Di Paice, a person apart You know the calibre of someone like Di Paice by how she touched and enriched the lives of those with whom she worked, and knew. Clearly, Di was a person apart... simply because her fine qualities set her apart as a person and a journalist. Time and again in the many tributes to her, those fortunate enough to have known her and have been associated with her pay tribute to Di's enthusiasm, professionalism, charm and the other fine qualities that made her so special. Di Paice passed away on the morning of Friday, 24 July 2009, after a brave battle against breast cancer, and her passing has been met with an outpouring of grief and sorrow, and empathy, for her husband Peter and her children. Along with all her other qualities, she had a wicked sense of humour and while she left an industry richer for having been involved in it, one gets the feeling reading the many tributes that Di would have been very touched, and perhaps surprised, by the feelings people have expressed on her death - and then she would have expected us all to roll up our sleeves and get on with emulating her passion and commitment. Go well, Di, you have left a void… Bizcommunity.com• View Bizcommunity.com's special tribute page to Di Paice and her blog at www.rossroad.co.za. 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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 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] There is a long period of gestation behind almost any individual genuine creativity and a long period of practice is needed to create a thriving organisation, Malcolm Gladwell said at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, where he was addressing delegates convened there for the inaugural Discovery Invest Leadership Summit earlier this week. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Good leaders in any country in the world must inspire, make a commitment, have perseverance, a positive attitude and not panic despite facing challenges of any sort, Shaun Tomson, a well-known surfer, told more than 1500 delegates currently attending the 2009 Discovery Invest Leadership Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg today, Wednesday, 22 July 2009. Read more >> [Bernice Leonard] EMARKETING MEASURABILITY: It's true; our clients are all planning their eMarketing budgets very carefully - trying to get the most value from online marketing tactics, especially in today's economy. For this reason (among others) it is more important than ever to measure our efforts both as proof of success and to allow for optimisation and improvements. Read more >>Advertising
AMASA plans glitz partyThe AMASA annual party has selected the Upper East Side - NY as its theme and is calling on all playboys', socialites and debutantes to join them for the 2009 Cape Town AMASA party at Club 91, 91 Main Rd Claremont this Thursday 30 July at 7.30pm. However, patrons are not only asked to think and dress like the upper crust of Manhattan but to also donate like them by bringing children's toys for the Little Switzerland Children's Home in time for Christmas this year. Prizes are offered for the ‘Best Dressed Team'; ‘Best Dressed Individual;' and more. Pre-booked tickets will be R100 or R120 at the door (R80 for students) - contact lee@stramrood.co.za or call +27 (0) 21 685 3838 Advertisement:  Unilever has had an Advertising Standards Authority ruling overturned, it announced today, Monday, 27 July 2009. This follows a complaint from a competing washing powder manufacturer, which the ASA initially upheld. Read more >>DDB South Africa and MetropolitanRepublic have been awarded the main advertising contracts for First National Bank (FNB), the bank announced late this morning, Monday, 27 July 2009. Digital design agency Gloo retains the brand digital account. Read more >>Bombs away at LoeriesBomb Commercials is celebrating 14 Loeries nominations for various TV ads filmed by the production company. “Over the past year, we have worked hard and it has paid off with our 14 nominations for Vodacom Summer Loving (Grease), Vodacom Sophiatown, Cell C Walking Man and MTN Lift,” says Bomb Commercials director Teboho Mahlatsi. There are four nominations in TV & Cinema; three in Craft Finalists Art Direction; two in Cinematography; three in Direction; and two in Editing. “We would like to congratulate and thank all our clients, staff and crew - all the blood, sweat and tears that have gone into these ads has really paid off,” add producers Gavin Joubert and Marc Harrison. [Karabelo Mokoena] I love paging through advertising annuals, visiting websites such as Ads of the World, Best Ads on TV and visit4info and all those other forms of media that keep you up to date with ads that are making waves in the industry. From a creative point of view, you are able to see the benchmark with regards to the type of work that you personally should be producing. Read more >> All the finalists for 31st Annual Loerie Awards were released this morning, Wednesday, 22 July 2009, except for Experiential Digital, which will be announced on Friday 24 July. Read more >>Live blogging from Discovery Invest Leadership Summit AdVantage editor-in-chief and Bizcommunity.com's former editorial director and editor, Louise Marsland, is back on Bizcommunity.com! She has launched her blog at www.bizcommunity.com/Blog/LouiseMarsland and is blogging and tweeting live from the much-anticipated Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg today, Wednesday, 22 July 2009, which features Virgin chief Richard Branson and marketing thought leader of our time, Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, Blink and his most recent book, Outliers. Follow her on Twitter at @advantagemag, as well as Advantage's business page on Facebook. Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
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 Di Paice, founder, editor and publisher of Brand magazine and lately brand consultant for Soccer-Laduma, passed away this morning, Friday, 24 July 2009, after a long and brave battle against cancer. Read more >>Cinema
 The Durban Film Office (DFO) and the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) last week presented plans to hold an international film co-production market on the African continent, the Durban FilmMart. Read more >>CRM
[Jennigay Coetzer] SMS is used more in customer relationship management (CRM) in developing countries such as South Africa than in other markets because more individuals have cellphones than internet access. Read more >> CSI
 As celebrations and community service initiatives around the world celebrated Mandela's 91st birthday on Saturday 18 July, City Sightseeing Cape Town responded to Mandela's call by making an imprint on the lives of a group of the Big Issue magazine vendors. Read more >> Minister of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale held a live radio fund-raiser for the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) on Talk Radio 702 on Saturday, 18 July 2009, the station announced. Read more >>Digital
NEWSWATCH: Seacom was launched last week and the hope is that the prospect of greater competition will reduce the cost of broadband, reports FT.com. The big question of course is… by how much? Read more >>Advertisement: If there is to be innovative, affordable and high-quality broadband, then telecoms regulator ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of SA) must urgently review and speed up the way that radio spectrum is assigned to electronic communications network service (ECNS) licensees, the Internet Service Providers' Association of SA (ISPA) said yesterday, Thursday, 23 July 2009. Read more >> Undersea cable Seacom demonstrated the capacity, quality of bandwidth and connectivity the network will provide through simultaneous events in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique yesterday, Thursday, 23 July 2009. The demo, hosted in conjunction with Cisco Systems, provided media and invitees direct access to broadband connectivity, carried out live broadcasts and interactive real-time presentations across the system. Read more >>Letterdash, the new name for 24.com's free make-your-own-blog service, which the company claims to be the most popular blogging platform in South Africa, was introduced yesterday, Wednesday, 22 July 2009. The company says the new name was selected to reflect added functionality designed to make it easier to build customised blogs, post updates and interact with other bloggers across the 24.com network. Read more >>[Tshepiso Seopa] The Department of Communications officially launched its Digital Dzonga, an advisory body for South Africa's broadcast digital migration, yesterday, 21 July 2009. Read more >>  [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The SABC has moved quickly to allay fears and speculation that its digital migration project is dead and buried due to a litany of challenges it is currently facing, including the leadership crisis and its financial meltdown. Read more >>Eventing |  |
Party planner and socialite Edith Venter has publicly retracted all negative and inflammatory statements and allegations made against former business partner Vivien Natasen and the company Neo Innovations in which she was a partner until a much-publicised souring of relations between the socialite and holding company Neo Africa late last year. The unconditional apology was made public this week following comments by Venter in the Sunday Times this week, 19 July 2009. Read more >>Advertisement: East Cape Biltong Festival keeps on growingAccording to the organiser, Marette Liddel, this year's Castle Lager East Cape Biltong Festival attracted around 13 000 visitors to Somerset East last weekend 17-18 July 2009. “Spirits were high and good weather over the weekend, combined with a full entertainment programme, helped draw the crowds despite the current economic downturn,” she said, adding that stallholders and sponsors reported an increase in sales over last year and visitors praised the ‘excellent' biltong and salami on sale.CPUT media conference targets online technologyCape Peninsula University of Technology's 11th annual media conference, entitled Online Technology, will be held on 1 August 2009 on campus. It will target new media topics such as social media, Twitter, blogging etc and link this to the evolving PR industry. Speakers include Dave Duarte (Nomadic Marketing) on “Doing what you love with an online business;” Justin Hartman (CEO and co-founder of Afrigator) on “Afrigator and gatorpeeps;” and Heidi Schneigansz (Quick eMarketing) on “Search Engine Optimisation.” Tickets cost R50 and include access to talks, buffet and a goodie bag. Contact Wardah Peck on +27 (0) 21 4604287, email peckw@cput.ac.za or visit the PR department on campus. The Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition, scheduled for 2-5 September 2009 at Museum Africa in Johannesburg, will run music business workshops in various Gauteng regions in the months leading up to Moshito 09, the newly appointed GM, Lee Walters announced earlier this week. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Any notion of leadership should involve humanism, especially in these challenging times, when new leaders will emerge to lead a generation holding a far greater responsibility more than any other generation in the past. This is according to author, businesswoman and University of Johannesburg Chancellor Wendy Luhabe. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Positivity and optimism, setting dreams and goals, sense of urgency (time is limited), never stop learning, persistency (you can work harder), and the power of innovation are the seven valuable attributes of a great leadership and success, CEO and founder of Discovery Invest Adrian Gore told delegates who attended the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg, yesterday, 22 July 2009. Read more >>[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The Discovery Invest Leadership Summit, which is due to take place Wednesday, 22 July 2009, at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, was launched today in Sandton at a press conference, at which some of the speakers set the scene for their presentations tomorrow. Read more >> Exhibitions |  |
Eskom's search for the brightest young scientists in the country will begin at the University of the Witwatersrand on 24-25 July 2009 with the launch of the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists. It will be launched simultaneously in Durban and Grahamstown. Read more >>Advertisement: Magazines |  |
The Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa (MPASA) has issued a call to entry for the 2009 PICA Awards that will take place on Thursday, 12 November 2009. Read more >> Associated Magazines' annual motoring supplement, Women on Wheels ( WOW), is available with the August issues of Cosmopolitan, House and Leisure, Marie Claire and O, The Oprah Magazine, now on sale. Read more >>The August issue of Marie Claire magazine highlights the risks of drinking to women in the feature, What's wrong with two glasses of wine? Three advertising agencies, Lowe Bull, Ogilvy Johannesburg and Draft FCB, showcase creative work demonstrating the negative effects that even moderate alcohol intake has on women. Read more >> Garmin/GarMap is partnering with Contact Media and Communications to launch GTribe magazine in September 2009. Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 [Mpumelelo Mkhabela] Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda has appointed a team to draw up a strategy for turning around the crisis-ridden SABC. Read more >> [Chris Moerdyk] A glimmer of hope for the embattled SABC has blinked on brightly with the news that interim board members have not only hit the ground running since their appointment less than two weeks ago but are sending out some very postive messages to the public, Parliament and, most importantly, the staff. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is holding out for its 12,2% wage demand and meets today to plan further strike action, reports IOL. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: Twelve permanent staff of Lotus FM have vowed to remain on strike until their station manager is removed, reports IOL, which also reports that former SABC chair Khanyi Mkhonza is to give the Pretoria News-Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Public Lecture this month. Back at the SABC, auditors this week began a four-week stint working through the broadcaster's budget to establish what was spent and why, and where economies can be made, reports IOL. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The interim board sees one of its main tasks as cutting costs, and checking on wasteful expenditure, reports Business Day. Read more >> The TVIEC (Television Industry Emergency Coalition) in a statement issued yesterday, Monday, 20 July 2009, claims that SABC is withholding payments owed to production houses over the issue of alleged lost assets and in some cases is fining producers as much as R100 000. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago has apparently told SAPA that we need to focus not on what is wrong at the SABC, but on all the good they have done, reports IOL. Meanwhile, MTN wants to borrow US$ 3.5 billion to back its proposed merger with India's Bharti Airtel, reports Mail & Guardian Online. Read more >>Mobile |  |
[Yolande van Wyk] It wasn't long ago that mobile banking was barely known by account holders in South Africa. It was only in 2001 that certain of the large South African banks launched a version of mobile banking. These services attracted little interest from account holders with most of the initiatives failing. As late as the beginning of 2005, the future viability of mobile banking was uncertain and disputed. Neither the local nor the international banks were actively developing mobile services. Read more >> [Lesley Stones] Africa's paucity of fixed-line phone networks has created a huge opportunity for mobile operators to step in and fill the gap for broadband services in a market that could be worth US$6bn by 2011. Read more >> Mobile marketing course at UCTThe mobile marketing course at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, running 29 - 31 July 2009, is designed to give insights into the fields of mobile marketing, information systems, telecommunications, experiential marketing and learning processes. Speaking will be Chris Rolfe, CEO of Mobilitrix, who will offer insights into the ease-of-use of mobile as a business tool that can be used across all business divisions to streamline business functions, the benefits of engaging via the mobile platform, the vast reach of mobile and the ease of entry into the mobile realm. The cost of the course is R9800. For more information, go to www.gsb.uct.ac.za/mobilemarketing. Newspapers |  |
 The theme for the 2009 IFRA Expo will be Your essential GPS - The News Publishing Event to help navigate your Course, organisers announced yesterday, Thursday, 23 July 2009. What is described as the largest trade exhibition for the news publishing and media industries will be held 12-15 October at the Reed Messe Wien exhibition grounds in Austria. Read more >>[Chantelle Benjamin & Sanchia Temkin] Black entrepreneurs indicated yesterday, Monday, 20 July 2009, that they would snap up the local assets of Independent News and Media should they become available on the market. Read more >> Out Of Home |  |
 Gauride earlier this week said it successfully promoted its safe, reliable and free transport to official match ticket holders during the FIFA Confederations Cup by briefing Primall Media to advertise its services by engaging prominent media platforms in relevant Gauteng shopping centres. Read more >>Printing
 DARMSTADT, GERMANY: WAN-IFRA released its latest special report, "New Printing Plants" on Friday, 24 July 2009, which will be presented at Publish Asia/IFRA India Expo and Conference (23 - 25 September 2009) in Chennai, India. Read more >>Large format industry specialist, Applied Imaging, has been appointed as an official distributor for Canon Business Solutions' large format printers for the South African marketplace. Read more >>Production
The Encounters South African International Documentary Festival announced the winners of the 2009 Audience Award yesterday, Thursday, 23 July 2009. Read more >>Advertisement: 2009 Edward Ruiz Mentorship applications close 31 July 2009The Edward Ruiz Mentorship programme offers one recipient annually, the financial and infrastructural support needed to develop a substantial body of photographic work over the course of a year. Applications for this programme close on 31 July 2009. Submit applications electronically to lestera@marketphotoworkshop.co.za or drop them off at Market Photo Workshop 2 President Street (Bus Factory entrance) Newtown Johannesburg. Receipt of applications will be confirmed by Monday 3 August 2009. Public Relations |  |
Brewster's turnover up, expenses downPR firm Marcus Brewster Publicity (MBP) yesterday, 22 July 2009, reported a 24% increase in turnover for the first half of 2009 vs 2008. This was complemented by a drop in hard costs of 12% and a decrease in expenses of 11%. Growth came from increased jobs from existing clients, new clients including Ford, MNET and Twisp e-cigarettes and its affiliation with leading PR firms in the UK and US formalising an MBP global network to increase its reach and influence.The Vodacom Group Limited announced yesterday, 21 July 2009, that its chief communications officer Dot Field has resigned. Read more >> PR & SOCIAL MEDIA: Sentient Communications and Bizcommunity.com are calling upon South Africa's public relations professionals to take part in a study into the use of social media and other online technology tools by local PR agencies. The deadline for participation is 3 August 2009, and one lucky participant will win an iPod Nano 8GB. Read more >> [Craig Rodney] PR & SOCIAL MEDIA: The impact of social media upon corporate communications is changing the role of the public relations practitioner. In short, the world has changed, and the dynamics of PR have changed with it. Read more >>Radio |  |
 The SABC has announced that as a result of discussion and dialogue between the 8 permanent staff members (excl DJ's), management and the BEMAWU, the legal strike carried out at Lotus FM in Durban on Wednesday 22 July 2009, has been suspended. Read more >> Mpumalanga radio station MPowerFM has established a new studio in eMalahleni (Witbank) and recently went on air from Ridge Casino. Commenting on Friday, 24 July 2009, on the new lineup and plans, newly appointed MD Kevin Savage stated, “The new studio in eMalahleni will allow us to win a similar market share and fan-base in the fast growing Highveld region." Read more >>Late last week, Motsweding FM's Drama Department was awarded a special mayoral award of R10 000 for Diphetogo, one of its commissioned radio dramas voted as successful by listeners comments during its season on air. Read more >>Community radio forum briefs communications ministerThe National Community Radio Forum (NCRF), a national civil society forum representing 105 community radio stations in South Africa, announced on Monday, 20 July 2009, that it had met with the Minister of Communications Siphiwe Nyanda, deputy minister Dina Pule and relevant officials of the DoC to present the sector's challenges. It pledged its commitment towards meeting national agendas. The community radio sector collectively commands 25% of total radio audiences in South Africa, some 7.2 million listeners. The ministry in turn agreed to building stronger relationships with the sector through a series of planned meetings and possible joint projects.TV
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] There has been a set of mixed fortunes in the past week for e.tv and its popular programme 3rd Degree. While 3rd Degree's Anna-Maria Lombard scooped the CNN MultiChoice Award for HIV/Aids reporting over the weekend, the show presenter and editor-in-chief Debora Patta continues to be criticised by ‘sensitive' viewers who believe that they have had enough of her ‘unobjective', ‘immature' and ‘aggressive' techniques that they believe are destroying the show. Read more >> [Louise Marsland] We’ve all heard – and mocked – the various leadership team builds and lectures involving lion prides, wild dogs, bush babies, the nomadic tribes of Albania… Inspirational, but often low on content. I’m expecting high content value and high impact at the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Sandton today,Wednesday, 22 July 2009. First up is the ultimate surfer dude, Shaun Tomson, with 12 simple lessons for ‘riding through life’, drawn from his experience as world surfing champ. Read more >> [Louise Marsland] Who knew surfing could teach you about leadership? Surfer champ and entrepreneur Shaun Tomson started off the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit by speaking about inspiration and inspirational leadership in a sweet and touching presentation; not really wow, but it is good to be reminded of some of the usual life lessons from a different paradigm. Read more >> [Louise Marsland] Discovery CEO Adrian Gore was witty, direct and engaging this morning in addressing the attributes of success. He presented a handy popular business roadmap (drawn mostly from business books out there) that seemed to promote the journey to success as such: ‘You drop out of college... come up with an idea... start a business in your garage... and become a millionaire overnight.’ Read more >> [Louise Marsland] The challenging times we are in are times of opportunity and growth and it is your attitude which will determine your success during these tough times. That’s the view of one of the 100 most influential people in the world (as voted by Time): author and trend maker, Malcolm Gladwell. Read more >> Advertising
Draftfcb South Africa has launched a groundbreaking new data analysis, modeling and visualisation service called Visual Analytics. Its objective is to transform dry data into live intelligence that makes decision-making quicker, easier and smarter. Read more >>Mortimer Harvey has promoted Jarrod Eckstein, Simon Foss-Smith and Thabang Mkatini. Read more >>Lowe Bull Cape Town has added Oxygen Medical Scheme to its portfolio. Chosen by the Oxygen management team on the strength of its creative campaign for client Cipla Medpro, Lowe Bull CT will be managing Oxygen's above-the-line creative work. Read more >>Branding
Foozi is soon to launch its innovative branded foosball tables in Australia. Foozi's foosball tables are specifically custom-made, to provide optimal advertising and branding coverage, while maintaining international table soccer standards. Read more >> Foozi has introduced a new design to add to its rental collection. The Little Shop of Horrors is bold, bright and intriguing and adds yet another design that Foozi's rental consumers can choose from to make their event unique. Read more >> [Desirée Gullan] Marketing heavyweights around the world are coming to terms with the fact that consumers are taking as much control of their brands as their brand teams. This power shift has far-reaching implications. Read more >>Added Value, WPP's brand development and marketing insight business, has acquired Saffron Hill Research, a full-service market research firm based in Singapore and the Philippines. Read more >>CRM
The Maximizer system has been installed in the Johannesburg Child Welfare Society's marketing and fundraising department where it will help develop and maintain essential contact with private donors and corporate sponsors as part of the society's drive to bring in over R30 million during 2009. Read more >>Digital
South African companies that want to drive the best results from their email marketing campaigns should strongly consider outsourcing delivery, list management and other technical aspects of their campaigns to specialist service providers. Read more >>New media agency, Amorphous, has been appointed to drive the digital advertising strategy for Intel South Africa. This covers online, email and mobile campaigns promoting the Intel brand and use of Intel products throughout Africa. Read more >> apurimac media partnered with Yahoo! to host the launch of its Digital Frontiers events series. The exclusive and informal breakfast event brought together some of the biggest regional thought leaders and innovators in the African digital advertising space. Read more >> The Digital Edge will be speaking to Loeries judges and organisers to see how South African digital campaigns compare to worldwide trends, and whether winning an award is good for an agency's business or whether it is just another gold statue for the mantlepiece. Read more >>Education and Training |  |
This year sees the launch of the UCT Graduate School of Business's new course aimed at teaching business leaders and organisations how to leverage the power of narrative. Organisational Storytelling for Inspirational Leaders will run for the first time this September. Read more >> The UCT Graduate School of Business has teamed up with Christophe Gillet, a renowned organisational change expert and former head of business innovation for Sony Europe, to launch a new course to help organisations make the necessary changes to survive and thrive. Read more >>Eventing
 The launch of the Miller Rock The Boat campaign has been a phenomenal success with people clamouring to get tickets. Launch Factory is now converting this excitement into solid leverage for potential sponsors. Read more >>[Gavin Mills] In times of a receding economy and the virtual eve of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is there anything out there that's not piggybacking somehow on soccer? So what happens after 2010? Where will marketers, activators and brands turn their hungry eyes? Read more >>  Décor Mechanics was responsible for the décor at a recent BlackBerry media dinner, held at the Villa Arcadia in Parktown. Read more >> Ice Art produced a 6m ice putt-putt course for Bells Whisky. The golf day was held at Brandhouse and there were a number of interesting holes on the day, but it was certainly the ice hole that had people battling to sink their ball. Read more >> At a recent customer event held at St Johns College on 16-17 July, Oasys Innovations demonstrated its commitment to the exhibition and events industry, and in particular, to their customers ranging from organisers, venue owners and end-users. Read more >> The leading creativity and innovation experts, trainers and authors from all over the world come every year to share their cutting-edge insights and experiences at the SA Creativity Conference. Read more >>Exhibitions
You want your finances to boom when your bundle of joy enters the world so that you can give her (or him) the best opportunities in life. Here are a few investment principles from Old Mutual to help parents ensure security of the child's future. Read more >> The SABC Education Baba Indaba expo gives the Children's Hospital Trust a platform on which they can inspire families by making known the difficulties faced by our nation's children, and the work that is in constant progress to make the lives of these children happier and healthier. Read more >> The sixth Women's Show audience grew by 225% and was a major success on many different levels. The show, which took place on 26 - 28 June 2009, attracted women across all races, colours and creeds. Read more >> Capetonians are in for a special treat from 30 October to 1 November, when Baby City will be bringing everybody's favourite dinosaur, Barney, and friends, BJ and Baby Bop, to The Baby Expo Cape Town, taking place at the CTICC. Read more >>Magazines
Chapel Lane Media, publisher of South Africa's leading luxury lifestyle magazine, Prestige, has reached an agreement with Air Seychelles that as from August, the publication will be on board all flights between South Africa and the Seychelles. Read more >> The recent move to incorporate TRUE LOVE, Move! and Move! Parent alongside Real magazine, under one publisher, Thought24, has created a uniquely focused South African publishing business with both readers and advertisers feeling the benefit. Read more >>Touchline Media has announced the launch of Women's Health South Africa, a lifestyle brand for women who see being healthy - physically, financially and emotionally - as a way of life. Read more >> Finweek sported a new design from its 16 July issue. Finweek's core, the analysis of companies and markets against the background of the macro-economic and political climate, has not been tampered with. Read more >>Mobile
 Wavescape has relaunched its SMS surf forecasting service to include data drawn from its successful online Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW) service. The SMS service provides regional open ocean and specific beach reports that includes swell, wind and tide information delivered to a cellphone. Read more >>The Lions Tour promotion, the first major promotion of Trudon Mobile, encouraged rugby and other sports enthusiasts to check details of the tour on their cell phones. The campaign was developed and run by Purple Cow Communications, and the results were impressive. Read more >>Africa is the fastest-growing telecommunication industry in the world with cellphone penetration in South Africa currently at 98%. This growth in mobile technology is expected to impact traditional marketing and advertising. Read more >>Online Media
Recently we've seen an increase in the number of South African social media campaigns. With South African Internet usage escalating and consumer behaviour changing, more and more brands are starting to see the array of possibilities presented by social media. Read more >>Advertisement:  iafrica.com, which is published by Cape Town-based Primedia Online, has introduced a brand-new 'scroller' on its website; a boost for the popular iafrica.com communities, but also an attractive option for any would-be advertisers. Read more >> Software as a Service (SaaS) could well be a favourable business investment to explore in recessionary times and has been driven by the need to find cost-effective, beneficial ways to run businesses, according to Peter Flynn, MD of White Wall Web. Read more >>Out Of Home
 Judging by the amount of poor out-of-home creative executions we see across the country, it seems that creative people just don't get the message and we keep getting billboard material that is designed for print or close-up viewing. Read more >> Activate, a BEE out-of-home (OOH) company, has purchased 10% of Provantage's out-of-home inventory in order to establish a new OOH presence in the market. The two companies have also entered into a co-operation agreement that will include skills transfer and mentorship programs. Read more >>Primedia Face 2 Face has appointed Lance Coertzen as Sales and Marketing Executive. He brings on board 16 years experience in the sales and marketing arena within the FMCG sector. Read more >> Forming part of the launch of their new Supalites medium, ADreach recently took to the skies - clients and council members in tow - for an unforgettable helicopter tour of Joburg. Read more >>Development of new service offerings is a critical activity in view of today's changing marketplace. Primedia Face 2 Face views this as one of the fundamentals in retaining and growing business as a necessity in order to remain competitive and better meet client needs. Read more >>The “Bottom of the Pyramid” market is made up of predominately LSM 1-6 and is spread throughout South Africa. Spending in low-income communities in South Africa runs into billions of rands and offers enormous potential as consistent income in times of economic downturn. Read more >>Printing
LaserCom, a specialist in direct marketing, variable print, mail processing and envelope manufacturing, has been rated a Level 2 Contributor and Value-Adding Supplier by Empowerdex. Read more >>Production
 Sphere Animation Studio has been hard at work refurbishing their ‘window to the world' and is inviting all to check out their new-look website and view their latest showreel online. Read more >> When given a brief for Virgin Mobile you know you have to pull out all the stops - after all, there are no limits when the name behind the brand is Sir Richard Branson. Sub urban Director Nomakhomazi did exactly that for agency Openco to make this spot fun, quirky and humorous. Read more >> It took three days of dance rehearsals and an exploding car to create a hip new spot for Cadbury P.S. Directed by Leigh Ogilvie, the spot follows a young girl on her ‘girls' night out'. Read more >>Cool Music Productions has just completed the DVD production of Houtkruis Die Musical, which could well be the first locally produced live musical in 5.1 surround sound. Read more >>Orange Films approached Mama Dance! Music Solutions when they were searching for African relevant music for a TV ad that they were working on for the state-owned company that runs the Swedish Lotto, Svenska Spel. Read more >>Promotions
 Tradeway Promotions has announced its expansion to Namibia and Botswana, offering clients broader coverage in the Southern African region as a first step to further international expansion. Read more >>Public Relations
A limited number of places are still available on the popular Organisational Communications Course run by Quo Vadis Communications in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The course equips delegates to communicate effectively in just six days. Read more >>Radio
Algoa FM's Single Ladies music video is currently leading the pack in the Vodacom Connect to Fame promotion's Radio Celebrity Challenge. This means that, the station could be giving five deserving charities in the Eastern Cape their share of a five hundred thousand rand cash prize. Read more >>Recruitment | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
It is said that the average person can expect to change their jobs five to seven times in his or her life. A successful career change will therefore largely depend on the amount of planning and preparation done. Read more >>Research |  |
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