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JESSICA TENNANT
Canadian-born Tessa Conrad, global director of operations at TBWA\Worldwide's headquarters in New York, recently visited TBWA\South Africa's Johannesburg office where she did a series of presentations and assisted the local team in producing a module for DLearn... read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Boo-Yah! founder Carmen Murray walked away with the award for the 'Best Individual Contribution to Digital' at this year's Bookmarks and explains why she believes that the importance of digital is to be of service to humans first...read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Renate Albrecht, media director and mob mother at Brand Cartel...read
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DAMON STAPLETON
I will get to the hippos later but first, pornography. I know, that sentence surprised me too...read
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Advertising
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JOHANNA MCDOWELL
Johanna McDowell shares key learnings from the AdForum Worldwide Summit in Los Angeles, where she and other top players in the advertising industry visited various agencies and experiencing how they are shaping the future... Read
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JASON HARRISON, ISSUED BY M&C SAATCHI ABEL
I was just a 24-year-old account executive (a title which my mother thought was very important), going about my business writing a very important contact report... Read
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ISSUED BY BOOMTOWN
Following its appointment to Maluti Mountain Cement in 2018, Boomtown has successfully rolled out the launch campaign for the Lesotho-based challenger brand... Read
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Branding
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CRM, CX, UX
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EBEN ESTERHUIZEN
As Easter looms businesses are looking for powerful ways to promote their goods and activate more sales. This should include beefing up customer relationship management (CMR) systems to streamline communication with potential clients and encourage more sales. Here are six steps to sprucing up your CRM and captivating customers at every touch point along the way... Read
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RAVI PANTHI
An employee experience is defined as what people encounter, observe or feel during the course of their employee journey at an organisation. In short, employee experience is everything an employee experiences at work - their interactions with their boss, their team, work-place infrastructure and a multitude of other things... Read
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Design
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Over 100,000 visitors were treated to an outstanding display of South African design at the recent Milan Design Week, held from 9-14 April 2019... Read
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Digital
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It is becoming better understood that, in order to stop phishing attacks, we need to be able to see them coming... Read
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ISSUED BY WUNDERMAN
Wunderman SSA is celebrating its appointment to manage key GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) brands, following a competitive five-way, multinational agency pitch earlier this year... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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LIAM FREEMAN
Naomi Campbell wants to see better representation among designers and more African-based designers reaching the international fashion arena... Read
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ISSUED BY WORX GROUP
Think about the most impressive event you've ever attended. What made it so memorable?... Read
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Film & Cinematography
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Daniel Dercksen chats to producer, director and writer Jayan Moodley about Kandasamys: The Wedding, which will be released in South African cinemas on 18 April 2019... Read
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Marketing
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GARY MORTIMER
Price is the most delicate element of the marketing mix, and much thought goes into setting prices to nudge us towards spending more... Read
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Media
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ISSUED BY MEDIACOM
Yet another extraordinary success this year, MediaCom's The Agency of the Future event focused on exploring exciting and innovative opportunities that agencies can look forward to utilising in 2019 and beyond... Read
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Mobile
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The Mobile Marketing Association South Africa (MMA SA) has announced the 14 new board members and strategic partners who will lead the delivery of the MMA SA's future development... Read
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PR & Communications
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GERHARD HOPE
"Before you think the press release is dead, the truth is that because of the ever-growing information bubble and news jumping at you like 'pop-up' ads, there is a need for brands to create their own narrative like never before."... Read
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ISSUED BY HAVAS JOHANNESBURG
Havas PR walked away with a gold award and a bronze award at the 22nd PRISM Awards ceremony held at The Capital on the Park in Sandton, Johannesburg... Read
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ISSUED BY DUO MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS
Digital PR and marketing agency DUO Marketing + Communications (DUO) launched its very first graduate programme for PR and communications graduates earlier... Read
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Radio
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ISSUED BY ALGOA FM
Algoa FM's news team will be looking for feel-good news ahead of the Easter Weekend... Read
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ISSUED BY KAYA FM 95.9
Station MD, Greg Maloka, hails the awards as a tribute to Kaya FM's journey to shift the cultural needle and inspire change... Read
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Research
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Euromonitor International's new report looks at how building an effective pricing strategy is critical to the successful sales and marketing of any product... Read
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ISSUED BY 34°
Billions. By now we all know how much loadshedding cost the South African economy. But what was the cost to South African shoppers trying to get the most out of their rands?... Read
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Retail
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Checkers hot cross buns have garnered extra attention on social media following the release of a video in which a false-positive breathalyser reading was recorded... Read
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ISSUED BY ONE DIGITAL MEDIA
The major challenges faced by retailers are screens not displaying focussed content based on a solid content strategy, and the content on display not being created to focus on that strategy... Read
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Social Media
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What kind of pizza are you? Which Disney pet are you? Which celebrity would be your perfect match? Read
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The biggest blue diamond discovery ever made in Botswana has been unveiled to the world by Okavango Diamond Company (ODC)... Read
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Netflix has inked a deal to team up with South Africa's Triggerfish Animation Studios and UK distributor CAKE on an African animated action-comedy series... Read
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Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge expands to Africa... Read
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