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Ke nako! It really is time! As you can see on the site, we've doodled the Bizcommunity.com logo to fly the flag for South Africa in honour of the 2010 FIFA World Cup - I can't believe just how mal* things are at the moment, with kick-off finally happening end of this week! The Cape Town office has official gone soccer-mad (see our gallery) and I've been flying the flag, mirror-socked my car (thanks, MINI!) and doing the Friday soccer-shirt thing, along with thousands of other Joburgers.I even hit Sandton City yesterday, found Zakumi giving the influx of foreign tourists a baie skeef* look and later watched umpteen numbers of bluelight convoys shrieking up and down Oxford Road, escorting various hotshots to and from the mega shopping centre and their hotels. I even have large tour coaches parked outside the complex where I live, just down from one of said hotels. And the media is just one big soccer frenzy... Oh, and the Gautrain had a huge launch event on Saturday night and treated its VIP guests to stamps, African Footprint and a ticket to ride, among other things. The first commercial trips start tomorrow morning, at 5.30am, just in time to ferry in visitors for you know what.  Nevertheless, there are other things happening, like TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg hauling home South Africa's very first D&AD Black Pencil for its Trillion Dollar campaign for The Zimbabwean (many thanks to Sue Northam of SA Promo Magazine for her excellent coverage on behalf of Biz), and this week it's the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco and the IABC World Conference in Toronto. Respectively, we have Anice Hassim of immedia blogging and Daniel Munslow of Talk2Us reporting exclusively for us.Ke nako! Simone Puterman (@SimoneBiz) *I'm practicing being cool in honour of the 2010 Pendoring campaign theme, which broke on Friday 4 June. PS Don't even think of plagiarising Bizcommunity.com. I will track you down (hello, heard of Google Alerts and Twitter Search, let alone proper online reputation management tools?) and show you the results of my benchpressing at gym... 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. Top stories
2010 FIFA World CupWorld cup: R2bn free advertising bonanza [Chris Moerdyk] If FIFA media coverage estimates are to be believed, in the next five weeks South Africa will get R2 billion in "free" advertising. That's the equivalent of almost 18 000 half-minute TV commercials in Generations, the country's most expensive TV programme, or 4500 full page ads in the Sunday Times. Read more >>Zuma welcomes teams, fans, hails legacy [Issa Sikiti da Silva] President Jacob Zuma put aside his family troubles for a while yesterday, Sunday, 6 June 2010, to have a joyful moment with local and international journalists, whom he addressed at his Pretoria presidential guesthouse on the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup. Read more >>Nelson Mandela Bridge branded, Madiba posters unveiled[Issa Sikiti da Silva] As the 2010 FIFA World Cup fever mounts, local authorities have been doing some sort of soul-searching, looking back at what has been a long and challenging journey, led by one man they believe was the architect of South Africa winning the bid: Nelson Mandela. Therefore, the City of Johannesburg, by branding its illustrious bridge with two huge posters in and out, has today, Friday, 4 June 2010, paid tribute to the 'founding father of the nation'. Read more >>Zakumi, oh Zakumi, wherefore art thou? [Thamsanqa Malinga] Big up to the street vendors and their fong kong South African flags and car mirror socks at every intersection. I know it's not a bright idea to write an article about marketing and start off with a line that's saluting counterfeit goods vendors. But I think even the producers of the 'fly the flag' campaign owe credit to these entrepreneurs. Read more >>Post-2010: what is in store for media owners? [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The stakes and expectations are high as South Africa hosts the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Everyone from media owners to advertising agencies and marketers has been bracing themselves to get a slice of the show's pie. But, what are we going to do when the world cup is gone and how are we going to make money? asks Chris Botha, of The MediaShop. Read more >>Soccer City, 2010 IBC officially opened[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The majestic Soccer City Stadium, the venue for the 2010 FIFA World Cup opening and closing ceremonies, and the International Broadcast Centre (IBC), the event's media central facility, were officially opened and handed over by local authorities to FIFA on Wednesday, 2 June 2010, in Johannesburg. Read more >>Keep digital campaigns on the ball for a big soccer season [Laurian Clemence] For mega sporting events a decade ago, big traditional advertising players used to dominate - but the joy of this 2010 FIFA World Cup is that it is one of the first where South African advertisers, big and small, are on an equal footing, thanks to the Internet. Here's a case study of three companies with tourism and accommodation offerings. Read more >>
SA's first D&AD Black Pencil goes to... Trillion Dollar LONDON, UK: Go South Africa! Black is certainly a good colour for TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg and its client The Zimbabwean lately! Hot on the heels of the first-ever best-in-show ADC Black Cube (and two Grand Clios) comes South Africa's first-ever D&AD Black Pencil, also for the Trillion Dollar campaign, which was awarded last night, Thursday, 3 June 2010, at the Roundhouse, in Camden, London. [gallery] Read more >>Advertisers should support Bafana Bafana, not diss them [Bonnie Ramaila] Having left advertising after seven years in the industry, I have become quite critical of the type of adverts I normally see on TV. So there I was, watching TV with my daughter in the evening, and along came an ad break which, I must say, has become very interesting to watch during this 2010 FIFA World Cup season. Read more >>Turning the Trillion Dollar black [Sue Northam: @sapromomagazine] LONDON, UK: The night belonged to South Africa at the 2010 D&AD awards held at The Roundhouse last night, Thursday, 3 June 2010, with the TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg team picking up armfuls of pencils, the official D&AD award. Yellow Pencils represent silver, and Black the elusive gold of the event. The D&AD president described it well when he said that the awards are more about inspiration than congratulations! Read more >>Die Taal se award show - flash drive of floppy [Herman Manson: @marklives] In 1994, the year democracy dawned and Afrikaans finally lost its political dominance, a group of Afrikaans media and cultural organisations teamed up to launch the Pendoring Afrikaans Advertising Awards. The awards intended to reward advertising created in Afrikaans. [poll] Read more >>
Imvuselelo to keep ANC relevant to voters? [Thabani Khumalo] Politics is a game of perception. It is all about selling hope to a people. Yet political parties are so poor in managing perception, public opinions, attitudes, expectations and behaviors of their leaders, members, and potential supporters. Read more >>
National Film & Video Foundation calls for essays on SA cinema A new anthology, from The National Film & Video Foundation (NFVF) aims to provide fresh perspectives on cinema in South Africa and an opportunity for a new generation of film scholars in South Africa to publish their work. It is inviting critical essays, reviews and comparative analyses of South African films, or of films about South Africa, and/or essays that examine cinema in South Africa since 1994. Read more >>CSIAdvertisement:
Geometry lessons [Terry Levin] Remember the subject that you hated most at school? Well, those blotty parallelograms and obtuse angles have come back to bite you. Has anyone else noticed that it's the decade of the geometric shape? Yes, polygonal shapes are everywhere. Read more >>Advertisement:
Would you employ a silly Internet meme just to get attention?[Theresa Mallinson] First BP spilled a whole lot of oil in the ocean, destroying marine life and damaging the offshore drilling sector. Then an anonymous tweeter created @BPGlobalPR. The oil company is still trying to clean up the mess; the Twitter account is faring rather better, having generated its very own Internet meme. Read more >>Advertisement:
 SA set to abandon digital TV standard [Duncan McLeod] South Africa looks likely to ditch its 2006 decision to adopt Europe's digital video broadcasting terrestrial (DVB-T) standard for digital terrestrial television (DTT). Read more >>Digital viewer technology for magazines A new publishing software from Adobe, developed with input from Condé Nast's WIRED magazine, has produced a digital edition for Apple iPad, using Adobe's new digital viewer technology. This enables print publishers to bring digital versions of their magazines to life. Read more >>Education and Training
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New magazine for Melrose Arch precinctQuantum Publishers, an independent publishing house specialising in niche publications will formulate and produce The Arch, a quarterly magazine, to be distributed to the Melrose Arch tenants as well as high LSM households within a five-kilometre radius of the mixed-use development on behalf of Melrose Arch Property Development. Read more >>Wilson replaces Turck as Compleat Golfer publisher Craig Wilson, formerly business manager at Upper Case Media, is taking over from Simon Turck as publisher of Compleat Golfer, RamsayMedia announced late this morning, Tuesday, 1 June 2010. Turck, after 10 years with the brand, has been promoted to the new executive role of manager: group sales, a position that will see him formulate and activate a group sales strategy for the company. Read more >>
Presidency, media clash over MaNtuli's alleged infidelity[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The Presidency is up in arms with the media, accusing reporters of undermining the right to privacy and dignity of president Jacob Zuma and his family after several newspapers last week published 'saucy' revelations about Zuma's second wife Nompumelelo Ntuli (MaNtuli)'s alleged extra-marital affair with her late bodyguard. Read more >>Destiny, CNBC Africa in media makeoversDestiny magazine and the CNBC Africa channel will be sporting new looks for June 2010. The magazine offers new fonts and layouts and the channel offers 'Beyond Markets', a platform on which African leaders and experts can discuss important issues influencing the business day. Read more >>MobileAdvertisement:
 NewspapersLet's lift our gaze from our navels, says Sunday Times' Hartley [Gill Moodie: @grubstreetZA] The Sunday Times, South Africa's biggest weekend newspaper, has had a wretched couple of years. As it emerged from a series of embarrassing lapses in accuracy, the recession hit and the paper has been battling circulation decline, a fall in its main revenue stream - recruitment advertising - and now competitor Media24 is aggressively going after its market share. Bizcommunity spoke to new editor Ray Hartley, who moved in April 2010 from sister newspaper The Times to take over the hot seat of the jewel in Avusa's media crown. Read more >>
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[IABC] Results-driven communication measurement [Daniel Munslow] TORONTO, CANADA: Offering results that are meaningful to the board is where the future of communications is finding itself. Communicators need to explore and discover practical approaches that can be used to achieve these objectives. "The result of your performance in communication is raised when measurement is correct, as it is able to frame the expected outcomes," says Caroline Kealey, CEO of Ingenium Communications and developer of the Results Map, speaking at the 2010 IABC World Conference happening currently in Toronto, Canada. Read more >>
New programme manager at Metro FM As of today, Tuesday, 1 June 2001, Caren Olsen joins Metro FM as its programme manager. She joined the station in January 2010 to assist the programming department in a freelance capacity, having spent 10 years at its sister station 5FM, where she became programme manager in 2008. Read more >>
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SponsorshipTVBCCSA rules on "touch me on my studio" interview [Herman Manson: @marklives] A controversial interview on e.tv between AWB representative André Visagie and political analyst Lebohang Pheko shortly following the murder of AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche earlier this year has not contravened the Broadcasting Code of Conduct. [video] Read more >>
Global Football Monitor: What fans think of World Cup More than 100 000 fans have given their view on who will win? Who will fail? Who do we want to fail? And, will Messi be the star or the biggest disappointment? The Global Football Monitor, reputedly the most comprehensive fan survey on the upcoming the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, has just closed the ballots. Read more >>VW USA gets into gear for 2010 Herndon, USA: Volkswagen of America is driving World Cup fever in the USA with a new marketing campaign by giving soccer fans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be featured in national TV spot. The company has teamed up with soccer legends Ramon Morales and Ramon Ramirez to urge soccer "fanaticos" to showcase their fandom for shot at stardom. Read more >>Cannes Lions 2010 entries increase 7% London, UK: With a total of 24 242 entries - representing an increase of 7% - the 57th Cannes Lions has achieved the forth highest number in the history of the festival. Read more >>Facing new technologies? Avoid the fate of traditional players[Professors Albrecht Enders and Andreas König] Lausanne, Switzerland: More often than not, the larger the company and longer established it has been, the more difficult it is to adapt to new, emerging technologies, and that means that such companies do not adapt - most often with dire consequences. This article aims to show how one can avoid becoming a casualty of new technologies. Read more >>48 Hour Youtube Cannes Young Lions contest winners announced YouTube and Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival announced yesterday, Tuesday, 1 June 2010, that Andrew Dobbie (25) who works at JWT Manchester, UK, and Rachel Wolak (28) who works at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Colorado, USA, have won the viral ad competition to promote WaterAid and will become 'Team YouTube', the 40th team to compete in this year's Young Lions Film Competition in Cannes. Read more >>Nearly 9 out of 10 Internet users in Hong Kong favour online video Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.: Google sites, fuelled by YouTube.com, accounts for more than half of all video viewing in the market - in fact, the figure approaches 9 out of 10 internet users view video online. comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, last week released its March 2010 rankings of the top video properties in Hong Kong based on data from its comScore Video Metrix service. Read more >>FIPP Digital Publishing Course open for entries The third FIPP Digital Publishing Course programme will take place in Sydney, Australia from 9-13 August 2010. This is the first time the course is being taken to the Asia Pacific region, and is in association with Publishers Australia. Read more >>Database 360 opens offices in the UK To answer the growing need for information on African businesses within the UK, South African database specialists Database 360, a division of CG Consulting, has opened an office in London. The UK arm of the company aims to provide companies a gateway to doing business in Africa by providing strategy consulting and fact-finding services. Read more >>[WWDC] The new Apple [Anice Hassim] SAN FRANCISCO: Apple will once again be the centre of the tech universe this week and the buzz amongst the registering developers at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference here in San Francisco yesterday morning, Sunday 6 June 2010, was incredibly intense. There is a definite feeling in the air that this conference, against the backdrop of the trash-talking from Adobe and Google and others, provides an unusually talkative Steve Jobs an opportunity to put Apple's response front and centre. Read more >>Will Nematandani's vision prevail beyond 2020? [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] As the European football leagues wound up their 2009/10 season recently, events took a tragic turn in the Turkish capital of Istanbul, when hundreds of Fenerbahçe supporters poured onto the pitch after the final whistle was blown to briefly celebrate their team's 18th league title. Read more >>
Mutual & Federal is the only Superbrand short-term insurer - SuperbrandsMutual & Federal, one of the leading short-term insurers in southern Africa, has made history by becoming the only short-term insurer to receive Superbrand status in 2010. Read more >>Advertisement:
 Burning issues in innovation - Knowledge Resources A two-day Innovation Conference exploring the role of innovation in facilitating growth and sustainability is taking place on 21-22 July, hosted by Knowledge Resources in partnership with Da Vinci and Mindstir. Read more >>Thomson Sport and SA Tourism media invitation - South African TourismThompson Sport, volunteer travel organisation i-to-i, and South African Tourism are hosting a one-day event in Cape Town's township of Masiphumelele. Two hundred England fans will see for themselves what challenges the informal settlement is faced with and identify ways in which they can assist with uplifting the community. Read more >>Making marketing budgets sweat in a recession and still meet the objectives - Scharrer Advertising[Jos Scharrer] I have always remembered what a wise ad man once said: "A marketing plan is like a rocket. If you do not give it enough fuel, it won't reach its destination." I find I am constantly reminded of this these days with the financial crisis. Read more >>AdvertisingJoe Public wins Apex for Tracker - Joe PublicJoe Public has been awarded a bronze Apex award in the Sustain Category for its longstanding client Tracker. The Apex case study demonstrated how Tracker's remarkable growth of up to 29% above industry norm could mainly be attributed to effective communication. Read more >>Book now for the ABF KwaZulu-Natal Classic Golf Day - Advertising Benevolent FundBookings have opened for the ABF KwaZulu-Natal's annual Classic Golf Day, set to take place at Durban's Beachwood Golf Club on 22 July. The fundraising event is an ideal opportunity for members of the media, marketing and advertising industry to network whilst supporting a very worthy cause. Read more >>Millions of free advertising up for grabs at Pendoring 2010 - Pendoring With several new developments, Pendoring 2010 is ready to move the goalposts and take Afrikaans advertising to a whole new level where it can justifiably and proudly strut its stuff. Read more >>Finalists selected for third round of Pyro Inspirations Awards - Pyrotec Pyrotec, specialists in providing innovative and top quality product identification solutions, recently announced the May finalists of the 2010 Pyro Inspiration Awards. The awards were created to recognise and reward exceptional on-pack activity and to establish on-pack as a standalone media category. Read more >>Launch of AfriSam's new Eco Building Cement - ARM Advertising and Design The last week of May marked the launch campaign for AfriSam's new environmentally responsible Eco Building Cement, which has a carbon footprint half that of the world average for cement. Read more >>BrandingSuperbrands III launched: premiere brands honoured - Superbrands Global independent authority and leading arbiter of branding, Superbrands, hosted its tribute event on 19 May 2010 to launch Volume III of the South African book and to honour many of the country's strongest brands for their achievements and excellence in branding. Read more >>Incubating innovation - Added Value[Alison Tucker] Competition and first-to-market advantage creates enormous pressure for businesses and brands to constantly be one step ahead of each other. So how can businesses foster innovation and make it work harder for their brands? Here are 10 ideas for incubating an innovation culture for future growth. Read more >>Social media: the new world disorder - HKLM[Sean McCoy and Johan van Wyk] While social media platforms are great for building brands, they can be equally as effective in destroying them. Social media is not just another brand tool or communications platform - it's indicative of a new world disorder. It's not structured; it's not controlled and has a life of its own. Read more >>Make the message mean something - HKLM [Gary Harwood] Gary Harwood is a founding partner and director of international brand company, HKLM, says marketers have to take responsibility for driving changes to brand-building in the new frontier of Africa. Read more >>Cross Colours serves up some food for thought - Cross ColoursWith a tongue-in-cheek radio advertisement Cross Colours, is shining a spotlight on the harmful chemicals and food additives which have become an inherent part of our diets. Read more >>FIFA - could it be the next fall of an empire? - The Brand Union[Anthony Swart] What came before the fall of the Roman Empire... and the fall of the US economy? Greed and arrogance! Recently there is a very prominent global brand constantly in the news in South Africa and abroad, that seems to be following in these footsteps. Read more >>CSIOUTsurance/702 launch Pointsmen in Soweto - Traffic FreeflowTraffic Freeflow has announced the launch of a team of OUTsurance-sponsored Pointsmen for Soweto. Read more >>DesignViglietti Motors arrives in style with Colourworks - Colourworks When specialist below-the-line agency Colourworks was asked to conceptualise invitations to an exclusive event held by luxury car dealer Viglietti Motors, it was an exercise in lavishness. Held aboard a deluxe train, the event was attended by Viglietti's top-tier Maserati clients. Read more >>DigitalClickatell offers mobile marketing solutions as South Africa prepares for soccer spectacular 2010 - ClickatellBusinesses are finding new ways to offer services to customers, especially via real-time mobile messaging. Their customers' phones can act as their "guide" for services such as hotel and rental car services, credit card POS alerts, airline updates, and news on which teams are winning and losing. Read more >>[The Digital Edge] Mobile VOIP, a ban on porn, and iAfrica.com - Cambrient In this week's episode of The Digital Edge we look at the proposed anti online porn bill, Internet Solutions mobile VOIP offering and a look at content portal, iAfrica.com. Read more >>Dr Yahoo!, I presume? - apurimac mediaStatistics around the use of free email solutions in the South African Online media space is largely unknown. However, research conducted by digital media company, apurimac media, on a selected niche audience sample reveals some very interesting findings. Read more >>The Creative Circle launches quarterly digital awards in association with the DMMA - Digital Media and Marketing Association The Creative Circle is set to launch a quarterly digital awards series, judged in association with leading industry experts from the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA). Read more >>Online buzz the answer for Die Antwoord - Gullan&Gullan[Michael Gullan] You don't have to be a fan of their music - or their positioning - but as far as debut musicians go, few artists have had quite the zero-to-hero ascent as South Africa's newest anarchic hip-hop trio, Die Antwoord. And as far as South African brands go, few marketers have leveraged social media the way Die Antwoord has to entice fans. Read more >>pMailer Email Marketing gears for global market entry - Prefix TechnologiespMailer has made its footprint in South Africa as a leading email marketing and delivery platform. The all-new product version released earlier this year has enabled the business and clients in entirely new ways, and positioned it in a whole different league - one that makes competing globally in this competitive market possible. Read more >>Education and TrainingGreenside Design Center College of Design Open Day - Greenside Design CenterEvery year the Greenside Design Center has an Open Day where prospective students can come and view the work of the students and see first-hand what the Design Center is like as a higher education institution offering BA Degrees and BA (hons) Degrees in Interior, Graphic and Multimedia Design. Read more >>Copywriting course - Greenside Design Center The Greenside Design Center College of Design is proud to announce that it will be hosting The Dances with Words copywriting course. Read more >>EventingDecorex breathes innovation in Cape design community - Oasys InnovationsDecorex Cape Town was recently held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), marking its twelfth anniversary. The infrastructure for this multi-award-winning show was supplied by Oasys Innovations. Read more >>Ice Surfboard Project - Save our Seas Foundation - Ice Art Ice Art and Conn Bertish from JWT worked closely together with Wavescape and Light and Dark Films to produce the Ice Board Project documentary to assist in raising funds for the Save Our Seas Foundation and highlight the global warming crisis. Read more >>ZITF a platform for marketing in Zimbabwe - Oasys InnovationsThe 2010 Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) took place in Bulawayo during April. The theme for this year's Fair was 'Unlocking Our Investment Potential' and the fair was opened this year with an address by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Earlier this year, was named the preferred infrastructure provider for the fair. Read more >>Property investors explore new horizons at IPEX SA - Oasys InnovationsThe first ever South African International Property Exhibition (IPEX SA) took place at Sandton Convention Centre during April. Targeting a niche market, this property show featured local property investment opportunities as well as international properties for sale. Oasys Innovations supplied infrastructure for the event. Read more >>Gearhouse SA in "best" SAMAs production to date - Gearhouse SA The lighting, set and visuals for the 2010 MTN SAMAs were designed by Tim Dunn and were the end-product of a collaborative effort between show producers, Vertical Limit Productions, Gearhouse SA, The Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA), Elmir Arnautovic of The Project and the SAMAs Executive Creative Director, Andrew Wessels. Read more >>Zinto set to wow the World Cup fan parks - Zinto Marketing group The Zinto Marketing Group will be bringing the FIFA World Cup fan parks to life during the period of the tournament by providing live entertainment at all ten of the official fan parks spread across the country. Read more >>ExhibitionsThe Wine Show Joburg moves to the Coca-Cola dome with Expo Solutions at their side! - Expo Solutions The Wine Show Joburg has moved to the Coca-Cola dome. Expo Solutions was instrumental in the new floor plan layouts, the infrastructure of the build and the features for this 4500m2 event. The features that Expo Solutions has built include the 'Friends for Dinner Theatre' and the 'Wine Theatre'. Read more >>Stock your marketer's toolkit at Markex World of Events 2010 - MarkexIn less than three months South Africa will be back to business as usual and soccer, vuvuzelas, makaraba hats and the diski dance will be a distant memory. Marketers will be looking for the next big idea, and Markex World of Events provides the definitive showcase of every kind of tool to stock the proverbial toolkit. Read more >>TITIIC 2010 - Tshwane alive with possibility through Business Matchmaking - Outsmart Marketing The Tshwane International Trade Infrastructure and Investment Conference has proven to be a highly successful endeavour for the City of Tshwane and Outsmart Marketing's Business Matchmaking Program. Read more >>American Boy star comes to town - Global IconsBritish R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer, Estelle, is coming to open Cape Town's Cool Britannia event at the Cape Town International Convention Centre during the World Cup. Read more >>MagazinesKick Off keeps soccer fans on the ball with the biggest soccer website in Africa - Kick Off Magazine The Kick Off brand continues to go from strength to strength, with the website, KickOff.com, having recorded well over five million page impressions in May, making it the biggest soccer website in Africa. To keep fans well-informed the magazine will also be available weekly throughout the World Cup. Read more >>Finweek rakes in the awards - Finweek Finweek, South Africa's best-selling weekly business magazine, scooped three prestigious awards in various ceremonies held in Johannesburg recently. Read more >>Who's the coolest of them all? - Thought24 At the 2010 Sunday Times Generation Next Survey Awards evening, held Thursday 27 May, TRUE LOVE was voted the coolest of the women's general interest magazines and came in fifth overall as the coolest female publication. Read more >>Are you rough enough? - Sports Illustrated Entries for the Sports Illustrated Toyota Ruffstuff Challenge are now open. Entrants stand the chance of competing with their sporting hero in the adventure competition and taking home the title and the grand prize of a Toyota Fortuner. Read more >>MediaThe winners of the 2010 African Access National Business Awards are... - Topco MediaThe SA's Top Performing Companies publication, in association with Topco Media, has announced the winners of the 8th annual African Access National Business Awards (AANBA) that took place at the Sandton Convention Centre Ballroom on Thursday, 27 May 2010. Read more >>MobileShoreangling.co.za wins the BulkSMS Messaging Awards - BulkSMSThe 2010 BulkSMS Messaging Awards were won by Shoreangling.co.za, coming out ahead of hundreds of other worthy entries from commercial and non-commercial organisations that use SMS messaging for innovative services or their day-to-day communications. Read more >>NewspapersThe Mercury gives Durban a 'head start' on the World Cup - Independent Newspapers KZN Boasting a new stadium, a re-gilded 'Golden Mile,' a brand-new world-class airport, and balmy winter weather, Durban's the best place to be for the next few months, and the region's daily English newspaper, The Mercury, is giving readers and advertisers a 'head start' to the international football spectacle. Read more >>Sake24 on a winning streak - Fin24.com South Africa's only Afrikaans business newspaper, Sake24, is on a winning streak - having recently won a number of prominent industry awards. Read more >>Online MediaGiving your website a new look? You might destroy your site in the search engines! - Tailormade4youThe idea is that a new design proves that you are staying on top of the marketing game and constantly improving your website and marketing messages, not so? The problem is that companies often do not take into consideration the impact that such a change might have on their presence in the search engines. Read more >>Internet AdSales signs on ThinkMoney.co.za - Internet AdSales Independent financial services advisory website, ThinkMoney.co.za, has partnered with niche digital media sales house, Internet AdSales. Internet AdSales will assist in sourcing quality advertising for ThinkMoney.co.za website and associated digital media offerings. Read more >>Time for marketers to bridge the great divide - Acceleration Media[Diane Charton] Many South African marketers are still tempted to treat digital and traditional marketing as separate disciplines. The thinking is that traditional, offline media is the mass marketing channel while digital media reaches only a small, rich segment of the population. Read more >>Quirk eMarketing presents Certificate Course in eMarketing - Quirk eMarketingOn the 9th July 2010, Quirk Education will begin the next Certificate Course in eMarketing. Whether you are a business owner or marketing professional, student or recent graduate wanting to boost their knowledge of online marketing - this course is for you. Read more >>Out Of HomeVanish leaves its mark! - Continental Outdoor Vanish washing powder has painted the town pink using Continental Outdoors' Citilite range in a tactical campaign, designed to create high awareness and reach over the three-month flighting period by saturating high traffic volume areas. Read more >>Graffiti gets Absa ready for take-off with branded airport busses - Graffiti Absa has branded 35 airside passenger busses spread between OR Tambo, Durban International and Cape Town International Airports. Implemented by vehicle branding specialist, Graffiti, the branded airport busses form part of a broader soccer-focussed national advertising campaign. Read more >>Street Pole Ads make Joburg great - ADreach The City of Joburg is acknowledging ordinary residents for their contribution towards its status as a world-class African city through its feel-good 'You Make Joburg Great' (YMJG) campaign. Read more >>Branding the peeps on the streets! - Expand a Sign International The newest recipient of her very own Ex-Dome gazebo is Pretty. Each and every day she has supplied the neighbourhood's workers with refreshments, snacks and meals from within a tent that was barely clinging to its rusty old legs, but now she has her own fold-away branded store. Read more >>ADreach goes eco-chic with recycled billboard bags - ADreach Demonstrating its green conscience, The ADreach Group is donating used Supalite skins to Bloomin' Bags for recycling into a high quality range of unique and trendy bags. 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Hollard appoints Ince as single managed service provider for Print Management Services - InceHollard has appointed Integrated Communications Agency, Ince, as their single managed service (SMS) provider for Print Management Services. Yogan Naidu, Commodity Manager at Hollard, says he expects the SMS solution to streamline Hollard's print spend and provide meaningful management information regarding print spend. Read more >>ProductionPicture Tree - a few leaves out of their book - Picture Tree 2010 has been a busy year for commercials production company Picture Tree and they are only now slowly seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Read more >>Ola! Films works with babies. Lives to tell the tale... - Ola! Films At some point in every commercial director's life they have to stare naked fear in the face and work with the most maddening, adorable creatures on earth: babies. Amy Allais of Ola! Films recently wrapped a Spekko Rice spot for Old Shanghai Firecracker Company that features an especially cute passel of pint-sized stars. Read more >>Chloe Coetsee takes first place in Creative Circle Awards for May - Bouffant Fringe director Chloe Coetsee's real-life spots for the Apartheid Museum landed the young director a first place in May month's Creative Circle Awards. Read more >>PromotionsProvantage Events and Experiences launch the Huawei MTN E2010 - Provantage Provantage Events and Experiences put together a glittering affair recently at the Westcliff Hotel for Huawei Technologies SA to launch their innovative E2010 fast-link modem in conjunction with MTN. Media and trade were treated to a fun-packed soccer-themed evening with speciality entertainment to boot! Read more >>EUROCOM's CEO comes out tops at the African Access National Business Awards - EUROCOMMarco Broccardo of EUROCOM (Pty) Ltd has taken this year's trophy for the Top Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the 8th annual African Access National Business Awards, which took place at Sandton Convention Centre Ballroom on Thursday, 27 May 2010. Read more >>Public RelationsPRISA pursues tougher regulation - PRISAIn line with trends worldwide to increase regulation of corporate governance and the protection of public interests, the public relations and communication management profession is being thrust to the forefront as the guardians of corporate reputation. Read more >>Kezi Snaps has competition. No, we're just kidding. - Kezi CommunicationsPublic relations consultancy, Kezi Communications, is the exclusive reseller and distributor of internal communication software package, SnapComms (or Kezi Snaps, as they've branded it), in Africa and the islands. Here's what Kezi Snaps can do for you and your company; what really differentiates and sets it apart from the rest. Read more >>The Phoenix Partnership helps bring the love and magic of Madame Zingara back to SA - The Phoenix PartnershipPublic relations, publicity and media liaison agency The Phoenix Partnership has been appointed by Madame Zingara Enterprises to handle all publicity and media liaison requirements around the return of Madame Zingara to South African shores. Read more >>RadioEast Coast Radio is South Africa's favourite English-speaking radio station - East Coast RadioAccording to the latest RAMS, East Coast Radio has retained its position as the leading English regional station (Mon-Fri) with an average of 911 000 daily listeners. This makes East Coast Radio not only the most favourite English-speaking radio station in KZN, but the entire country. Read more >>Discovery East Coast Radio Big Walk breaks records - East Coast Radio The Discovery East Coast Radio Big Walk took place on Sunday, 23 May 2010, and was supported by 17 500 enthusiastic walkers of all ages and sizes, making it the biggest walk in the history of the event and breaking last year's record participation of 13 400 with 4 100 new converts. Read more >>ResearchClimate change concerns amongst South Africans remain high - Synovate77% of South Africans state that they are concerned about climate change compared to a global average of 69%, according to a recent global research study conducted by Synovate. Read more >>Finmark Trust chooses a new research supplier for its renowned annual Finscope project - Ask AfrikaFinmark Trust has appointed Ask Afrika as their preferred and new research partner to conduct the annual Finscope study, which is a key FinMark Trust initiative, in 2010. The Finscope South Africa project has been providing annual insights into how consumers source their income and manage their financial lives since 1993. Read more >>Vision Africa appoints Stefanie Kühn - Vision Africa Vision Africa market research company in Namibia has appointed Stefanie Kühn as a Research Executive. Stefanie was the best marketing and business management student at North West University from 2006 to 2008 consecutively, and completed her honours as the top BCom student. Read more >>RetailIMPERIAL Logistics takes top honours as Best Managed Company of the Year - IMPERIAL LogisticsGlobal logistics and supply chain leader, IMPERIAL Logistics has been acknowledged as the Best Managed Company of the Year at the prestigious African Access National Business Awards, held at the Sandton Convention Centre on 27th May 2010. Read more >>TX Lamá - 10 times more edge for marketers - Marin's Southern Africa Advertising and marketing clients now do not have to choose between pre-packs and automatic display units - thanks to new technology based on the configuration of shelves (lowering the loads of principle), the TX Lamá offers customers both advantages. Read more >>SponsorshipPortugal challenge Mozambique in the friendly BIDVest Goodwill Cup - MSCSPORTS With less than 30 days to go before the greatest sporting spectacular hits South Africa, Portugal and Mozambique have confirmed that they will play a friendly match at BIDVest Wanderers Stadium on 8 June. The two sides will kick off at 16h30 in a game that will no doubt see the top players in thrilling action. Read more >>EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa gives Bafana Bafana the edge - MSCSPORTS With only 10 days to go until the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off, Electronic Arts South Africa presented the South African national football team with Sony PSP's as well as the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa game. Read more >>A successful day at the races for Team Toyota - MSCSPORTS Toyota reaped the benefits of its investment in road running with five finishes in the Top 20 for Team Toyota in this year's Comrades Marathon, well known as the ultimate human race. The race was run on Sunday, 30 May 2010, from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. Read more >>
  More SA receives first D&AD Black Pencil award   LONDON, UK: Last night, Thursday, 3 June 2010, South Africa took home its first D&AD Black Pencil, in Graphic Design, for TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg's Trillion Dollar campaign that turned money into a medium to promote exiled newspaper The Zimbabwean. SA Promo Magazine was there on behalf of Bizcommunity.com. More Sex And the City 2 premiere   More Sir Richard Branson launches "streaker training" class at Virgin Active   More
Topless, but not as sexy 370Z [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Never thought I would ever suggest to a sexy show-off model to keep her top on, but as far as the new Nissan 370Z Roadster is concerned, fully dressed definitely works better for me than semi-naked. Read more >>Injuries, thieves and harassment [Nick Said] Friday brought some high-profile casualties ahead of the World Cup and one near miss for an English journalist who described in horror a shoot-out with thieves at his hotel near Rustenburg. Read more >>England arrive, bring WAGS, Fleet Street [Nick Said] England became the latest high-profile nation to arrive at the World Cup on Thursday, bringing with them half of Fleet Street and, of course, those lovely WAGS. Read more >>Cape Town FIFA Fan Fest events 11 to 18 June Events for the 11 to 18 June, 2010, period of the FIFA World Cup have been finalised. Read more >>New car sales revving higher [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] New vehicle sales in May were up by 9.5% over April - and an encouraging 35% higher than in May last year, according to figures released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa). Read more >>Parreira breaks hearts while airlines enter war [Nick Said] South Africa discarded portly striker Benni McCarthy on Tuesday, ending the World Cup dream - and the international career - of the country's most prolific goal-scorer. Read more >>Anti-climax for Sex and the City 2 [Zeenat Ebrahim] After setting the trend with the debut of Sex and the City: The Movie, it was a disappointment to find that its sequel was nothing more than a lavish expense of landscape and fashion frilled with issues from four girlfriends who jet-set to Abu Dhabi and dig their heads in the sand. Read more >>Chevrolet's brawny mean machine [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] It's big, brash and imposing enough to lead a bullying blue light brigade and it's got such an abundance of muscle and bling that gang-stahs, rap-pahs, drug-dealahs and perlemoen smug-lahs probably have pictures of it stuck on their bedroom walls. Read more >>
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