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Danette Breitenbach PwC's 21st Annual Global CEO Survey was recently released locally, following its global release in Davos at the World Economic Forum (WEF), with an emphasis on South Africa...read |
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The ACA has announced that the 2018 Apex Awards is calling for entries from all South African agencies and their respective clients...read | 
Leigh Andrews What better way to creatively ease into the working year than with a reminder of some of last year's top contenders at the Loeries? We continue the local insights with Produce Sound...read | 
Jessica Tennant Omo's latest campaign, 'Dirt Is Good', is based on the premise that with Omo Auto, just a quick wash can remove the toughest stains, meaning 'less time washing, more time living'... a life full of play and active, shared experiences with your family and friends. Importantly, this message is not being directed at particular genders...read | 
Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster Because of my public relations background, I flagged a recent story in The Business Observer headed 'A great PR opportunity for the city and for Malta'. Of course, it was about the Valletta European Capital of Culture 2018 (V18) which just launched here this past weekend...read |
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 | Lebo Madiba There is real concern at both business and individual level about how rapidly the digital technology environment is changing... read | |  | Laura Owings Rawden Marketing is all about crafting the right message for your audience. And since the dawn of the Mad Men age, there's been no limit to how we do that - until now... read | |  | Samantha Wright Influencer. The dirty word of 2017. It's interesting how the landscape shifts so quickly and in such a short period of time... read | |  | Gabbi Brondani The way PR is practiced and implemented has changed drastically in the past few years. The same goes for how brands communicate with their consumers... read | |  | Gia Nicolaides If you heard the news today, it's because you chose to. It doesn't mean that you and I have consumed the same news and even if we have, the information and our level of engagement may be different... read | |  | Ryan Williams Developments will accelerate or land in the next 12 months, include brand equity, ad blocking, digital growth, big data and growing businesses... read | |  | Mimi Kalinda Africa is at an interesting and exciting crossroads in its history. The predicted ease with which globalisation would be adopted is being questioned and nationalism is rising. Yet the continent is becoming an economic, political and cultural melting pot. It is inevitable if Africa is going to truly rise... read | |  | Karabo Denalane New agency models, with creativity at the core, but more agile and flexible and inclusive of a variety of talent, will ensure a creative renaissance... read | |  | Lynette Hundermark Before we can start talking about any trends, marketers need to be aware of the fact that mobile starts with an understanding of how fiercely personal this device is, it has become more of an appendage than a device... read | |  | Caroline Currie How many times do you go to the shop for only one item and land up buying a number of products? The in-store experience is a valuable opportunity for retailers to build brand loyalty... read | |  | Marc du Plessis The increasing importance of location strategy as a key standalone element of any marketer's brand plans... read | |  | Peter Langschmidt The future of research and particularly media research, will be data fusion as opposed to the traditional single source... read | |  | Barry Louzada E-sports in the last two years has exploded onto the South African scene with not much in the way of any sort of understanding of how to get involved. The biggest question is, where is this going to go in 2018 and onwards? read | |  | Natalie Pool If nothing else, Twitter has long since been defined by its ruthless 140-character count. It forced us to choose our words carefully. It challenged us to get the point. It reimagined short stories. It captivated our diminishing attention spans in a way that Facebook, TV, teachers and even news bulletins couldn't... read | |  | Colin Thornton As more of our devices become synced and begin to communicate with each other, connectivity will soon take on an entirely new meaning... read | |  | Paula Raubenheimer The recent advances in data analytics and machine learning will see a huge shift in how we use data in 2018... read | |
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 | Qingqile 'Wingwing' Mdlulwa For ad campaigns to be culturally relevant, agencies must reflect our society... read |
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 | Gillian Rightford With so many incredible tributes to honour Bob Rightford's life and contribution to the ad industry. I thought I'd reshare my blog post titled: "10 Lessons for agencies a marketers, from three ad veterans". It talks to his values, passions, and how he became the legend he was... read |
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 | Brendan Seery First for Women has always been a company focused on its product - providing insurance packages tailored especially for women. This acknowledges that there are gender differences when it comes to underwriting risks. Some men might not like that, but it is the reality: Men are more of a risk, when it comes to insurance, because, generally, they are less cautious than women... read |
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 | Bob Rightford, a local advertising legend and one of Red & Yellow School's founding fathers, has passed away... read |
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 | Mike Saunders Establishing your narrative is important because it becomes the lens that you view success through, it directs and guides almost all the decisions you make as you develop your personal brand... read |
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 | The decision, made during Paarl Wine Route's annual general meeting, will see a unified destination offering as one brand - Paarl Wine Valley... read |
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 | James Kaiser How can you effectively form strong and meaningful relationships with your customers? The answer lies in your CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system... read |
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 | The South African Cultural Observatory has made a last call for abstract and panel discussion submissions for its third International Conference, to be held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium this March... read |
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Tyler Greer Issued By Exponential |
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 | Bradley Elliott As digital agencies and consultancies seek to gain distinction over competitors, five trends will drive the development of digital in 2018... read |
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 | Dirk Visser Dirk Visser uses the paradox of the Grand Hotel to help make the concept of infinity more relatable and explains how it relates to the world of digital marketing... read |
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 | Peter Sinclair Peter Sinclair writes about the current landscape for Communications Service Providers (CSP's), the challenges and ways to overcome these challenges in order to stay competitive... read |
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 | Along with Red & Yellow's recent repositioning as a Creative School of Business, a limited number of bursary opportunities has just been released for all 2018 programmes... read |
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 | Tom Jackson There is much debate amongst entrepreneurs, investors and other stakeholders as to what African startup ecosystem is "biggest" or "best", and why. read |
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 | The new facility is set to strengthen Cape Town's reputation as a global business events destination and marks significant progress in the CTICC's strategy of becoming one of the top ten long-haul convention centre's in the world... read |
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 | South African film Revolting Rhymes was nominated for an Oscar in the category, Best Animated Short Film, at this year's awards... read |
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 | Local film, Ellen, Die Storie Van Ellen Pakkies, has been selected to be screened at the Rotterdam International Film Festival on 27 January 2018... read |
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 | Producer Anant Singh has announced that Museo, co-produced with Mexico's Panorama Global, will have its world premiere at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival... read |
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 | South African film Five Fingers for Marseilles has been receiving rave reviews at festivals around the world... read |
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 | Hlumelo Ndoni Hlumelo Ndoni answers the questions, what is digital influencer marketing and how can we work with digital influencers?... read |
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 | Lee Naik Many would say that in this age of exponential technology acceleration, a start-of-the-year tech trends report is rapidly becoming an exercise in futility. But don't believe them... read |
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 | The market research company, Euromonitor International revealed the top 10 global consumer trends for 2018... read |
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 | One of Namibia's top tourism brands, The Gondwana Collection, has achieved global fame for trolling Trump's missteps on Africa... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Google recently announced its appointment of Mzamo Masito as chief marketing officer for sub-Saharan Africa... read |
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 | Two new categories have been added to the fifth annual African Utility Week Industry Awards to honour excellence in energy or water journalism, as well as digitally advanced utilities... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Media freedom is a right of all South Africans and not a limited mandate of editors and journalists... read |
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 | Mike Laws Mike Laws touch on how voice and text-based mobile communication have alternated in popularity throughout the history of GSM cellular and the implications for marketers... read |
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 | Issued By Bizcommunity.com Find out how to invest in your company's presence on the biggest multi-industry B2B news website in Africa and attract more interest from 328,000 decision-maker audiences across 18 industry sectors... read |
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 | Lunice Johnston 2018 started off with a social media outcry from netizens and consumers around the world who were offended by a blatantly racist advert produced by Swedish clothing giant H&M... read |
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 | Thandukwazi Gcabashe In the wake of the H&M debacle, Thandukwazi Gcabashe comments on the critical role PR plays in making sure marketing campaigns have gone through a reputational lens before being launched... read |
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 | Twelve months ago, it looked as though 2017 was going to be a tough year for print and publishing company Novus... read |
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Faye George and Bronwen Davison Issued By Ad Talent |
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 | The Next Einstein Forum has launched a survey that hopes to measure the existing gender gap in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) education and research in Africa... read |
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 | Jainita Khatri As smart technology enters our homes, cars, work and leisure time, marketers have the opportunity to innovate and reach potential customers via ever-expanding touch points... read |
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 | LOS ANGELES, USA: It won't put a smile on her notoriously pouty face but Grumpy Cat, the feline who became an internet meme and a hugely lucrative brand, has just won $710,000 in court... read |
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 | Andy Walker Not content with just feeding you awkward revelations you wish your family had kept to themselves, Facebook now wants to toy with your time. Literally... read |
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 | Hadlee Simons From multiple account support to Stories, Instagram's team has been hard at work over the years. In saying so, there is one big feature they haven't implemented yet - and I'm not talking about the return of a chronological timeline... read |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook announced it will ask its two billion users to rank their trust in news sources, in its latest attempt to combat the spread of misinformation on the social network... read |
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 | Joseph Neusu Facebook's new newsfeed can mean trouble for brands. Here's what to do to win in the post-news feed update framework... read |
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 | Julia Breakey Former South African soccer player Mark Fish became the laughing stock of the web this week when he tweeted about jazz legend Hugh Masekela's passing on Tuesday... read |
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 | Zimbabwe-raised teen is the talk of The Voice UK, along with his dancing granma who owned social media after the performance of Donel Mangena... read |
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 | Jerry Mpufane Jerry Mpufane shares his thoughts on why the digital industry must embrace its role in the broader society by producing purposeful work that helps grow brands and solves society's problems... read | |
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 | Leigh Andrews This week, we go behind the selfie with technophile Odette van der Haar, CEO at the ACA (Association for Communication and Advertising)... read |
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 | The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the names of the first 2018 jury presidents... read |
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 | The One Club for Creativity has announced the launch of The One Show Mobile-First Video Advertising category, sponsored by Facebook... read |
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 | BEIJING, China - Chinese authorities have ordered a major social media platform to curb "harmful content" more effectively as they intensify oversight of online expression -- even taking aim at rap music, crude cartoons, dirty jokes and celebrity gossip... read |
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 | LONDON, UK - Sky, the pan-European TV giant, announced Thursday a 40-percent increase in first-half net profit on higher revenues, while awaiting a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox... read |
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 | LONDON, UK: Britain's competition regulator provisionally ruled Tuesday that a planned takeover of pan-European satellite TV giant Sky by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment group was "not in the public interest"... read |
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 | PARIS - British model Amena Khan, who had been chosen by L'Oreal to appear in an advertising campaign in Britain, has pulled out over accusations she made anti-Israeli comments in a series of old tweets... read |
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 | Global adspend growth to accelerate to +4.7% in 2018, reaching a total of $572bn... read |
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