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Mobile moments and human-focused problem-solving

Welcome to December! We have a number of interesting reads to ease you into the month.

First up, Nirmal Nair suggests forgetting 'mobile-first' as your customer is demanding mobile-always. Nair says this is especially important as we plan for the rise of Generation Z, who is comfortable with as many as five concurrent screens, as opposed to millennials, who opt for two.

Broadening the scope, Helna Brown says we need to become more human-focused when problem-solving. Because it doesn't matter whether the problems we try to solve are business, social or environmental; all problems are connected to people. Brown offers three ways to make your problem-solving more human-centred.

I also chatted to M&C Saatchi Abel's Cape Town ECD Gordon Ray and Gauteng ECD Bridget Johnson on this year's Loeries' rankings, and they shared why they admire the King James Group.

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Becoming more human-focused in your problem-solving
Becoming more human-focused in your problem-solving

Helna Brown

I am more convinced than ever that the best problem-solvers are those who are passionate about people and keep people at the core of solutions. They have the passion for finding the best solution to enhance people's lives or the environment... Read

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Forget mobile-first, your customer is demanding mobile-always

Nirmal Nair

As smartphones reach saturation point in developing markets and make up a significant part of phone ownership in developing nations, customers are demanding an entirely different way of engaging with brands... Read

Johnson, from the M&C Saatch Abel Johannesburg office, looking forward to what next year holds.Ray, from the M&C Saatchi Cape Town office, with this year's Loerie wins.
#Loeries2016: Loeries rankings with M&C Saatchi Abel

Leigh Andrews

Just when you thought the Loeries buzz was over, the Loeries' rankings are in! I chatted to some of this year's top ranked creatives post-celebrations. Here M&C Saatchi Abel Cape Town ECD Gordon Ray and Gauteng ECD Bridget Johnson share their views... Read

BizTrends 2016
What's trending in BizTrends2017?
What's trending in BizTrends2017?

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Not only are Bizcommunity's BizTrends reports a respected resource for local and global audiences on par with leading research organisations, but they also enjoy above-average engagement... read
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Entrepreneur Month
#EntrepreneurMonth: Roger Norton's 10 lessons startups can teach corporates
#EntrepreneurMonth: Roger Norton's 10 lessons startups can teach corporates
Roger Norton believes Big Business can learn a lot from how startups think... read
Mokoena in the Goodbye Malaria store at OR Tambo airport, which features Shweshwe pyjama pants, hats and bowties as well as handmade teddies, bracelets and more...
#Behindtheselfie with... Lebohang Mokoena

Leigh Andrews

This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Lebohang Mokoena: 28-year-old entrepreneur selected in a 'Dragon's Den-style interview to spearhead Goodbye Malaria's merchandising and fundraising effort at their new pop-up stores at airports, which launched on 23 November... read
#EntrepreneurMonth: A rising star in marketing
#EntrepreneurMonth: A rising star in marketing

Beverley Klein

At the Standard Bank Tshwane Business Awards, the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award went to Lebogang Mokubela, founder of the Lemok Group... read
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No better sense of achievement than female entrepreneurship success!

Leigh Andrews

Janna Strang, director and founder of PRomote Communication, shares what it means to be a successful female entrepreneur... read
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Pouring out the power of partnerships with Cybercellar and Quicket

Leigh Andrews

Gavin Forsyth, chief marketing officer of Cybercellar, shares with us the power of collaborative partnerships... read
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Back to the drawing board on unemployment eradication

Leigh Andrews

Amien Ahmed, director of public affairs at Kantar Public SA, shares some of the top issues relating to this month's countrywide focus on entrepreneurship... read
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Marketing
inSite represents in Europe at the annual Marketing Festival

Issued by inSite Education

Top marketing automation tools for your business
Top marketing automation tools for your business

Jared Koning

Most businesses will find the idea of automating functions like sales and marketing compelling, as it helps marketers to streamline activities like lead generation, segmentation, lead nurturing and lead scoring... read
The death of marketers
The death of marketers

Edward Fisher

I was walking through my hood the other day and noticed two shops in the process of closing down. One was a Travel Agent, the other a DVD store. Both casualties of the democratisation brought respectively by the internet... read
Seven reasons why CMOs should be committing to an innovation budget
Seven reasons why CMOs should be committing to an innovation budget

Johan Walters

CMOs are always looking for new ways to differentiate their brands. Newer technologies such as AR and VR offer huge opportunity to position a brand... read
Advertising
Innovative business development, enhancement moves from FCB Cape Town

Issued by FCB Africa

Programmatic advertising: the marriage of creativity with technology
Programmatic advertising: the marriage of creativity with technology

Pasqua Heard

South African advertisers need to get on board with creating relevant messages for mobile users, lest they get left behind, as the days of desktop only advertising are over... read
The best car adverts of 2016

Issued by LotteryResults.co.za

Fawlty Towers and the art of prediction
Fawlty Towers and the art of prediction

Damon Stapleton

The legendary comedian John Cleese is being interviewed on the radio. He is explaining how arguably the most successful television series, Fawlty Towers, was liked by very few when it began in 1975. In fact, when the Daily Mirror reviewed the show the headline read "Long John Short on Jokes..." read
M&C Saatchi Abel CT takes Santa 'jolling' in a fun and festive Jozi

Issued by M&C Saatchi Abel

Student of the Year: Carina Bonse wins AdFocus

Issued by Red & Yellow

The state of native advertising in SA - participation vs interruption

Alex Spagnoletti, Issued by The Newsroom

Branding
Boomtown appointed to launch the Jeffreys Bay Craft Brewery brand

Issued by Boomtown

123RF
Maximising consumer engagement in a brand-push war zone

Claudelle Naidoo

The age of using consumer touchpoint data to define targeting strategies is almost becoming defunct. In fact, many insights specialists would argue that we are still thinking in siloes based on this behaviour... read
Five business branding mistakes to avoid
Five business branding mistakes to avoid

Charles Mburugu

How you go about branding has the potential to either make or break your business. Here are some of the common mistakes you need to avoid at all costs... read
CSI
Publicis Machine team raises R60,000 to help top learners graduate

Issued by Publicis Machine

KZN raises more than R1m for the province's most destitute children

Issued by East Coast Radio

Zinto spreads a message of hope to young inmates on World Aids Day

Issued by Zinto Activation Group

Design
Design thinking for youngsters is essential for innovation
Design thinking for youngsters is essential for innovation
Breaking away from a traditional learn-memorise-test approach to education, design thinking is paving the way for inspiring 'out-of-the-box' thinking amongst youngsters... read
Digital
Professional email marketing software for banks and insurance companies

Issued by LOW FAT

123RF
Mobile has friends in all the right places

Herman Cremer

Now that South Africa has become the 17th international market to feature its very own edition of the current global media superstar - the Huffington Post... read
123RF
Content is still king in a hand-held world

Simon Wilkes

The landscape for publishers is shifting on a weekly basis and staying on top of developments is a near full-time job. Whether that's checking the impact of a Facebook newsfeed algorithm change... read
Digital marketing in the Middle East: The trends that matter

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

TMI and Quinton Jones launch new venture

Issued by TMI

Education
Zenzele formalises the brand activation sector with new SETA-accredited course

Issued by Zinto Activation Group

Entrepreneurship
EY Southern Africa World Entrepreneur Award announces winners
EY Southern Africa World Entrepreneur Award announces winners
The EY Southern Africa World Entrepreneur Award announced its winner this week in Johannesburg. Super Group's CEO, Peter Mountford was awarded EY Southern Africa World Entrepreneur Award for 2016... read
The Creative Counsel founders announced as exceptional entrepreneurs
The Creative Counsel founders announced as exceptional entrepreneurs
The Creative Counsel (TCC) founders and group co-CEOs, Ran Neu-Ner and Gil Oved, were announced as the winners of the Exceptional category at the EY Southern Africa World Entrepreneur Awards 2016... read
Events & Conferencing
Quality control in events management

Beaulah du Toit, Issued by Litha Communications

Standard Bank and Topco Media invite top women to the table

Issued by Topco Media

Exhibitions
Entries for the EXSA-llence Awards are open

Issued by EXSA

Make your space your living dream

Issued by Reed Exhibitions

An innovative WTM Africa 2017 promises to be extraordinary!

Issued by Reed Exhibitions

Media
Organisers of World Media Awards seek entries from across the Middle East and Africa
Organisers of World Media Awards seek entries from across the Middle East and Africa
The World Media Awards are open for entries and the organisers are seeking entries from across the Middle East and Africa. The closing date for entries is Thursday 16 February 2017... read
Mobile
Forget searching - chatbots take information to people on World AIDS Day

Issued by AAM - Always Active Mobile

Online Media
Clover visitor's booking site live!

Issued by Bluegrass Digital

Channel24 photographer bags gold at Arts Journalism Awards

Issued by 24.com

Huffington Post to empower communities
Huffington Post to empower communities

Danette Breitenbach

The 17th edition of the Huffington Post launched this weekend in South Africa. At the launch event in Sandton at Katy's Palace Bar, chief executive officer of The Huffington Post, Jared Grusd... read
PR & Communications
123RF
Stay on top of the communications game in 2017

Jennifer Stein

To say that this year has been an interesting one is an understatement. No-one could have predicted the effect on the news cycle of the combination of local news with content that couldn't be made up... read
Printing
Canon introduces a new 4-in-1 refillable ink tank printer: the PIXMA G4400

Issued by Canon SA

Production
Leigh Ogilvie's ABSA MegaU 'Free' commercial gets seven nominations at the 2016 Midas Awards

Issued by Velocity Films

Radio
OFM turning up the volume this summer

Issued by OFM Radio

Jenny Morris a.k.a. the Giggling Gourmet joins Heart FM Talent Management

Issued by Heart FM

Recruitment
South Africa's latest salary trends revealed

Issued by CareerJunction

Research
Insights2020: Connecting the dots

Nicki Cunliffe & Olivia Barlow, Issued by Kantar Millward Brown

Current financial issues of the low- to mid-income groups

Issued by Foshizi

Sales
Promoted content
It's easier to keep up than to catch up

Daniel Bruwer, Issued by Honeybee

Social Media
Secure the social media accounts of your business

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

TV
Harish Goyal, CEO of Zee Entertainment Africa
The A to Z of Zee TV with CEO Harish Goyal

Leigh Andrews

Harish Goyal, CEO of Zee Entertainment Africa, shares the brand's broadcast success on the continent, explaining that marketing and programming work hand-in-hand as one can't survive without the other... read
International
INMA World Congress of News Media in New York in May 2017
INMA World Congress of News Media in New York in May 2017
From 21-23 May 2017, the International News Media Association (INMA) will host its 87th Annual World Congress of News Media in New York, bringing together 400+ executives from the top news media companies... read
Netflix launches offline viewing, matching Amazon
Netflix launches offline viewing, matching Amazon
Netflix said Wednesday it would allow offline viewing of streamed videos, a feature long sought by users who want to watch on a plane or to avoid data-connection charges... read
More International
Food food
Local tuna yukhoe. © Grande Provence.
Sampling Grande Provence's sensational sensory summer lunch 2016

Leigh Andrews

"Sensational: Adjective with two popular meanings. 1: Of or relating to sensation or the senses. 2: Arousing a quick, intense interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction."... read
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Business
Ion Chiosea © -
#Influencerchange: Crucial moments and vital behaviours

Leigh Andrews

The majority of businesses today would say they're customer-centric, or at least that 'the customer comes first'. But HumanEdge's Influencer: Power to change workshop warns that many of us forget the most important customers of all - our own employees, who can quickly identify a flaw in our processes before it snowballs through a bad customer experience... read
Multimedia
Episode 41: Looking Within with Batsirai Madzonga
Episode 41: Looking Within with Batsirai Madzonga
Batsirai Madzonga, Associate Creative Director @ Aqua, talks to us about how it is critical for creatives to get inspiration from their local contexts. He shares with us how the African context has inspired creatives across multiple disciplines including fashion, design, art and marketing. An important and intelligent discussion. - View/Rate
With or Without Sugar Episode 5: Angel Jones
With or Without Sugar Episode 5: Angel Jones
'Brand South Africa - undoubtedly a brand in crisis. What would you be doing to return the equity it deserves? Giles Shepherd of the Brand Alive Group chats to Angel Jones of Homecoming Revolution in the latest episode of With or Without Sugar, exploring the dichotomy of an organisation designed to persuade South Africans living abroad to return to a country with some pretty weighty issues.' - View/Rate
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  • Spark Media makes several new appointments - more info
  • Henner appointed as Hi-Fly GM - more info

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PRISA - 30 Jan 2017 to 31 Jan 2017, Randburg, Johannesburg


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