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Most Popular lists for 2012 for Bizcommunity Marketing & Media SA
Here they are, Bizcommunity.com Marketing & Media South Africa's 2012 lists of most popular articles, those that drew the most comment, our most-read contributors, our most-visited galleries - and the ads from the Ornico Ad Showcase that got you voting.
Our most-read stories
| 1. | Chicken a la King(sley) James: Nando's vs Santam - Edward Fisher | 24 Apr 2012 |
| 2. | Woolworths embroiled in social media storm over job ad - Zeenat Moorad | 05 Sep 2012 |
| 3. | How social media networks can affect society negatively - Kelly Marsh | 07 May 2012 |
| 4. | How Woolworths lost its mojo - Walter Pike | 02 Feb 2012 |
| 5. | Woolworth refutes accusations of racism, disables wall | 07 Sep 2012 |
| 6. | Ad Talent Salary Survey 2012 - Ad Talent | 17 Jan 2012 |
| 7. | EXCLUSIVE: Media24 to close Sports Illustrated - Gill Moodie | 03 Dec 2012 |
| 8. | SABC bans interviews with first black Idol - Zenoyise John | 04 Oct 2012 |
| 9. | [2012 trends] Social media marketing and the youth - Bradley Maseko | 10 Jan 2012 |
| 10. | Loeries 2012: The winners | 25 Sep 2012 |
| 11. | The ANC's Loerie-winning integrated PR campaign - Sarah Britten | 04 Jun 2012 |
| 12. | #bankwars: Standard Bank tries to do a Frankies - Walter Pike | 24 Feb 2012 |
| 13. | Coca-Cola cry-baby - Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk | 18 Jun 2012 |
| 14. | No, NO! Nando's | 04 Jun 2012 |
| 15. | Nando's ad: Banned from TV... Goes to print | 11 Jun 2012 |
Our most-commented-upon stories
| 1. | Chris Moerdyk pays tribute to John Farquhar | 30 Jan 2012 | 32 |
| 2. | Zuma and the right to dignity | 21 May 2012 | 31 |
| 3. | Social media 'experts'... copy that! | 14 Aug 2012 | 29 |
| 4. | Time for a long hard look at The Loerie Awards | 28 Aug 2012 | 22 |
| 5. | Chicken a la King(sley) James: Nando's vs Santam | 24 Apr 2012 | 21 |
| 6. | Woolworth refutes accusations of racism, disables wall | 07 Sep 2012 | 20 |
| 7. | My dear unemployed communications graduate - an open letter | 08 Aug 2012 | 20 |
| 8. | How Woolworths lost its mojo | 02 Feb 2012 | 18 |
| 9. | Frankie's vs Woolies: score one to the little guy | 03 Feb 2012 | 17 |
| 10. | QR codes bring email, mobile coupons to life | 31 Jul 2012 | 15 |
| 11. | Doom stomps into outdoors | 18 Oct 2012 | 15 |
| 12. | SABC bans interviews with first black Idol | 04 Oct 2012 | 14 |
| 13. | When did we stop caring about customer service, client experience? | 13 Aug 2012 | 14 |
| 14. | Radio is losing its intelligence (part I) | 22 Mar 2012 | 13 |
| 15. | Why Meropa won't be at the PR awards, again... | 23 Mar 2012 | 13 |
Our most-read contributors
| 1. | Gill Moodie |
| 2. | Chris Moerdyk |
| 3. | Herman Manson |
| 4. | Edward Fisher |
| 5. | Walter Pike |
| 6. | Tiffany Markman |
| 7. | Marion Scher |
| 8. | Sarah Britten |
| 9. | Rod Baker |
| 10. | Peter Mann |
| 11. | Duncan McLeod |
| 12. | Gail Schimmel |
| 13. | Thomas Oosthuizen |
| 14. | Craig Wilson |
| 15. | Maja Rode |
Our highest-rated new ads from the Ornico Ad Showcase
| 1. | Lasher | 4.6 |
| 2. | Amarula | 4.3 |
| 3. | DPSA | 4.3 |
| 4. | Fedhealth | 4.1 |
| 5. | Huggies Gold | 4.1 |
| 6. | Capitec | 4.0 |
| 7. | Nokia Lumia | 4.0 |
| 8. | Unicef | 4.0 |
| 9. | FNB | 4.0 |
| 10. | South Africa | 4.0 |
| 11. | Standard Bank | 3.9 |
| 12. | Santam | 3.9 |
| 13. | S.A.D.A.G | 3.9 |
| 14. | FNB | 3.8 |
| 15. | Standard Bank | 3.6 |
Our most-read international stories
Our most-read new appointments
| 1. | New appointments at Y&R | 10 Sep 2012 |
| 2. | New appointments at M&C Saatchi Abel | 18 Jan 2012 |
| 3. | New promotions at Net#work BBDO | 20 Feb 2012 |
| 4. | Metro FM appoints new marketing manager | 10 May 2012 |
| 5. | Creative duo join 140 BBDO | 25 May 2012 |
| 6. | New appointments at Y&R | 27 Mar 2012 |
| 7. | New appointments at Ireland/Davenport | 13 Mar 2012 |
| 8. | Kagiso Broadcasting appoints communications head | 07 Sep 2012 |
| 9. | New appointments at Y&R | 04 Oct 2012 |
| 10. | New fashion appointments at ELLE | 04 Jun 2012 |
Our most-read new business wins
| 1. | The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town gains two new clients | 13 Mar 2012 |
| 2. | Edgars appoints M&C Saatchi Abel | 02 Mar 2012 |
| 3. | New account gain for House of Brave | 20 Feb 2012 |
| 4. | MetropolitanRepublic has been awarded the Scooters Pizza account | 31 May 2012 |
| 5. | New account for Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town | 20 Apr 2012 |
| 6. | Beechies appoints Y&R | 16 Apr 2012 |
| 7. | Stick appointed for Nestle advertising brand | 17 Apr 2012 |
| 8. | House of Brave wins Tournament of Hope account | 27 Feb 2012 |
| 9. | OwenKessel wins LG Electronics South Africa account | 12 Sep 2012 |
| 10. | Cell C selects partner agencies | 13 Feb 2012 |
Our most-viewed galleries
| 1. | The magic of cinema - Ster-Kinekor Cine Prestige | 16 Apr 2012 |
| 2. | 2012 J&B Met launches at Cavendish Square - Richard Clarke | 20 Jan 2012 |
| 3. | [Design Indaba 2012] Most Beautiful Object in South Africa finalists | 23 Feb 2012 |
| 4. | Aarya - MasterChef Deena Naidoo's restaurant opens in Montecasino | 23 Nov 2012 |
| 5. | [Photos from the ed-at-large] Jacobs Coffee pop-up store warms Johannesburg | 06 Jun 2012 |
| 6. | Auto Atlantic MINI Cape Town celebrates Dealer of the Year 2011 - Jodi Klass | 06 Jun 2012 |
| 7. | Castle Lite Say Freeze Campaign launch | 06 Mar 2012 |
| 8. | Kaya FM Family Day with KFC | 12 Oct 2012 |
| 9. | Nelson Mandela Bridge illuminated in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month - Janet Watermeyer | 04 Oct 2012 |
| 10. | [Design Indaba 2012] Blueprint of an expo | 08 Mar 2012 |
Our most-viewed press offices
| 1. | Media24 Weeklies |
| 2. | Digital Fire |
| 3. | Draftfcb (South Africa) |
| 4. | Graffiti |
| 5. | Analytix BI |
| 6. | Ad Talent |
| 7. | 34 |
| 8. | Boston College |
| 9. | Yellowwood Future Architects |
| 10. | Native |
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