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 | Do you know what it takes to get hired today? Louise Marsland asked top South African recruitment specialists what employers are looking for today... read | |  | Marc Privett At the start of a new year it's always worth having a look back at the past year to get an idea of where we are and a sense of where we are going... read | |  | |  | Research conducted by Cisco in February 2015 indicated that South Africa's mobile traffic is expected to grow 11-fold by 2019. That's a lot of talent you'll be missing out on if you don't have a mobile strategy in place... read | |  | Louise Marsland Content editors, data scientists, marketing and sales managers are among the hottest jobs right now. However, jobs that are disappearing, include media workers, print workers, travel agents and flight attendants... read | |  | |  | Merle O'Brien There is a war for talent happening among multinational brands as the global divide widens in wealth, human competency, access to resources and social media literacy... read | |  | LinkedIn Talent Solutions released its 5th annual report, 'Global Recruiting Trends 2016', showing relationships at the core... read | |  | |
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 | Leigh Andrews Guy Phillipson, CEO of the IAB UK and speaker at this year's IAB Digital Summit & Bookmark Awards, explains why he's issued a call for marketers to step out of the last century, especially those that still see digital as an afterthought based on uncertainty over the measurability and impact of digital... read | |  | The IAB Digital Summit 2016 is set to demystify digital and one of this year's most anticipated speakers is serial entrepreneur, 'angel' and 'dragon' ,Vinny Lingham... read | |  | One of this year's most anticipated IAB Digital Summit speakers, Roli Okoro, director of Audience on Demand (AOD ™) for VivaKi MENA, whets your appetite for all things digital, especially the often-feared topic of programmatic ad spend... read | |  | Kevin Welman The prestigious Bookmark Awards have been presented annually for the past eight years, honouring the industry's best digital work... read | |  | Issued by IAB South Africa Ireland Davenport's executive chairman and chief creative officer, Philip Ireland, clearly knows what makes a campaign stand out in any medium, which makes him the perfect judge for the diverse submissions in this year's IAB Bookmark Awards... read | | Josephine Buys, Issued by IAB South Africa | | Issued by IAB South Africa | |
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 | Louise Marsland The evolution of Design Indaba from how design can reengineer a better world, to focussing on the human narrative and design as responsive and empathic, was the key theme at this year's festival. read |
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 | Ann Nurock The inspirational Yogita Agrawal hails from Mumbai and focuses on solving problems in emerging global communities with innovative products and sustainable technologies. She makes beautiful and meaningful objects and experiences that touch people's lives... read |
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 | Issued by Bizcommunity.com Next month on Bizcommunity we're very excited to be revealing to you the people behind some of your favourite and award-winning brands. Those unsung heroes responsible for the custodianship of brands - the brands you do business with, work for and love... read | |
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 | Jessica Taylor Johannesburg's Work Shop New Town, an innovative new retail concept, houses over 100 fashion, design and lifestyle brands in the 1911 potato sheds at Newtown Junction. "Joburg has never had such a concentrated local design destination," says Trevyn McGowan, curator of the project, "so we have curated it to be the hub for African fashion..." read | |
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 | New marketing metrics are needed for the age of informed and tech-savvy consumers, who have high expectations for personalised engagement from brands... read |
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 | Seth Whitehead When a brand or company uses our information to create relevant content for our needs, that's great. When they track our every step, it just becomes disturbing. We need to wonder at what point the line is crossed... read |
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 | Amahle Madlala With the rising trend of brands and companies using experiential campaigns as a marketing tool, it is imperative that campaigns are memorable and push boundaries. To get people talking, they have to stand out... read |
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 | Athar Naser Native advertising is on the up and up - estimates peg the value of the channel globally at $30bn and rising to nearly double that at $59bn in 2018... read |
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 | Louise Marsland Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg this month promoted Tracey Edwards from managing partner on the KFC account to deputy managing director of the agency in Johannesburg... read |
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 | Damon Stapleton I have had an interesting two weeks. I have judged two advertising award shows, one in New Zealand and the other in Australia. Some of the work wasn't very good but some of it was truly amazing... read |
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 | Chris Brewer Effective writing doesn't only apply to producing advertising copy - you and I communicate in some form or another by putting thoughts/suggestions on paper... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach The new Global Coca-Cola strategy and campaign was unveiled at the Che Argentine restaurant located in the trendy urban neighbourhood of the Maboneng precinct in Johannesburg... read |
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 | The Write Journey workshop is ideal for aspirant screenwriters who would like to sharpen their storytelling skills and is on at The Waterfront Theatre School on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 5pm on 6 and 14 March, and 10 & 17 April 10... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Take 40 workshop attendees from all walks (and works) of life. Give them an introduction to laughter yoga as an icebreaker and then tell them to 'build the customer of 2020' by giving each a box of Lego pieces... read |
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 | The Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab Business Incubator and MultiChoice are looking for student and non-student entrepreneurs, as well as communities of innovative thinkers and creators, to participate in a Media Innovation Challenge... read |
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 | Sanele Mgaga Over the past couple of years, well since I've been aware of the goings on of this here industry, I've noticed this growing trend of separating the advertising media world based on the so-called "traditional" and "new media"... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Loerie Award-winning Udesh Chetty, visual effects supervisor at The Mill, Chicago, one of the biggest post-production houses in the world... read |
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 | Priscilla Malinga The effort by Nando's to support local designers garnered it a Loerie award recently for the decor at its outlet in Soweto's Maponya Mall... read |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO - Now you can do more than just "like" something on Facebook... read |
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 | AIMEÉ SERRÃO A large proportion of social media users are made up of silent users. These silent users are often referred to as lurkers... read |
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 | Walter Pike On 3 January this year, prolific Twitter user Chris Hart went quiet. From May 2009 until then he had tweeted nearly 33,000 times. If he had been writing books instead, he would have written 2,566 pages... read |
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 | The SAFTAS have announced the nominees for 2016 and the SABC has received a multiple nominations for over 40 SABC shows and soapies... read |
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 | The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) recognises creative excellence in the out of home (OOH) medium through its OBIE awards... read |
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 | Arabic Day, at the Dubai Lynx, progresses to a full three-day programme from 6-8 March 2016 on the new Regional Stage, following its successful debut in 2015... read |
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