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Associated Media Publishing has announced that it will not be renewing its licence to publish Marie Claire, with the last issue being published in December 2018, here in South Africa... read
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The 2018 Veuve Clicquot Elle Boss Awards saw some of the most inspiring businesswomen in South Africa gathering to celebrate and honour this year's winners...read
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ALISTAIR DUFF
There is a single moment where Google clearly showed the future of marketing. The 'Zero Moment of Truth' was introduced to us in the one and only Google presentation that I had the good fortune to attend...read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
While the changing world of work and need to supplement barely-meets-expenses media salaries means there are more freelancers than ever before, there's also a lack of consistency in fees and receiving payment. Here's how to ensure you get paid what you're worth...read
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One Show Awards
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The jury announced for the seventh annual One Screen Short Film Festival includes four South Africans... Read
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The campaign was developed by brand experience design firm Collins and each episode is brought to life by one of six talented animation and illustration studios from around the world... Read
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Advertising
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BRENDAN SEERY
An Onion to the painfully slow SA Post Office for its lightning-fast branded vehicle. I won't post it, because I doubt whether it would get there... Read
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The Midas Awards has announced the 2018 executive jury that includes three South Africans... Read
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New York Festivals 2018 Global Awards, honouring the world's best wellness and healthcare advertising, announced its 2018 finalists, featuring South Africa's McCann Johannesburg... Read
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Ogilvy opens up a Nigeria office in the run up to its 70th anniversary... Read
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ANDREW WHITEHOUSE, ISSUED BY DENTSU AEGIS NETWORK
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CRM, CX, UX
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IAN STEYN
Rising inflation. Record petrol prices. A VAT increase. A technical recession. SA consumers are feeling the pinch as a confluence of forces put immense pressure on their wallets... Read
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CSI
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Design
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As recipients of Best Furniture Design at the recent 2018 100% Design South Africa, Cape Town-based design duo Kino made an impression on the public and its peers with strikingly minimal pieces... Read
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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in digital commerce is generally considered a success... Read
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Direct Marketing
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ROSS SIBBALD
Bad data can impact everything. From how many people see the messaging you send out to its impact and even your organisation's reputation. Fortunately, cleaning up your data and repairing your marketing efforts isn't rocket science... Read
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Education
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ISSUED BY WITS LANGUAGE SCHOOL
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Events & Conferencing
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The Epica Awards has announced that Mark Tutssel, executive chairman of Leo Burnett Worldwide, will be the first recipient of its Creative Leaders Tribute.... Read
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It takes intervals of mere seconds for a package to delight the consumer and shopper. The first two seconds is when a consumer notices the pack and the second is when the decision is made to purchase... Read
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Film & Cinematography
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The Cape Town International Film Market and Festival (CTIFMF) recently announced the winners of the 2018 edition of the festival at the Cape Town City Hall. Read
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This week saw the unveiling of the Africa Halal Week Film and Media programme during Cape Town International Film Market and Festival. The programme is focused around how Cape Town and the Western Cape can better position itself as a Muslim-friendly film and media destination... Read
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Charl-Johan Lingenfelder has been an inspirational tour-de-force as a musician, composer, writer, performer, his heavenly collaboration with director Christiaan Olwagen, Kanarie, is a proudly South African film taking the world by storm... Read
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DISCOP launches an innovative 'shopping service' for content buyers in Africa and Middle East... Read
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Marketing
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DEVIN ROSS
When we seek to build long lasting, evergreen digital brand assets that are deeply useful to the customer, we create a scenario where your brand is actually useful to a customer, beyond just the products you sell... Read
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The 2018 Footprint Marketing Awards winners were announced on the second day of the SACSC Annual Congress, held at Durban's International Convention Centre... Read
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Warc has released its Effective Content Strategy Report 2018, outlining key content marketing themes from the world's most effective campaigns... Read
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In this video, Nyiko Chauke of Marketing Fridays interviews Sunshine Shibambo of Cheriyasekasi about her role as an ideation specialist and the new world of black consumerism... Read
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STELLA CARTER
Why do agencies prefer to deal at executive level? Well, he who manages the budget, makes the decisions. Yes, but, is this all there is to it?... Read
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CANDICE LEE REEVES, ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC
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Media
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Media outlets are clearing their throats, pulling up their socks and clarifying their editorial policies following the 'Sunday Times fake news fallout'. Here's what you can do, even if you're not affiliated with mainstream media... Read
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MARGIE KNAP
My career in media started somewhere in the 80's. Needless to say, what we do today in media and what we did 'back in the day' is poles apart, mostly due to media choices being extremely limited... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Ease of access to social media and editing tools have made it easier than ever to spread stories and images that have people shaking their heads, thinking "That can't be real... can it? I must share!" Here are five steps to take to up your media literacy, so that the results of your own news-sharing are more reliable... Read
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Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry is calling for public comments on additional clauses of the Copyright Amendment Bill... Read
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Media Freedom
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MARCUS 'THE MALTESE FALCON' BREWSTER
This month's anniversary of Maltese journalist-blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination has undammed a flow of reportage, ruminations and reminiscences... Read
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PR & Communications
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Radio
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Recruitment
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LinkedIn partners with South Africa's Youth Employment Service (Yes) to connect unemployed youth to local and global opportunities and all the winners from last night's Talent Awards held in Sandton... Read
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Research
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JESSICA TENNANT
Marilyn Nel joined BMi Research earlier this year as new research manager to lead the B2B market research department, responsible for building client relationships, guiding clients through research projects and overseeing the research process on all projects... Read
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Retail
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Eighty-seven percent of South Africans know what Black Friday is, and 66% are willing to participate in the shopping spree this year... Read
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JANINE MYBURGH
Research Unit, a firm which manufactures designer handbags, and All Women Recycling, which makes gifts and gadgets from used plastic, were the big winners at the Exporter of the Year competition... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Kitchen and homeware retailer Yuppiechef opened the doors to its new flagship store in V&A Waterfront on 1 October... Read
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Social Media
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NEWSWATCH: Sars 'chief of digital and IT, Mmamathe Makhekhe-Mokhuane's interview with Sakina Kamwendo regarding the Nugent inquiry into the tax collector's IT and e-filing infrastructure, on the SABC's Morning Live yesterday, has gone viral... Read
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ANDY WALKER
When you report a tweet for breaching Twitter's rules, or when the company takes actions on one, it requires the offending user to delete the tweet before they can publish another... Read
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JOSH DA COSTA, ISSUED BY R-SQUARED DIGITAL SA
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TV
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DStv partnered with music app Joox to offer a new package. The Joox VIP family package is freely available to DStv subscribers as well as up to five family members... Read
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Youth Marketing
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BRONWYN WILLIAMS
Millennials are already in their mid-thirties. It's time for brands and businesses to shift focus to the next generation, Generation Z... Read
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CARMEN MURRAY
It's time for the millennials to step aside, because Generation Z, the most connected generation of our time has already entered the workforce... Read
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Youth agency Student Village's latest Youth Culture Report revealed that the new generation, born from 1993 onwards, no longer fit into the 'millennials' category... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we got behind the selfie with Arthur Goldstuck. He is MD of World Wide Worx, editor-in-chief of Gadget, and is sharing his annual research announcements at last week's Social Media Landscape Briefings 2019 in Sandton and Cape Town... Read
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African nation brands advance in brand value, with six out of the world's 10 fastest-growing coming from the continent... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
DoshEx, a Johannesburg-based developer of tokenised ecosystems and exchange, has formally launched following the listing of two virtual assets by two financial service companies. Read
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ALAN KNOTT-CRAIG
South Africa, Africa and the rest of the world is in the middle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution... Read
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Business intelligence (BI) is an essential element to the success of any organisation... Read
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Should conference delegates be able to use their personal digital devices during meetings or is it just plain rude? Read
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South Africa's financial services sector is widely acknowledged to be both sophisticated and sound, backed by technology... Read
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Industry 4.0, driven by the Internet of Things (IoT) has become central to digital transformation in the manufacturing industry... Read
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SANDY SHEN
Much has changed since the first products were sold online in the 1990s... Read
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EasyBiz QuickBooks has rebranded and changed it name to align its identity with its vision for the future Read
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DigiCon Africa - 23 Oct 2018 to 24 Oct 2018, Cape Town DigiCon Africa gives strategic pioneers/technical implementors, from a diverse cross-section of industries, the opportunity to discuss their digital transformation programmes, back office optimisation projects, and customer experience initiatives. Read more >>
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