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Why media partners are as important as ever in the era of content marketing
[Ian Drummond] With the rise of "owned" channels, such as social media accounts and corporate websites, more and more brands are looking to distribute content directly to consumers as a major component of their marketing strategies... read more>>

PR showing off... just a little bit
[Danette Breitenbach] With only 48 hours to go before the cream of the Public Relations (PR) industry are crowned at the annual PRISM Awards, I asked past winners of the Awards why the Awards are so meaningful... read more>>

Congratulations are in order for SA's One Show finalists

The full One Show finalist short list has been released, with a number of top South African agencies making the grade...

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[TrendTalk] How to be a sustainable brand

Louise Marsland

Brands that invest in sustainability programmes ensure their own sustainability. It is as simple as that...

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Making detailed data extraction simple for 'word people' with XtracT

Leigh Andrews

Ever read a statistic about the population that should apply to you but just doesn't seem to gel? Andrew Fulton of Eighty20 explains why...

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Advertising
Etiket on a roll

Issued by Etiket

Since the end of 2013 when the dynamic conceptual agency and digital specialist, Etiket, embarked on an aggressive business growth drive, it acquired several new blue-chip accounts... read more>>
CSI
An important freedom is release from emotional baggage which inner healing offers

Issued by Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

Godllywood is hosting a series of seminars to help people who are struggling with hurts from the past to make a fresh start... read more>>
Digital
SME survival guide for loadshedding

Daryl Blundell

Loadshedding is here to stay, so every small business needs to take steps to protect its systems and data when the lights go out as well as from power surges when electricity is restored after an outage... read more>>
Events & Conferencing
Two SME business events in Cape Town in May
For the first time, the International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises (INSME) Annual Meeting and Forum will take place in Africa. It is scheduled for 26 to 28 May 2015 at the CTICC in Cape Town... read more>>
Exhibitions
Markex offers free-to-attend seminars
For the first time, Markex scheduled for 2 to 4 June 2015 at the Sandton Convention Centre, will offer free seminars... read more>>
ASICS Expo for Two Oceans 2015

Issued by XZIBIT

XZIBIT was asked to design and build the ASICS exhibition stand for the Two Oceans Marathon Expo, the Comrades Marathon Expo, and Cape Town Marathon Expo in 2015... read more>>
Newspapers
South Africa's first Xhosa daily promotes an empowered citizenry in the Eastern Cape

Issued by Independent Newspapers KZN

Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle has given the arrival of South Africa's first Xhosa daily newspaper, I'solezwe lesiXhosa, a huge thumbs-up and commended Independent Media for taking the lead... read more>>
Online Media
Showcasing the best of SA's creative work on SACN

Leigh Andrews

"Behind every good idea is an awesome collection of idea chasers." It's certainly an attention-grabbing quote, and relevant to the team behind SA Creative Network or SACN... read more>>
OOH
Out of Home to fill in the DTT audience loss gaps

Issued by Continental Outdoor

It cannot be disputed that Out of Home advertising is an integral part of the communication mix. The strength of OOH will be endorsed with the migration of broadcasters from analogue to digital terrestrial TV and radio. Why?... read more>>
PR & Communications
Zebra Technologies chooses Grapevine

Issued by Grapevine Communications

Global communications group Lewis PR (UK), partner agency to Grapevine Communications for selected EMEA campaigns, has appointed the local PR specialists to represent them in SA for their international client, Zebra Technologies... read more>>
Social Media
Play international lotteries for free with LottoStar's new social rewards platform

Issued by Social Wiiv

LottoStar is an exciting new gambling website which makes it legal for South Africans to play and win international lotteries... read more>>
TV
ZANews' Game of Thrones parody is bang on the money

Stuart Thomas

With the latest season of Game of Thrones hitting screens around the world, it was almost inevitable that a fresh round of parodies would follow... read more>>
Youth Marketing
Youth marketing - five hot tips
With social media, a plethora of competing brands, active but short attention spans and finding common ground with a tech- and brand-savvy market makes appealing to the youth of South Africa a tough task... read more>>
International
Global Media Freedom Conference in Denmark
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, in partnership with the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the Global Media Freedom Conference 2015... read more>>
European privacy watchdogs probe Facebook; EU wants to 'finalise' Google market abuse probe
PARIS, FRANCE: European data protection authorities have joined forces to probe Facebook's privacy controls, a French watchdog said on Thursday, putting the popular US social media giant under fresh pressure... read more>>
Adultery website flirts with British stock market
TORONTO, CANADA: A website devoted to adultery is out to woo investors with a public offering of stock in Britain... read more>>
France's ride-share site BlaBlaCar buys European rivals
PARIS, FRANCE: France's ride-share champion BlaBlaCar has announced the purchase of its main rival, Germany's Carpooling.com, as well as Hungary's Autohop, as it consolidated its position as Europe's market leader... read more>>
More International
Africa
Calling Africa's journalists...
CNN International and MultiChoice this week officially launched the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2015 Awards... read more>>
More Africa
Government news
Africa strikes back

The Times Editorial Team

South African engineers working on mines and at a gas plant in Mozambique have been taken to secure camps after threats of reprisal xenophobic attacks... read more>>
Marchers call for an end to attacks on foreign nationals
Thousands of South Africans who took part in a peace march today have spoken in one voice, calling for peace and for an end to attacks on foreign nationals... read more>>
Zuma calls for calm, end to violence
Jacob Zuma has condemned the recent "shocking and unacceptable" incidents of violence directed at foreign nationals in some parts of KwaZulu-Natal and has appealed for calm... read more>>
Preferred bidders for renewable energy programme announced
More Government news
New accounts
  • SimonSays gets Graffiti campaign on the move - more info

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Jobs offered
Junior - Mid Graphic Designer - Johannesburg
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Writer - Cape Town
Are you a natural born writer? Do you love creating content across a wide range of topics? Do you want to learn more about digital and content marketing? Read more >>


General Office Admin/Logistics Coordination - Johannesburg
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New events to diarise
Creative writing for the media
PRISA - 20 Apr 2015 to 22 Apr 2015, Randburg, Johannesburg

Event management for PR practitioners
PRISA - 28 Apr 2015 to 29 Apr 2015, Randburg, Johannesburg

Startup Grind Johannesburg hosts Trevor Wolfe
Startup Grind - 29 Apr 2015, Johannesburg

Celebrating artistic freedom
Reserved Projects - 28 May 2015 to 31 May 2015, Johannesburg, Braamfontein

SME Growth Champions
AdClick Africa - 10 Jun 2015, Pretoria

GIBS Big data and analytics for CRM
GIBS - 11 Jun 2015 to 12 Jun 2015, Johannesburg

2015 Africa CEO Roundtable and Conference on CSR
ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited - 18 Jun 2015 to 19 Jun 2015, Lagos

Just Design It 4th
Just Design It - 12 Aug 2015 to 14 Aug 2015, Bloemfontein

5th Annual Customer Experience
Fexton Conferences - 17 Aug 2015 to 18 Aug 2015, Johannesburg

2015 All Africa Business Leaders Awards
ABN Productions - 26 Aug 2015, Lagos | 17 Sep 2015, Nairobi | 1 Oct 2015, Johannesburg | 13 Nov 2015, Johannesburg

Upcoming events
Book Signing- Russell de la Porte
WriteArt - 18 Apr 2015, Constantia

RetailTech Forum Africa
OpenRoom Events Ltd - 20 Apr 2015 to 21 Apr 2015, Cape Town

Sol Plaatje Institute short course
Sol Plaatje Institute, Rhodes University - 20 Apr 2015 to 24 Apr 2015, Grahamstown

Technical report writing
Alusani Skills & Training Network® - 20 Apr 2015 to 21 Apr 2015, Johannesburg

Is Jani Allan back?
20 Apr 2015, Cape Town

Big Issue
HIPPO Communications - 20 Apr 2015, Cape Town

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