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Medical professionals choose Business OUTsurance

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0200

Since OUTsurance introduced their specialised business insurance product for medical professionals in mid-2011, a multitude of doctors, dentists, and other medical professionals moved their business insurance to OUTsurance.
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Global consumer confidence increases 1 point in Q4 2011

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:14:00 +0200

NEW YORK, US: Global consumer confidence increased one index point last quarter to 89, while Europe led confidence declines in 24 of the region's 27 measured markets, according to fourth quarter 2011 global consumer confidence findings from Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy.
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EXCLUSIVE: Hewlett combines assets to launch new agency player, Machine

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:19:00 +0200

Adrian Hewlett, CEO and founder of the Habari Group, has combined his group's significant through-the-line, below-the-line, research, digital and social businesses to launch a major new independent advertising agency called Machine.
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DStv Media Sales to sell SuperSport Sponsorships

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:38:00 +0200

DStv Media Sales has announced the addition of the SuperSport Sponsorship division to its family. In the past, SuperSport Sponsorship sales were managed out of SuperSport, but this will change on 1 April 2012.
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How Woolworths lost its mojo

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:37:00 +0200

There was a time, those of us of a certain age will remember, when Woolworths was held up in marketing classes as a brand that had been built entirely on word of mouth.
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New chief sales and marketing officer at Neotel

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:38:00 +0200

Noel Studti has been appointed as chief sales and marketing officer at Neotel from 1 February 2012. He joins the leadership team from the Innovation Group where held the position of chief sales officer.
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[2012 trends] Will someone (Eskom, maybe) please pull the plug?

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:06:00 +0200

That was my first reaction when Bizcommunity's editor Simone Puterman requested an article predicting 12 trends for 2012. A "trend" is defined as "a general tendency, movement, or direction". In my honest opinion, what most people will be purporting as trend is merely (if you analyse it properly), new and improved technology and ideas.
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365 Digital appointed digital sales house for IOL

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:21:00 +0200

In December 2011, IOL appointed 365 Digital as its exclusive digital sales house, to represent all its digital properties, including the iol.co.za portal, all its mobile properties and the newspaper website portfolio (Cape Argus, Cape Times, Daily News, The Mercury, Pretoria News, The Post, Tios, Isolezwe, Sunday Independent, Sunday Tribune, The Star) from January 2012 onwards.
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[2012 trends] Email marketing trends shaping the year ahead

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:52:00 +0200

Despite what the doomsday predictions say, email will not become irrelevant due to the rise of social media. As one of the most cost-effective and efficient eMarketing service offerings, email marketing is expected to continue to be a crucial part of the digital marketing mix in 2012.
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[2012 trends] GFC's impact on media-marketing arena

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:59:00 +0200

There are a number of trends forecast for 2012 that will have an impact on all facets of the media-marketing arena.
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