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| Juanita Pienaar The 2017 Prism Awards took place at a ceremony at The Park House of Events on 6 May 2017 and I chatted to some of the gold winners... read |
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| Lions Innovation has released its programme of live tech demonstrations, immersive performances and the latest innovations in voice tech, bots, AI, IoT, AR and mixed realities... read |
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| Vivendi has been announced as Lions Entertainment main sponsor, while the full Lions Entertainment programme is also announced... read |
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| The Cannes Lions' ‘See It Be It programme' has named 15 female future creative leaders who will attend as special guests of the festival... read |
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| Juanita Pienaar Amri Botha and Carina Coetzee from advertising agency, ninety9cents were announced as the SA winners of Ster-Kinekor Cinemark 48-hour Cannes Young Lions competition... read |
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| Danette Breitenbach The annual Travel Indaba has re-branded to Africa's Travel Indaba, reflecting its evolution from a locally-orientated event to one that is representative of the African continent... read | |
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| Leigh Andrews I spoke to some of the people responsible for SA's recent One Show-winning work, behind the scenes. Next up is Adam Howard, owner of Howard Audio... read |
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| Leigh Andrews I spoke to some of the people responsible for SA's recent One Show-winning work, behind the scenes. First up is Dan Mace of Egg Films. read |
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| NEWSWATCH: Allan Gray has let go of ad agency, Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town, effective 31 July, and is in the process of appointing a new agency to manage the account... read |
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| The annual Apex Awards, hosted by the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), has announced its jury for the 2017 awards... read |
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| Truecaller, one of the leading communication platforms in the world, starts rolling out its ad platform for brands in Africa... read |
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| Tanzanian-based agency, Aggrey & Clifford, has been recognised as one of the world's leading independent agencies... read |
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| Agencies shine at African Cristal Festival 2017, held over the weekend, with Ogilvy Africa named Best Agency on the continent... read |
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| My aunt used to say, years ago when my children were small, that I would wish I could “just put a brick on top of them to stop them growing”...meaning that your kids become adults in the blink of an eye - and then you wish you had paid more attention when they were cute... read |
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| Leigh Andrews You may have already encountered WebAfrica's extended pre-roll YouTube ad. In total, it's 2 minutes 47 seconds of, well, skipping, but not in the way you usually associate ‘skipping' with ‘YouTube ads'... read |
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| Nas Hoosen What's it like as a person of colour working in the ad industry? Ad industry freelancer Nas Hoosen unpacks the dilemma... read |
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| Sindy Peters The ever-vibrant and inspirational brand and reputation expert Thebe Ikalafeng delivered one of the keynote talks at the recently concluded 2017 African Utility Week... read |
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| The favourite brands in South African townships have been revealed and Coca-Cola tops the list for a second time in a row... read |
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| Cas Dreijer South Africa tends to fall into the same style of activations - especially when looking at emerging markets... read |
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| A unique new visual identity was created for new African financial brand, Arise, by Brand Union... read |
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| Leigh Andrews Virtual chatbots are becoming commonplace in the B2B marketing sector as well as for general online consumer shopping. Here's what else to expect from the AI retail startup boom as it turns customer journey on its head... read |
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| Dave Nemeth I have been asked to give my feedback on whether or not cold calling is dead and my answer is quite simply, NO... read |
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| According to Trialogue director Cathy Duff, despite uncertainty and tougher trading conditions in almost every sector of the economy, corporate South Africa continues to demonstrate its commitment to corporate social investment (CSI)... read |
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| Businesses that contribute to socioeconomic development can dramatically outperform their competitors which turn a blind eye to sustainability as a driver of business growth... read |
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| NEW CAMPAIGN: Surf Washing Power and Liquorice have just launched a digital billboard activation showcasing the CVs of real-life women to help them launch their careers... read |
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| Juanita Pienaar Speakers at the CMO2020 event debated the role and relevance of marketers in a data-driven, technological world, leading up to 2020... read |
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| Matt Brown The death of a business is not like a car crash and as sudden as many tend to presume, but disasters do happen whether you are prepared for them or not... read |
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| The organisers of the National Arts Festival took to the streets to find out how they could improve dwindling attendance numbers... read |
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| Michael Ritchie, MD and executive producer at Revolver/Will O'Rourke will head up the LIA Production & Post-Production and Music Video jury... read |
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| All entries are open for the annual Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards and will close on Monday, 19 June 2017... read |
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| The names of the Top 10 entries in all categories for the FCJ Excellence Awards 2016 that will be held on Friday, 23 June 2017, have been announced... read |
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| SACO will enable South African festival and event organisers to track the economic impact of their events by launching the online South African Festival Economic Impact Calculator... read |
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| The inaugural ‘Women In News (Win) Summit' will be held in Durban from 7-9 June 2017, and will host more than 200 leading editors and journalists from around the world... read |
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| Leigh Andrews Calling all foodies! Fiera Milano Exhibitions Africa held the media launch for the Good Food & Wine Show (GFWS) 2017 at the Pavillion of the Table Bay Hotel last week, and it was a treat for the senses.... read |
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| Lauren Hartzenberg Stakeholders forming part of the broader shopping centre and retail industries are gathering at The Maslow Hotel in Sandton today for the SACSC Research Conference... read |
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| Juanita Pienaar The 2017 Prism Awards took place at a ceremony at The Park House of Events on 6 May 2017 and I chatted to some of the gold winners... read |
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| The 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards has announced shortlisted books for the Barry Ronge Prize (fiction) and the Alan Paton Award (non-fiction) and the winners will be announced on Wednesday, 24 June... read |
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| Leigh Andrews One of the stands at the recent Rand Easter Show gave an easy-to-absorb timeline history of the Castle of Good Hope. Khethi Ngwenya, managing director of SchoolMedia, explains how and why they brought the idea to life... read |
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| Maarten Mittner The JSE opened flat on Friday, despite Naspers rocketing to new heights, with miners retreating as the rand regained some lost ground after tumbling on Thursday... read |
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| Leigh Andrews ‘Fake news' was a hot topic at the annual Samra conference held last week. I chatted to CEO Leonie Vorster about the importance of future-proofing decision-making as part of an overarching marketing strategy, especially in the current media climate of fake news... read |
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| Leigh Andrews This week we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with James Wilson, general manager and VP of WE South Africa... read |
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| Leigh Andrews I spoke to some of the people responsible for SA's recent One Show-winning work, behind the scenes. First up is Louis Enslin of Produce Sound. read |
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| Robert Laing Radio station owner African Media Entertainment (AME) is offering to buy financial news service Moneyweb for about R28m... read |
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| Leigh Andrews Kantar TNS presented research titled: ‘Throwing bones and singing praise songs, drawing inspiration from African culture to develop locally relevant projective techniques'. read |
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| Leigh Andrews In the second punch presentation of the day, Kate Niemöller of IQ Business spoke eloquently on the topic of fact-phobia vs credible data: The war between truth and propaganda in one of the most interesting sessions of the first day of Samra's 2017 conference... read |
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| Leigh Andrews The research industry was 'the man' over the last 70 years. Now, it is lying on its death bed. Do you have the courage to resuscitate it? Bérengère Parouty and Heather Tluczek of Kantar TNS unpacked this topic in a research paper presentation at Samra 2017 on how market research agencies will remain relevant in the future: Through symbiosis, evolution or extinction... read |
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| Leigh Andrews Elna Pretorius, co-founder of Columinate touched on the topics of memes and how to make marketing research sexy again... read |
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| Leigh Andrews The 38th Samra conference got underway with a strong focus on the value of marketing research and whether we should perhaps reframe it as an insights industry... read |
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| Leigh Andrews I caught up with Samra CEO Leonie Vorster ahead of their annual conference this week for a few pre-event research insights into the importance of this year's theme: Future-proof decision-making, where research becomes breaking news - presenting tomorrow, today. read |
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| After receiving massive support from the Marketing Association of SA and the Advertising Forum, the new research initiative, Marketing Research Foundation (MRF) will replace Amps... read |
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| Lauren Hartzenberg Millennials have exceptional trendsetting power and businesses are competing to capture their attention and a share of their wallets... read |
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| Following the announcement of a partnership between Shield and the Chelsea Football Club, Shield has set out to find South Africa's best aspiring soccer star... read |
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| Leigh Andrews Playmakers CEO Richard Dunn talks us through their Clio Sports Award win in the 'Partnerships, Sponsorships & Endorsements category' and more as the first SA agency honoured with this win... read |
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| A new video streaming service has launched in South Africa, with intentions to roll out throughout the African continent... read |
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| Showmax has signed a deal with Play, a Polish mobile operator with more than 14m subscribers, allowing complimentary access to all existing and new Play contract customers... read |
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| Jessica Tennant Catherine Bothma, MD of HDI Youth Marketeers, presented attendees at the Sunday Times Generation Next Youth Marketing Conference on Thursday, 11 May, with the key findings from this year's study... read |
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| PARIS, France: France's data protection agency said Tuesday it had fined Facebook for collecting information on users without their knowledge, following a probe of the social network in cooperation with other European regulators... read |
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| SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter shares gained Tuesday on word that co-founder Biz Stone was returning to the social network after six years away... read |
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| NEW YORK - Championed by conservatives as a visionary, reviled by liberals as a menace, Fox News founder Roger Ailes re-shaped US television news and helped to craft a conservative populism that ultimately gave rise to Donald Trump... read |
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| BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Thursday fined US social media giant Facebook 110 million euros ($120 million) for providing incorrect and misleading information on its takeover of WhatsApp... read |
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| Following on our very exciting Bookmark award, a Silver pixel in the category Streaming Services, Dan and Esther discuss the development of the podcast, the journey so far and lessons learned along the way. - View/Rate |
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