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Leigh Andrews What do roller derbies, feminism and food blogging have in common? The answer is purple-haired Taiwanese-South African copywriter, foodie and author, Ming-Cheau Lin, who uses her platforms to educate the industry on being mindful of multiculturalism and better reflecting 'otherness'...read |
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linda graham Have you ever considered that your LinkedIn profile (along with your password and connections) could actually belong to your company? I kid you not...read | 
Alistair Mokoena There has long been a need for the advertising industry to modernise. Now digital transformation is upon us and change is non-negotiable. At the same time, the industry is facing disruption from new entrants...read | 
Leigh Andrews When you think of Loeries Creative Week, you're likely to picture glitzy award nights and networking with industry colleagues over drinks in Durban. If you work at Joe Public United, it's more likely a picture of sweat and the satisfaction of improving SA's creative future...read |
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View gallery | |  | Jessica Tennant Atisha Gopichund is a wife, mother and businesswoman working in the interior construction sector. I asked her to let us in on the challenges she has faced working in such a male-dominated industry and for some words of advice to other women facing similar challenges in business... read | |  | Cape Town is bidding to host the 2022 Women Deliver Conference and as part of the bid, the Cape Town and the Western Cape Convention Bureau, a division of Wesgro, will be running a #WomenDeliver2022 social media campaign, sharing the journey and vision of local women during August... read | |  | Jessica Tennant Red Carpet Creative, formally known as Red Carpet Concepts, is led by MD Jade Allen. Here, she shares some of the barriers she's had to overcome in the first 10 years of business, more about the rebrand, and why she doesn't believe in glass ceilings... read | |  | Jessica Tennant TV and radio personality Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp has rejoined Jacaranda FM to present the WorkZone and provide parenting advice on her 'Baby Brunch', featured on Jacaranda FM's podcast hub... read | |  | Jessica Tennant Samantha Cowen, with over 20 years in breakfast radio, has made her comeback, joining Sasha Martinengo, John Walland and Simon Hill as of today, 1 August on Hot 91.9FM's breakfast show, weekdays from 6 to 9am... read | |  | Ruth Cooper Sandy de Bruin, former owner of Country Living SA and winner of Miss South Africa in 1980, has recently turned her attention to the opening of No. 5 On Hudson, a new art gallery in Cape Town... read | |  | Claire Cobbledick Every single day, in the English-speaking world, five new books are published on the topic of leadership. A cursory Google search for the term how to lead delivers 1.3 billion results in less than a second. Clearly, this tells us that there are a) no shortage of leadership styles in the world and b) no shortage of people in leadership positions that want to learn how to improve their leadership style... read | |  | Margaret Hirsch's rise to success has not been easy. From spending some of her childhood in foster care and working in a hairdressing salon at age 12, to being fired for being pregnant... read | | Farah Thompson Issued By The SpaceStation | | Issued By UCT Graduate School of Business | |
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 | Juanita Pienaar Cinemark Cannes Lions winners share their experiences while in Cannes, their favourite campaigns showcased during the Festival and share some valuable advice to young creatives... read | | | Latest news | Live streaming |
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 | Four WPP agencies have been appointed to Shell's eight-strong global "Creative Agency of the Future" roster... read |
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 | IDidTht's July SA Film Reel Monthly Craft Awards were judged by Molefi Thulo, creative director at Ogilvy Johannesburg, who selected Mercedes Benz Return to Chapman's Peak by Lourens van Rensburg from 7 Films for Best of Reel... read |
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 | Brendan Seery Over the years when our children were growing up, there was not a lot of money to spare, so we couldn't splash out on the toys and trinkets other parents could. Would I have liked to give them a few more bits and pieces? Yes, certainly. Do I think the lack of these made them any worse as adults? Most emphatically not... read |
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 | Grant Sithole has now taken on the full creative direction of Avatar Johannesburg and Cape Town as chief creative officer... read |
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 | The Perth Advertising and Design Club (PADC) has announced Cape Town as The Skulls 2018 judging city with King James CD Nkanyezi Masango as chair of judges... read |
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 | Amasa announces the launch of the Amasa Agency of the Year Award and calls for entries for the 2018 Amasa Awards... read |
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 | Nicholas Kuhne So, ABSA or Absa has had a long, long-awaited rebrand... read |
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 | The political alliance of BRICS nations has become a distinct global brand in its own right, research conducted by Brand South Africa shows... read |
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 | Paula Sartini It is important for marketers to take a step back and assess their brand and the story it tells its customers before determining which technology solution is the right one to meet their brand needs... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Ask Afrika MD Sarina de Beer explained at the final day of the seventh annual CEM Africa Summit why data is the current trending commodity of 2018 and what it'll take to really resonate with today's fickle social consumer. It was quite the eye-opener. Here's what you missed... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Mike Joubert, founder of the Billybo group - not to be confused with Australian surf apparel brand Billabong - spoke on the first day of CEM Africa about the link between the core emotional connection created by great storytelling, which in turn builds relevance and authenticity to the emotional drivers in the customer journey... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews In the first keynote session of the Customer Experience Management (CEM) Africa Summit 2018, Diane Magers of the CXPA explained how to build and execute a CX strategy in an ROI-driven world. Here's what you missed... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews As #WomensMonth gets underway, I chat to CCXP Julia Ahlfeldt for a sneak peek on what to expect from the Customer Experience Management (CEM) Africa 2018 Summit, kicking off today... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Diane Magers is a CCXP and CEO of the global Customer Experience Professionals' Organisation (CXPA), based in the US. This #WomensMonth, she lets us in on what to expect from the Customer Experience Management (CEM) Africa 2018 Summit, kicking off at the CTICC today... read |
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 | Danny Bryer The brand-customer relationship is a complex one; in contemporary marketing, it's developed by data analytics, and to a large degree, relationship marketing tools such as loyalty programmes. The question is, how relevant are these programmes to the local consumer? read |
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 | Wynand Smit Business-wide strategies are complex - each department operates with structured KPIs that may include boosting profitability, customer feedback ratings, or a host of other criteria - the trick is to ensure that all these departments operate in concert with each other... read |
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 | Andrew MacKenzie We will almost certainly wake up tomorrow with a new platform, feature, or app; this raises a few critical questions for advertisers and marketers: how will we keep up? Should we rush in to adopt? And how do we adapt to these new trends?... read |
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 | David Dickens As they currently stand, the draft regulations relating to the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) could significantly harm a key driver of inclusive economic growth-direct marketing... read |
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 | John Sanei The world is caught in a never-ending chase. Without even realising it, we seem always to be hurrying after something - something we can't even describe - a chase to nowhere... read |
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 | Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh shares several principles that guide his personal progress and success - whether he's leading in the swimming pool or taking on the challenges of entrepreneurship... read |
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 | Online food delivery service, Mr D Food, reached 1 million app downloads last week... read |
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 | The finalists for the 2018 Fairlady Santam Women of the Future Awards have been announced... read |
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 | Sindy Peters Celebrating Women's Month on Biz, we chatted to Keri-Leigh Paschal, executive director of Nation Builder, to find out more about the women empowerment space in SA... read |
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 | The top 10 finalists for the 2018 "Don't Stop Wondering" Award at Jozi Film Festival have been selected and viewers will get a chance to decide the final winner... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Nigerian startup Festivilia has launched its film festival distribution platform, which enables filmmakers to submit to over 500 curated film festivals... read |
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 | Gibs' Acumen magazine took home gold at the 2018 International Tabbie Awards... read |
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 | Sylvia Schutte To be in line with the current trends one has to change the way they market. You would wonder, how is pinball and marketing related? Sylvia Schutte has tips on how you may use this game's metaphor into your marketing strategy or plan... read |
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 | Johanna McDowell A seven-member panel of leading marketers met with more than 30 agencies last month at an IAS Masterclass to discuss the thorny and often misjudged, issue of collaboration among agencies for the purpose of achieving business objectives for marketers... read |
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 | Jacqueline Freer Online video is a multi-faceted marketing beast with many variables that can make a big difference. To really cut it, you must get with the programme... read |
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 | Media24 today announced the retirement of CEO Esmaré Weideman, to be succeeded by Ishmet Davidson, CEO of Media24 Print Media... read |
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 | Government is working on a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policy for the media sector in South Africa, says Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane... read |
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 | Louise Marsland Reporters Without Borders has recommended that media organisations and journalists around the world strengthen training in digital security in the face of increasing cyberviolence... read |
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 | Dominique Pienaar Businesses around the world face a similar challenge, succumb to digital transformation or face competition from companies in the same or adjacent industry, or even worse, become obsolete... read |
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 | Brian Eagar Communicating on purpose is not about changing you into an inauthentic communicator. It's about making sure that your message does not get lost in translation... read |
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 | Meltwater tracked and analysed mentions of Idols SA, season 4, in editorial and social media and found that there have been over 300 articles of the show in the South African news since the new season began on 8 July, most of which has been positive... read |
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 | The first definitive annual survey to track and analyse the key trends and issues affecting the local IT vendor, distributor and reseller channel is being conducted by The Margin magazine and ITWeb, in association with Axiz, Dell EMC and Microsoft... read |
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 | Warc has released the results of its analysis of the 169 campaigns entered into the Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lions this year... read |
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 | UK advertising spend in Q1 2018 rose 5.9% year-on-year to reach £5.7bn - the 19th consecutive quarter of market growth, according to the Advertising Association/Warc Expenditure Report data... read |
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 | According to Agency Scope South Africa 2017/2018, analysis shows that the alignment between the challenges identified for marketers and those for agencies relate to the need to have clear metrics and to be able to generate ROI... read |
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 | Cecil Ungerer In the highly competitive environment of in-store advertising, brands are contesting limited market share. Consumers have become more discerning of what they buy, owning to the availability of product information online... read |
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 | Phindile Sihlangu Social media influencers have become the darlings of the branding world and PR companies are in heated competition to woo them for their clients... read |
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 | Zubeida Goolam Through social media, one is able to more effectively and intimately interact with others, however, these digital platforms also act as disrupters to the real world, which often compete for your time and energy... read |
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 | SABC 3 has announced that it is welcoming five brand new faces to the channel as the fourth season of Presenter Search on 3 comes to an end... read |
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 | Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster Question: What do Malta and Iceland have in common besides being Game of Thrones locations? Answer: More than you think... read |
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 | The MTV Shuga drama series has launched three new 'edutainment' campaigns to target its audience and educate them regarding HIV prevention and self-testing... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews This Women's Month, we go behind the selfie with Abigail van Zyl who decided two weeks before giving birth was the perfect time to start her own company. Two years later, she's managing director and founder of remote-based agency, The Digital Thread... read |
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 | Silicon Cape launches their new Africa-first strategic membership plan to enable the accelerated inclusion of tech startups... read |
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 | South African shoppers, beset by a storm of rising prices, are making fewer trips to grocery stores and have dropped an unprecedented three grocery categories from their shopping basket... read |
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 | After months of collecting the stories of South African women at the forefront of some of the biggest impacts in the STEM sector, the #InspiringFiftySA winners have been announced... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg For a country not particularly known for success in the competitive sporting arena, Israel's high-tech prowess is helping to establish the nation as the Silicon Valley of sports tech... read |
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Sarah Fielding "The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey." Herman Melville "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." Kajol "As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them." Jourdan Dunn "Happiness is making your dreams come true." JK Rowling "Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." |
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