Our Cup, Cannes runneth over Just to prove that we can do as well in the world's advertising arena as we can in hosting sports events, our agencies have done us more than proud at Cannes this year. TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg's Trillion Dollar Campaign for The Zimbabwean brought home an Outdoor Grand Prix and heads the SA winners' list with nine Lions (including five Gold), and Net#work BBDO Johannesburg also brought home glory with a Radio Grand Prix (South Africa's first ever) and two Bronze Lions. Rounding off the Joburg agency domination was Ogilvy Johannesburg four Lions (three Silver and one Bronze). In all, our contenders brought home two Grands Prix, five Gold, four Silver and eight Bronze. The Confederations Cup is also done and dusted and, despite the naysayers and doubters, it has largely been a success. True, there were some problems, but that is what the Confed Cup is also about... being a dry run for 2010 so that problem areas can be identified and sorted out before hordes of soccer fans descend on us. That is the priority now - to sort them out (not the fans, the problems) and that means a good hard look at what went wrong or could have been done better - such as the marketing of the Confed Cup (and 2010 FIFA World Cup) in the first place, and the park and ride system, which also had some troubles. Perhaps the powers-that-be might also like to take a look at the issue of ticket prices, while they are about it? In this week's Ornico Ad Showcase, we feature TV ads for Vodacom, Wild Island, Love Life, Momentum and KFC, and radio ads for Motorola, Consol, Symmetry, Visa and Outsurance. We invite you to view/listen, rate and comment upon these ads. Well done to all. Take a bow! The biz editorial teamPlease send all marketing and media news to marketingnews@bizcommunity.com and opinion pieces to contributors@bizcommunity.com. Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive or on our editorial blog: http://blog.bizcommunity.com. Top stories
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 [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] At this week's LOC Press Conference, which was titled “First Week Review of the Confederations Cup”, it became apparent that certain sectors of the international media are determined to turn the spotlight away from the football field and onto the battlefield of portraying South Africa as a crime hub. Read more >>Advertising
 CANNES: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg completed its haul with a final Gold Lion, this time in Titanium & Integrated, for its Trillion Dollar Campaign for The Zimbabwean at the final awards ceremony at the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival on Saturday night, 27 June 2009, in Cannes, France. [ blog] Read more >>Advertisement:  [Sandy Pullinger] There is a science of best practice that helps tenders and proposals win new business. Yet most South African companies - especially in our trying times - apply average to worst practice, because they're completely unfamiliar with the process that makes a bid succeed. Whether you're working on a small or a big bid, best practice shows that it works to follow a process. Read more >>The Experiential judging panel for the 2009 Loerie Awards was released today, Friday, 26 June 2009. Read more >> CANNES: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg's Trillion Dollar Campaign and Lowe Bull Johannesburg's Meet Wally's Heart have made the Titanium & Integrated Lions, while FoxP2 and DDB South Africa have made the Film Lions shortlist for the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Both lists were released this morning, Friday, 26 June 2009. [ blog] Read more >>The Print Crafts, Radio Crafts and TV Crafts judging panels for the 2009 Loerie Awards were released yesterday, Wednesday, 24 June 2009. Read more >>The organisers of the Loeries Festival Weekend, which starts on Thursday, 24 September 2009, yesterday, Tuesday, 23 June 2009, released some important pointers for those attending. Read more >>The Loerie Awards has announced the Advertising judging panel for the 2009 Awards. Read more >>TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg has won what it reckons is a record number of Cannes Lions for its Trillion Dollar campaign for The Zimbabwean newspaper at the 2009 International Advertising Festival. This is believed to be the single most awarded campaign coming out of South Africa in Cannes' 56-year history. The agency capped its success by winning the Outdoor Grand Prix . Read more >>CANNES: Net#work BBDO scooped its second Cannes Lions Grand Prix last night, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 in Cannes, France. The Radio Grand Prix for the agency's Plain Insanity campaign for Virgin Atlantic Airways comes in the wake of the 2007 Grand Prix for its solar panel billboard for Nedbank, the first-ever Cannes Lions Outdoor Grand Prix for South Africa. Read more >> CANNES: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg and Net#work BBDO Johannesburg roared off with two Grands Prix - Outdoor and Radio respectively - at the 56th Cannes Lion International Advertising Festival last night, Tuesday, 23 June 2009, in Cannes, France. And South Africa's haul didn't stop there. [ blog] Read more >> The Kwa Cutshwayo Junior Primary School has become the fourth in KwaZulu-Natal to launch a Room 13 Studio, run by the learners and supported by the TBWA\Group, the agency announced yesterday, Monday, 22 June 2009. Read more >>Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
 In order to streamline all global communications and ensure better brand recognition across the world, TNT Express recently launched its new global strap line “Sure We Can”, the company announced on Friday, 26 June 2009. Read more >>Cinema
The Cape Film Commission and Cape film industry are currently in France for the annual Cannes Lions festival to promote South Africa as a premium destination, the organisations announced yesterday, Tuesday, 23 June 2009. Read more >>Design |  |
 CANNES: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg scooped yet another Gold Lion, this time in Design, for its TheZimbabwean campaign at the third awards ceremony of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival last night, Wednesday, 24 June 2009, in Cannes, France. Press and Cyber winners were also announced. [ blog] Read more >>Advertisement:  CANNES: The Cyber and Design Lions shortlists were released yesterday, Tuesday, 23 June 2009, and South Africa has four entries shortlisted for Design. Both categories will be awarded tonight, Wednesday 24 June. Read more >>Digital
 According to Seacom, an increase in pirate activity during April and May 2009, in terms of intensity and geographical coverage, has resulted in a delay in the undersea cable installation plans. The ready-for-service date has been postponed from 27 June to 23 July . Read more >>[Nthambeleni Gabara] The much anticipated Broadcasting Digital Migration process, which will also help address socio-economic challenges, is on track, says Communications Minister General Siphiwe Nyanda. Read more >> The Loerie Awards announced, yesterday, Monday, 22 June 2009, the Digital Crafts judging panel for the 2009 Awards. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: Twitter has become a powerful political tool in addition to its role as a social messaging service, thanks to the Iranian crisis, reports The Observer. Read more >>Direct Marketing
 CANNES: At the first of the 56th annual Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival award ceremonies last night, Monday, 22 June 2009, in Cannes, France, TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg scooped South Africa's only Lion of the evening, a Silver Direct Lion for its Trillion Dollar Campaign for The Zimbabwean. [ blog] Read more >>Education and Training |  |
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More than 48 286 people attended the recent Cape Town Winter Good Food & Wine Show, despite the recession, with exhibitors, media and consumers rating it “as the best show ever”, according to the organisers. Read more >>Advertisement: The 2009 Natural & Organic Product Exhibition will be staged at the Coca-Cola Dome, North Riding, Johannesburg from 26 to 28 June 2008, and organisers expect a record turnout, following worldwide trends, they announced recently. Read more >>Magazines |  |
 [Chris Moerdyk] The problem with books and magazines is that people tend to judge them by their covers. Take Popular Mechanics for example, unashamedly one of my favourite magazines, but which I am sure a lot of people pass by because they think it is something that only appeals to engineers and rocket scientists. Read more >>Bumper giveaway with July WineWine magazine is including a copy of the 2009 edition of Icons: South Africa's Wines Reviewed, valued at R99.95, with its July issue, the magazine announced earlier this week. The 168-page guide is a comprehensive record of the results of the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show. The judging panel, of three international and six local wine-tasting experts, met in May to assess and rate a record 1156 wines to determine worthy medal winners. Icons is the culmination of their deliberations, containing a full list of winners, as well as articles by the international judges and show chairman, profiles of the top wines, a directory of the winning wineries, and vintage reviews. The guide is published by Wine magazine, co-convenor of the Trophy Wine Show, together with wine authority Michael Fridjhon.Shape magazine has launched an A5, 48-page supplement to the July issue, entitled the Shape Food Journal. Now there is no excuse for not eating healthily says the journal's content editor, Kassabaine Petersen. Read more >> The July 2009 issue of Marie Claire features an in-depth interview with Amor Vittone, Taking the bull by the horns, and she is also to appear on the cover. Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 In a statement issued today, Monday, 29 June 2009, the SABC says it accepts and welcomes the judgment in its favour by the Complaints and Compliance Committee (CCC) of ICASA. The judgment follows the lodging of several complaints by the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) with the CCC concerning alleged contraventions by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (“SABC”) of the Broadcasting Act 4 of 1999, as amended. Read more >>Advertisement:  A number of issues concern the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) and were raised at the organisation's AGM in Durban on Saturday, 27 June 2009. One of them is the SABC crisis and political influences in appointments; another media accreditation demands from PR agencies and other quarters; and that SA Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni still won't allow photographs of himself to be taken during press conferences. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The president says "The public broadcaster is not, and should not be, the mouthpiece of government," reports IOL, which also reports that on Friday, MPs decided to dissolve the board of the national broadcaster. Read more >>NEWSWATCH: Michael Jackson died yesterday, Thursday, 25 June 2009 at his home in Los Angeles, apparently of a heart attack - but city medical authorities have scheduled an autopsy for today and say the cause of death may only be confirmed in weeks, reports IOL Tonight. The mass media and social media, from newspaper frontpages (both print and digital), TV, radio to Twitter, Facebook and blogs, are full of tribute, speculation, hype and comment concerning the king of pop today, Friday 26 June. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The race to be on the interim board has begun, and Alison Gillwald, the only remaining board member, is apparently keen to be on it, reports IOL. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: In an apparent change of tune, the SABC board members instead of arguing with the parliamentary committee are now begging to be dissolved, reports IOL, which also reports that two more board members have resigned. Read more >> [Chris Moerdyk] It's the SABC's most popular soap opera yet - jam-packed with comedy, farce and tragedy - and its playing out in Parliament as the national broadcaster's former board members and top management trade insults and point fingers at each other. All of which will solve nothing. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: While former and current SABC board members questioned the motives of the Parliamentary inquiry into the broadcaster's crisis and refused to take questions, ID leader Patricia De Lille told them that they had destroyed the organisation, reports IOL. ANC MP Johnny de Lange was equally critical, saying “There is a corporation running wild out there”, reports news24.com. Read more >> [Tshepiso Seopa] So far 12 games have been played and four are remaining in the ‘noisiest FIFA Confederations Cup tournament', and the event has progressed reasonably smoothly. However, the Local Organising Committee and government took international media to task on Monday 22 June 2009 over what they feel is the sensationalism of incidents of crime surrounding the event. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The remaining board members and those who resigned recently (barring Ashwin Trikamjee, who is overseas), will face the parliamentary portfolio committee today, reports The Times. Meanwhile, SABC staff are having to get along with less milk, reports TVSA. Read more >>Mobile |  |
 Independent media agency OMD Media Direction has swept the board in the Vodacom Mobile Media's incentivised experiential campaign - the MAD Challenge. The awards function took place last night, Wednesday, 24 June 2009. Read more >>Mobile marketing platform provider Flytxt has announced that not only will it be entering the South African market, but that it is also in discussion with local mobile operators, the company stated yesterday, Monday, 22 June 2009. Read more >>Newspapers |  |
 The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has been formed by the merging of the World Association of Newspapers and IFRA, the new organisation announced yesterday, Thursday, 25 June 2009. Read more >>A new weekly tabloid football paper, Soccer Week, has recently been launched. It will focus on English, European and local football, the publisher announced yesterday, Monday, 22 June 2009. Read more >>[Ernest Mabuza] An apology that former Sunday Times columnist David Bullard wrote in Business Day a week after his dismissal last year meant his case could not be heard by the Labour Court because his dismissal was not automatically unfair. Read more >> The Sunday World newspaper has been given a facelift, and will also be celebrating its 10th anniversary on Friday 26 June 2009. Read more >>Online Media
Polity.org.za now on TwitterCreamer Media's Polity.org.za, which offers free access to South African legislation, policy documents and daily political news has launched a news feed on Twitter. You can reach it on www.twitter.com/PolityZA. Advertisement: Out Of Home |  |
Primedia unveils massive Zambian building wrapPrimedia Africa, a subsidiary of Primedia Out of Home, recently unveiled what is claimed to be Zambia's largest ever building wrap at the Coke Zero launch. Positioned at Zambia's exceptionally traffic-busy Arcade roundabout, the hoarding is an impressive size, almost 900m². "We flighted the creative during an evening function, revealing it to consumers to coincide with the launch of Coke Zero to the Zambian market," said Frikkie Cornelius, GM of Primedia Africa.  The Gauteng Provincial Government recently branded buses and taxis using public transportation hubs for ease of recognition and in order to ease Confederations Cup traffic congestion. Read more >>Unilever's margarine and spreads brand, Rama, is using large-format advertising on four of Wideopen Platform's Mega Signs in the Johannesburg and Durban CBDs, the company said yesterday, Tuesday, 23 June 2009. Read more >>Production
A new 2009 programme entitled Rethinking the Production Business has been launched in order to help producers to find funding, new revenue streams and partners, MIPCOM announced yesterday, Thursday, 25 June 2009. Read more >> [Jocelyn Newmarch] The Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) will not intervene in copyright laws in favour of the independent TV production sector, according to a position paper it released recently. A key issue for independent producers is that copyright vests with the broadcaster who has commissioned the work, rather than the creators of the programme. Read more >>Promotions
 In a bid to hit a relevant and captive market, the South African National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence has beening handing out thousands of leaflets at taxi ranks during June 2009. Read more >> MTN issued a statement yesterday, Thursday, 25 June 2009, in response to the controversy and media reports surrounding the promotion it is running to mark its 15th anniversary. Read more >>Radio |  |
 Paul Freathy, the well-known radio and television presenter, joined OFM radio in June as presenter of the Gold Retold shows on Sundays, the station last week. Read more >>Recruitment | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 [Lyn Mansour] It might be tempting to button down the staff-hiring hatches when there is an economic storm, but good business people know it is important to continue recruiting top talent, rather than just to sit out the weather. Read more >>Retail
[Zweli Mokgata] Economists and analysts have welcomed the Competition Commission's decision, announced yesterday, 29 June 2009, to initiate an investigation against SA supermarket chains for possible contraventions of the Competition Act. They say food inflation continues to rise, while interest rates, input costs and commodity prices have dropped. Read more >> Bakugan Battle Brawlers a sell outBarely two months after launching in South Africa, new toy Bakugan Battle Brawlers has sold out in Toys R Us countrywide. Created in Japan, Bakugan combines magnetic playing cards and collectible marble-like objects that click open into action figures when they roll over the cards. An accompanying TV show, on Cartoon Network, has accelerated the toy's popularity.Sponsorship
 The official 5FM Durban July after party will be sponsored by Millers Genuine Draft, it was announced yesterday 29 July 2009. The party will take place at Greyville Race Track's DLI Hall on 4 July 2009, following all the Vodacom Durban July. Read more >> Cause Marketing Fundraisers, in association with sponsors M-Net and Pfizer's Global Health Programme, is launching two new mobile breast check units this month that will initially tour Gauteng. Read more >>TV
 DStv has recently won a hatful of advertising awards, both national and international. Read more >>[Nthambeleni Gabara] The current Broadcasting Act is to be amended in order to strengthen governance at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), says Communications Minister General Siphiwe Nyanda. Read more >>  [Gisele Wertheim-Aymes] Well, I'm back in Cannes. One year later and ready to learn some more. Just arrived and went straight to a session with one of Twitter's founders, Biz Stone (@biz). The Debussy Hall was packed wall-to-wall and floor-to-floor and the place was tweeting so much I was sure at one point I felt the room vibrating. Read more >> [Gisele Wertheim-Aymes] Yesterday, Tuesday, 23 June 2009, confirmed that collaboration is key to communication success. Current market conditions and the growing influence of social media and participatory culture requires all of us – agencies, marketers, media houses/owners and the rest – to humble down and collaborate. Clients are also going to have to take the lead and look at new models of remuneration to encourage and reward a more collaborative approach to their business. Read more >>  [Abey Mokgwatsane] If you’re a regular on Bizcommunity, you may have read that VWV Consortium was appointed by the LOC to produce the opening and closing ceremonies for the Confed Cup. On all accounts this has been an interesting experience for our business. Yes, VWV has done some big events in the past but none with a global audience such as this. Read more >> [Gisele Wertheim-Aymes] I was sad to leave Cannes yesterday, Thursday, 25 June 2009, because each year for a few days in my hectic life schedule I get to sit and listen and marvel at the amazing innovation that is shaping our advertising, media and communications. Read more >> Marketing
An in-depth understanding of the target market and a keen sense of the issues relevant to staff members have seen Actuate's internal marketing campaign promoting a medical aid scheme for a major retailer deliver results which are not to be sneezed at. Read more >>Advertisement: | MARKETING LEGISLATION SEMINAR - 29 July 2009
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 Marketing and branding professionals wanting to survive these recessionary times would do well to attend IIR's Marketing and Branding in Recessionary Times Conference, taking place on the 14, 15 and 16 September at the Rosebank Hotel in Johannesburg. Read more >>Advertising
 When Steers briefed King James Joburg on a new TV campaign for their iconic King Steer burger, the challenge inside the agency was twofold. Read more >> Egg Films are once again on the Creative Circle gold list and this time they did it twice in a row. Read more >> Paying homage to the ever-growing passion and energy of South Africa's soccer fans, Vodacom's newest television commercial clearly demonstrates that the cellular network has the interests of the game and its fans at heart. Read more >>Kemistry Brand Agency offers clients custom strategy, design, advertising and brand communication solutions to best suit their budgets and build their brands. The agency's focus is to advise clients to invest in solutions that fit with their unique objectives and optimise their brands, to ensure and build competitive differentiation. Read more >> Mortimer Harvey Public Relations and Communications teamed up with Lynne Mackenzie & Partners (LM&P), Mortimer Harvey's events and conference division, to launch Zambia-based Zambezi Airlines' new regional flights to Johannesburg out of Lusaka and Ndola. Read more >>Branding
Defying the economic trend, the Cape Town branch of international branding company, HKLM, has secured significant new business and posted healthy margins for the year ending February 2009. Read more >> The man who led the team responsible for Pick n Pay's recent corporate identity redesign, Andrew Welch, will share the team's experiences as well as his approach to today's cluttered and fragmented brandscape at Brands & Branding for Good in October this year. Read more >>CRM
 Poor customer experience is one of the main reasons for customer defection and while there are many ways to improve this experience, one of the most important is your customer's interaction with your call centre - it can make or break your relationship. Read more >>Design
The Michelangelo Towers, Raphael and Da Vinci Hotels as well as the Michelangelo Towers Shopping Mall and many aspects of the overall Legacy Hotel Group corporate branding, is being addressed by branding specialists, Red Rocket Design. Read more >> Stock Options, a stock footage company, has received some 30,000 updated clips which have been uploaded to its website. Read more >>Digital
From recent interviews with some of Glasshouse's clients, it quickly becomes evident that the core values of this digital agency team culture is what has led to good working partnerships spanning several years. Read more >> From the 19th to the 21st of June, forty of South Africa's eminent Internet personalities including the likes of Web 2.0 success Vinny Lingham descended upon The Elephant Sanctuary near the Hartebeespoort dam, an hour out of Johannesburg. Read more >> The next Heavy Chef Session is in Cape Town on 01 July, entitled: "Why wookiees don't wear pants - a study of creativity and its power to transform business". The speakers are Justin Gomes and Charl Thom from FoxP2. Read more >> digiVOX, the digital agency responsible for digital marketing on behalf of iBurst, and social media specialists Popimedia Innovations, have launched the iBurst “Dial-up is DEAD” campaign where entrants stand to win an Acer Notebook and an iBurst Wireless connection worth R13 000! Read more >> There are a lot of people newly entering the fray to sell advertising space on Facebook and as social media specialists assisting many South African and global companies to enter the social media space. Popimedia tells us what works best in this space. Read more >> [Jonathan Allan-Barrett] The digital landscape is a diverse, creative and rapidly expanding one. With over six million visitors to OPA member websites in the first quarter of 2009 and mobile internet usage expected to soon break the 10-million user mark, it is evident that the digital landscape produces numbers not to be ignored or taken lightly. Read more >>Education and Training
 With a view to giving local marketers the best in new information and know-how within the emerging realm of mobile marketing, the UCT Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) has teamed up with the prestigious IE Business School in Spain to offer a comprehensive three-day course on the topic this July. Read more >>Eventing |  |
 The Luanda International Jazz Festival in Angola will be taking place at the Cine Atlantico. The producers of the prestigious Cape Town International Jazz Festival, espAfrika, have been appointed by Ritek to produce and manage the inaugural festival. Read more >>Advertisement: Oasys Exhibitions has provided the infrastructure for The Baby Expo Joburg, which ran from 14 - 17 May 2009, for the fifth consecutive year. Oasys Innovations will also provide infrastructure support to the remainder of The Baby Expos, to be held in Durban and Cape Town later this year. Read more >>As Ornico Group has evolved and grown into a formidable force in the South African marketing industry a strategic decision was made to refresh and evolve the Launch Factory brand to Launch Factory Experiential. Read more >>The 2010 FIFA World Cup will bring great benefits to South Africa, but are the advantages sustainable and what will the country be like once the players and visitors have left our shores? The answer to these questions and more can be found in Daniel Silke's provocative and predictive new South African keynote. Read more >>Bobby Scott, CEO of the True Group, went to watch the football match between Italy and Egypt at Ellis Park stadium to explore the organisation surrounding the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and get an overall impression of what may be expected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup next year. Read more >> This year's annual South African Market Research Association Conference in Stellenbosch, organised by The Lime Envelope, saw 187 researchers converge in the hopes of gaining valuable insights into the latest research trends and developments in the marketing industry. Read more >> Flying Pigs has been very busy the past three months with projects such as the launch of Thornhill Centre in Polokwane in March, the birthday celebrations of Greenstone Shopping Centre in April, and providing the entertainment for campaigns being run by the SABC and SAPS Child Protection in May. Read more >> Tracey-Lea Tait, the newest member of the Provantage Events team, has an illustrious and exciting background within the performing arts and entertainment industry, having performed both on international and local stages. Read more >> F3 Event Infrastructure was contracted as the preferred service provider to provide the Bedouin tents in the VIP Bok camp for the recent rugby tests in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg. Read more >>Media
Gearhouse South Africa, a provider of technical services to the live event and exhibitions industry, will be the official technical sponsor of the Mediatech Africa trade fair taking place from 23-25 July at the Coca-Cola dome. Read more >> AVL Productions will launch the VENUE SC48, an all-in-one live sound solution, at Mediatech Africa 2009, an all-inclusive broadcast, AV, media, film and entertainment exhibition taking place at the Coca-Cola dome at Northgate from 23 - 25 July 2009. Read more >>Mobile
 Brandscape Marketing was briefed by SAIL to focus on “Vodacom's Player 23, You, the Fan” campaign by engaging fans at selected games with free rich media content downloaded to mobile phones via promoter-worn Hypertag Bluetooth units. Read more >>Starfish Mobile International, an African Wireless Application Service Provider (WASP), has partnered with Telekom Network Malawi (TNM), an African mobile network provider, in launching and strategically driving TNM's Mobile Content business and services in Malawi. Read more >>The four schools identified for the project include New Generations School in Orange Farm, Gauteng, Jiyane School in Thembisa, Gauteng, President Mangope High School and Tlabane Technical College both in Rustenburg in the North West. Read more >>Online Media
Ananzi has undertaken yet another individually targeted initiative in the South African special needs education sphere by teaming up with Dore to sponsor a child to take the Dore Programme. Read more >> Would you like someone to personally greet, guide and sell your products or services to each visitor on your website? My Web Presenter is a new technology that allows a virtual presenter to appear on your website whenever and wherever you choose. Read more >>South Africa's online auction site and marketplace is opening its portal for the charity fundraising event of the year. Some of the best-known South African personalities are donating their time for the benefit of the charity they are endorsing. Read more >>Out Of Home
 The LG “Scarlet” campaign was recently flighted at OR Tambo International in the new Central Terminal Building on Airport Media's “Six Pack” - six sites measuring five by four metres each which dominate the terminal building. Read more >> Coca-Cola, a first tier FIFA 2010 World Cup and Confederations Cup partner, has taken ownership of key arterials within metropolitan areas and airports. As part of their Confederations Cup campaign they have stamped their brand and their partnership with FIFA on high impact and iconic INM Outdoor formats. Read more >> To highlight British Airways' role as the official airline of the 2009 British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour to South Africa, transit media specialist, Graffiti, recently branded nine luxury London Cabs for the airline for the duration of the rugby tour. Read more >>INM Outdoor has been nominated as one of South Africa's Top 500 Companies in 2009, and first in the Outdoor Advertising sector, as a result of its contribution to the growth of the economy and job creation. Read more >>Printing
Nampak, Africa's largest packaging company, recently invested nearly R100-million in the printing capability and capacity of its Nampak Cartons & Labels and Nampak Flexible divisions. Growing consumer demand for high-quality printed paper labels, carton board and flexible packaging drove the move. Read more >>Production
 Applications for the 2009 Edward Ruiz Mentorship are now open. The Edward Ruiz Mentorship is a mentorship programme which has been established to help launch the career of a promising photographer. Read more >> Generous Pictures' latest project, a four-minute music video for local pop band, Dear Reader, is a quirky and intriguing travelogue celebrating a new beginning while paying tribute to the ‘egte Suid-Afrikaanse' backroads and country towns. Read more >> Fresh Eye Film Productions Director Bevan Cullinan has made South Africa proud at the Promax|BDA Promotion and Marketing Awards held in New York. Together with local agency, Studio Zoo, he scooped seven awards - three Gold, three Silver and a Bronze - for the DStv ‘Guess Who?' television commercial series. Read more >>Public Relations |  |
 Atmosphere Communications has been appointed to implement a social media PR campaign for flavoured milk brand, Steri Stumpie. The activity is part of an integrated campaign also involving fellow King James group companies, RSVP and Mnemonic. Read more >>Research |  |
TGI SA has included a brand awareness measure in their continuous single-source brand, product and media survey. Top-of-mind and spontaneous brand awareness levels in 23 product categories will be measured from 1 July 2009. Read more >>Retail
Retail marketing specialist Todwil has formed yet another valuable strategic partnership, this time with electronics company Shout. The Shout outdoor marketing and manufacturing operation has been merged with that of Todwil in Paarl. Read more >>TV
 e.tv and the eNews Channel have been recognised for their innovative ads at the prestigious World Promax/BDA Promotion and Marketing Awards, scooping a bronze certificate in Best news\information multiple spot campaign at the awards ceremony in New York. Read more >>Absorbent TV hero, pop culture phenomenon and box office sensation, SpongeBob SquarePants will be making his first-ever trip to Namibia, courtesy of DStv and Nickelodeon. Read more >>MTV Networks Africa (MTVNA) is to broaden its appeal to the teen market by introducing a range of on- and off-air initiatives designed to attract new viewers to its African music TV channel, MTV base. Read more >>
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"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work." - Harry Golden"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity." - Bo Bennett"A product is something made in a factory; a brand is something that is bought by the customer. A product can be copied by a competitor; a brand is unique. A product can be quickly outdated; a successful brand is timeless." - Stephen King, WPP Group, London"Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make." - William Bernbach"Marketing is not a stage for humour. If you use humour in your marketing, people will recall your funny joke, but not your compelling offer. If you use humour, your campaign will be funny the first and maybe the second time. After that, the humour will be grating and will hinder the very concept that makes marketing successful - repetition." - Jay Conrad Levinson, Guerilla Marketing, 1989.
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