With a week to go until the 20th Apex Awards gala ceremony, we kick off this week's original content by investigating just how peak praise resonates with ACA Apex Award wins, and how exactly they champion greater accountability by rewarding communication campaigns that work, sell and resonate in the minds of their target audiences, thus delivering results. Still wearing our investigative journalism hats, Louise Marsland takes a deep dive into why you shouldn't 'skewer your clients' with #AskTwitter, especially given the social network's mob mentality. Then, for some global perspective, Ann Nurock chats to Joanina Pastoll, about SA advertising's competitive edge, based on her recent spate of international advertising award judging. Lastly, with the 2015 Loerie Awards just a month away, we look into an area of award shows that often receives criticism - the judging. I share what I learned exclusively about this digital process from my time with the Loerie team in Durban four months ago and get some judging insight from one of this year's international jury chairmen...
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