A bad, sad weekend It's bad, and sad, when a respected publication closes, and this weekend saw the last issue of BDFM's The Weekender, which had a lifespan of less than four years and became the latest victim of the recession. It was the end of the road for The Weekender as a result of falling ad revenues, distribution and printing issues. General sentiment seems to be in agreement with the tweet on Saturday, 7 November 2009, that went: “Bought both the Saturday Star and The Weekender today. The wrong paper is biting the dust.” Bizcommunity.com trusts that job loss will be kept to an utmost minimum. On a more cheerful note, public voting for The Bookmarks' Greatest Individual Contribution to Online Media and Marketing award, sponsored by The Spacestation, is now open until the end of tomorrow, Tuesday 10 November. This award aims to recognise and reward the individual who has contributed to the overall growth and development of our industry over the past year. The winner - to be announced at the awards event taking place at Movida in Johannesburg on Thursday 12 November [don't forget to book your tickets!] - will depend upon your votes in combination with the Online Publishers Association (OPA) Exco vote. The 11 shortlisted nominees submitted by the industry, in alphabetical order by surname, are: Prezence SA's Tim Bishop; 24.com's Matthew Buckland; Cambrient's Jarred Cinman; Habari Group's Adrian Hewlett; OMG Digital (OMD SA Online Division)'s Conrad Kakebeeke; AdVantage magazine's Louise Marsland; DigiVOX's Andrea Mitchell; Soccer-Laduma's Diogo Peral; Bizcommunity.com's Simone Puterman; Mail & Guardian Online's Chris Roper; and Quirk eMarketing's Rob Stokes. Go to www.bizcommunity.com/BookmarkAwards.aspx to cast your vote now. Simone Puterman & Rod BakerPS In this week's Ornico Ad Showcase, we feature TV ads for LG Boarderless, On Tap, Sanlam, Martini Rosato and Nando's, and radio ads for British Airways, Budget Insurance, Southern Sun, LG and SAA. 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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 NEWSWATCH: The financial woes at the SABC continue as it is revealed that the national broadcaster has been paying a monthly retainer of R500 000 to an agency since December last year for marketing purposes, and the contract doesn't specify a termination date, according to IOL, and on the pay-TV front, Super5Media has the go-ahead from ICASA to broadcast, but before the new licence is issued the channel will have to satisfy a number of conditions, says Business Report. Read more >>Advertisement:
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Flux Trend Review out nowThe third edition of Flux Trend Review, edited by Dion Chang, is out now at a price of R195. Entitled The State We're In, it tracks the ripple effects of the global economic meltdown, the consumer revolution that has been sparked off as a result, the technology that has provided the tools for change, as well as the massive shifts of social and business dynamics that are altering the journey ahead.South Africa will now use one logo to market the country, following Cabinet's approval of a new international marketing logo. The new logo is designed to replace about 70 old logos that were used by the International Marketing Council and South African Tourism to represent SA. [ poll] Read more >> Mike Middleton has been appointed category director, chocolate for Cadbury's Africa, Middle East region, effective 1 November 2009. Brands under his wing will include Dairy Milk, Lunch Bar, P.S. and Flake. Read more >> Ogilvy has created and launched Hopenhagen, the global campaign designed to generate worldwide support for an agreement at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 15 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference on 7 December 2009. Read more >>2010 FIFA World Cup
 The new multipurpose Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, purpose built for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, will have a voice, data, cabling, satellite master antenna television and computer network, as well as printing and server solutions. Read more >> The Final Draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will take place in Cape Town on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).The entertainment lined up for the 90-minute live show will include the Soweto Gospel Choir, Beninoise singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo and Johnny Clegg. Read more >> [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] One of the most prolific media spectacles off the pitch during the 2006 FIFA World Cup - and sure to be replicated in 2010 - was the shopping spree of the English footballers' wives and girlfriends (also known as WAGs). Read more >>Advertising
 There has been a significant decrease in the overall number of commercials produced in South Africa. This is according to the fifth Commercial Producers Industry Survey, the results of which have been released today, Monday, 9 November 2009, by the Commercial Producers Association of South Africa and the Gauteng Film Commission. Read more >>SA in top 20 of Cannes ReportSouth Africa has come in at number 13 in the world's Most Creative Countries ranking, with total of 19 Cannes Lions including two Grands Prix, in the recent inaugural Cannes Report, which highlights the official rankings of agencies, regions, countries and even cities based on their performance at the Cannes Lions 2009 International Advertising Festival. The largest accolade goes to TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg -top spot in the Highest-Ranked Agencies right across Europe, The Middle East and Africa. Also in the top 20 are Ogilvy Johannesburg and Net#work BBDO Johannesburg. Johannesburg itself comes in at number ten in the World's Most Creative Cities, winning a total of 17 Lions; London came in at number one. Copies of the Report, which also gives seminar analyses and jury presidents' insights, may be ordered at www.canneslions.com/store. No South African YoungGuns this monthThe September professional YoungGuns of the Month, selected by the current resident judge Pancho Gonzalez, are Nicholas Kosasih, Ratna Puspita and Shirley Christie from Ogilvy Indonesia for their Fuji 'Feet' Campaign. For more, go to www.ygaward.com/#/ygotm-past-winners.  Apex 2010 Awards submissions are now open and close at noon on 1 February 2010. Run by the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), the awards recognise communications campaigns which have had a marked and measurable impact on the respective brand environments. Read more >>The ADGistT model assesses the communication effectiveness of ads in a single glance and it is now available in South Africa. It is based on a simple test that is easily implemented, quickly administered and accurately measures the immediate impact of newspaper, magazine and out of home advertising. Read more >> D&AD's 30-day challenge to create a buzz that would inspire tutors and students to take part in its 2010 student awards has been won by Petter and Kasper Prinz, two Swedish graduates out of 15 competing teams. Read more >>Incredibly good service from media agencyThe Incredible Connection Best Service Supplier for 2009 went to The MediaShop, it was announced at the awards dinner on 29 October 2009. NEW YORK: The CLIO Awards announced yesterday, Monday, 2 November 2009, that its online entry system for the 2010 Awards Programme is now accepting submissions. Entry deadline is 22 January 2010. Read more >> The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg) has appointed Tom Cullinan as its executive creative director (ECD), it was announced this morning, Tuesday, 3 November 2009. With this appointment, Cullinan also takes up a position on the exco team. Read more >> SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Mike Abel, currently Australian CEO of M&C Saatchi and former COO of Ogilvy South Africa, will be returning to South Africa mid December 2009 for family reasons and launching M&C Saatchi offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, to be known as M&C Saatchi Abel, in February 2010. Read more >>Brothers for Life (B4L), a national men's campaign, is providing HIV prevention information to South Africa's deaf population on TV in November 2009 through a minute of silence. During this time, Eric Mahamba from Khayelitsha will sign a message to viewers. Read more >>Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
 The New York-based Art Directors Club yesterday Thursday 5 November 2009 unveiled its new logo that both accentuates its commitment to currency and relevancy in the emerging world of marketing and celebrates its authenticity as the original organization for global creative professionals. Read more >> As a farewell to one of its iconic brands, Volkswagen South Africa is launching a countrywide campaign to celebrate 25 years of Citi Golf production, as the legend retires. The last Citi will do a victory lap around the country to offer everyone the opportunity to come and bid farewell to Citi by signing the vehicle. Read more >> Superbrands, one of the world's largest independent arbiter of branding, which aims to identify those brands that are performing above and beyond others within the markets in which they operate, has awarded Superbrands status to Alliance Group in South Africa. Read more >>Cinema
Coastal cinemas reflect varying tastesSter-Kinekor offers its coastal audience two disparate offerings this summer - in the Cinema Nouveau at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, the Korean Film Festival pays tribute to the films of celebrated Korean director Kim ki-duk with five films from his oeuvre of work, 6-10 November 2009. Meanwhile, in KwaZulu-Natal, the Boardwalk Inkwazi Centre in Richard's Bay will launch on 4 December with the release of the movie 2012 as part of the opening of five new cinemas in the complex.  A silent experimental documentary from South Africa recently won the second annual Africa in Motion (AiM) short film competition. Paul Emmanuel's 3SAI: A Rite of Passage was screened as part of the Africa in Motion Film Festival at the UK African Film Festival, which takes place at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Read more >>CSI
"South African domestic agencies for non-governmental funding, like the National Development Agency and the National Lotteries, have been criticised as highly inefficient, staffed by poorly-trained and under-qualified workers, and overly bureaucratic in their decision-making,” stated Gara LaMarche, president and chief executive of Atlantic Philanthropies, one of the largest foundations in the world. Read more >>"The Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards give South Africans the chance to thank those people who have and are making a difference," says Gillian Mitchell, manager of Inyathelo's Philanthropy Programme at the occasion of the 2009 awards held in Cape Town on Tuesday 3 November 2009. Read more >>At the Inyathelo conference on ‘Our World: Our Responsibility' held on Tuesday 3 November 2009 in Cape Town, philanthropist and supporter of the Red Cross Children's hospital in Cape Town, Amanda Bloch, criticised the tunnel vision of government departments and called for SARS to develop policies that support philanthropy. Read more >>At the fourth Mail & Guardian ‘Investing in the Future' awards ceremony held last week, Absa won the Company Partnership Award for its Casual Day campaign. Read more >>Design
 The eighth annual Solve New Talent Search award ceremony, held at Weylandts Homestores, Green Point, Cape Town towards the end of last week, saw John Edwards, a 24-year-old University of Cape Town School of Architecture student, win the top prize. Read more >>The SABS Design Excellence Awards exhibition started with a gala evening where the 2009 product design winners were announced; this year's winning innovation is the "Snuza" baby monitor designed and manufactured by Biosentronics, XYZ, Savant and ID&B. Read more >>Digital
SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Thursday, 5 November 2009, opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts. Read more >> Ticket sales for the Bookmarks Awards evening close on Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 5pm. The awards take place at Movida in Rivonia, Johannesburg, on Thursday 12 November. Read more >>Bookmarks: send in nominations for greatest contribution to online media & marketing The Bookmark Awards is once again looking for nominees for this year's award of Best Contribution to Online Media & Marketing, sponsored by The Spacestation. Nominee names and a short motivation must be emailed to Theresa Vitale at tvitale@opa.org.za by end of Thursday, 5 November 2009. Voting will open on Bizcommunity.com on Friday 6 November and close on Tuesday 10 November.  The finalists for the second annual Bookmarks Awards, which rewards online excellences, were released today, Wednesday, 4 November 2009, by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) of South Africa. The shortlist includes leading digital agencies, as well as smaller independents. Read more >> [Stephen Newton] In the first of this two-part column on analytics, we looked at the advances made in the web analytics industry in recent years, measuring how visitors reach and interact with your site. This column outlines further tips for how to make the most of analytics. Read more >>Eventing |  |
 “As a world-class city, we are proud to be staging yet another world-class event in the form of Miss World 2009,” says Lindiwe Mahlangu, CEO of the Johannesburg Tourism Company (JTC). The finals will be held on Saturday, 12 December 2009 at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. Read more >> The expertise of RamsayMedia as a 360° media solution is to be made available to the industry, announced MD Stuart Lowe during the launch of RamsayMedia Experiences and a series of other initiatives at industry events around the country in October 2009, during which he spelt out the "infinite possibilities" of the company's multimedia offering. Read more >>Magazines |  |
 LONDON/JOHANNESBURG: International inflight publishing company Ink will launch its first South African monthly title, Indwe, for South African Express, in January 2010, it announced this morning, Monday, 9 November 2009. Read more >> The award-winning magazine Leadership will print its 300th edition in December and the editorial team plans on a bumper issue. Read more >> Cathryn Henderson has been appointed to the dual roles of publisher and editor of Wine magazine, RamsayMedia announced late yesterday, Wednesday, 4 November 2009. She joined the team at the beginning of November. Read more >> From 4 November 2009, the new annual décor magazine, Sarie Woon, will be available for readers seeking “pick-me-up” plans for the home, plus creative ideas ranging from accent walls and themed dinner tables to innovative bathrooms and home offices. Its décor editors, Anita Rossouw and Lounette Fourie, offer readers practical ideas to transform their homes into beautiful spaces and havens. Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 NEWSWATCH: Head of communications portfolio committee Ismail Vadi wants the interim SABC board to be given the chance to investigate cases of alleged corruption, reports IOL; in the meantime, independent producers and the broadcaster met this week to thrash out a payment plan, reports Business Day. Back in the Western Cape, journalists who don't cover the ANC have been handed over to God for punishment, reports Mail & Guardian Online, and a tribute to Miriam Makeba is in a shambles - but the person deemed responsible for the mess won't give any money back, reports Times Live. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The 1% tax proposed by the Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda may be unconstitutional, according to the DA, reports Polity Org. Meanwhile, the Treasury apparently knew nothing about the proposed tax, writes Moneyweb, and opposition parties reckon that, while special levies are unlikely, pressure is building, says Business Report. Read more >> Fairlady and M-Net have joined forces to find South Africa's first style apprentice, who stands to win six-month's paid internship with the magazine after battling it out with five other contestants on the MNet Style Apprentice show. The winning candidate will also receive career-boosting accessories such as a new wardrobe, a laptop, a cellphone and all the right accessories. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The national broadcaster has a plan to pay off its debts - and even move into profitability by March 2012, reports IOL. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The Ministry of Communications has reacted to some of the public's views regarding the possibility of a tax to fund the national broadcaster and says this is just one of the options, reports Politicsweb. Read more >>Mobile
The Mobile Briefing for Government conference, held last week at Sun City, was organised by the South Africa Council of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA). The conference, open to all chief directors and directors of national government ministries and the government communication and information system (GCIS) communications team, discussed the role mobile communication will play in any government campaign. Read more >> Petros Kondos, a South African Bluetooth customer relationship management (CRM) specialist, has been appointed VP of Broadburst Technologies, a North American mobile media broadcast company. Read more >> JOHANNEBSURG: South African-based Livemobile has been selected as a finalist in the fifth annual Global Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) awards, and is the only African company to make it on this year's Europe, Africa and Middle East territory award categories. Read more >>[Issa Sikiti da Silva] A recent study conducted by World Wide Worx and backed by First National Bank (FNB) and BlackBerry has revealed that many consumers out of SA's 16 million urban cellphone users are highly aspirational people looking to upgrade their phones, and are looking specifically for devices that have more features. Read more >> Newspapers
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The Weekender newspaper is dead and buried - officially killed by the recession. Those who enjoyed the 44-month-old newspaper's intelligent and unique content describe the loss as some sort of a drama, while industry watchers dig deep into their expert minds to explain the causes of the newspaper's ‘sudden death'. Read more >> The Power of Print and Publishing to Targeted Audiences, two new reports from the WAN-IFRA Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project, examine the enduring appeal of print in the digital age, and provide strategic advice on building multimedia strategies that rely on print media for revenue growth. Read more >>Out Of Home |  |
Wall of screens for latest Sandton mallConsidered the largest advertising opportunity in Africa, the Legacy TV wall offers 64x 42-inch LG television sets, spread over an area measuring 60m² in the new Legacy Corner Mall that opened this week on Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton. Spanning four levels, it is wrapped within a granite-clad escalator atrium. “We believe there is nothing that exists anywhere else in Africa which measures up to this TV wall,” says Mike Rowley of Legacy. “This spectacular advertising space will harness the passing trade which is invariably the required audience for any premium product.” Printing
Ince gets cut-sheet digital pressInce, an integrated communications agency, has received the first iGen4 cut-sheet digital press in South Africa from Bytes Document Solutions, an authorised Xerox distributor. The iGen4 compliments the company's acquisition of XMPIE, which enables the delivery of cross media campaigns. It is suitable for service providers who need to generate anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of pages of material every month.Production
The Hunger Protest called a pause to its campaign yesterday, Thursday, 5 November 2009, when actor Sello Maake ka Ncube completed his promised 30 days without food by drinking diluted marula juice - a departure from the apple juice drunk as breakfast by all the other protestors from the Hunger Coalition. Read more >>The New York Festivals (NYF) has appointed Rose Anderson to the position of executive director of its Television & Film Awards to ensure that the competition continues to evolve with the changing landscape of the television and film industry. Anderson will manage all facets of the awards, oversee the strategy to expand the competition's footprint, and assemble an advisory board culled from the most respected and influential minds representing the television and film community. Read more >>IndieLAB, in Cape Town, plans to host monthly events where anyone who is interested in low-budget filmmaking and especially postproduction, can attend. Kim Krause (Yellow Dog), Richard Lackey (Waterfront Studios) and Mike Brennan (Labspace) founded it, in conjunction with the Cape Film Commission. Read more >>Promotions
"Our Ondine wines are named after the ballet of the same name, choreographed specially for legendary ballerina Margot Fonteyn, by Sir Frederick Ashton, " commented Theo Basson, owner and co-winemaker of Ormonde Private Cellar, on the appointment of Ondine as the official wine for the South African Ballet Theatre (SABT) last week. Read more >>South African company in Global AwardsThe Global Awards, which honours the best in worldwide healthcare communications, have selected Fine Healthcare as the only South African finalist for its entry ‘Discovery One - Healthcare Professional: Promotional Marketing Integrated Campaign.' More on the awards at www.theglobalawards.com. Public Relations |  |
 The search is on for excellence in the planning, research, implementation and evaluation of public relations and communication campaigns. Deadline for submission of entries for the 2010 PRISA PRISM Awards is set for 26 January 2010 - less than 12 weeks away. Read more >>PR company beats recessionDuring 2009, the Cape Town-based full-service agency of Fleishman-Hillard has bucked the industry trend by achieving a claimed revenue growth of more than 300% in the first 10 months of the year and growing its headcount significantly. According to Michelle de Pons-James, MD of the company, this is attributable to “our global footprint which allows us to call on best global talent where required and the mission of the company, to deliver communications at the point of impact.”Radio |  |
 SAARF has released the first-ever, national, flooded RAMS (Radio Audience Measurement Survey) database and the largest survey to date, thanks to the introduction of flooding to the small urban/rural component of the survey. However, there is not much good news for radio stations, many of whom have seen their audiences decline in the face of increased TV viewing. Read more >> Capricorn FM intends to celebrate its second birthday in style, with champagne and cake for listeners, a golf day, a party on campus and then round off the year with a New Year's Eve bash. Festivities start on Thursday, 26 November 2009, at the station. Read more >>Recruitment | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
According to the latest CareerJunction Index (CJI), the South African online labour market has experienced a decreasing trend in labour demand since the beginning of 2009 because of a decrease in job availability, as well as retrenchments throughout South Africa. Meanwhile, more career seekers are entering the job market in search of employment. Read more >>Advertisement: Research |  |
“Answering the ‘where' questions - where are my most profitable customers, where are my competitors located, where are my retail locations performing best - in addition to the traditional who, what and when issues, is a fundamental need,” says ST Group CEO, Alan Ellis ST Group, the preferred southern African partner for Pitney Bowes Business Insight. Read more >>Local access to AnimaxTelmar will now offer access to Animax, it was announced yesterday, Wednesday, 4 November 2009, giving local advertisers and brands an opportunity to reach Animax's target market of 16-34-year-olds. Potential advertisers can contact Bonny Barnard on bonny_barnard@spe.sony.com. Retail
 Exhibition Management Services, organisers of Africa's Big Seven (AB7), is launching DrinkTech Africa, a dedicated exhibition and conference designed to service the continent's growing beverage and liquid food markets, the company announced last week. The inaugural DrinkTech will run alongside AB7 2010. Read more >> Marketing Concepts received two Gold Marketing Awards and three Silver Marketing Awards at the regional finals of the South African Council Shopping Centres' (SACSC) annual Footprint Awards, announced last week. Read more >>The Supply Chain Intelligence Report (SCIR) 2009 found that 41.3% of the companies from the major industries in the country, including the automotive, food and beverage, mining, construction, transportation and chemical sectors did not have, or had no plans to incorporate metrics to measure their impact on the environment. Read more >> The South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) Special Star Regional Awards 2009 took place late last week in Cape Town for the Western Cape region. In a first for the South African retail industry, this event combined the announcement of the regional winners as well as the category winners of the Footprint Marketing Awards. Read more >> One of Limpopo province's largest commercial real estate investment, the R1.2 billion Mall of the North, is currently on schedule for opening in early 2011. It is in a prime location in the easy-to-access, central node of Bendor, a rapidly developing component of Polokwane, in the heart of its growth corridor, ideally sited at the intersection of the N1 and a provincial road. Read more >>Sales
 [Peter Gilbert] Two trillion dollars worth of transactions every day. Planet Earth is open for business. And it never stops. Businesses selling to consumers. Businesses selling to other businesses. The global economy is expanding rapidly. Each year over fifty million businesses are created. It's chaotic, hyper-competitive. What does this mean for sales? Read more >> [Douglas Kruger] As a professional speaker, I spend more time at airports than I do eating, sleeping or singing in the shower. Recently, after dragging my bags across the semi-dark of the OR Tambo parking garage, I found a little pink Post-It note attached to the side-view mirror of my car. It had a name and a phone number, and, ominously, nothing more. Read more >>Sponsorship
Pink Chevy, pink awardsThe Feather Awards, a light-hearted, glamour celebration of prominent individuals who are inspirations to the gay and lesbian community, from the sports, entertainment and business worlds, will have its first event on 11 November 2009. Sponsorship has been received from Chevrolet, which will provide a fleet of cars to transport the nominees to the red carpet. [Thabani Khumalo] Sports business, the business of sports or sports the business - it does not matter how you call it. Sport is no longer just about health, leisure, or recreation, but rather a serious business with the potential to yield huge returns to investors. Read more >>Lead sponsor for Electric bike ride for climate changeSantam has confirmed its role as the lead sponsor for Zipplies' Climate Challenge 2009. Robert Zipplies, a well-known sustainability expert and editor of Bending the Curve, will cycle from Cape Town to Durban via Johannesburg and Pretoria on an electric bicycle. His aim is to raise awareness about climate change and to encourage South Africans to participate actively in reducing their personal carbon emissions, creating a low-carbon society. [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Free-to-air TV station e.tv this year joined forces with Edcon Group to take the seven-year-old Jet Community Awards to another level - to create awareness around community projects participation and give exposure to those who are working hard under difficult conditions to improve the lives of ‘forgotten' people living in socially-disadvantaged areas of Southern Africa. Read more >>TV
 Cricket specialist and award-winning presenter Peter Davies returned to SuperSport this last weekend after a two-year stint at ESPN, the American sports broadcasting channel. Read more >>New host for Survivor South AfricaThe new host for M-Net's new edition of Survivor South Africa is actor, TV presenter and former contestant Nico Panagio. He replaces Mark Bayly, who is not available due to his commitments as host of M-Net's weekly magazine show, All Access. The new season will be recorded in November and December 2009 on a deserted island in the Indian Ocean and broadcast from 20 January 2010.Youth Marketing
 SAARF's media audience research surveys has lowered the respondent age to 15 and the first release on what this group prefers, is the latest Radio Audience Measurement Survey (RAMS) for October 2009. Read more >> [Dr Graeme Codrington] As I elaborated on in my last post, individuals with a good grasp of the world and a strong sense of adventure might be able to predict some major world trends; however, if we want to predict the future effectively, we need to steer clear of attempting specific predictions. Read more >>  [Marion Scher] So your company needs to nominate a spokesperson – pretty straightforward decision, don’t you think? After all, who are you going to choose, the person with the speech impediment or perhaps someone for whom English is a third language? Maybe an alien from another planet or possibly just someone who doesn’t seem to have enough to do in the office and volunteered? Read more >>  [Abey Mokgwatsane] I feel like I’ve just come up for air! Maybe that’s just a big city thing – whenever you ask a fellow Joburger how they are, the standard response is: “Fine, thanks, just very busy.” Anyhow, I really mean it. Read more >> Marketing
Primedia Face 2 Face has just scored a rating of AAA+ Level One Contributor (Qualifying Small Enterprise). As a Qualifying Small Enterprise, Face 2 Face was rated on four of the seven BBBEE elements and not only met but in most cases exceeded the required target score. Read more >>Frances Gordon and Candice Burt, founding partners at plain language training and consulting firm, Simplified, presented papers and seminars at the plain language conference held in Sydney, Australia, in October 2009. Read more >>Advertising
 The new Allan Gray commercial, which took over fourteen months to make, asks us to consider the possibilities of a legend like James Dean had he been given more time. What would he have achieved? How might he have benefited society? Read more >> Display Mania has launched a high-quality textile/fabric framing system as an addition to their snap frame range and which can be can be supplied in lengths or made to size. Read more >> The Draftfcb Johannesburg team responsible for the award-winning ‘Jan and Elton' television commercial as well as the popular spoof of Beyonce's hit, ‘Single Ladies', has created another series of ads for Vodacom to reward loyalty during the summer holidays. Read more >> Taking its inspiration from real South Africans, advertising agency Lowe Bull, Cape Town, has produced a television commercial for Pick n Pay that is worthy of the retail giant's Inspired By You positioning statement. Read more >> Trusted by Adidas's international advertising partner, 180 Amsterdam, Conduit has bought to life two parts of the massive "Every Team Needs..." global football campaign for the footwear giant. Read more >> The new Sanlam campaign started off with a mysterious call-to-action to the public to submit copies of their home movies without revealing anything about the campaign or what the movies would be used for. Read more >> Duif du Toit of Gallo Images was named Sasol Springbok Photographer of the Year at the recent Sasol Springbok Media Awards held in Johannesburg. Read more >> Danie has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer at McCann Worldgroup South. Read more >>Cinema
Popcorn Cinema Advertising invites companies to end the year in true Hollywood style by booking an exclusive screening to Avatar, or the anticipated Twilight sequel, New Moon, at Johannesburg's premier Montecasino Il Grande venue. Read more >>CSI
 Hundreds of men recently converged on Emperors Palace for the You Can Count On Me Conference - part of a project which has been running since 2007 to train men around the country to start conversations with other men about Preventing Mother To Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Read more >>Design
 Undeterred by some describing him as “fly-by-night” or even “sexy”, Seymour continues his quest for interesting surroundings in the last few rounds of a game with seriously cool prizes beckoning... especially the grand prizes! Read more >> Core Design Essence was requested by Clive Morris Productions to aid them in creating effects for their client who was launching a new PinPop Fire lolly variant which has a hot spicy flavour. Read more >>Digital
 In this week's episode of The Digital Edge we look at the relatively new and underground web phenomenon of alternative reality games (ARG). Read more >>October 27th marked the 15th anniversary of the digital advertising industry's first banner display ads. Volvo, Club Med and AT&T were among the first six brands adventurous enough to secure advertising space on the as yet largely unknown “Internet”. Read more >> Men have the answers to everything? Yes, say the guys at Stonewall+, the digital marketing agency, and their launch of the all-new Nestlé Bar-One website seems to prove the point - the site offers men a brand interaction that is contemporary, entertaining and informative. Read more >>FLUX, long-standing digital solutions partner to Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), has completed the implementation of the company's refreshed corporate identity and brand image across all digital platforms. Read more >> SishaFax can make a huge difference to any company's bottom line. Fax2Email is an incredible cost-cutting solution which has the added advantage of both increasing efficiency and security within an organisation. Read more >>Direct Marketing
 Promotion and tactical marketing specialists, Habari Direct, recently executed a successful beauty partners acquisition drive which effectively makes them the largest supplier of beauty and spa pamper rewards nationwide. Read more >>Education and Training
 Join Africa's foremost CEOs, MDs and HR Leaders at the 6th Annual HR Africa Summit and discover how you can respond to today's tactical challenges effectively. Read more >>Advertisement:  The University of Pretoria's campus was buzzing with students as The Learning Theatre and the university's Human Resources Department prepared for the Birds of a Feather theatre workshop, one of The Learning Theatre's new generic Diversity Management products. Read more >> For the last time this year, CBM Training will be running some of their most popular courses in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, so book now to avoid disappointment! Read more >>Eventing
 Collyer Lessick International (CLi) were recently tasked with project managing the KZN Successful Alumni Ebandla reunion dinner held at the InterContinental Festival City, Dubai. The key message was to develop and promote KZN as a region. Read more >>The sixth biannual Amazing Race for Charity kicked off on 10 October with 150 teams gathered at Q.Ba in Bryanston to participate in this nerve-frazzling contest. PenQuin raised over R100 000 in cash and merchandise in aid of the SOS Children's Village. Read more >> The Times and Sowetan 2009 Retail Awards which took place on 08 October 2009 was fittingly staged in a retail wonderland at Northgate Ice Rink, executed by True Colour Events. Read more >> Johannesburg-based In2Structures, part of the Gearhouse South Africa Group, recently launched two new dome structures in a special event at the GHSA Head Office in Bezuidenhout Valley. Read more >> South Africa Goju Kai welcomed their Goju Kai friends from across the globe at Bellville Velodrome on 23-25 October as they celebrated 100 years of the living legend of their founder, Hanshi Gogen Yamaguchi, and the rise of their great grandmaster, Goshi Yamaguchi. Read more >> A car dealership is an unlikely place for a glitzy evening of cocktails and canapés, but when Premier Auto Isando approached Eventworx needing to relaunch their brand, the idea was hatched. Read more >>PenQuin International has experienced considerable growth in 2009, with several new appointments and promotions. Read more >>Magazines
 The November issue of CLASSICFEEL magazine covers a project that takes the idea of breaking down cultural barriers to a literal extreme. This month, the Goethe-Institut celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the ultimate symbol of division - the Berlin Wall. Read more >>Media
A recent press statement by the MDDA welcoming Mr Harry Letsebe as the new Projects Director erroneously reflected Mr Letsebe as having a law degree and postgraduate certificates. The error arose during the editing of an abridged version of his CV. Read more >>Mobile
The adoption by companies like Supersport and Vodacom of mobile websites (mobisites) highlights the power of mobile in reaching sports fans across the country. Read more >>Newspapers
 Cyclists still wishing to enter Die Burger Cycle Tour should not delay as there are only 300 entries left for the road distance and mountain bike route respectively. Read more >>Online Media
 The effectiveness of the website design and functioning impact the user experience which plays a key role in the ensuring return visits and healthy brand perceptions. This emphasises the importance of measuring and managing the website visitor satisfaction in order to gain a proactive advantage. Read more >>Advertisement: Award-winning digital agency Prezence South Africa was recently confirmed as a Qualifying Small Enterprise and a Level 4 Contributor with Value Adding Enterprise status in accordance with The Department of Trade and Industry's Code of Good Practice. Read more >>Stonewall+ Media has been nominated for The Bookmark Awards in the direct marketing: online media plans category. Both digital media campaigns for Estée Lauder and Lexus RX were shortlisted as potential winners. Read more >> Since 2001, The Eyeblaster Awards have been recognised as among the most prestigious global awards in digital advertising. They are a celebration of engaging, effective and creative campaigns from around the world. Read more >> South Africa's largest IT website, MyBroadband.co.za, has hit another record-breaking month, reaching 750 000 unique monthly visitors, with sister site MyGaming.co.za starting to dominate the online gaming market. Read more >>JD Consulting enjoyed working with the Ekudeni team on the launch of their new website. Ekudeni is an excellent venue for weddings and also serves as a conference venue and team-building venue. Read more >>JD Consulting has announced the launch of a website for the Bokamoso Education Trust, an organisation which enables people who can't support a disadvantaged child on their own, to come together and create the financial muscle required to give these children a fighting chance. Read more >>Out Of Home
Samsung's new marketing campaign uses bus advertising to successfully advertise four different products in the brand's home appliance division. SP Media wrapped seven double-decker and seven single-decker buses with mixed creative that each communicated a unique attribute of each appliance. Read more >> FIFA's exclusive Payments Partner, Visa, recently launched its new 2010 FIFA World Cup-branded London Taxi Cab campaign. The campaign was implemented by vehicle branding specialist, Graffiti, with vehicles in both Cape Town and Johannesburg. Read more >> Outdoor media group ADreach is an official sponsor of The Parlotones World Tour 2009. Heralded as South Africa's finest musical export, The Parlotones are celebrating and promoting the release of their latest CD, Stardust Galaxies, with their biggest international tour to date. Read more >> Outdoor advertising and media company, Marketing Kraal, has just completed an internal branding project for e.tv which entailed branding offices with murals depicting various e.tv programmes including Scandal, Rhythm City and 3rd Degree. Read more >> Sanlam Liquid went for a bold campaign onboard all 1time flights to promote their Sanlam Liquid savings account. Six Degrees Media was mandated to give maximum exposure for the product and get measurable feedback and potential leads from over 150 000 1time passengers. Read more >>Production
 Brett Lotriet, Creative Director at local production company EdenRage, talks about ARG - Alternate Reality Games - a new form of entertainment born from the convergence of gaming and television. Read more >> Luma animation studios has just completed post on a new spot for Telkom's Next Generation Network (NGN). The story features NGN represented by a fibre-optic cable transforming a featureless landscape into an advanced technologically-rich city of the future. Read more >>Promotions
 Provantage Media recently entertained and thanked its clients for their ongoing support. On Monday 20 October clients were treated to a snacks and cocktail feast at the Montecasino Teatro and thereafter front-row seats at Cats - the Musical. Read more >> Grapevine Media has recently gained retail giant Edcon as a client and can book, conceptualise, design, print and distribute in-store merchandise such as window dressing, branding of sensomatics, elevators, escalators and much more, including full window decals. Read more >> Every month Grapevine Media evaluates which client had the most visually successful window dressing campaign for Edgars and Red Square. The brand manager of that campaign is selected as the winner for that month and receives the "Grapevine Window Dressing Award". Read more >>Radio
Jacaranda 94.2 scooped national headlines again this week when Amor Vittone spoke out for the first time exclusively to the Just Plain Breakfast show on Jacaranda 94.2. Read more >>Research
 The annual Ask Afrika Orange Index ended on a high note at a conference held at The Venue, Melrose Arch, on 3 November 2009. The Orange Index is an annual service benchmark which provides South African companies with a means to service excellence. Read more >>Synovate's global money and finance survey reveals that more than half of all respondents across 16 markets have permanently changed their attitudes to saving as a result of the credit crunch. Read more >>Retail
 Vital Health Foods has been leading the health industry in South Africa for 62 years. They have become known for manufacturing all their vitamins under pharmaceutical standards, making them the leader in quality and innovation. Read more >>Sponsorship
 Julian Bryant has been appointed General Manager: Rights at MEGAPRO Marketing. He is responsible for overlooking all rights at MEGAPRO, with the exception of the SA Rugby account. Read more >>Following Joburg's successful hosting of the Miss World pageant last year, the search for the world's most beautiful woman returns to the City of Gold in 2009. Read more >>
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 [Sindy Peters] Durban-based indie pop-rock band Fire through the Window recently released the video to the track Do Do Do, taken off their latest album, "Hey". It's a fun, youthful video shot with still cameras at a high frame rate, producing an animated effect that links well with the track conceptually.
 [Sindy Peters] South African dance company, Via Katlehong has wowed audiences far and wide from New York to Germany to Spain. The group has been touring the world for the past 16 years increasing their fan base as they go along. Gumboot, jazz, traditional, hip hop to pantsula - these energetic dancers have come a long way from 1992, when the group was formed.
 [Ruth Cooper] Yes the festive spirits are in the air, and if you are like me and can't quite believe how close the end of the year is looming, and are still startled by seeing Christmas decorations popping up everywhere, will be pleased or dismayed to know (depending on your point of view) that festive times are most definitely just around the corner and soon the Little Drummer Boy will be assaulting your ears at a Pick n' Pay near you. I was pleasantly brought round to this fact last Wednesday night by attending the wonderful Mzanzi Production of The Nutcracker at the Baxter. This talented company has created an innovative South African-inspired ballet adaption of the much loved festive classic.
 [Marcello-Calvin Adams] Have you ever come across a dude that's a genius born for legendary status? Well I have and he gave me the most awesome insight into enjoying life that I've had so far. I bet he didn't even know it.
 Rock act Zebra & Giraffe will be The Killers' support act on their SA tour, commencing with two nights at the Coca-Cola Dome in Joburg (Thursday, 3 December and Friday, 4 December 2009) and then goes to Cape Town for a performance on Sunday, 6 December at Val De Vie Wine and Polo Estate, in the Paarl/Franschhoek Valley.
 Newly crowned MTN8 champions Lamontville Golden Arrows received a heroes' welcome in Durban on Monday, a week after winning the coveted trophy and R8 million in prize money.
 Fourie du Preez, who was Sport24's choice for player of the Tri-Nations, has won the Sport24 Performance of the Month for September 2009. Competition for the less-coveted Plonker of the Month was, however, tighter.
 Pop superstar Kelly Clarkson is making three local appearances in her new All I Ever Wanted world tour. The SA performances are: Friday, 12 March at the Coca-Cola Dome in Joburg; Sunday, 14 March at the ICC Durban Arena; and Wednesday, 17 March 2010 at Cape Town's Grand Arena, GrandWest.
 Indie record label, Seed (Sheer Sound) and acoustic-electro pop/rock band, jacSharp have re-released the album, “Technicolour”, which is the band's debut album.
 [Debbie Hathway] As a film and theatre lover, I can be as skeptical as the next person when it comes to critics' reviews. They represent individual opinions, educated or otherwise, and at the end of the day, people should make up their own minds. So in the preparation for my interview with Dada Masilo earlier this year, I was surprised to see how many rave reviews she had received for her contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet, the product of her 2008 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Dance, which premiered at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
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