| No Comment |  The Brand Ex Awards launched last week as the first ever Pan-African awards programme to recognise and reward outstanding work in experiential marketing. The Brand Ex awards are an industry-led initiative by experiential branding and marketing companies that feel existing awards do not cater for their work or highlight return-on-investment for marketers as a criteria, which they feel should be a factor in awards. Bizcommunity.com is proud to be a media partner to the event to help ensure its success and will keep the market updated. We are involved because we have the most reach of any local media in SA in this industry in Africa. We're also making a call to readers in the industry to give us your "Lessons Learnt" for 2006. Every year we publish trends predictions and thought leadership opinion on what the year to come holds, but this year we would also like readers to email us with their most important lesson(s) learnt in 2006, from a business and industry perspective. Just one. Please put your first name, age and job title in - all other details will be kept anonymous. Please email me on editor@bizcommunity.com by the end of November. We look forward to your contributions, thank you!
Enjoy! Louise Marsland, editor, editor@bizcommunity.com
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Russell Hanly to head 24.com
Unpacking the mobile in mobile marketing
Booyens ry Weg! met PICA Editor of the Year
Blacks must snap up Naspers shares
Supply chain needs to reform or perish
Style magazine goes out of fashion
PICAs slammed by B2B publisher for rewarding "mediocrity"
Coup de grace for SA cellphone industry
Peet Pienaar to chair 2007 Clio Exec Jury
Does SABC expect employees to lie to protect its reputation?
World design body honours Roy Clucas
Is SA prepared for bioterrorism?
Menlyn Park adds Bluetooth zones
Job Mail goes weekly
Experiential branding awards for Africa
Charmaine Noy joins weekday line-up at Kfm
Beeld launches new weekend supplement
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Marketing | | Is SA prepared for bioterrorism?
A world now confronting the threat of global terrorism cannot afford to limit its food and agricultural policies purely to traditional concepts of food safety. Delegates at the Consumer Goods Council/Efficient Consumer Response (CGCSA/ECR) annual conference at Sandton this week were given sobering insights into potential terrorist attacks on the food industry by senior science adviser from the Food and Drug Administration of America, Robert Buchanan.
Menlyn Park adds Bluetooth zones
Menlyn Park commissioned WCIT to provide two Bluetooth virtual contact zones, one in the Cavendish Court and the other in the location of the Avery Court in the lower level, to be specifically configured to enable customers to safely accept Bluetooth messages from the mall. The project, which has been a year in the making, went live early in October 2006.
Is Modise a marketer?
[Chris Moerdyk] The choice of Tim Modise as head of the communications portfolio for the 2010 Local Organising Committee is an excellent one. He is an exceptional communicator, has an enviable list of contacts from the State President down and, most of all, he has the respect of editors and journalists alike right across the entire media spectrum. But is he a marketer?
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Advertising | | Russian ad industry to learn from SA's best practices
The relatively young Russian advertising industry is growing rapidly and can draw lessons on best practices from more established industries like South Africa, according to Sergei Drobyshevsky, team leader of the Russian Academy of National Economy. The Russian delegation is in the country on a week-long fact-finding mission of how the industry is structured in developing.
Fuel Ad Network's unstoppable growth - Fuel Ad Network
Fuel Ad Network, South Africa's online advertising network, has signed five new clients in less than a week. African Bank, Primi Piatti, Powerbond, SA Camera, and Mr. VIDEO will all be launching banner ad campaigns in November 2006.
AdWraps dominates with 360° DynaScans at all ACSA airports - AdWraps Media
The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has awarded a five-year contract to outdoor and digital media specialist AdWraps/Back2Front Media for the sole rights of all 360° digital media at ACSA airports countrywide.
Local ad industry sharing knowledge with Russian delegation
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) yesterday, Thursday, 2 November 2006, hosted a Russian communications and advertising delegation on the first day of a week-long fact-finding mission. The round table discussion to help Russian formalise its industry saw ACA chief executive Zandile Nzalo and ACA and FCB's group MD, Godfrey Morley, sharing industry knowledge with Sergei Drobyshevsky, team leader of the Russian Academy of National Economy at a meeting held at FCB in Sandton.
Fuel Ad Network expands into Johannesburg - Fuel Ad Network
Fuel Ad Network, South Africa's online advertising network, has opened its Johannesburg office under the leadership of ex-Primedia's Craig Bedworth.
Mortimer Harvey relocates to custom-built offices - Mortimer Harvey
 Advertising and communications agency Mortimer Harvey has moved into a custom-built, high-tech building from where it will be overseeing its clients' brand development.
Robertsons Herbs & Spices still hero of two new TVCs - FCB South Africa
 A new range of seasoning blends from Robertsons Herbs & Spices remains the hero of two new television commercials from FCB Durban, despite the fact that they share the screen with a couple of South Africa's biggest names in comedy.
Peet Pienaar to chair 2007 Clio Exec Jury
NEW YORK: The 48th annual Clio Awards, which honours creative excellence and innovation in advertising and design, earlier this week announced the line-up of industry leaders who will serve as Executive Jury Chairs to head its seven awards categories for 2007, and award-winning Peet Pienaar, creative director of Cape Town-based Daddy Buy Me a Pony, is to head up Design.
Lowe Bull takes Stella Artois to Tanzania - in style - Lowe Bull
 Eleven months ago, Inbev Market Development and Serengeti Breweries in Tanzania gave South African agency Lowe Bull the go-ahead to commence with the planning of the Grand Stella Artois Experience in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Two more accounts for Mr. Carraway and counting - Mr. Carraway
It's been a rewarding month for through-the-line agency Mr. Carraway. The creative shop has landed two new accounts: Complete Pet Foods and The Graduate Institute of Management and Technology.
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[Terry Behan] Much debate has ensued about why brand owners have taken so long to ensure that their brand equity is protected, and there is a reasonably holistic alignment between what their brand promises and what it delivers. Historically, the country has been in an economic super-cycle and there has been no real business need to invest in any real brand development. But moving forward, the business rationale is changing.
Record numbers of people test for HIV
 New Start Johannesburg counselled and tested 834 people during the first two weeks of the Levi's Red for Life campaign - a 200% increase over the normal testing flow. The campaign is a collaboration between the brand and New Start, reportedly representing a global first in combining NGO expertise with one of the world's iconic brands to bringing HIV counselling and testing to young adults in a convenient and compelling way.
Experiential branding awards for Africa
 [Louise Marsland] The first ever Pan-African awards programme, the Brand Ex Awards, recognising and lauding outstanding work in experiential marketing, was launched in Kenya and South Africa this week as the first leg of a four-country launch programme taking place across Africa. As the media in this sector with the most reach in Africa, Bizcommunity.com is proud to be a media partner to this event.
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CRM | | Conexus gathers momentum in the global call centre outsourcing industry - Conexus
Conexus, a lead player in South Africa's call centre industry, has recently been awarded an international project that demonstrates SA's capability and credibility as an off-shore destination for the outsourcing of call centre projects.
iBurst opens high-tech showroom
 Wireless broadband provider iBurst has opened a high-tech showroom at its Sandton head office, in line with its desire for a greater retail presence. Targeted at current and potential iBurst subscribers, the launch of the 66 Park Lane showroom is intended to help forge closer relationships with wireless broadband subscribers and address queries on the spot.
Edgars Club adds health care benefit and savings - Life World
South Africa's second largest retail club, Edgars Club, recently launched a suite of health care benefits and savings, accessible to Classic members as of 18 October 2006.
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Design | | World design body honours Roy Clucas
 Roy Clucas was recognised by the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda) at the first annual South African Graphic Design Council [think] conference held in Johannesburg recently, during a visit of the Icograda board to South Africa. Clucas received the Icograda Achievement Award in recognition of his "lifelong contribution to graphic design".
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| | | iBurst teams up with Altech Autopage
Wireless broadband provider iBurst recently announced its partnership with mobile service provider Altech Autopage Cellular that will see greater numbers of South Africans benefiting from the mobility that high-speed wireless Internet has to offer.
New IT business acceleration initiative for Cape
Following the successful Launchpad initiative, the Cape IT Initiative (CITI) is looking for prospective companies to join its newest business acceleration campaign, VeloCITI. Launchpad graduated 10 empowered companies, many of whom have gone on to not only derive solid annual revenue, but create jobs and transfer skills in the flourishing Western Cape IT industry.
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The Direct Marketing Association is holding a special general meeting at the FNB Learning Centre, Johannesburg, on 16 November 2006 instead of an AGM, as it is unable to present audited financial statements (financial year end is February 2007). RSVP before 10 November at www.facilities.co.za/dma/eventsgm.aspx.
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| | | An investment opportunity which will save your life - CCI Coaching Academy
[Cera-Jane Catton] Al Gore is leading the march against global warming and in his intellectually exhilarating film An Inconvenient Truth, we are faced with one reality, which is that we have got to change. Creative Consciousness International (CCI) has joined the march and is taking every measure to prevent catastrophe.
Reminder to apply for media management bursary
Applications for the new annual Newspaper Association of South Africa President's Bursary for a post graduate diploma in media management close 15 November 2006. For more information on the course at the Sol Plaatje Media Leadership Institute at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, go to http://journ.ru.ac.za/spi/.
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Sunday Times sport pages move to new dedicated tabloid section on November 19th. Sports news competing with other news for front page headlines will soon be a thing of the past after the Sunday Times announced this week that it will be launching a dedicated twenty four page national sport supplement.
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| | | Alberante Autospray chooses Loudfire to stage major launch - Loudfire
Alberante Autospray, one of South Africa's biggest and most highly regarded paint and panelshops, has appointed events, parties and experiences company Loudfire to produce the launch event for its new Fast-Track 48 facility.
A True welcome for Shell - True Colour Events
 The relocation of approximately 200 of Shell's employees from Cape Town to Johannesburg was indeed a rejuvenating and welcoming celebration. Crisp white décor, with touches of yellow and red, instantaneously tranquilised the atmosphere to commence the morning's proceedings.
SAACI intensifies conference organiser accreditation
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) is intensifying the process to accredit conference organisers. "For South Africa to grow its stature as a conference host of note, the level of professionalism, customer care and value-for-money needs to be developed to its fullest - thus our intensified drive to accredit conference organisers," explains SAACI chairperson Denise Kemp.
Is the SA baby industry any different to Britain's? - Baba Indaba
We think not, says Natalie Naude, show director of the SABC Education Baba Indaba, who recently visited The Baby Show in London, held for the first time at Earl's Court. With London now staging two identical shows per year in the same city, there is clearly enormous spending power within the "mother and child" market.
Consumer wine show ups 2007 ante
 Following upon the success of this year's inaugural Jo'burg Wine Show, plans for the 2007 show are underway, revealing growth well ahead of the event. With eight months still to go, show organisers have confirmed that the 2007 show will be double the size of the inaugural event and, to date, have sold approximately 60% of available stand space on an increased floor plan.
Hot and ready for 2010 - True Colour Events
 True Colour Events recently retailored the interior of a warehouse at Metro Bus in Milpark, Johannesburg, into a mondaine, elite location, where the latest Metro Bus with paraplegic facilities was launched and handed over DaimlerChrysler in preparation for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
Gearhouse CT technical supplier to Homeless Soccer World Cup - Gearhouse SA
 The idea for a street soccer tournament, aimed at helping society's most marginalised make a new start in life, was born in 2001 after an international meeting of editors of street newspapers in Cape Town. The Big Issue contracted technical supplier Gearhouse SA's Cape Town branch to provide the infrastructure for the week-long event.
International speakers for business tourism conference
At the business tourism conference preceding next year's Meetings Africa exhibition at the Sandton Convention Centre, Dr Sheila Flannigan, head of hospitality management and tourism at the Institute of Technology in Dublin will focus on the development of business tourism in Europe and apply the lessons learnt to South Africa. Tony Rogers, CEO of the British Association of Conference Destinations, will discuss the partnership role of destination marketing organisations in marketing venues for conferences, conventions and business events. Go to www.meetingsafrica.co.za for more info.
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Exhibitions | | Sales opportunities of consumer exhibitions
Companies selling consumer goods and services are ignoring the major sales opportunities presented by exhibitions and shows. So says Conrad Kullmann, marketing and sales director of the 3D Group, a local company specialising in all aspects of exhibiting from design, construction and breakdown of stands to large format printing, electrical and furniture hire supply.
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Magazines | | Two contracts already for new publishing venture
Already the publishers of RCCI News, the official publication of the Randburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Velstra Publishing has also recently been appointed as the contract publishers for Chat - the Chartered Accountants Medical Aid Fund (CAMAF) member magazine. Vestra is a new joint publishing venture between Velvet Square and AstraGraphics, which are also still operating independently.
Booyens ry Weg! met PICA Editor of the Year
 Bun Booyens, editor of Media24's Weg!, scooped the much-anticipated inaugural Jane Raphaely Award for Editor of the Year at the 2006 Magazine Publishers' Association of SA's Sappi Pica awards, announced at a gala event at the Sandton Convention Centre yesterday evening, 2 November 2006. Longstanding awards sponsor Sappi also announced its sponsorship of a major magazine advocacy programme to be launched under the direction of MPASA during 2007.
Warwick honoured as Print Media SA Fellow
At the MPASA Sappi PICA Awards ceremony held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg last night, Thursday, 2 November 2006, Jenny Warwick, publisher of Crown Publications, was honoured as the fourth Print Media SA Fellow for 2006 for her dedicated contributions towards the PICAs. The annual Print Media SA Fellowship Award is regarded as the media industry's most prestigious award in recognising key decision makers, identified through nominations from industry stakeholders.
New township magazine on the block
Soweto Homes & Property magazine is a recently launched, free knock-and-drop magazine under the helm of publisher and managing editor Brian Mahlangu. "This is long overdue for the community of Soweto and we believe that it is one of the best things to come out that is unashamedly black and proud of its home owners and property practitioners," says Mahlangu.
Style magazine goes out of fashion
[Louise Marsland] The iconic Style magazine is being closed down in the new year, with the December issue being its last, Caxton announced yesterday, Wednesday, 1 November 2006. This came on top of the news that the plug had also been pulled on the newly-launched lads' mag, Krew, putting 20 staffers out of work just eight weeks before Christmas.
PICAs slammed by B2B publisher for rewarding "mediocrity"
 [Louise Marsland] On the eve of the prestigious Magazine Publishers Association of SA (MPASA) annual awards - the PICAs - an award-winning business-to-business publisher has severely criticised the awards for not promoting the integrity of the B2B industry and for rewarding "mediocrity" in the B2B categories.
Young millionaires share their success secrets - Entrepreneur Magazine
 Winning in business and making millions is the ultimate goal of all business owners. In the November 2006 issue of business improvement magazine Entrepreneur, readers are introduced to six young, dynamic, self-made millionaires who have made it happen, defying the odds to build highly profitable businesses.
Getting the Party started
 Whether you're planning an intimate soiree for 20 or a conference for 200, it's essential to know what's hot and what's not in order to make your function a memorable one. So says Bulelwa Mtsali, editor of the launch edition of annual directory Party SA, available in selected delis, supermarkets and stationers with the latest issue of Eat In magazine.
Krew closure regretted
The international financier of Krew magazine, Raymond Hasselerharm, yesterday, Thursday, 2 November 2006, denied from Holland that he had discontinued financing of failed lads' mag Krew without warning. "We regret that we were forced to stop the financing of Krew magazine," he said, adding that after his initial investment of R1.5 million spiraled to R3 million in a short period of time and interventions from him were allegedly rejected, he informed local publisher Tim Culley in early October that they had no more confidence in the business and wanted to stop financing. "We offered the business (with serious losses on our side) to two parties but neither of them saw a future for the magazine... We are as disappointed in this venture as everybody else. Our intention is to sell assets immediately and use this (and other revenue) to pay the October salaries/retrenchments and creditors as soon as possible. We expect this to be achievable as long as we can avoid liquidation."
Sandton directory gets an outgoing sister
Beyond Sandton Central, to be published in February 2007 by the Sandton Central Management District in collaboration with the City of Johannesburg's Region E, will be a brand extension of Blue Planet Media's Sandton Central Essential Directory. The new directory is intended to give local and international visitors access to tourist attractions within a two-hour travelling radius of Sandton Central's core geographical area. A6 in size, it is expected to launch as a 56-pager plus cover section, with a print run of 40 000. Distribution will be together with its sister directory.
On the Brink of Bicycling
Tim Brink is the new editor of Bicycling magazine, effective 1 November 2006. Having previously worked at Today's Golfer and Cape Epic, Brink joined Touchline Media in 2002 at Bicycling's inception as marketing and online manager, helping to launch the title into the South African market. In 2004 he was promoted to online editor and shortly thereafter to deputy editor in 2005. Brink has also completed two Cape Epic races and 20 Pick 'n Pay Cape Argus cycle tours in his 25 years of cycle racing experience.
Career guide reaches out to schools
Noel Wright, CEO of 30º East Holdings, is on a major drive to empower South African youth to make informed decisions on career choices through free distribution of the annual South Africa Career Guide Publication. As many as 17 000 secondary schools, universities and techikons have been targeted nationally. The overall objective is for each learner to receive a free copy on an annual basis.
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| | | Blacks must snap up Naspers shares
[Enver Buys] While it does appear that the ordinary men and women on the street has gone after shares in Naspers, I do hope all the black community organisations, religious groups, youth groups and sporting groups have applied for one of Africa's treasure media shares.
Does SABC expect employees to lie to protect its reputation?
[Chris Moerdyk] SABC staff should all dig out their employment contracts as a matter of urgency and have a look at the fine print that puts them under the obligation to tell lies to protect the reputation and integrity of the national broadcaster.
Job Mail goes weekly
Dedicated national career classifieds Job Mail has marked its ninth anniversary by going weekly. "We are thrilled to be entering our tenth year as a weekly publication," says Job Mail's general sales manager Inge de Klerk. "Up to now, Job Mail has been a fortnightly publication and this move will enable Job Mail to deliver fresher jobs to thousands of jobseekers across the country more often."
All the Vodacom Journalist winners
Stefaans Brümmer, Sam Sole and Wisani wa ka Ngobeni of the Mail & Guardian and Bruce Cameron of Personal Finance are the joint winners of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award. The winners were announced at an event at Vodaworld, Midrand, this past weekend.
New PR, communications website launched - Newsclip Media Monitoring
A brand new website has been launched. If you're in public relations or corporate communications, www.publicityupdate.co.za is for you.
So what's up with Naspers, Johncom and Caxton?
First, there was ITWeb reporting that the market was speculating that Naspers may be after total ownership of M-Net. Then Business Day also queried where the offer to buy the 38% stake in M-Net and Supersport came from - Naspers or an external party - and what this means in terms of Johncom's long-awaited empowerment deal. Now Business Report writes that the Naspers offer "appeared to stem from Naspers' fear that control of Johncom would fall into unfriendly hands", and that this unbundling could lead to the unbundling of Johncom's 36% stake in Caxton, making it easier for a Caxton-led consortium to gain control of Johncom. Yet Prof Anton Harber, in his blog The Harbinger, doesn't believe a merger between Johncom and Caxton is on the cards - just a closer knit in working together.
Parliament wants end to SABC 'blacklisting' issue
SABC News.com reports that yesterday, Monday, 30 October 2006, members of Parliament called for the SABC "to bring closure and put the so-called 'blacklisting' or blanket ban of commentators behind them". For more, click here. Reporting on the same issue, Business Day writes that the Parliamentary communications committee heard that the SABC board members had not been in unanimous agreement with the way the broadcaster had handled its response to the report. For more, click here.
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Mobile | | Pepsi scores comeback - Cellsmart Technologies
 "By beginning the decisive round of the South African Cola Wars at this point, Pepsi was able to integrate its sponsorships of individual soccer stars competing in the Soccer World Cup into its mobile marketing campaign," says Lesli Bilgor of tbsp///beyond-the-line, the advertising agency tasked with managing elements of Pepsi's return to South Africa after a nine-year absence.
Unpacking the mobile in mobile marketing
[Harry Trisos] If you understand the acronyms PIMP, BREW, CDPD, and GGSN, and exactly what processes they perform in the mobile space, then this article is probably not for you (were you called a geek at school?). On the other hand, should you form part of the 99% of us who struggle to grasp what mobile marketing is about, then hopefully the guide to unpacking the mobile, set out below, will be of some assistance to you.
Coup de grace for SA cellphone industry
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] It is official - from 10 November this year, cellphone users in South Africa can "cross floor", meaning switch from one network to another without losing their number. The programme of the public awareness campaigns on number portability was launched yesterday, Wednesday 1 November 2006, in Sandton, Johannesburg, by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).
REMAX communicates with franchisees using SMS - Cellsmart Technologies
CellSmart Technologies, a Cape-based wireless application service provider (WASP), has developed a solution enabling real estate consultancy REMAX to communicate effectively with over 160 franchisees using SMS.
Speedier mobile access to Gmail
In recognition of the role mobile phones play as a "key driver for balancing online and offline worlds", Google recently released a freely downloadable Java application which delivers Gmail users the look and feel of Gmail through a fast, feature-rich interface that's optimised for mobile devices. "Google's mobile products are designed to enable people to quickly and easily get the information they want on the go," says Deep Nishar, director of product management at Google.
Personalised bulk SMS package released
Pattern Matched Technologies (PMT) recently announced the commercial availability of stand-alone application myTXT. "Like most bulk SMS products, myTXT enables users to easily send text messages over the GSM network to multiple recipients," says Andre du Toit, MD of PMT. "What differentiates myTXT is that it permits recipients to respond to text messages for further personal attention."
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| | | Beeld journalist wins with Temptation - Beeld
 With his inherent inquisitive nature and overall general knowledge, Theunis Strydom (26), apprentice journalist at daily Afrikaans newspaper Beeld, has gained the title of 'Grandmaster' on M-Net's popular game show, Temptation. Theunis won consecutively over six nights, walking away with loads of prizes.
Sports supplement for Sunday Times
Sports news competing with other news for front page headlines will soon be a thing of the past after the Sunday Times announced this week that it will be launching a dedicated 24-page national sport supplement on 19 November 2006.
New through-the-line campaign for Die Burger from FCB Cape Town - FCB Cape Town
Die Burger has launched a through-the-line communication campaign emphasising its new pay-off line 'Die Burger Praat Saam', which loosely translates as 'join the conversation'.
BDFM buys control of BigNews - Big News
BDFM Publishers, owner of leading South African business media brands Business Day, Financial Mail (FM) and Summit TV, has bought a controlling stake in the newspaper BigNews for the Business Owner for an undisclosed sum.
Beeld launches new weekend supplement - Beeld
 Daily Afrikaans newspaper Beeld recently launched its first edition of weekend supplement, By. Targeting readers who like to think and debate, and are interested in reading well-researched, in-depth and often challenging journalism, By is headed by editor Liza Albrecht.
City Press goes outdoors - City Press
 Following the previous year's successful outdoor campaign, City Press is out there once again. Teamed up with FCB Johannesburg, the marketing communications department of RCP Media has already started to roll out a series of "thought-provoking" slogans to further strengthen the positioning of the brand.
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Online Media | | Russell Hanly to head 24.com - 24.com
 Russell Hanly has been appointed CEO of 24.com. The former chief executive: commercial takes over the reigns from CEO Kim Reid, who moves to head up a new Naspers Group business division.
AA launches private car sales channel
 The Automobile Association has announced the creation of AA Autobay, an online marketplace for people to buy, sell, finance and insure pre-owned vehicles privately in a safe, hassle-free and cost-effective environment. AA Autobay will be launched in a pilot phase in Pretoria from 1 November 2006 before it is rolled out nationally from the first quarter of 2007.
SA users flock to social networking sites - advertisers should follow - Acceleration
 South African web users are flocking to social networking sites such as MySpace and YouTube in their droves, which means that these web sites offer local marketers new advertising opportunities, according to Jacqui Boyd, media director at Acceleration.
Food24.com - where you are only as good as your latest review - 24.com
Food24.com is in the process of rolling out a new-look website that taps into the current online social networking trend, in keeping with the strategies behind new portal 24.com.
Mango increases site bandwidth
Due to the high demand for tickets, Mango has beefed up capacity to www.flymango.com. "Demand is still growing," says CEO Nico Bezuidenhout. "We have increased bandwidth to the site three times and still, traffic volumes exceed available web space. We are in the process of further increasing capacity."
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| | | High tech doesn't have to mean high cost - TBM
In a world where technology makes the rules, affordability is often the victim of staying in touch with new developments, especially when it comes to communication. Sadly, many of these high-tech developments have become essential operating tools for businesses, and those who can't afford them - particularly SMEs - have become casualties of the information age.
Signs of the times - O.R. Tambo Airport - Airport Media
 Johannesburg International Airport has officially changed its name to O.R. Tambo International Airport. While signage around the city of Jozi may take some time to catch up to the new name, Airport Media has ensured that there can be no mistaking the airport's new identity.
Heading off into Virgin space..
 If Net#work BBDO pulls off its request to NASA, it will be the advertising coup of the century - the first sub-orbital billboard in space to greet the passengers of Richard's Branson's latest offering, Virgin Galactic SpaceShip2, due to make its maiden voyage in 2008.
Frames speak for themselves
Primedia Unlimited's indoor billboard advertising arm The Letter Corporation (TLC) has added audio to the frames of its washroom advertising platform. The first advertisers to embrace the new format have been Pernod Ricard's Malibu and Reckitt Benckiser's Dettol.
Influencing customers at the point of sale
Primedia Unlimited subsidiary Primall Media has been responsible for Clinique's six-month '3-Step' escalator campaign in Tygervalley, Greenacres, Pavillion, Kolonnade and Eastgate shopping centres, which is being extended until June 2007. "Mall advertising was the natural choice for our brand because of its ability to influence customer's purchasing behaviour at the most important time and place - in the mall, at the point of sale," says Kerry Haupt, senior product manager, Clinique South Africa.
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Printing | | M&G Ventures appoints new publisher - Mail & Guardian
 M&G Ventures, a subsidiary of M&G Media Ltd, was recently established to take over the publishing of Traders African Business Journal, the Healthcare Journal and Campus Times. Tracy Steward, former managing editor of the Mail & Guardian, has been appointed publisher of the new venture.
Oliver Tambo: His Life and Legacy by Luli Callinicos - STE Publishers
 To coincide with the renaming of Johannesburg's airport to OR Tambo International, STE Publishers has just reprinted Oliver Tambo: His Life and Legacy, the commemorative edition issued by the 1999 ANC elections committee in honour of the legacy of comrade Oliver Tambo, late president and national chairman of the African National Congress.
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Production | | Net#work and Sphere create Pepsi spot for POP TV - Sphere Animation Studio
 Sphere Animation, under the creative prowess of Net#work BBDO, have brought Pepsi alive on the electronic billboards of POP TV.
Clearwater assists digital storytellers in ekasi - Clearwater
 Motsamayi Sondezi, a 25-year-old aspiring film director from Soweto, has had a lifelong dream to use moving images to tell stories, and Clearwater seized the opportunity to help him make the dream come true.
Frieze Films expands its directing repertoire - Frieze Films
 Frieze Films has taken on board a new director in the form of Steven Tanchel, a photographer with an established reputation in the fashion and advertising worlds.
Terraplane's Dan Roberts Twists a Tang into this world - Terraplane
 As Twist launches its new branding, Terraplane's Dan Roberts brings a new angle to life, together with Lobedu Leo Burnett and Ontwerp. "The brief was to give Twist a new energy and something that South African teens and early 20-somethings could grab onto," says Justin Wanliss of Lobedu Leo Burnett.
New-look tube for SA kids - Masters & Savant
 The project to give tube's leading animated character Dub a new look and new friends was awarded to Masters Media Africa, the newly formed strategic arm of one of South Africa's leading animation studios, Masters & Savant.
It's good, it's in glass - Collective Energy
 To encourage consumers to buy products in glass, and to demonstrate its recycling potential, Y&R Cape Town conceptualised two ideas for client Consol Glass. Working closely with creative director Peter Southworth, Greg Francois of Collective Energy took these ideas to the next level.
Combine photojourn theory with practice
Registration closes end of November 2006 for the Market Photo Workshop's year-long course in photojournalism and documentary photography, which begins in January 2007 at the Workshop's premises in Newtown, Johannesburg. Supported by Getty Images, it will consist of core modules in photojournalism, techniques, visual culture and writing, as well as training in special fields like business English, graphic design, film and editing, and curating. Bursaries are available. For enquiries, phone +27 (0)11 834 1444.
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1 November 2006 marks a new day for Zenex Foundation, an independent donor organisation focusing on mathematics, science and language education for the past 10 years, as it sheds its old image and replaces it with a new one.
The Lime Envelope boosts rAge numbers with extensive PR, advertising campaign - The Lime Envelope
 The Lime Envelope embarked on an extensive PR and advertising campaign for computer, gaming and technology expo rAge for four months prior to the event held end of September 2006, across the mediums of online, print, radio and TV - which meant that, as one journalist put it, "if you have not heard about rAge, the chances are that you have been stranded in a deserted cave in the Karoo somewhere."
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| | | Monitoring service confirms no repeats policy
A recent analysis released by patented broadcast monitoring service AirCheck shows that Jacaranda 94.2's 'no repeats between 9am and 4pm' policy is, in fact, true. AirCheck provides same-day spot and song airplay data to broadcasters, print media and agencies, allowing these stakeholders to track radio and television broadcasts.
Only the music
Unlike conventional radio, new online music service WebRadio has no news, sports updates, weather or even presenters. "It's all about the music," says WebRadio MD Jeff Ellis. "People want to listen to music without interruptions and that's what we give them. Your music, the way you want it on your computer."
Got change for a million?
5FM, in association with Savanna, is giving away R999 995 to one lucky listener on New Year's Eve. The competition launched on Gareth Cliff's breakfast show the beginning of this week.
Charmaine Noy joins weekday line-up at Kfm
Cape Town DJ Charmaine Noy, who currently presents the Saturday and Sunday 6pm - 10pm show on Kfm 94.5, is shifting to the 12pm - 3pm weekday slot from 1 November 2006. Noy joined Kfm in July this year from sister station 567mw CapeTalk.
East Coast Radio and MTN develop powerful brand partnership - East Coast Radio
 East Coast Radio's Platinum Slammer Package offers advertisers more than just radio by delivering an all-encompassing campaign that immerses the consumer in a total brand experience. Designed for maximum impact, this package offered MTN a powerful, connective strategy - with advertising on radio, web and a prominent billboard, as well as print ads, brand activation promotions, DJ endorsement and an SMS competition.
Toys for charity
The Nigel Pierce TOY TOY feature kicked off towards the end of last week, with the show broadcasting live from a different company each day. The aim is to encourage employees from each company to bring toys (used or new, but not broken) into work on the day of the live outdoor broadcast or to donate money to go to charity. Toys and donations can be dropped off at the Good Hope FM offices at the SABC, in Sea Point.
702 completes historic move
Talk Radio 702 officially moved to its new home on the FM frequency on Wednesday, 1 November 2006, when it launched its second, and biggest, FM transmitter in Pretoria at an outside broadcast and celebration at Church Square. The station is now available on 106.0 FM in the Pretoria area. This follows the initial migration to the FM band in July this year, when it began broadcasting on 92.7 FM in the Johannesburg area.
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| | | Counting your chickens in Africa
[Robin Parker] Research conferences by their very nature deal in detail. They are not exuberant by nature as many of us in the corporate world experienced during innumerable motivational days. But the participants in last week's Pan African Media Research Organisation's eighth conference, held in Cape Town, were no less than enthusiastic about their work in the difficult terrain of media research in Africa.
Robust outdoor media data soon
[Vivian Warby] Data from the first outdoor advertising live survey using the Npod handheld research meters will be available for Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in late 2007 and the rest of the country in 2008 as the rollout continues nationwide. This will take media owners into a new era of buying and selling in this space, said Ken McArthur, MD of Nielsen Media Research SA. He was speaking at the eighth Pan African Media Research Organisation (Pamro) conference held in Cape Town last week.
From Prime Time to My Time: the future of media measurement - African Response
Media measurement will never be the same, says Steve Garton, global head of media at Synovate. Why? Because the consumer is now in control. Speaking at From Prime Time to My Time, an event hosted by African Response, Garton addressed the key issues for media as we move into an increasingly digital world with an increasingly distracted audience.
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Retail | | Supply chain needs to reform or perish
The state of the South African FMCG logistics system is setting retailers up as acquisition targets. Overseas multinational retailers or equity players are already considering buying choice retail businesses, adding value and selling them on. So if you just keep on operating as you did last year, someone is going to take you out. This was the stark warning to delegates at the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa/Effective Consumer Response conference running this week.
Getting to grips with wholesale/retail skills shortages
While a disconcerting picture of slowing economic growth, decline in business with consequent job loss and increasing poverty is emerging from various Sector Skills Plans analyses, which stress the critical need to build the skills the nation needs to grow its economy, "the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) in conjunction with ECR and the Wholesale and Retail SETA has met the problem head-on," comments Russell Cagnacci, development manager of ECR South Africa.
The smart way to dress your cart
 Mobile advertising medium Smart Cart is now available in all Shoprite, Checkers, Checkers Hyper stores and shopping centres across the country. The advertising frame is attached onto both the inside and outside fronts of shopping trolleys, allowing for maximum frequency to the shopper pushing the trolley and maximum reach to on-coming traffic
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Sponsorship | | Win-win for kids' hospital, Pick 'n Pay shoppers
Pick 'n Pay shoppers stand the chance of winning their grocery money back by donating R5 towards the Pick 'n Pay "R5 Win Back Your Grocery Money" promotion in stores around the Western Cape from 1 November to end of December 2006. The promotion will also be staged in the Brackenfell and Ottery Hypermarket stores. All of the funds will go towards the O.P.E.R.A.T.I.O.N. Theatre campaign, launched by the Children's Hospital Trust, the fundraising arm of the Red Cross Children's Hospital.
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| | | Contestant or model - you choose the deal
There are two ways into M-Net's new big-money gameshow, Deal or No Deal: either as a contestant, or as one of the 26 models who will guard the suitcases which hold the big money on offer. It is the task of media partner FHM to find those girls whose dream it is to become a television star.
Makeover for Dub
 Iconic television character Dub has been entertaining children on SABC 2's tube for 10 years, communicating messages about children's rights and the importance of staying healthy through song and dance. His new brighter, more vibrant and realistic appearance is intended to convey tube's social sense of duty in an innovative and thrilling manner that will appeal to all children.
Strangers to be broadcast by SABC
Strangers, the film based on the story Stranger written by Bonolo Cebe, winner of the international CIAK Junior 2006 story writing competition, will be broadcast on SABC1 at 6pm on Children's Broadcasting Day on 10 December 2006. Strangers received two trophies - for the film with best subject and best South African film - at the CIAK awards ceremony in Italy earlier this year.
Voting kicks off for new music show VJ
The televised grand final between Fikile Moeti, Kyle White, Xylon van Eyck and Sandy Mzolo to become a VJ for the MTV base World Chart Express with Fanta show will take place on 8 November 2006 on e.tv and MTV base at 9.35pm CAT. Viewers' SMS votes will account for 50% of the total vote; voting lines open at 8pm CAT on Wednesday, 1 November. Five judges, including Casey B and 5FM's DJ Fresh, MTV base talent manager Gordon Hagan and Fanta marketing guru Amanda Broughton, will assess the finalists in a series of tasks. Sizwe Dhlomo, MTV base VJ and Season I winner will announce the winner live on e.tv at 10.20pm CAT, with in a symbolic handover of the MTV base microphone.
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| | Events to diarise | PRISA Breakfast Club with Gasant Abarder - Cape Town, 7 November
Join us as we breakfast with Gasant Abarder, news editor of the Daily Voice | | | Looking back to the future in our exciting SA UCT Graduate School of Business - Durban, 9 November
UCT's Graduate School of Business and Nedbank is proud to present this talk hosted by Raymond Ackerman, Chairman of Pick 'n Pay. | | | Short video production workshop The Writing Studio - Cape Town, 12 November
Emerging videomakers and scriptwriters have an unique opportunity to join forces in making independent short videos with a four-Sunday short video production workshop. | | | The power of storytelling in organisations Wits Business School - Johannesburg, 12 November
A highly experiential workshop designed to show you how to get your message across in an engaging way. | | | E-hotelier: The masterclass in hotel e-marketing Britefire (Pty) Ltd - Cape Town, 15 November / Johannesburg, 30 January
This course lays out all the online marketing tools available to hotels (from large chains to small, independent B&Bs), and provides references, practical hints and tips to get you developing your own e-marketing strategy. | | | EXSA 2006 Awards Banquet EXSA - Johannesburg, 15 November
EXSA's annual awards evening rewarding excellence in the exhibition industry. | | | Powerspeaking The Voice Clinic (Pty) Ltd - Rosebank or Pretoria, 15 November
Present with increased confidence, assertiveness and professionalism with our two-day training programme. | | | Achieving results through genuine leadership AchieveGlobal SA - V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 16 November
Be collaborative, visionary, mindful, skillful and inventive - key qualities of genuine leaders. | | | write2shoot four-day film school write2shoot film school - Cape Town, 18 November
Award winning writer/filmmaker, Daniel J. Harris; writer/producer, Bonnie Rodini and Waterfront Studios host a comprehensive four-day film school. | | | G Summit 2006 inContact Centre Solutions and Intelleca - Johannesburg, 20 November / Johannesburg, 21 November
Furthering customer awareness, knowledge and understanding through business considerations and benefits in terms of technologies. | | |
| | Upcoming events | Customer relationship management IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Durban, 6 November Customer Service Excellence Keybase Training Solutions - Benoni, 6 November How to Create and Maintain your own Web Site Eridge Marketing - Johannesburg, 6 November Setting up a media strategy Institute for the Advancement of Journalism - Johannesburg, 6 November Pricing for profit GIBS - Illovo, 6 November City Development World Africa 2006 Terrapinn Ltd - Johannesburg, 6 November Winning web texts and web sites Stellenbosch University - Cape Town, 6 November PRISA Breakfast Club with Gasant Abarder - Cape Town, 7 November Emotional Intelligence & Branding Vega The Brand Communications School - Durban, 7 November Public Relations & Corporate Communications Summit Beaver & Beaver Management Solutions (Pty) Ltd - Johannesburg, 7 November | More... Submit an event | | |
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