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Top company and news stories 25 September 2018

  • September means #BizTrends2019 contributions: Mail us on marketingnews@bizcommunity.com; Subject: #BizTrends2019; Final deadline: 1 November!
  • #PwCOutlook: Africa's entertainment, media industry is experiencing Convergence 3.0
  • Nando's responds to that fake 'azishe' poster
  • Meet the 30% Club's Gender Mainstreaming Award winners
  • I question: multiple choices for MultiChoice after Naspers' unbundling, or going the way of the dinosaur
  • I report back from Spark Media's event on the role of memory and media in converting consumers
  • In #FairnessFirst, I explain how females can future-proof their careers
  • Jessica Tennant interviews 2018 Sanlam Handmade Contemporary Fair curator Cassandra Twala
  • Tennant also talks to #Newsmaker Kia Johnson on joining Smile 90.4FM
  • Danette Breitenbach reports back from SingularityU's press conference on future-proofing Africa
  • Contributor Nicholas Kuhne writes about the recent Uber rebrand
  • Contributor Lynette Hundernark shares tips for customer engagement on mobile
  • Contributor Keenan Bouwer explains presentations: the marketing factor
  • Contributor Elena Protulis writes on dark social and the abyss
  • In #Orchidsand Onions, Brendan Seery says Nike's Caster Semenya ad just does it
  • I also go #BehindtheSelfie with SA export Damon Stapleton, now CCO at DDB New Zealand.

    Leigh Andrews
    Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA


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  • Today's the day...

    MICK SHEPARD AND NICK LIATOS

    How many brands sent out 'Happy Heritage Day' messages yesterday and what were they hoping to achieve by doing so?... read
    #FairnessFirst: Females, here's how to future-proof your career...

    LEIGH ANDREWS

    In light of the annual WEF Gender Gap Report, Ayanda Seboni, group executive of brand, marketing and communications at PPS, shares ways for females to stay relevant and effectively future-proof their careers...read
    Presentations: The marketing factor

    KEENAN BOUWER

    Have you ever sat in a presentation or pitch wishing it would be over? The answer that I believe 99.9% of people will reply with is a resounding YES...read
    How to future-proof Africa

    DANETTE BREITENBACH

    Solutions to problems often require a change in behaviour, which in turn leads to other inventions. The result is a wheel that is spinning faster and faster, and one that is creating anxiety - more recently about jobs...read
    IAB Digital Summit & Bookmarks
    Are you creating digital excellence? Enter the 2019 IAB SA Bookmark Awards
    Advertising
    Nando's responds to that fake 'azishe' poster
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    iDidTht.com Craft Awards August 2018: A larger than life story, a giant of a man
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    #OrchidsandOnions: Nike's Caster Semenya ad just does it

    BRENDAN SEERY

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    The biggest lessons brands can learn from music artists

    SIPHIWE MPETA

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    Clan names on beer cans are not disrespectful, rules ASA
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    The mega-combo: Ster-Kinekor Theatres, Decimal and other sweet treats

    ISSUED BY DECIMAL AGENCY

    New York Festivals 2019 AME Awards is now open for entry
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    Branding
    Uber is the Uber of Uber

    NICHOLAS KUHNE

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    CRM, CX, UX
    Chatbots are the future of customer communications

    BRENT HAUMANN

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    Gartner reveals customer experience myths
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    Progressive companies should turn CX into a competitive advantage

    CHANTEL TROSKIE

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    Blind SA launches R1m fundraising campaign to #GiveWordsWings
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    Ask Afrika Orange Index to rank 168 companies
    CSI
    Gender Mainstreaming Awards: Winners announced
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    Hot 91.9FM and Future City Fourways launch Hot Squad in Johannesburg North

    ISSUED BY HOT 91.9FM

    Design
    One Club, Collins team up for Hero's Journey campaign
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    Digital
    New leadership for Joe Public 2.0

    ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC UNITED

    Report unveils predictions for the future of multi-cloud
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    Building a business while fighting breast cancer

    GEORGE WYNGAARDT

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    #GartnerSYM: The culture of enterprise and people

    EVAN-LEE COURIE

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    Top 10 tips on how to make your website more SEO friendly

    ERENS TLOBORO

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    Don't talk to me, talk to my chatbot

    BELINDA KAYTON

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    #GartnerSYM: The next phase of digital transformation

    EVAN-LEE COURIE

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    Accenture Interactive to launch new design, innovation studio in Johannesburg
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    Direct Marketing
    The state of email marketing two months after GDPR

    LOUISE ROBINSON

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    Assegai Awards 2018 - One week to deadline

    ISSUED BY DMASA

    Education
    Loeries scholarship for study in brand communication now open

    ISSUED BY LOERIES

    Degrees of success: Why you need to consider studying further

    ISSUED BY VEGA SCHOOL

    2019 applications open - BA Honours in Visual Communication

    ISSUED BY STELLENBOSCH ACADEMY OF DESIGN & PHOTOGRAPHY

    Entrepreneurship
    Second Box Shop opens in Midrand

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    Events & Conferencing
    Gallagher has a new Chief Executive Officer

    ISSUED BY GALLAGHER CONVENTION CENTRE

    Sizzling braai packages

    ISSUED BY GALLAGHER CONVENTION CENTRE

    Tiger Brands and world-famous artist come together for Heritage Day celebrations

    ISSUED BY BULLION PR & COMMUNICATION

    #VisaGetCloser to DStv Delicious 2018

    ISSUED BY ARC SA

    Planning a fundraiser: What you need to know

    ISSUED BY WORX GROUP

    Understanding event return on investment (ROI)

    ISSUED BY WORX GROUP

    Exhibitions
    Pretoria HOMEMAKERS Expo - Kitchen Theatre

    ISSUED BY HOMEMAKERS

    Cassandra Twala on this year's Sanlam Handmade Contemporary Fair

    JESSICA TENNANT

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    Bulletproof Marriage offers wisdom, guidance and counselling at The Wedding Expo at Carnival City

    ISSUED BY UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

    Film & Cinematography
    61 short films to show at CTIFMF
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    Disney honours 90 years of Mickey Mouse with local festivities

    ISSUED BY DISNEY AFRICA MEDIA SALES AND PARTNERSHIPS

    Magazines
    Tickets now available for 2018 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards
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    Salesforce founder Marc Benioff acquires Time magazine
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    New Media publication (VISI) wins global design award

    ISSUED BY NEW MEDIA

    Marketing
    New initiative connects 100% black-owned agencies with corporate clients
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    Top 5 reasons why South Africans make memorable marketing: #HeritageDay

    SHEILA MCGILLIVRAY

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    #MarketingFridays: Are journalists the new marketing superstars?
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    Media
    Red Cherry Interactive places top 3 for the 2018 MOST Awards

    ISSUED BY RED CHERRY INTERACTIVE

    Media classification guidelines to protect artists, public
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    Mokonyane opposed to SABC retrenchments
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    Call for entries for African Digital Media Awards
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    Primedia Broadcasting wins Media Owner of the Year Radio Award

    ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING

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    Emirates expands on inflight entertainment, launches food and wine channel
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    Free course: Working towards a free, independent African media
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    'Stellenbosch mafia' controls white, Indian journalists, according to Malema
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    Infinity Media Networks must reinstate employees, rules labour court
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    CCMA rules in favour of SABC, Hlaudi Motsoeneng will not be reinstated
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    Mobile
    6 top tips for effective customer engagement on mobile

    LYNETTE HUNDERMARK

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    Newspapers
    Finalists revealed for Sunday Times Lifestyle Gin Awards
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    The Citizen journalist awarded at Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards

    ISSUED BY THE CITIZEN

    OOH
    American Express books Cape Town International Airport underpass site with Oasis Media

    ISSUED BY OASIS DIGITAL NETWORKS

    Alliance Media a big winner at the MOST Awards 2018

    ISSUED BY ALLIANCE MEDIA

    Tractor Outdoor rolls out largest Western Cape digital sign

    ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR

    Toyota SA, FCB Joburg create beaded billboard as Corolla love letter

    ISSUED BY FCB AFRICA

    Dior and Primedia Outdoor spread JOY in Cape Town and Johannesburg

    ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA OUTDOOR

    PR & Communications
    Celebrity Services Africa Global picks up Telly Award
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    CCMA rules in favour of SABC, Hlaudi Motsoeneng will not be reinstated
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    Printing
    Winners announced for Wan-Ifra Print Innovation Awards 2018
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    Production
    Phi version 2.0 - The golden ratio

    ISSUED BY THE STAR FILM COMPANY

    Radio
    #Newsmaker: Kia Johnson joins Smile 90.4FM

    JESSICA TENNANT

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    MOST Awards honours Kaya FM MD as industry legend

    ISSUED BY KAYA FM 95.9

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    Research
    The role of memory and media in converting consumers for brand growth

    LEIGH ANDREWS

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    #PwCOutlook: Africa's entertainment, media industry experiencing Convergence 3.0
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    Warc releases Effective Innovation Report 2018
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    Fusion brings brands back to market

    ISSUED BY NIELSEN

    That's what they would say, wouldn't they?

    SUE UNERMAN, ISSUED BY MEDIACOM

    Retail
    Drop in SA consumer confidence squeezes spending
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    What's really driving the future of retail?

    JASON PALLANT

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    Social Media
    Dark social and the abyss

    ELENA PROTULIS

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    Social Media Week - Durban launching in November
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    Influencer campaign planning shouldn't be Mission Impossible

    JOSH DA COSTA, ISSUED BY R-SQUARED DIGITAL SA

    Sponsorship
    Grid gives meaning to FNB Joburg Art Fair

    ISSUED BY GRID WORLDWIDE

    Streaming
    China bans video game streaming platform Twitch
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    TV
    Celebrities revealed for Tropika Smoooth Fan

    ISSUED BY CLOVER

    New African Heritage TV channel launches on app
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    Multiple choices for MultiChoice after Naspers' unbundling or way of the dinosaur?

    LEIGH ANDREWS

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    Broke SABC wants hike in TV licence fee

    JASON SNYMAN

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    TCM - Powered by Movies reabrands to TNT
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    Youth Marketing
    Comic Con Africa is a marker for a thundering shift

    CUMA PANTSHWA, ISSUED BY HDI YOUTH CONSULTANCY

    Behind the Selfie
    #BehindtheSelfie with... Damon Stapleton

    LEIGH ANDREWS

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    D&AD Awards
    D&AD celebrates 56th Annual by adding Manual
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    Africa
    Top rugby photographer awarded
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    Business
    Asking customers to donate when they buy stuff may be good for business

    BENJAMIN LAWRENCE

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    SA Car of the Year announces new title sponsor
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    Tigo launches 4G+ Network in Tanzania
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    A simpler, smarter life through AI

    VAUGHAN ROWSELL

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    Quotes
    Stephen King
    "Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."
    Alphonse Karr
    "Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."
    Euripides
    "Silence is true wisdom's best reply."
    Albert Camus
    "Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken."
    Marcus Aurelius
    "Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."

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    Twitter
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    Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders of Instagram, have resigned and plan to leave the company in coming... https://t.co/tJ2cxaFb67
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    @TIME
    "Women's rage is the most powerful engine of 2018" https://t.co/ypO8kBJoIl
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    Stories on the way to CX Utopia - 12 Oct 2018, Johannesburg
    Please join Ipsos and our panel of industry practitioners as we share learnings and experiences from our journeys to CX Utopia. Read more >>


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    FoodNext.Africa - 27 Sep 2018 to 28 Sep 2018, Cape Town
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    Women in Digital and Data Johannesburg - 27 Sep 2018, Sandton
    This premier forum is the perfect platform for women in digital and data industries to come together to collaborate, learn, and share practical strategies to benefit their organisations and careers. Read more >>

    Annual Social Media Marketing and Communications Masterclass 2018
    Silver Mercury PTY LTD - 27 Sep 2018 to 28 Sep 2018, Johannesburg

    Mail & Guardian Corporate Reputation Management
    Mail & Guardian - 27 Sep 2018, Johannesburg

    Creative Writing Course - Cape Town
    All About Writing - 1 Oct 2018 to 26 Nov 2018, Cape Town

    African Ports and Rail Evolution Forum 2018
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