Why so low-key?If there is one issue that has been in the spotlight for the past weeks and months, if not years, it's the debacle at the SABC. We've had the Full Monty, from trips overseas to board meetings in luxury hotels to board members resigning in droves to a leader who apparently ‘sucks' as a leader - she said it, we didn't. Now that we have an interim board and with the process now underway to nominate a permanent one, you'd think that given the mess at the SABC and the need to sort it out, the powers-that-be would at least get the issue of advertising for nominees right? Apparently not. This morning, Monday, 13 July 2009, saw the launch of the Loeries judging week with presentations by jury chairmen Jan Jacobs, Jim Sutherland and Matt Shirtcliffe. An audience member pointed out during Q&A time that it was very telling that none of the show-and-tells included any traditional TV spots, but we certainly saw lots of digital and integrated campaigns. On the subject of digital, finally, after a short delay, this Thursday should see the switching on of the much-anticipated Seacom undersea cable. Will it bring South Africa - and South African advertising and marketing - into the digital age or will it only be the start of a year to two-year-long process? Go go go, go Seacom, go! The biz editorial teamPS In this week's Ornico Ad Showcase, we feature TV ads for CTM, Rainbow Chicken, Woolworths, Mercedes and Stuttafords, and radio ads for Outsurance, Post Office, Telkom, DStv and Oxy. Please 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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 [Muzi Mohale] Like with all lodging operators, owner-managed B&Bs are concerned with securing guests for their rooms, which translates into profits. Therefore, it is vitally important that even small lodging operators take their business to new heights by aggressively marketing to get bookings. Read more >>Advertisement: 2010 FIFA World Cup
 The Football for Hope Festival 2010 will bring together 32 teams in Alexandra, Johannesburg, representing youngsters from organisations committed to social change, it was announced on Friday, 10 July 2009. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: On the 2010 front, marathon talks between the unions and employers took place yesterday, reports The Citizen, and the strike is news even in the States, reports The New York Times. Read more >>Advertising
 South African consumers are increasingly looking to environmentally friendly options, so Consol Glass has recently launched a “green” campaign focusing on the pure and uncontaminated elements of glass as a packaging medium. Read more >>Advertisement:  The closing date for entries into the Pendoring Advertising Awards 2009 is next Friday, 17 July, 2009 at 5pm - and New York beckons the winner of the Prestige Prize. Read more >>Nivea Visage Essentials campaignFrom 12 June 2009 Nivea Essentials began screening an advertising campaign on cinema screens countrywide for a six-week period. Kate Carlisle-Kitz, media manager of TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris\Durban said: "Nivea Visage Essentials products are specifically targeted towards young women who are looking for a comprehensive skin solution that is perfectly suited for their particular skin type. Cinema was selected as one of our media partners as we feel that it is well targeted to our market and helps to bring the brand across in a fun and youthful way." According to global mobile advertising network mKhoj in a report issued today, 8 July 2009, South Africa's mobile advertising market is in good shape, but the company also says Nokia is losing share and the iPhone provides only a small proportion of total network traffic, though it's growing. Read more >> [Graeme Jenner] Bonjour, nice people of advertising. I was going to call this rant er article “The five highs and lows of Cannes” but then I wrote one extra and realised there weren't as many lows as highs, which was nice. So let's just amend it to “11 Things I Learnt in Cannes This Year”, shall we, cos like they say in Spinal Tap, “It's one better than 10, innit?” Read more >>Entries from around Africa and the Middle East have been submitted and The Loeries judging process is beginning - this year, for the first time, with discussion after the first round of judging, the organisers announced yesterday, Monday, 6 July 2009. Read more >>Cinema
Local actor Colin Moss will be starring in Surviving Evil, a joint British/South African production, which will be opening at Ster-Kinekor Theatres nationally from this Friday, 10 July 2009, the company has just announced. Read more >>CRM
[Jordan Ayan] Most email marketers have at least one horror story of an email that managed to slip through their gauntlet of tests and got deployed with some sort of error. This can be especially disheartening after a concentrated effort has been made to adhere to best practices, but it's important to assess the situation rationally once the error has been discovered. In some cases, all is not lost; other times, an apology may be in order. Read more >> CSI
The company recognised the need for physical and emotional regeneration, which gave birth to the Grand-Pa Regeneration Project. The project is aimed at helping build a better future for individuals and their families, the company announced recently. Read more >> Pupils at two Eastern Cape primary schools will benefit from new lapdesks, Media24's educational publishing company Nasou Via Afrika announced yesterday, Thursday, 9 July 2009. Read more >>A storybook campaign, which intends to distribute 500 000 storybooks to under-resourced schools nationally has been launched by the Sunday Times, the newspaper announced on Tuesday, 7 July 2009 and readers can SMS to donate books. Read more >>Four hundred special edition Mandela Day bangles will go on sale next week to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday. Read more >> The Siyazenzela Waste Management Project, Collect-a-Can, the Department of Transport and Msunduzi Municipality are striving to decrease poverty and unemployment in KwaZulu-Natal through an environmentally conscious and self-sustaining infrastructure of waste management, it was announced Tuesday, 7 July 2009. Read more >> The Stellenbosch Wine Festival, which takes place from 30 July - 2 August 2009 at the Paul Roos Centre, is eager to give something back to the community by aiding welfare organisations in the area. Stellenbosch Child Welfare, Stellenbosch Animal Welfare and the Clover Mama Afrika project will each receive funds raised at the festival from concerts and demonstrations. Read more >>Design |  |
 The website design team of MV Communications has won a Silver SA Web Award for its design of the website for Riviera on Vaal Country Club, the agency announced yesterday, Wednesday, 8 July 2009. Read more >>Advertisement:  Wolda '09, the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, is still open for entries collecting logos designed both in 2008 and 2009. The deadline for logos designed in 2008 has been extended to 15 July 2009. Read more >>Digital
 Infor held the first Inforum event in Africa on 7 July 2009 with approximately 250 delegates in attendance at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa. Infor is ranked the third largest enterprise software provider in the world and 18th on the Aberdeen Group's 2008 Top 100 Most Influential Technology Vendors. Read more >> [Stephen Newton] South Africa has fortunately been spared the worst shock from the ongoing financial crisis, but is experiencing the effects of the digital age's first serious economic slowdown. During these difficult times, the online sector represents a giant opportunity. Read more >> [Katharina Scholtz] There are a number of online channels through which your company can communicate online; I discussed principles for approach previously. In order to understand what is possible, it's worth familiarising yourself with some of the channels that are available. Read more >>[Katharina Scholtz] It's difficult to imagine a real conversation taking place between a company (with many employees) and its hundreds or thousands of customers. A conversation is something which normally involves direct communication, a certain level of intimacy and a fair amount of individual attention. With people expecting exactly that from their brand of choice, it's obvious that both the nature of corporate communication and the way it's engaged in has had to be reconsidered by brands. Read more >> Education and Training |  |
A South African student networking portal is offering businesses insight into the student market, the way it thinks and conducts itself, giving businesses a better chance to incorporate youth into their product development, it was announced yesterday, Tuesday, 7 July 2009. Read more >>Eventing |  |
A-Z of entertainment at CultivariaThe Cultivaria arts festival presented by FNB and Drakenstein Municipality promises a line-up of entertainment from theatre and music to dance, comedy and classics. From 23-27 September, the festival will turn Paarl into an entertainment hub. Artists include Cape Town City Ballet, Nataniël, the Bala Brothers, Coenie de Villiers, Rory Rootenberg, Mathys Roets, Chris Chameleon, Jak de Priester, Nianell, Dozi and David Kramer. The Heinz Emporium will offer refreshments, live entertainment and wine tastings. Celebrity chefs, food editors and cooks will present cooking demonstrations at the Bokomo Food & Home Kitchen. There's lots for the kids as well. Ticket bookings can be done on-line at www.cultivaria.com (credit card payments only) or contact the Cultivaria Festival Office on +27 (0) 21-872 9754. Advertisement:  The 2009 African Business Awards culminated in a gala ceremony held in London on 6 July 2009 organised by African Business magazine and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC). The event was attended by Rwandan President Paul Kagame as well as other African government officials and leaders. Read more >> The sixth annual Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition will be held 2 - 5 September 2009 at Museum Africa in Newtown Johannesburg, South Africa. Moshito, meaning rhythm in Sepedi, is an annual event that caters for the African music industry in the form of a conference and expo. Read more >>Magazines |  |
Pick of the Movies, a new magazine aimed at the DVD-hire market and containing over 150 reviews in 15 genres, will be launched in bookshops nationwide and video stores in the Western Cape this week. It will be a quarterly, pocket-sized, illustrated guide to the best recent DVDs. Read more >> Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The campaign for the nomination process of the new permanent SABC board has two major flaws: the July 31 deadline is extremely tight and the dissemination process notifying the public about the nomination process is wholly insufficient, according to the Save our SABC Coalition. Read more >>Advertisement: [Oresti Patricios] Michael Jackson's death and subsequent memorial concert have been without doubt one of the biggest media events of our time. Television networks thronged to cover the pop star's memorial concert, which drove colossal Internet traffic with online news brands, entertainment channels and social media vying for a piece of the action. Read more >>  NEWSWATCH: Passing motorists told picketing SABC workers they are ‘lazy', reports IOL, and the search has started for a new board, reports Mail & Guardian. Meanwhile, Real Simple has become another victim of the recession, reports The Media Online. Read more >>[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The post-elections violence in Iran that led to journalists being banned from reporting on the ground, and prompted news agencies, TV news channels and print outlets to rely on ‘news reports' captured through new technologies by protestors and eye witnesses, has reopened a heated debate on the power of citizen journalism. Read more >>  NEWSWATCH: The ANC is pleased with the broadcaster's interim board, reports IOL, which also reports that opposition parties are not pleased - they reckon the ANC steamrollered their preferred candidates on to the board and ignored opposition choices. The SABC itself, meanwhile, has said it has a ‘very sophisticated' plan to ensure programming continues, should a planned union strike go ahead, reports Mail & Guardian Online. Opposition to the newly appoint interim board has come from more than only the opposition, reports Sowetan. Read more >>[Issa Sikiti da Silva] More than 80% of people live in countries without a free press, according to the New York-based Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF), which finances independent media businesses in countries with a history of media oppression, and helped South Africa's Mail & Guardian transform into a financially viable business. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: You can follow Michael Jackson's funeral today, via Topix, and back at the SABC, one union says it will do its bit to help avert the pending strike, reports Business Day. Meanwhile, MTN has closed its controversial MTN15 competition following claims of some dodgy dealing, reports IOL. Read more >>Mobile |  |
 Nokia will publish its eagerly anticipated second quarter results on 16 July 2009. The announcement comes a few months after Nokia reported a drop in profits and number of devices shipped for the first quarter of the year. Read more >> [Alexander Gregori] I admit this is a somewhat strange headline, so you probably already guessed it. I obviously don't agree with the statement and primarily wanted to catch your attention. Read more >>The US Department of State is working with Clickatell, a global mobile messaging provider, to allow African and international/non-US citizens to access highlights from US President Barack Obama's speech tomorrow, 11 July, 2009 from Accra, Ghana. The live highlights will be available in English or French via SMS. Read more >>Increased access to the internet via mobile phones has increased the risk of being targeted by the viruses and hackers that prowl the internet. Read more >>Newspapers |  |
 In a claimed bid to safeguard the future of journalism, International publishers have demanded new digital intellectual property rights. The “Hamburg Declaration” has been signed, calling for online copyright to be respected, to allow innovation to thrive and consumers to be better served, it was announced on Friday, 10 July 2009. Read more >> ROOTS, a quantitative face-to-face interview survey, developed to provide readership, shopping habits, activities and market share information in Caxton's newspaper distribution areas has started its 2010 survey, it was announced yesterday, Thursday, 9 July 2009. Read more >>Online Media
 The New York Times Company is considering charging a fee for access to its website, and has begun asking its print edition subscribers how such a charge would affect their subscriptions. Read more >>Advertisement: June 2009 is Sport24's record monthJune 2009 was a record month for South Africans using Sport24. A 37% increase in domestic readers had the website attracting 399 692 unique browsers, as measured by Nielsen NetRatings Market Intelligence during June 2009, which set a record for any calendar month for the website. The Sport24 WAP site also grew by 30% in that month.Out Of Home |  |
 The Sowetan newspaper has renewed their transit media campaign with SP Media. The 10 double-decker bus fleet will feature the new Sowetan look and feel. Read more >> Digital touch screens and mall advertising platforms will be the mediums used in 14 malls nationally for the sports brand Puma. Primall Media was recently commissioned to launch the lightweight footwear for a six-week burst. Read more >>Printing
SA book publisher Quivertree wins international awardsQuivertree Publications has announced that two of its books have won the “Best in the World” award in their selected categories at the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. In the category “Best Local Cuisine Book”, Prickly Pears & Pomegranates came first out of 30 participating countries. Fire Water, which was awarded the “Best Wine & Spirits Book” in the world, was competing against 13 international titles. Quivertree says it believes it is the first South African publisher to have won these awards.Production
 Nike and The Homeless World Cup are offering a US$50,000 fund to produce a short film (5 minutes, no more than 10 minutes) capturing the "Spirit, Unity, Victory" of the Milan 2009 Homeless World Cup. The event takes place from 6 - 13 September 2009 at Arena Civica, Sempione Park. Read more >>The local feature film Finding Lenny has been selected for both Hollywood's Feel Good Film Festival and The International Film Festival of Ireland, it was announced yesterday, Monday, 6 July 2009. Read more >>Promotions
 Vodacom has launched a national competition in which entrants will video record their versions of the “Single Ladies” dance sequence, the company announced yesterday, Thursday, 9 July 2009. Read more >>Public Relations |  |
 Newsclip Media Monitoring, in association with PRISA Namibia, recently hosted a business breakfast, in Windhoek, Namibia, on the latest developments in media relations and PR trends, it was announced on Tuesday, 7 July 2009. Read more >>Radio |  |
 Presented by 702 Talk Radio, 567 Cape Talk & East Coast Radio, Chris De Burgh will play three concerts in his forthcoming South African tour in November, it was announced yesterday, Thursday, 9 July 2009. Read more >> Changes have been made to 94.5 Kfm's weekend line-up in line with Primedia Broadcasting's goals to nurture and develop on-air talent, the station announced yesterday, Wednesday 8 July 2009. Read more >> A competition ending on 12 July, from OFM gives listeners the chance to win R500 000, providing they can get past Smiley du Plessis, possibly the rudest customs official who ever lived, the station recently announced. Read more >>Recruitment | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 [John Boe] Essentially a sales manager's primary responsibility is to recruit, train and motivate his or her sales force to achieve peak performance. Of these three vitally important tasks, recruiting is the least understood and by far the most challenging. Read more >>Advertisement:  [Lyn Mansour] While chasing the elusive talent gems to add to staff treasure chests, organisations often forget to polish the silver at home, and retention policies fast fall by the wayside. Read more >>Two separate surveys into the impact that the recession is having on recruitment in South Africa were recently conducted by the SA Recruiters Network. Human resources and hiring managers of corporate South Africa were interviewed. Read more >>Research |  |
Most UK consumers are well aware of the economic downturn and are feeling the impact on their daily lives, but are not making wholesale changes to their consumption patterns in the grocery arena. UK shoppers are not abandoning consumerist lifestyles and retail sales in the UK continue to show a slight increase. Nevertheless, there are a number of downturn-induced attitudinal and behavioural adjustments that need to be acknowledged and acted upon. Read more >> The challenging economic times are taking their toll, with the result that 43% of South African consumers are looking to apply the brakes on their discretionary spending over the next six months. This is according to findings of the latest MasterCard Worldwide Survey on Consumer Purchasing Priorities, released today, 9 July 2009. Instead of spending on discretionary purchases, the survey finds that consumers are paying more attention to long-term assets such as retirement savings, investments and renovations. Read more >> [Claudelle Naidoo] Ever wondered what would happen if advertisers spent more time going out there and finding ways to connect consumers with all the diverse media tools we have available, instead of finding faults with specific media? Read more >>Retail
 There is general growth in South African e-commerce, and online stores are set to benefit from the new users entering the market. That said, the pool of online users is still relatively small, and to make matters worse, of those who do have access to the internet, only 18% actually make purchases online. However, proudly South African virtual cash equivalent MiMoney is changing that by giving credit card-less individuals the ability to make purchases online. Read more >>TV
New dates for SA's Got TalentThe broadcast date for SABC2' new reality show SA's Got Talent has been moved to 1 October 2009. The contestants will now face the judges nationally in July and August as follows: Johannesburg - 18, 19 and 20 July at the Alexandra Theatre in Braamfontein; Durban - 28 and 29 July at the Sibaya Theatre; and
Cape Town - 10-11 August at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.[Jocelyn Newmarch] MultiChoice may soon have competition in the pay-TV arena, but there are other challenges facing the operator. On Digital Media is expected to launch its pay-TV service by year end, but the internet is also on MultiChoice's radar. Read more >>  STAMFORD: The battle for the future of TV is underway in the United States with an overabundance of stakeholders pushing for greater influence as TV and computing converge, according to Gartner. Read more >> [Tshepiso Seopa] The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is inviting interested parties to make submissions for applications for Individual Electronic Communications Network Services by Broadcasting Service Licensees for the purpose of self-provision. Read more >> CNBC Africa's presenter/producer Sue Beukes, cameraman Thabo Mathebula and editor Amanda Diergaardt walked away with the Best Television Feature 2009 award for the programme ‘Doing Business in Africa' at the Africa Business Reporting Awards. Diageo announced the winners at a gala ceremony held late last week in London. Read more >>Marketing
There are two really important things business needs to do during a recession and prosper in an increasingly competitive South Africa. Read more >>According to Philip Hendrickse, MD of strategic consultancy Strats Inc, it's time for marketers to look much more closely at the complete chain of getting products into consumers' hands. Read more >> Jeremy Maggs' year-end hardcover and online advertising and marketing review is bigger and better. The Annual, due out in November, will have a section on branding and will include The Sunday Times' Top Brands Survey. Read more >>Advertising
 Five years after Joe Public initiated its Rock4AIDS foundation the agency has made serious inroads in making behavioural differences to the educators and pupils at Forte High in Soweto. Read more >>Kemistry Brand Communications Agency, sister company to the original brand consultancy, offers brand owners and managers an advertising agency model with a difference. Read more >> Promise has been appointed by Cadbury SA as advertising and design agency to their Pannings Category. Current brands within the stable are Whispers, Astros, Tumbles and Nutties. Read more >> Lowe Bull Joburg was one of only seven international agencies to win a Cannes Dove at this year's Cannes Lions 56th International Advertising Festival. Read more >>Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
Vega: The Brand Communication School has a new auditorium. Vega School Navigator Gordon Cook, together with holding company AdvTech and Nu-Metro, opened the cinema-style auditorium on Wednesday night with a special screening of Coco Chanel. Read more >> icandi COMMUNICATIONS recently partnered with Melcrum, a leading UK-based internal communication research and training organisation, as a sponsor at the Melcrum Corporate Communication Management Summit held in Rosebank in early June. Read more >>CSI
 The Department of Social Development as the lead Department in poverty reduction was tasked in 2004 with hosting of the first Poverty Indaba as well as with the tabling of the Integrated Poverty Reduction Strategy. Subsequent indabas and other summits related to poverty issues have also been successfully implemented. Read more >>Design
 The first and easiest round of the Wrap2theMax design competition has been completed. This is the first round of 12 that will see the winning designer walk away with an amazing cash prize. Not only designers can compete, but also brand owners and managers can participate. Read more >>Digital
 The Heavy Chef Project is launching a new digital marketing course tailored for marketers, managers and entrepreneurs. “Creating Profitable Websites” will run from 12 - 14 of August in Cape Town. An early bird special is still available. Read more >> The next episode of The Digital Edge will look at whether sports online are giving traditional broadcasters a run for their money and whether viewing online has changed offline viewing patterns. Read more >> Facebook has been continuing its rise up the rankings and has recently unseated YouTube to become the third most popular site on the Web according to Alexa's Daily Rankings. Read more >>As a Microsoft Gold Certified partner, FLUX, a full service digital solutions provider focused on web and mobile applications, now markets an innovative new software package, CompuBrand. Read more >>Education and Training
A war of words carried out in the media may drive up the number of newspapers sold, but clear messaging from a united front is far more important in building morale for an organisation's members, its customers, staff and stakeholders. Read more >> To plan or not to plan. This is often one of the main questions facing novelists on a first try. Morné Malan, bilingual novelist and creative writing coach at HeadSpark, believes there is no right or wrong way, and that in some respects, it's a bit like knowing whether one is a cat person or a dog person. Read more >>Eventing
 Thirst was given an opportunity to give back to the community in Cape Town when the Big Issue magazine approached them to invent two healthy non-alcoholic cocktails to serve to underprivileged people who were being tested for all kinds of diseases in order to get treatment. Read more >> Now that the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup has come to an end and hype is forming around the 2010 FIFA World Cup of Soccer, we wait in anticipation of what's to come and reminisce upon the final where Brazil and USA took to the pitch at Ellis Park on 28 July 2009. Read more >> Eventworx and the team from Deloitte put on another spectacular awards dinner for the hardworking members of Johannesburg Audit. Read more >> Horror movie fans are in for a scare with the launch of Surviving Evil in cinemas from 10th July. Colin Moss and Louise Barnes have supporting lead roles, a coup for the South Africans, considering that open castings were held in London and South Africa. Read more >> Oasys Audio Visual, one of the five activation companies of Oasys Innovations, now offers more than technology for the staging of events. Read more >> As part of the company's many CSI initiatives, Oasys Innovations extended a helping hand at the SAPS medal parade for long service awards held at the University of Johannesburg's stadium on 9 June 2009. Read more >> Many in the African diaspora trace their rhythmic roots to Angola's drumming. On Friday 31 July to Sunday 02 August, musicians from Brazil, Mozambique, South Africa and the USA will descend on Cine Atlântico in Angola's capital city, Luanda, for the launch of the Luanda International Jazz Festival. Read more >> Before the kick-off of the 2009 FIFA Confederation Cup Final at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, the 53,000 live audience plus several million Superchannel 1 and SABC viewers witnessed an equally exciting and beautifully visual Closing Ceremony. Read more >>Exhibitions |  |
 SABC 2, The Channel for the Nation, has signed on as presenting sponsor for the Look & Feel Good Expo which takes place at the Coca-Cola dome from 9-11 October in Johannesburg. Read more >>Advertisement:  Last week judges of the HOMEMAKERS Green School competition had no easy task when learners from various schools in the greater Tshwane area entered well over 60 projects for this eco-friendly competition. Read more >> 3D Deco's C-shape screens are starting to take shape and form. The C-shaped screens are modular units that are 1m wide and 2.5m high. They can be placed together to create interesting curved organic walls. Read more >>Media
Internal corporate communication TV channels have always been hindered by the cost of traditional television broadcasting, but no longer as IP multicast allows organisations to cost-effectively manage their own 24/7 internal communications and or advertising channels. Read more >>AVL Productions presents the Venue SC48 - a new standard as the definitive all-in-one live sound solution; packing all I/O, digital signal processing and mix control into one perfectly sized, compact console. Read more >>Merging Technologies is a Swiss-based company producing digital audio workspaces for the professional audio industry. Their range of software and hardware products will be showcased by EMS Africa, their South African distributor, at Mediatech Africa 2009, 23-25 July at Coca-Cola dome. Read more >>Mobile
 Brandscape was briefed to engage the audience at the second Loxion Motor Show at Soweto's Mopanya Mall and raise awareness of the WesBank Street Race Soweto by deploying promoters with wearable Hypertags delivering free rich media content and rewards directly to visitors' mobile phones via Bluetooth. Read more >>Following the launch of the Nokia Music Store on the 24th of April 2009, Nokia, together with Edgars and CNA have widened the distribution channels and have made Nokia Music Store vouchers available at Edgars and CNA stores countrywide. Read more >>Online Media
After a long period of seeking out the ideal home improvement and décor website to fulfil regular requests for the homeowner audience, Internet AdSales has partnered with HOMEMAKERSonline. Read more >>So Interactive Web Designs is on the brink of relaunching their very own pimpation of the So Interactive brand - and to celebrate, they are inviting you to share in the excitement by entering their Pimp My Website competition. Read more >> You could win a weekend away for two at one of South Africa's top lodges or hotels, worth R10 000, by subscribing to SA Men and referring others to do so too. If SA Men achieves their ambitious goal of attracting 20 000 subscribers by 30 November this year they will donate R10 000 to People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA). Read more >> Bunny chows are an institution in Durban and the QuarterBunny website, spearheaded by Activate Communications and launched by Deputy Mayor Logie Naidoo, is expected to be a hit with both locals and tourists alike. Read more >>Out Of Home
 POP Outdoor recently secured the external mall advertising rights at Westgate Shopping Centre, which include its latest mall media offerings such as POP Scrollers, POP Lites and its supersized POP Icons, many of which have already been sold to its current base of advertisers. Read more >> Big Eye Branding manufactures a range of high-quality branding equipment made to last, including banners, gazebos, umbrellas and kiosks. Here are seven points to look out for when buying a banner. Read more >> POP Outdoor's coverage of six key malls targeting the Indian consumer in KZN, accounts for over 250 000m 2 of trading space and foot traffic of approximately five million Indian shoppers a month. Read more >> A recent international research study conducted in the US shows that 95% of teens visiting a mall spend more than one hour and almost all (also 95%) noticed some form of mall advertising. Read more >>Printing
LaserCom, a division of Bytes Technology Group, has upgraded its KwaZulu-Natal branch infrastructure with a capital investment of R6 million. The investment for the digital printing and mailing services company centres on two high-speed Xerox printers to cater for growing demand. Read more >>Production
 The teaming up of Fresh Eye Director Jonathan Parkinson and Ogilvy did wonders for a community centre in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. A wall-size mural came to life in two days as the backdrop for a new television commercial for Grandpa Headache Powders. Read more >>Promotions
 On Mothers' Day KFC decided to not only spoil their moms but also give them a little time to themselves and as their ad campaign promises, give them one less thing to worry about. Read more >>Public Relations
The Phoenix Partnership, a public relations, publicity and media liaison agency, has renewed its contract with the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust for the fifth consecutive year. The Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust organises some of the Western Cape's biggest annual cycling events, including the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour. Read more >> On 4 June 2009, DuPont announced the launch of its Operational Excellence product offering in sub-Saharan Africa at a breakfast in Sandton. Industry communications specialist Ngage Public Relations was hired to manage the media aspect of the event. Read more >> Sales heavyweight Craig Peek has joined Ngage Public Relations, a Johannesburg-based consultancy specialising in the mining, engineering and construction industries. Read more >>Radio
Staying true to the recycling ethos, the East Coast Radio stand at the recently held House & Garden Show was designed from recycled materials and will be recycled at the end of the show. Read more >>Seasoned East Coast Radio personality, Darren Scott, has more than just a keen ear for music, he's also blessed by having ‘Lady Luck' on his side. That was evident this weekend when he won R30 000 for East Coast Radio's Winter Warmth 2009 campaign. Read more >>The lucky winner of a prize package that included a stay in London with VIP tickets to a Michael Jackson concert has been given the assurance by Algoa FM that her trip to London will go ahead and that an alternative concert will be sourced. Read more >>AME-owned radio stations Algoa FM and OFM are among the latest broadcasting service licensees to sign a funding agreement with the MDDA, a statutory development agency for promoting, supporting and ensuring media development and diversity. Read more >> Jacaranda 94.2 has a new line-up of presenters, features and show times. Among the new faces to join the radio station are Afrikaans music icon Kurt Darren, top local comedian John Vlismas, and legendary DJ Barney Simon. Read more >>Sponsorship
Paraguayan international striker Roque Santa Cruz who has recently signed for Manchester City will display his aerial power and physical presence against Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs in the 10th anniversary of the Vodacom Challenge in SA from July 18-25. Read more >>TV
 Fans, young and old, gathered at Sandton City from 2 - 5 July to say hello and have their photos taken with SpongeBob Squarepants and Dora the Explorer. Read more >>Youth Marketing
Instant Grass brings you another installment of Street Grass wherein they highlight what is happening within the youth market and why. Read more >>
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