arms is taking a knock, and the dwindling spending on research and development is rubbing salt into the wound... read more>> |
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 | Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and State Security Minister David Mahlobo refused to come clean about the jamming of electronic communication at President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address... read more>> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: Brand SA wants Comms Minister Faith Muthambi to pay the agency cash it says it is owed, and the SABC head of news has been charged with assault... read more>> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: The New Age newspaper has pulled out of the Press Council's ombudsman system, the council said yesterday, reports Mail & Guardian... read more>> |
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 | Madelein van der Watt South African employers must act quickly to prepare their payroll systems and processes for the new tax brackets and calculations... read more>> |
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 | Ruth Cooper The Mercedes-Benz Bokeh South African International Fashion Film Festival and conference is back after a successful debut last year... read more>> |
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Nissan has employed a nifty designer to trim some excess fat as well the many sharp edges off its likeable X-Trail to give it a much softer, more elegant urban warrior look but without sacrificing any of its bush and dirt capabilities... read more>> |
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Domestic new vehicle sales of 52,368 in February were only 584 units more than the same month last year but export sales shot up by 35.6% to 29,760 units... read more>> |
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