| | | No Comment |  Readers often ask me what the secret is to Bizcommunity.com’s success and our consistently climbing subscriber rate – 58 000 weekly subscribers request the ezines and 167 000 readers use the website monthly. It’s not rocket science: a committed team of talented individuals with authentic values; passion; client service; and a business philosophy which provided opportunities for every one of our readers to advertise and/or promote their skills and services, even if they were a business-of-one, right from our launch over five years ago. As South Africa’s leading daily news resource for the media, marketing and advertising community, Bizcommunity.com has set benchmarks in providing daily news, case studies and information to build businesses in our sector, thereby contributing to the economy in a meaningful manner, which is the role of business-to-business media: to facilitate trade. As a leader in online and business-to-business media it is time to spread our wings and engage with our many readers on the continent. Bizcommunity.com Africa launches on 15 March 2007 at the African Experiential Summit in Johannesburg under the leadership of our intrepid explorers, Bizcommunity.com MD Robin Parker and Africa content aggregator Rod Baker, both of whom have worked extensively on the continent. www.www.bizcommunity.com will be live on Thursday. See more detail below.
Viva Bizcomm viva! Louise Marsland, editor: editor@bizcommunity.com
| | Headlines | Bizcommunity.com launches into Africa
Lowe Bull cleans up Creative Circle Ad of the Year
Bateleur goes BEE
Interactive is imperative
The pen is mightier than the sword…
Bullets won’t silence Bullard
Trevallyn Hall appointed morrisjones creative director
Jupiter’s Mogul to fill advertising gap
The art of handling customer complaints
The Citizen launches Metro newspaper
State of media crime coverage in SA
Media24 consolidates business reporting
Industry support for SA blogging community
Titanium and Integrated Lions jury announced
Watershed moment for marketers
Strategic changes at Lowe Bull
BBC train at the YouTube platform
ADvantage ADmag finalists announced
Marketing Association of SA launches
Sales promotion came first
Grid to design Loeries
Email influences consumer purchasing
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Marketing | | Bizcommunity.com launches into Africa
After leading the South African business-to-business and online media in publishing daily news to the media, marketing and advertising community in South Africa, Bizcommunity.com is launching into Africa to provide our readers on the continent and advertisers with comprehensive and durable content country by country – adding to the 800 000 newsletters it already distributes monthly with SA-specific content in this industry.
The art of handling customer complaints
[Jean Moncrieff] South Africans are often encouraged to complain about poor service rather meekly accept it – but how seriously are our complaints taken once we make them? How many companies actually have formal processes for handling complaints? Experience suggests they are few; and yet, the way a complaint is handled can make all the difference to whether an organisation keeps or loses a customer.
Watershed moment for marketers
[Chris Moerdyk] It was encouraging that see that when it came to nominations for the new board of directors at the fledgling Marketing Association's inaugural general meeting this week, so many local marketers stood up to be counted.
Be a cash test dummy
 [Simone Puterman] Cherryflava Media’s recently launched Cherrypicka.com allows readers to try out and review products from various local brands, in addition to reading about new trends emerging in business, marketing and advertising. “The web really allows for honest review of brands - and therefore I saw potential in putting all of that thinking in one place,” says Jonathan Cherry of cherryflava.com.
Marketing Association of SA launches
[Louise Marsland] The new and long awaited Marketing Association of South Africa launched at a high profile event in Johannesburg yesterday, Monday, 5 March 2007, which was broadcast and streamed live via the Internet to global marketing associations in Africa, Europe, Australia, Canada and the US via 1485 Radio Today and DStv audio channel 70.
Sales promotion came first
 For the first time in South Africa, the South African Promotion Marketing Awards (SAPMA Leopard Awards) have been launched in conjunction with the MAA Globes, an annual international promotion marketing awards programme.
21st century dad faces his own 'glass ceiling' - Egg Marketing & Communications
 [Alda Heunis] Although still in its infancy, the daddy market merits some investment from businesses. Not only are dads influencers and deciders, but they are also becoming parental initiators, buyers and even users.
McDonald’s SA appoints 2010 FIFA World Cup project head
Nozipho Jafta has been appointed as head of project 2010 for McDonald’s South Africa, effective as of 1 March 2007. She will have overall responsibility for managing the entire 2010 project to ensure that McDonald’s business objectives in SA, as well as the needs of the brand at a global level, are met. In SA, she will also be the key contact person for McDonald’s for all the 2010 FIFA World Cup stakeholders locally and globally. McDonald’s is the official sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Advertising | | Lowe Bull cleans up Creative Circle Ad of the Year
Lowe Bull has dominated the Creative Circle Ad of the Year awards, taking top place for its Unilever/Axe campaigns in the Magazine, Newspaper and Film categories and a second place in Radio. Members of the Creative Circle judged the Ad of the Year from the winners of the Creative Circle Monthly Awards last week in Johannesburg.
Interactive is imperative
[Uwe Gutschow] As the consumer moves from ‘mass media’ to ‘my media’, becoming increasingly more powerful in the brand creation process, advertisers and marketers need to re-look their models and place traditional marketing and advertising approaches under scrutiny. Interactive divisions don’t need to be integrated into the agency; it is the agency that needs to integrate itself into interactive thinking.
Clio Design jury announced
NEW YORK: The remaining members for the 2007 Design jury at the 48th annual international Clio Awards were announced last week. The Clio Design jury, chaired by Peet Pienaar, creative director of Cape Town-based Daddy Buy Me a Pony, is responsible for evaluating award entries encompassing all aspects of brand identity, from brochures to corporate identities, package design to self-promotion and environmental design.
Trevallyn Hall appointed morrisjones creative director
 Advertising agency morrisjones&co has recently appointed Trevallyn Hall as its creative director, a position previously held by founding member Angel Jones, who has now moved up to become executive creative director.
Jupiter’s Mogul to fill advertising gap
The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town’s newly launched intellectual property development company Mogul is intended to provide the development of new products ideas, both independently and for existing Jupiter clients. The new company specialises in the conception, design, patenting, trade marking, positioning and implementation of products, across a wide spectrum of industries.
Long walk to freelance
 [Shelva Carstens] The agency creative is a dying breed. This animal is increasingly being replaced by that rare and often lesser spotted freelancer. The freelancer is seen as a different animal from the employed creative. He is a marksman. A specialist. His job is to hit and run. He quickly steps in to rescue the agency/client and leaves just as quickly when the job is done, often leaving with that superhero smirk on his face, as if to congratulate himself for a job well done.
loveLife challenges youth to define their future
loveLife’s newly launched new multi-media communications campaign urges young people to be part of a love life generation defined by ambition, the power to decide and a determination to live a healthy lifestyle and avoid HIV infection. Leading the challenge are the 6000 young people who form loveLife’s country-wide leadership of groundbreakers and mpintshis (buddies).
Clio Contact & Content jury announced
NEW YORK: The 48th international Clio Awards and Festival, a leading global awards competition recognising excellence in advertising and design, announced the complete list of 2007 jury members for its Content & Contact (C&C) category, yesterday, Tuesday, 6 March 2007. The C&C category honours breakout work at the crossroads of creative and media.
Titanium and Integrated Lions jury announced
Headed by Alex Bogusky, CEO of Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the Titanium and Integrated Lions jury will judge and award the best integrated campaigns that use three or more different media, as well as looking to honour breakthrough ideas and work that challenge current ways of advertising and communication. Judging will take place in Cannes, with the winners being announced on Saturday evening, 23 June 2007.
Strategic changes at Lowe Bull
Wayne Naidoo, formerly the new business director, has been appointed as MD of the Lowe Bull Group with a core focus on new business development, while Kirk Gainsford will be taking over from executive creative director Porky Hefer. In addition, Lowe Bull has backed a start-up, below-the-line company, Mick & Nick, and bought a minority stake in brand design company Rex.
Countdown until One Show Festival
NEW YORK: Two thousand creatives from all over the world will gather in New York City on 8 - 11 May 2007 for the One Show Festival, which has attracted over 17 000 entries from 64 countries around the world. Widely recognised as the standard of excellence, the One Show awards the year’s best work in advertising, design, interactive and student work from all over the globe.
Experiencing commitment
 On the eve of Valentine’s Day, JWT’s Studio opened a 24 hour love chapel for a one-night-only shotgun wedding fest in Cape Town, complete with wedding dresses, confetti, a black Elvis conducting the Ceremonies of Lurve, plastic wedding bands, marriage certificates, wedding music and Smirnoff cocktails.
Online advertising network launches full service offering - Fuel Ad Network
Independent online advertising company, Fuel Ad Network, has rebranded as Fuel Group as it extends its service offering.
Where to TV? AMASA looks for answers - AMASA
The Advertising Media Association of South Africa, along with leading media experts, will be hosting an interactive discussion forum on the current status of the television industry at the upcoming AMASA meeting on Wednesday, 7 March 2007, at the JSE in Sandton, Johannesburg.
How does Artifact approach the challenge of marketing in a franchise environment? - Artifact Advertising
By working through the stages of brand creation, brand awareness and brand maintenance, Artifact Advertising takes care of all the stages in a brand’s cycle... with a special focus on certain areas for franchises...
More chicken = more love, says Lowe Bull - Lowe Bull
 There is a sector of the local market that views a Nando’s meal as a ‘treat’, which they really only enjoy at month end. In a bid to bring these people into Nando’s stores more often for more meals, the Nando’s team briefed agency Lowe Bull to create a campaign for a new, entry-level meal.
Sanlam sponsors Pendoring yet again
Sanlam has once again joined the likes of the ATKV, Vodacom, Media24 and Rapport as a main sponsor of this year’s Pendoring Advertising competition and project, which focuses on the advancement of excellent Afrikaans advertising. Says Dawid Brand, Pendoring co-ordinator, “An investment in Pendoring means much more than sponsoring an enjoyable get-together. It is an investment in the future of Afrikaans and South African advertising.”
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| | | Leading e-schooling in North Africa
The Egyptian Minister of Education, Dr Yousry Al-Gamal, officially launched the NEPAD e-Schools Demonstration Project at Al-Haddain Secondary School in El Behaira Governate, Egypt, last month. The project is a joint venture of the Egyptian Government, HP Consortium, Oracle Consortium and the NEPAD e-Africa Commission.
Lamps for Africa
 The recent strategic placement of 1000 lamp pole units throughout Luanda’s CDB by Clear Channel Outdoor Angola gives advertisers access to the city’s main arterials in Luanda. “Lamp pole advertising is fast becoming the best short term tactical media option in my market,” says Alex da Cruz, GM, Clear Channel Angola.
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South African online branding forum www.leadingbrands.org has partnered with UNISA’s Graduate School of Business (SBL) to launch the Leading Brands Programme, an integrated, cross-disciplinary brand leadership executive seminar designed to equip South African business and marketing leaders with skills and latest thinking and practices in building enduring and profitable brands.
Added Value Group restructures - Added Value
Added Value, the global marketing insight group, has promoted Janine Hawkins to Global CEO for People and Organisation and has centralised its European businesses under Liz Musch in the newly created role of European CEO.
Play by global rules - Interbrand Sampson
[Jeremy Sampson] Jeremy Sampson, who has just stepped down as one of the original seven members of the Interim Marketing Association board, talks about branding and playing by global rules.
Enterprise IG’s bald and beautiful - Enterprise IG
 Britney did it first. Then Enterprise IG. In support of the Cancer Association of South Africa’s “Dare to Go Bare” campaign, brand consultancy Enterprise IG hosted an in-office corporate CANSA Shava- and Sprayathon last week to give its staff the opportunity to participate in the national fundraiser.
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CRM | | To BEE or not to be - Conexus
[Jake Orpen] Following the Government’s publishing of the new Codes of Good Practice for implementation of Black Economic Empowerment in February 2007, Conexus, a South African call centre outsourcing company, is one of the first QSEs (qualifying small enterprises) to be audited by rating agency Empowerdex. Jake Orpen, MD of Conexus, shares his not-so-daunting experience in preparing for the audit, as well as his surprise at the simplicity of the process.
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Design | | Grid to design Loeries
2006 Loeries Grand Prix winner Grid is the official design agency for The Loerie Awards 2007, it was announced today, Tuesday, 6 March 2007. The scope of work includes design for the call to entry, a targeted campaign around judging week and close of entries, as well as a tactical campaign around the awards weekend.
Highlighting designer hotels
The new Decorex Designer Hotels website portal, a collaboration between Decorex SA, Cape Town Tourism and Cape Town Routes Unlimited, features a selection of individual hotels offering a range of design experiences - from the excitement of the inner city to the elegant seclusion of the suburbs.
Zen Shui - photography where East meets West and Life meets Zen - Great Stock!
 Zen Shui is a brand new collection of RF images from Great Stock! and Photo Alto, comprising 15 themed CD titles and 450 single images. This premier collection meets the demand for images that address mankind’s growing need for tranquillity and meaning in modern life.
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| | | Email influences consumer purchasing
Email is a key point of influence for consumer purchasing decisions, according to the Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions research released last week. The study, conducted by MetrixLab on behalf of Microsoft, demonstrates to advertisers that email offers significant opportunities for brands to connect with a targeted consumer audience at a key point of influence.
Kiss upon a star - Aqua Online
With the much-anticipated launch of the all-new MINI R56, MINI SA approached its digital agency, Aqua Online, to create a digital activation that would put the new MINI on everybody's lips - literally.
Wireless on coffee
In order to get customers to drink more than one cup of coffee at a sitting, Seattle Coffee Company created separate spaces with comfortable seating providing wireless access points for notebooks. The popularity of the service has been gaining momentum in the first eight months of its availability, with a reported growth rate of 25% month on month. “We chose ProCurve Networking by HP because we needed high levels of reliability. I can train my guys to make coffee but not to fix computers,” says Barry Parker, director of Seattle Coffee Company.
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Education and Training | | UCT programme opens door to strategy - UCT Graduate School of Business
 The UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) is running a novel course in April 2007 that aims to take strategy to the people. The motivation, says course director Jonathan Foster-Pedley, is to improve thinking at every level of business, turning all staff into strategists and enabling companies to do more with less.
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| | | Finery and famous faces for Ghana - True Colour Events
 The True Colour Events team left South Africa on 23 February 2007 - destination Ghana - to create the second Glo Caf Awards, deliver a world-class awards evening, provide exposure for the soccer stars and promote Globacom.
Stars land in Auckland Park - Loudfire
 Standard Bank’s top performing staff members in the Gauteng region had stars in their eyes at the glamorous Standard Bank Gauteng Blue Stars 2006 Awards Evening. The event, which took place in February 2007 at Atlas Studios in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, was produced by designer entertaining company, Loudfire.
Amanda Maynard launches Kadoro - Kadoro Events and Communications
 Having honed her event management skills in the corporate world, dynamic eventing specialist Amanda Maynard has taken the plunge and launched Kadoro, an event management and brand activation company enhanced with supplementary PR activities.
My Coke Fest local line-up announced
Coca-Cola and official radio station 5FM have confirmed the South African bands joining Hoobastank, Staind, 3 Doors Down, Evanescence and the legendary Guns N’ Roses at the 12-hour My Coke Fest taking place in Johannesburg on 27 April 2007 and in Cape Town on 1 May. The Springbok Nude Girls and The Parlotones will be performing in both Johannesburg and Cape Town, with Evolver, Cassette and J performing in Johannesburg only, and The Dirty Skirts, Love Jones and Taxi Violence performing in Cape Town only.
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Exhibitions | | Indaba being showcased at ITB
South African Tourism is inviting the travel trade and media from Germany to visit the Indaba stand on the main South African pavilion at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB) 2007, 7 – 11 March 2007, and register for the exhibition, which takes place 12 - 15 May in South Africa. Indaba registrations from travel trade and media representatives visiting the ITB from other countries are also welcomed.
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Magazines | | Property title undergoes revamp
 Media Nova's The Property Magazine, the three-year old free-to-home publication dedicated to the people, places and perspectives of the dynamic property industry, is undergoing a facelift. "While it’s still the well-known ‘big red one’, the masthead has been updated for a cleaner, fresher look,” says Tony Vaughan, MD of Media Nova.
Music magazine increases print run
 Stage magazine’s recently signed print and distribution deal with Media24’s NMD 24 will see the March 2007 issue go out with a print run of 35 000, with a year end target of 70 000 magazines printed per month. For most of its eight years of publishing, the music magazine has had a print run of around 10 000.
ADvantage ADmag finalists announced
Competition is rife in the consumer publishing arena - as a result, judges of the Advantage ADmag Awards faced a gruelling task in selecting which consumer publications stood out head and shoulders above the rest. After hours of assessing and reassessing, the finalists have been chosen.
New Media goes Hip2B2
New Media Publishing has been awarded the contract to publish the Shuttleworth Foundation’s HIP2B2 magazine, which is currently distributed to 150 000 high school students eight times a year. In addition, the publishing house’s digital arm New Media Digital will redevelop and content manage the title’s website.
Zoo Weekly/Weekliks circulation a big success - UCM
 South Africa’s only glossy weekly men’s lifestyle magazine ZOO Weekly/Weekliks has already established itself as one of the biggest retail sales value (RSV) magazine brands in the country, after its first official ABC figure was released recently (for the Oct to Dec 2006 period).
New player secures three new custom publications
Design Culture Publishing, a relatively new player in the custom publishing industry, has secured three new custom titles, Labour Dynamix, the official publication for trade union UASA; Sunburst, the internal publication for Southern Sun Hotel Group and Phenduka, PPC’s corporate social transformation publication. Labour Dynamix and Phenduka will be published quarterly and Sunburst will be published three times a year.
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| | | The pen is mightier than the sword…
 [Louise Marsland] Media contemporaries expressed shock and outrage yesterday, Thursday 8 March 2007, at the armed attack on outspoken Sunday Times columnist David Bullard, calling him a “profoundly valuable man” and the “conscience” of South Africa.
Bullets won’t silence Bullard
[Chris Moerdyk] If those who gunned Dave Bullard down were trying to silence him, they should know that they have not succeeded one bit. Knowing him as well as I do, having survived this attempt on his life and given that he will make a full recovery, Bullard will look at leveraging every possible positive aspect he can out of this incident.
State of media crime coverage in SA
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Poverty, unemployment, HIV/Aids, homelessness, women and child abuse, moral depravation and corruption, among others, are just some of the critical issues facing post-apartheid South Africa. The media – as society’s watchdog – has, since the dawn of democracy, been equal to the task in reporting extensively on these issues to create social awareness and force the Government to review its strategies or implement workable policies, media analysts say.
Group decision to defy SABC – Perlman
“John Perlman’s on-air confrontation of SABC black-listing practices was not a ‘spur of the moment’ one”, writes IOL, but was “very carefully considered” and “made after discussions among concerned SABC staff members”. For more, click here.
ICASA to look into FXI’s SABC complaint
The Freedom of Expression Institute’s complaint that the SABC is in violation of the Broadcast Act is to be investigated by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), reports Business Day. For more, click here.
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| | | The Citizen launches Metro newspaper
The Citizen has joined forces with Johannesburg Metrobus to launch a free, abbreviated version of the daily paper, Citizen Metro, to be distributed to Metrobus commuters from early March 2007. Each day, Metro buses carry 45 000 passengers to their destination and back.
Media24 consolidates business reporting
Media24 has consolidated its business pages in Beeld, Volksblad and Die Burger and re-branded it as Sake24, promising readers and advertisers national coverage on the most up-to-date and pressing economic and business issues, including news on Africa, media and advertising, IT and telecommunications, property and ‘the story behind the story’. Sake24 launched on Tuesday, 6 March 2007.
Final call for Mondi Shanduka Lifetime Achiever Award
The deadline for last minute nominations for the 2006 Mondi Shanduka Lifetime Achiever Award has been extended until Friday, 9 March 2007, at 11am. Part of the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards, this award recognises sustained and extraordinary contribution to newspaper journalism on the part of an individual whose journalism career should have spanned at least 20 years.
Zingisa Mkhuma appointed Pretoria News acting editor
Zingisa Mkhuma, The Star’s executive editor, has been appointed Pretoria News acting editor, taking over from Alide Dasnois who is moving on to become deputy editor of The Cape Times. Mkhuma is a seasoned journalist with almost 20 years of experience in newspaper and magazine editing. “Zingisa’s appointment to Pretoria News comes at the time when competition for readership is rife, and we are confident with her track record she is capable of growing both readership profile and circulation, and drive the publication heights,” says Tony Howard, chief executive of Independent Newspapers.
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Online Media | | How to use del.icio.us to take over the world
 [Mike Stopforth] The value of del.icio.us - a social bookmarking application - is often misperceived, and its potential underestimated. You see, just being able to store your WWW bookmarks remotely is not sexy enough. Being able to share them with millions of other users, and in turn being able to interrogate the collective bookmarking efforts of those millions of other del.icio.us users in a very powerful way, is.
Creating user-friendly websites
 [Janie Smit] As we move towards broadband as the standard, multimedia websites are becoming the norm rather that the exception. If done well, sound, video and animation will enrich a user’s experience. The opposite is also true for bad designs and this is a sure way to ruin your reputation fast. Here are six tips that will help you simplify the way you deliver information to users.
Industry support for SA blogging community
The 2007 SA Weblog Awards are moving from an enthusiasts-only event to a credible competition, thanks to Storm Telecom’s sponsoring of a Mac Book Pro, worth over R17 000, which will go to the winner of Best Overall Blog. "In previous awards the prizes were essentially little more than public acknowledgement,” says Jonathan Cherry, MD of Cherryflava Media, who is hosting the awards.
Increasing competition in online classifieds industry
The online classifieds industry has changed considerably in the last two years and competition is heating-up as various big-name Internet players have begun dabbling in the business. Felix Erken, MD of Junk Mail Publishing, welcomes the competition as he says the entry of global players such as Google, MSN and Yahoo to the market has helped put online classifieds on the radar and made the notion far more trendy, thus credible, which translates into more activity.
Public polls open for SA Weblog Awards
The public polls for this year’s South African Weblog Awards are now officially open, and will be until noon Friday, 16 March 2007. This year’s main prize is for the Weblog of the Year’ category - a new Apple MacBook Pro, sponsored by Storm.co.za.
SA video, photo sharing site launches with competition
 South African video and photo sharing social network Zoopy.com, which aims to get South Africans to connect and share with friends, family, colleagues and (some very nice) complete strangers, is currently featuring the first of many planned competitions to find SA’s best online talent. A 30gig Video iPod will go to the best entrant in Claim To Fame who uploads a video of him or herself demonstrating the most talent in whatever way, shape or form.
Ananzi's new look and feel: so fresh and so clean - Ananzi
South African search engine and information portal, Ananzi.co.za, is now sporting a fresher, less cluttered and more cutting-edge homepage. The new gray and white theme is in stark contrast to Ananzi's previous front-page identity, which consisted of yellow and black bars and headers.
Judged the best by the best! - Prezence SA
At this year’s Construction New Media Awards, now in its seventh year, judges Andries Odendaal (Wireframe, Cape Town), Daljit Singh (Digit, London) and Simon Waterfall (Poke, London) awarded Prezence Gold for the Ster-Kinekor website they developed, in the online functional category.
USA Today website goes social
US: The relaunch of www.usatoday.com towards the end of last week is a move towards the news site becoming “a full on social network, integrating user generated content in intelligent and interesting ways,” according to Techcrunch’s Michael Arrington. For more, click here.
Classifieds site revamped for enhanced usability
One of the key features of the newly relaunched Junk Mail site is the ability to upload pictures online for free, which significantly increases the user’s likelihood of selling. Visitors also no longer have to subscribe in order to enter www.junkmail.co.za and non-subscribers are now able to preview adverts for free. A mobile billing option simplifies the subscription process and provides those without credit cards with the opportunity to subscribe and make use of the site.
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| | | For the love of Joburg
 Clear Channel Outdoor and Cell C have created what is alleged to be the largest contravision iconic landmark site in Africa by wrapping the two counter tips of the Diagonal Street Building in the Johannesburg CBD. The 3420m² surface area, printed by Hirt & Carter, is made up of 106 panels per side, all of different sizes due to the shape of the building.
Power Play chooses 3D advertising with Prime360Media - Prime360Media
Power Play, an energy drink from The Coca-Cola Company, is the latest product to be wowing its target market with a visually thrilling campaign on Prime360Media’s 3D units.
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Production | | SA retrospective for Mumbai Film Festival
The ninth International Film Festival of Mumbai will feature a retrospective of South African films produced by Anant Singh and Videovision Entertainment, including The Stick!, Sarafina, Cry, The Beloved Country, Paljas, The Long Run, Red Dust and Yesterday. Producer Anant Singh and executive producer Sudhir Pragjee will be attending the festival, which runs 8 - 15 March 2007.
Terraplane’s John Barker premieres Bunny Chow in Johannesburg - Terraplane
 The Johannesburg premiere of Bunny Chow was held by Ster Kinekor in Sandton toward the end of last week in a cinema filled with journos and fans alike.
Lizelle on fire – for Steers and King James - Sylver
 Sylver’s principal directing talent and executive producer Lizelle Wagner have brought yet another commercial to our screens on behalf of Steers and King James.
Hat trick for Fresh Eye - Fresh Eye Film Productions
 Three fresh ideas won three ABSA commercials for three Fresh Eye Film Production directors. Experienced directing stalwarts Dave Gillard, Jonathan Parkinson and talented newcomer Amy Allais were the firm favourites in a competitive pitch process for the three small business solutions ads for the financial services giant.
Creative Vision competes with mega million Coca-Cola animation extravaganza in Europe - Creative Vision
 Following its success in the Holland Animation Festival, Creative Vision has been invited to enter its work in the Bimini International Animation Festival, the largest in Eastern Europe. It will be up against ads such as Coca Cola's ‘Videogame’, Adidas' ‘Predator vs F50’ and Sony PSP's ‘Loco Roco’.
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| | | Graphicor’s clients shine at the 2007 Investor Relations Awards - Tshirundu Communications
Graphicor’s clients Barloworld and Exxaro were amongst the winners of the best investor relations website by technical criteria in Africa, while Nedbank came on top in the Small/Mid Cap category, at the recent ninth annual Investor Relations Global Ranking and Awards, held for the first time in South Africa.
How good media reputations nourish SA's strongest brands - Idea Engineers
Many South African companies are overlooking the important role that public relations (PR) plays in shaping perceptions of their brands in a media-saturated world. That’s according to Janice Spark, managing partner at Idea Engineers.
The Write Co and PR in Cape Town - The Write Co
Patricia Pichulik, Writers Write graduate and Write Co facilitator, is excited about spending two days in Cape Town to teach the Capetonians the art of writing press releases, and what public relations is all about.
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| | | East Coast Radio shows its heart every Wednesday on The Big Favour - East Coast Radio
 Damon Beard, executive producer and co-host of East Coast Radio's popular Rush Hour Ride, has won numerous awards of recognition from his industry peers for his work in charity, but he remains humbled by the requests that stream in for the show's Wednesday afternoon Big Favour feature.
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| | | Johnnic ups CareerJunction stake
Johnnic Communications’ acquisition last week of a further 25% of online recruitment services company CareerJunction from permanent recruitment services and flexible staffing sector company Adcorp Holdings, will raise Johncom’s shareholding to 85%. Management owns the remaining 15%.
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| | | Bateleur goes BEE
 Pearl Thamaga and Yolanda Vilakazi, directors of research agency Khanya Research Solutions, last week purchased half of Bateleur Research Solutions for an estimated R6 million. This positions Thamaga and Vilakazi as 50% shareholders of the company, with the remaining 50% being held by Camelia Morar (financial director) and Bateleur founders Gordon Hooper and Alan Todd.
Voice of the People: International Women's Day - Markinor
Four out of 10 global citizens still think that women do not have equal rights: this is according to the Voice of the People survey, released by Gallup International for International Women's Day on 8 March 2007.
Domestic tourism continues to please - Synovate
Satisfaction with domestic tourism stabilised over the last six months of 2006, according to the latest results from Synovate’s Domestic Tourism Barometer. Overall satisfaction when travelling within South Africa remains at 78%.
Do motorsports rev up South African brands? - Synovate
More than a third of motorsports fans in our country state that they would be influenced by a manufacturer’s success on the racing circuit when buying a car or motorcycle, according to a recent global survey by Synovate.
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Retail | | Parmalat premium for BEE dairy farmers
Parmalat South Africa will pay an incentive premium to milk producers who meet specific empowerment targets as a means of encouraging farmers to actively participate in the transformation of the dairy sector. Producers will receive a premium of 1c per litre for BEE scores of 35% or more, and an additional 1c per litre premium for a score of more than 40%.
Distell strengthens international distribution
Shortly after concluding an agreement to become the sole supplier of South African wines to Nordic distributor Altia Corporation, which also serves the Baltic markets, Distell has entered into a deal with Baarsma Wine Group Holding (BWGH) to carry some of its leading brands in Holland. The Netherlands is SA’s largest wine export market after the UK.
New look for wine range
Simonsig has revamped the look of its duo of easy drinking red and white wines. Intended to be classy, clean and altogether more striking, the labels of the latest vintages of Simonsig Adelberg 2005 and Simonsig Adelblanc 2006 portray the heritage and prestige of this Stellenbosch cellar. Screw caps – a first for the estate - complete the redesign.
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 The International Marketing Council of South Africa (IMC) recently appointed new service providers to manage the Brand South Africa work for the next three years. A consortium consisting of of Kaelo Worldwide Media, Grid and Converse will develop the "Live the Brand" Programme, aimed at building a sense of commitment to the marketing and creation of a positive image of the country.
Third series of Kaelo - Stories of Hope provides unique CSR communication opportunities - Kaelo Worldwide Media
 Popular SABC television series, Kaelo – Stories of Hope, which highlights great stories emerging from corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in an engaging and inspiring way, will be back on South African screens in a third series from Monday, 9 July 2007.
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| | | Clearing up black consumer market misconceptions
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The SABC, in collaboration with Revlon and The Media Shop, has embarked on the second phase of its ‘Truth Experiential Tour’, a multi-million rand initiative that aims at exposing the truth about the black consumer market to potential marketers, advertisers and investors. Once seen as cradles of poverty, violence and political uprising, townships are now bursting with luxury items, money, national pride and big ideas for entrepreneurships.
BBC train at the YouTube platform
[Chris Khouri] The BBC recently announced the current availability of two branded entertainment channels on Google’s YouTube providing short clips of the UK public service broadcaster’s content and the intention to launch a news oriented channel later in 2007. The primary motives for the partnership for the BBC at present seem to be to use the platform as a promotions vehicle, rather than as a platform to generate substantial revenue.
SABC board too “lenient”
Both the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party have condemned the SABC board’s "‘lenient’ action" with respect to its head of news Snuki Zikala and the blacklisting scandal, reports the Mail & Guardian Online. For more, click here.
Fidentia boss gets the 3rd Degree
In a no-holds barred exclusive interview on e.tv at 8pm on Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 3rd Degree’s Debora Patta will take Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown – the man at the centre of Fidentia scandal - to task. Watch him squirm under a barrage of fierce questions. Will he be able to fudge his way out of a web of lies and deceit?
Hip hopping from SA to LA
Channel O latest show O-Access brings viewers a firsthand account of the lives of the biggest names in hip hop and R&B in the US. Hosted by Nonhle and shot on location in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami and Jamaica, the show is witness to the birth of the music channel’s international recognition, according to Yolisa Phahle, Channel O’s GM. The 13-week series launched at 11am on Sunday, 4 March 2007, with a special rebroadcast on Tuesdays at 6.30pm and Saturdays at 5.30pm.
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| | Forums | | | Corporate and promotional giftsWhat do you look for in a corporate gift company?What is your view? | | Cost of marketing?!What is a reasonable amount of money to spend on marketing a sme business on a monthly basis?What is your view? | | How does one take part in pitches, tenders in the design/advertising industry.How do I find out what pitches are taking place in the design industry? What is your view? | | More... Submit a Forum | | |
| | Accounts | | | Zimbali Coastal Resort appoints Hunt PR - more info | | VWV drafted to go global - more info | | Cinevation appointed advertising agency for The Lion King - more info | | Good hair for Conduit Productions - more info | | Revlon body spray portfolio awarded to Espial - more info | | More... Submit a New account | | |
| | People | | | Two new appointments at Oscar Tango Marketing - more info | | Starcom makes two new appointments - more info | | RE/MAX Southern Africa announces new marketing director - more info | | New appointment at The Event Production Company - more info | | More... Submit a Person | | |
| | Events to diarise | Variable data printing Remata Print - Midrand, 13 March
This two-day workshop features short presentations explaining the exciting world of communication that variable data printing will open up for companies. | | | Power of the press release The Write Co - Johannesburg, 14 March
This one-day interactive workshop teaches you how to write the best press releases according to industry standards and more. | | | Commercial correspondence The Write Co - Johannesburg, 16 March
This one-day course will take you from corporate scribbles and "blushable" blunders to a grammatically-correct and legible correspondence expert. | | | InDesign CS2 Project 3 - Claremont, 19 March
A bumper five-day workshop that will empower you to get to grips with the industry leading page layout application. | | | Powerspeaking programme The Voice Clinic - Cape Town, 28 March
Empower yourself to present and communicate with enhanced confidence, assertiveness and dynamism! | | | Customer service at its best MBTraining - Cape Town, 29 March
This one-day workshop will equip the delegate with the tools to become service-driven with emphasis on the customer. | | | The global PR plan The Write Co - Cape Town, 30 March
This one-day intensive workshop is designed for PR practitioners wanting to up-the-bar and learn the latest thinking and tactics to build real PR strategies that deliver the competitive edge. | | | Muzi Kuzwayo - winning in a hostile world Finlay Events - Johannebsurg, 30 March
Join brand marketing guru and best-selling author Muzi Kuzwayo for breakfast, as he presents his new book, There’s a tsotsi in the boardroom! | | | Introduction to CRM, ERM and loyalty IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Johannesburg, 2 April
This two-day course will provide you with the right knowledge to develop CRM, ERM and loyalty marketing programmes to benefit your business. | | | Business writing IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Johannesburg, 2 April
Learn all you need to know about written communication in business with this one-day course. | | |
| | Upcoming events | Creative negotiation skills Maurice Kerrigan (Pty) Ltd - Johannesburg, 12 March The Consumer Protection Bill CBM Training - Bedfordview, 12 March Event project management The Hedgehog Event - Johannesburg, 12 March The perfect PR plan The Write Co - Sandton, 12 March Customer relationship management IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Johannesburg, 12 March Effective e-mail marketing IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Johannesburg, 12 March Fundamentals of high trust selling IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Johannesburg, 13 March Strategic Media Relations Conference 2007 DPR Management Solutions - Sandton, 13 March Strategic media relations conference and workshop DPR Management Solutions - Sandton, Johannesburg, 13 March Effective presentation skills BDG Communications - Johannesburg, 13 March | More... Submit an event | | |
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| Freelance Medium-weight Copywriter - Cape Town
Exciting, dynamic and fanastic Cape Town-based agency looking for temp. Copywriter with potential for permanent employment. At least three years ATL experience required. Email now! read more
| Senior Digital Designer - Green Point - Cape Town
Are you skilled and gamey enough to design award-winning engaging interactive environments for a broad perspective of clients? Would you like to grow as a person? read more
| Experienced Senior PR Account Manager - Johannesburg
Communications company seeks an experienced and energetic PR account manager to manage large established clients. Minimum of three years PR experience a must! read more
| Managing Director - Telesales Advertising - Cape Town
Fast growing UK publishing company looking to recruit an experienced telesales manager to establish outbound advertising telesales operation in Cape Town to sell advertising in its market-leading UK titles. read more
| Senior Outdoor Media Sales Consultant - Parktown North
Outdoor Exchange is an out-of-home media specialist which offers advertisers an aggregated planning and buying facility across the inventories of 105 OOH media owners in 42 countries across Africa. read more
| Commercials Post Co-ordinator/Producer - Johannesburg
Video Lab is looking for a commercials post co-ordinator/producer. Someone willing to keep up with the changing technology in the field of post who is available immediately. read more
| Graphic Designer - Parkhurst
Graphic designer with packaging experience, medical advertising, OTC and FMCG, working on Apple Mac, Freehand and Photoshop. read more
| Account Director - Cape Town
ATL account director required for amazingly creative, dynamic and exciting Cape Town agency.
Portfolio is fragrance, cosmetics and alcohol-related. Busy, fast and exciting so ATL experience is a must. read more
| Sales Consultant – Senior - Johannesburg North
An established printing company is looking for a senior sales consultant with good knowledge of the printing process. read more
| Circulation Administrator - Johannesburg
Experience in circulation and distribution of magazines essential. Must have worked in the publishing industry. read more
| Junior-mid Web Designer - Sandton
Be part of the future of the internet. The Virtual Works develop/implement cutting-edge Web2.0 and Enterprise2.0 hosted applications to manage business communities. Interested? Calling web/UI designers! read more
| PA/Production Assistant - Lonehill
Small dynamic healthcare agency is looking for someone to join our team. Sourcing and analysing of costs, preparation of cost estimates, client liaison, trafficking of jobs into studio and production. read more
| Art Directors/Designers/Copywriters - Cape Town
If you are an art director/designer/copywriter with an interesting portfolio and want growth and change please respond with your CV. read more
| Manager - New Business Development and Sales - Cape Town and Johannesburg
Professional experienced sales person with ability to negotiate and close sales with CEO's of top companies. Proven track record a must. Positions in Gauteng and Western/Eastern Cape. read more
| Manager - Pretoria
Studentwise, a national staffing services and promotions company, seeks a manager for its Pretoria business division. The position involves managing a team of two, as well as operational duties. read more
| Receptionist/Admin Assistant/Office Manager - Lonehill
Public relations and below-the-line design agencies are looking for an experienced and eloquent administrative assistant/receptionist. read more
| Account Director - FMCG - Cape Town
A large, dynamic award-winning agency is offering a great opportunity for an experienced, ambitious account director who loves working on FMCG brands, and whose passion and ambition matches theirs. read more
| Sales Executive - Rivonia
Leading trade publishing house based in Rivonia Sandton has a long-term growth opportunity,
with the benefit of learning all aspects of publishing, working on key accounts across nine business titles. read more
| Packaging Mac Designer - Johannesburg
Existing packaging design experience on well-known FMCG brand required (Mac O/S). Design new packaging, adapt international packaging, trade presenters and posters. Pre-print/print preparation, repro processes. Photographic manipulation read more
| Heavy/Medium-weight Copywriter - Cape Town
Not only boring old churn, but a variety of through-the-line activities within an award-winning and dynamic agency, allowing opportunity for your creative expertise to shine through. read more
| Art Director - Med/Heavy-weight - Cape Town
Join a retail/FMCG team with a difference! A variety of through-the-line activities within an award-winning and dynamic agency, allowing opportunity for your creative expertise to shine through. read more
| Contract Management Group Accounts Analyst - Midrand
Contract handling and finances, in sales environment; media/advertising industry experience required. Junior/mid-management post. Recons, billing, sales reports, contracts, credit notes, queries, sales commissions, month-end transfers, stats. read more
| Media Liaison Officer - Midrand
Umsobomvu Youth Fund is looking for a media liaison officer to liaise with the media and facilitate the development and implementation of its public relations and media strategy. read more
| Graphic Designer - Durban
Mid-level experienced, hardworking graphic designer for busy advertising agency. Must be capable of liaising with clients, taking briefs and artwork preparation for print. Freehand, Corel Draw, Photoshop, etc. read more
| CRM Programme Assistant - Auckland Park - Jhb
Junior needed to assist with management of CRM programmes. Must have a great telephone manner; preferably be able to understand and speak a bit of Afrikaans; be responsible and meticulous. read more
| Web and Graphic Designers - Pietermaritzburg
A well-established advertising agency in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal has several positions open for creative web and graphics designers. read more
| Account Manager - Advertising Client Service - Jhb - Northern Suburbs
Mid-size, through-the-line advertising agency with broad client base is looking for an ambitious and ready to succeed account manager to join their client service team. read more
| Client Service Account Manager - Northern Suburbs
Wanting an exciting career in advertising? Client service your game? Play a part in pursuing and winning business you want to work on. Mid-size advertising agency looking for you. read more
| Brand Specialist - PR Agency - Jhb - Northern Suburbs
Brand PR expert, with sass and skill required to assist with variety of accounts. Strong strategic and implementation skills, media abilities and event management experience ideal. read more
| Marketing Assistant - Jhb - Northern Suburbs
Corporate financial company requires marketing assistant with good writing, events, CSI and internal communications experience to join their vibrant and dynamic team. read more
| Strategic Planner - Jhb - Northern Suburbs
Strategic planners are a rare find. The best is even harder. Make our job easier, by applying for this challenging and exciting opportunity. Work in a highly successful agency. read more
| Event Manager - Jhb - Northern Suburbs
Passionate and vibrant team player wanted by smaller event agency to manage portfolio of large brands and projects. Opportunity to lead some exciting events and projects. Must have relevant experience. read more
| Account Manager - Cape Town
Dynamic, creatively driven agency in Cape Town wants a passionate, driven and experienced account manager to manage a diverse portfolio. Appointments made in accordance with company employment equity strategy. read more
| Senior Consultant - Northern Suburbs
Challenging and rewarding position for senior consultant in a vibrant and passionate PR consultancy environment. Work on a rewarding account with the opportunity to live the glam side of PR. read more
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| | Noticeboards | | | Visionary "DNA Project" taking action against crime with support from the industry[Tender] FIVESTAR PR seeks web design company to volunteer its services to create, maintain and host a website for this vitally important anti-crime initiative. | | Retina Foundation of South Africa fundraiser[Sponsorship] The north Gauteng branch of the Retina Foundation of South Africa requires assistance in raising funds to support research to fight blindness. | | Rape Crisis Cape Town needs creative ideas and support[Sponsorship] Rape Crisis Cape Town would like to embark on a creative campaign that will raise awareness on rape and need your help to develop a creative and innovative campaign and slogan that will make the public want to make a difference. | | More... Submit a Noticeboard | | |
| | Quotes | | | "A brand is a set of differentiating promises that link a product to its customers." - Stuart Agres | | "The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it." - Dee Hock | | "The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analysed until all interest is wrung from it and abandoned for some new novelty." - Thomas Griffith | | "The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get into the office." - Robert Frost | | "When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity." - Dale Carnegie | | More... Submit a Quote | | |
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