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 | JUANITA PIENAAR Raquel Ribeiro, a communication design student at the University of Johannesburg, was recently announced as one of three finalists in the student category of the 2017 AdFocus Awards... Read |
 | The elephant in the room remains the unanswered question of 'what is the role of digital in the industry'... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | SCOTT CUNDILL Scott Cundill writes that the emoji is a powerful tool that can help businesses get paid quicker... Read |
| Digital |
 | Google SA has announced the launch of the 2017 Connected Consumer Study, conducted by research group Kantar TNS... Read |
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| ESG |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Net#work BBDO's Mike Schalit founded the not-for-profit Make a Life (Mal) Foundation a while ago as a banner for initiatives that use creativity for good. Here, Schalit and Mal designer-in-chief Emma Strydom explain how their recent t-shirt designs have benefitted the Seed library initiative and more... Read |
| Media |
 | International Press Freedom awards go to imprisoned Cameroonian journalist, Mexican correspondent, Thai reporter, and Yemeni blogger... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Fake news was the topic of one of the sessions at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference that took place recently at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) campus in Johannesburg... Read |
| Mobile |
 | Icasa has published a second draft of its proposed amendments to the End-User and Subscriber Service Charter to ensure greater transparency of communication services and also to bring down the cost of communication in South Africa... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT On his visit to South Africa for the MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) Forum in Johannesburg on 2 November and Mobile Monday in Cape Town on 6 November, Adam Pattison, vice president, Americas & EMEA at BBM Messenger, shared insights into chat or dark social and how this is shaping the mobile economy... Read |
| Promotions & Activations |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Inspired by the global trend towards giving back instead of getting on Black Friday, local home cleaning company SweepSouth is transferring the savings it would usually give to its customers on a day like this and handing them back to its 'SweepStars'. Here's how it works... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Kfm 94.5 invited the people of the Cape to join the Kfm Mornings team with Darren Simpson, Sherlin Barends and Sibongile Mafu for the city's first dancing billboard... Read |
| Retail |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Retailers and consumers alike are readying themselves for snaking queues and extended shopping hours in-store and online this Black Friday, falling on 24 November this year... Read |
| TV |
 | CHRIS BREWER There's one thing I've been meaning to write about for a long time - a very long time, in fact - and it has to do with an aspect of our broadcasting talents that I've neglected to thank. Yes, ultimately the SABC (who would have thought... Read |
| Pendoring |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS The Pendoring Awards not only reward marketing communication in all of SA's indigenous languages apart from English, they've also created their own ranking. I found out why fifth-ranked Abnormal Group believes brands need to realise the power of mother-tongue communication in preserving our heritage... Read |
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 | Since 1990, the Financial Mail AdFocus Awards have become a landmark on the South African marketing and communications landscape. But just as that landscape has changed, so has AdFocus, to reflect the priorities of the industry. |
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 | STEPHEN MARSHAL Building up your personal brand is the most difficult and yet the most rewarding process for an entrepreneur... Read |
 | ISSUED BY M+C SAATCHI ABEL M&C Saatchi Abel has joined forces with tyre fitment specialists BestDrive, creating an ad that is sure to make this challenger brand top of mind... Read |
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