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NEWSWATCH: On Friday the Libyan government confirmed that it was holding South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl, but despite hopes for his early release, it appears he is still being held, reports IOL, while thousands have signed a petition for Hammerl's release, reports Mail & Guardian. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] As concern mounts over the fate of Anton Hammerl, a South African photographer missing in Libya alongside two US journalists and one Spanish photographer, the Presidency said yesterday, Wednesday, 20 April 2011, that President Jacob Zuma has been briefed on the attempts made by the SA mission in Libya to locate Hammerl. Reports from Washington DC also suggest that the White House is very concerned about their well-being and it is trying hard to assist them in any way it can. Read more >>NEWSWATCH: SA diplomats in Tripoli are reported to be following leads in the hope that they will lead to the release of abducted SA freelance photographer Anton Hammerl, reports IOL. Meanwhile, the presidency has defended Zuma's failure to try to secure Hammerl's release when he, Zuma, met with Gadaffi recently, reports iafrica.com. Read more >>Marketing |  |
Bizcommunity.com has made three senior appointments as it begins to roll out its 2011 expansion strategy. Read more >>Advertisement:
 [Shaune Jordaan] The question every marketing department must face is, "Where do I spend my budget this year?". A few years ago this might have been a lot easier; now they need to ask; "Do I spend it on print or online? Where online? Or search? Google, Yahoo? Or social? Which social platform?". The questions, opinions and answers would, in most cases, be subjective and varied. Read more >> [Bradley Maseko] While addressing the Marketing Industry Network in the UK this year in early March, Advertising Guru Steve Henry, founder of HHCL and most recently creative director of TBWA in the UK, voiced his concern over advertising being based on what he called a disruptive model which he fears may not be sustainable in the new age of social media. Read more >>Advertising
 The AdReview Awards, which took place in Johannesburg on 20 April 2011, saw global media agency Aegis Media's brands, Carat, Isobar and Vizeum, take four awards and the Cell C campaign, 'Tell Trevor' give Cell C's CEO, Lars Reichelt, the 'Marketing Person of the Year' title. The awards, spearheaded by Tony Koenderman, recognize and applaud creative leadership in South Africa. Read more >> [Herman Manson: @marklives] New research by ZenithOptimedia shows that developing markets, including South Africa, are quickly expanding their share of global ad revenue and remain key drivers of global ad revenue growth. In its Advertising Expenditure Forecast report, updated on a quarterly basis, ZenithOptimedia says developing markets will increase their share of global ad expenditure from 30.9% in 2010 to 35.1% in 2013. Read more >>KingJames was crowned Ad Agency of the Year at the annual AdReview Awards in Johannesburg last night, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 - the first Cape Town agency to take this accolade. Both John Farquhar ("the conscience of the ad industry") and Andy Rice were honoured with Lifetime Achievement awards, and Cell C's Lars Reichelt was named Marketer of the Year. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] South African media's indecision to support alcohol advertising ban could be linked to the fact that media companies stand to lose huge revenues if the legislation were to come into effect, one media analyst charged this week. Shepherd Mpofu, of Wits University's Department of Media Studies, said there is no logical reason why the media have to support a move that will have a negative consequence on them. Read more >>Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
 The new Hoohah campaign for Steers, launched yesterday, 19 April 2011, by TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg, includes a new television commercial, digital, radio instore and tactical elements, and gives consumers their first sneak peak at the new look Steers branding. [video] Read more >> [Walter Pike] Once upon a time when I was the client services director at an ad agency in Cape Town I advised a client to reallocate the bulk of his advertising budget to solve the problem because as I said to him - "there is no advertising solution to this - we'll spend your ad budget next financial year". Read more >>CRM
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 [Herman Manson: @marklives] The annual Net Prophet conference is due to back in Cape Town on Thursday, 12 May 2011, at the Campus Courtyard of Old Mutual's HQ, Mutualpark. The conference, free to delegates, is the premier Internet technology conference in the country, and will this year see speakers from South Africa, Kenya, Europe and the US participating. Read more >>Eventing
Book now for Marketing Indaba Conference and ExhibitionsDescribed as the first annual Marketing Indaba Conference and Exhibitions, the event offers a two-day conference and various exhibitions - AdExpo, Promo Expo, ICT Expo, PrintPack and CRM Expo - on 19-20 May 2011 at the CTICC in Cape Town. The conference offers speakers on Strategy, Management, Promotions and Customer relations on day one and Digital marketing, Mass Media, Retail marketing and Sustainability on day two. For more details, go to www.marketingindaba.com/#!conference. Magazines
The inaugural Put Foot Rally, a social motoring expedition run jointly by Mountainshak Adventures and the Bobs for Good Foundation, has joined forces with Getaway as its media partner. The event, which begins on 22 June 2011, will cover 7000km across seven countries in 17 days. Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 The team at NATIVE has recently launched a short video, documenting the team's role in shaping a small part of the history of the web in South Africa.[video] Read more >>Mobile |  |
 [Kevin Bassett] Suddenly, new mobile technology is in focus. Marketers are scrambling to get a handle on both mobi and micro sites, m-twitter and foursquare, while wondering what other new developments are trending. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The battle for voice has already been fought as voice has become 100% saturated and flattening, making data the new ground where the next battle will take place, cellphone network giant Vodacom said yesterday, Tuesday 19 April 2011, as criticism mounts about its newly-acquired identity, which some critics have described as 'appalling' and 'too expensive and wasteful'. Read more >>Newspapers
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 [Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] In a series of interviews with South Africa's top online managers, Mail & Guardian Online editor Chris Roper tells Bizcommunity how the M&G's website is reinventing itself and why new media has improved the quality of journalism dramatically. Read more >>Out Of Home |  |
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 The Loerie Awards has introduced a PR category to this year's awards. Public Relations Industry of Southern Africa (PRISA) spokesperson Bridget von Holdt believes the move is indicative of the importance of strategic communication in the overall communication mix and that the inclusion of PR exposes other industries to the real value of strategic communication and its vital role in brand management. Read more >>Promotions |  |
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 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] A global study conducted by TNS Research Surveys shows that South Africans' unconditional love for handsets - more than content as it is in developed markets - is beginning to change and will even shift faster as bandwidth improves, and as cheaper smartphones appear on the market - probably from China. Read more >>Sponsorship
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 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] SABC 3 is undergoing a repositioning phase after going through a period of declining audiences, shrinking revenue and loss of brand integrity, the public broadcaster announced last week in Johannesburg. Read more >>Youth Marketing |  |
 RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has announced the beta release of the comScore Media Metrix Total Universe report, which provides audience measurement for 100% of a site's traffic, including usage via mobile phones, apps, tablets and shared computers such as Internet cafes. Read more >> SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: During a time of unprecedented economic uncertainty, compounded by rate rises from all of the major banks in Australia, the finance industry was suffering from negative consumer perceptions, particularly across the home loan category. Read more >> LONDON, UK: According to the latest PwC analysis of corporate insolvency numbers, Hospitality and Leisure (H&L) continues to be one of the worst affected sectors with no discernible improvement over the past two years. Read more >> [Thomas Wehmeier] PARIS, FRANCE / BERLIN, GERMANY: In the first concrete announcement since their statement of intent to cooperate earlier this year, France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom announced on 18 April 2011, the establishment of a procurement joint venture that will oversee almost US$13 billion* in combined annualised spend between the two groups. Read more >> LONDON, UK: The Cannes Creative Leaders Programme will once again take place in June following the success of last year's programme. Read more >>
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 RBJ Group of companies launches RBJ E.Comm Solutions. Read more >>Livewired PR believes there are huge opportunities for PR companies to closely integrate their offerings with the entire marketing mix. Read more >>Advertising
King James won the Magazine Campaign of the Year award for the Allan Gray "Legends" campaign. Read more >>The ABF Vital Support Fund has announced a media sponsorship deal with Admadmedia to the value of R70 000. The package includes three months of advertising on a 3m x 6m billboard, which is available to the highest bidder. Read more >>Recently rebranded advertising agency, human.kind, has been tasked by McCann Erickson to assist with launching Telkom's new and much spoken about cellular product, '8ta'. Read more >> For human.kind advertising Earth Hour is more than just turning off the lights but rather it is a step that incorporates its corporate ethos: to act with purpose. Read more >>Branding
 Making full use of an innovative platform, hair care product range Sta Sof Fro launches its first television promos with BrandVantage. Read more >>[Jeremy Sampson] Where do finance and marketing intersect? Directorship invited IoDSA Fellow, Jeremy Sampson, to explore the idea. Read more >>  To publicise HP Print Station's new offering, they have partnered with Colourworks & Tag 8 Media who have activated an exciting promotional campaign across Seattle stores nationwide using posters, takeaway sleeves and coffee cup tags. Read more >> Janet Kinghorn, Executive Creative Director for The Brand Union Africa, has been chosen to judge the prestigious Cannes Design Lions in June this year. Read more >>CRM
The Ackermans group, which includes Shoe City, Jay Jays and Hang Ten, have appointed iKineo to spearhead its CRM and direct initiatives. Read more >>CSI
 The Living Your Brand Events team, once again, hit Jo'burg soil running to manage the faultless execution of the Landis+Gyr Charity Golf Day. All the funding was raised for two needy educational charities, the 'Lupi Ngcayisa Foundation' based in Johannesburg and the `Philippi High School Project' based in Cape Town. Read more >> More than 300 units of blood were donated by members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) at one of the largest and most successful blood drives organised by the South African National Blood Services (SANBS) in Soweto on Sunday 17 April. Read more >>Design
 Freeworld Coatings is delighted to sponsor the Grand Interiors and the IID House (The South African Institute of the Interior Designs Professions) at Grand Designs Live, an inspiring event on the home design, décor, garden and building scene. Read more >>Digital
Google's +1 button, which is to be incorporated into its search function, seems to be an acknowledgment of the potency of social media for directing people to trusted brands and suppliers. Here's more on how this will change the online business landscape. Read more >>Striata has successfully implemented paperless adoption strategies for its clients across the globe, enabling them to meet aggressive eBilling goals and objectives. They now bring this service to organizations in Asia Pacific. Read more >>Payments Gateway's partnership with Striata combines electronic payment and presentment solutions with email billing and secure document delivery, enabling customers to receive and pay their bills electronically and securely. Read more >>Lighthouse Digital has announced a new partnership with HTC South Africa acting as their digital media agency. Read more >>Tenacity's short film entitled The Watchers, about a documentary filmmaker who embeds himself and his crew into the daily life of a vampire, has been selected as an Official Honoree at The Webby Awards. Out of nearly 10Â 000 entries submitted to this year's awards, the Official Honoree distinction is awarded to the top 10% of all work entered. Read more >>South Africa is going gaga about social media, and Cape-based e-business developer Realmdigital boasts a variety of high-profile reference sites and development platforms that proves beneficial in this nascent space. Read more >> [Greg Viljoen] Behavioural targeting has long since been a hot topic of debate and with various networks starting to find their feet in the South African digital space, this debate is likely to continue. Read more >> Gloo celebrated in the website category for its collaboration with Joe Public on the Magic Moments FC campaign. Read more >>Education and Training |  |
The University of Cape Town and GetSmarter are proud to announce the launch of the UCT Communicating for Customer Service course. Read more >> At the age of 28 and as the founder and head of Ayano Communications in Durban, Nobuntu Webster runs a highly successful integrated marketing communications company focusing on the brand development, marketing consulting and brand activation for companies in various sectors. Nobuntu completed an IMM GSM Diploma in Marketing in 2005. Read more >>Exhibitions
 Find fresh, innovative ideas to enrich your life at the Look & Feel Good Expo, taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 16 to 18 September, and at Joburg's Coca-Cola dome from 7 to 9 October. Read more >> SAPICS, the Association for Operations and Management of South Africa, is hosting its annual Conference and Exhibition 26 to 29 June at the Sun City Super Bowl. The conference is aimed at future growth, improvement and sustainability in the supply chain profession. Read more >> If you have fun on, in or under the water, The National Boat Show & Dive Expo, taking place at Joburg's Coca-Cola dome from 12 to 14 August, has something exciting for everyone - from professionals to families to weekend enthusiasts. Read more >> In May, Exposure Marketing and Communication - the makers of the award-winning The Baby Expo MamaMagic - is staging the country's first-ever education exhibition, Future Ed - The Education Show. Educators and parents will find an array of resources for your school, your classroom and your home. Read more >>In February 2011 the Pretoria / Tshwane International Show owners, Tshwabac, put the organisation and management of the show for 2011 out to tender. They recently announced that Complete Exhibitions had successfully been awarded the contract as the organiser for the 2011 show. Read more >> As part of the South African launch campaign of their smallest, lightest and greenest car, the Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover South Africa enlisted the services of Set Squared to design and build a display to house the life-size wireframe replica of the urban vehicle. Read more >>Magazines
 CLASSICFEEL Magazine, together with Wits Alumni and supported by Business and Arts South Africa (BASA), proudly presents 'Art is What Makes Us Human', a series of arts and culture events to be staged at the Wits Theatre throughout 2011. Read more >> The TRUE LOVE Winter Look Book is back and the May 2011 pages are filled with the very latest trends from runways around the globe. Read more >> Last week, together with LIVEOUTLOUD, Bentley unveiled the new Bentley Continental GT. Attendees agreed that the event was magnificent. Read more >> The May issue of TRUE LOVE is set to be thought-provoking and entertaining. Here is more of what you can expect of this month's issue. Read more >>Out Of Home
 To generate further awareness and encourage consumer participation in Dial Direct's forward-thinking, pothole-repair initiative - The Pothole Brigade - transit media experts Graffiti have recently branded five Mini Cab vehicles in the bold orange Dial Direct Pothole Brigade branding. Read more >>PR & Communications
[Janine Lloyd] Too many PR professionals forget the critical role they have to play as an advisor to the business. Just as financial advisors, lawyers, tax specialists and others taken on this trusted role so too should the PR profession. Read more >> Production
 Local writer and director Mukunda Michael Dewil has joined the ranks of South Africans making good in "la la land" with the likes of Niel Bloomkamp, Sharlto Copley and Gavin Hood, with his latest film Vehicle 19 making it on to Hollywood's 2010 Hit List for the year's best original screenplay. Read more >> Working across a wide range of mediums, from still life to landscapes, commercial shoots, portraits and numerous campaigns, Cape Town photographer Malcolm Dare combines his many years of photographic skill with an extensive knowledge of specialised software and digitised solutions. Read more >> Consol, directed by Petar Spiljevic of Velocity for agency Human.kind, is a finalist in the TV/Cinema category at the New York Festival Awards. The commercial has a strong visual aesthetic and reminds one to savour life's precious moments and add value to our lives by making healthy choices in the form of using glass. Read more >>Promotions
 Tradeway Promotions were appointed by Sasol to activate a bursary roadshow for Grade 11 and 12 learners in Sasolburg and Secunda, to promote awareness of the Sasol Bursary Programme and to secure online registrations. Read more >>Radio |  |
The Heart 104.9FM Mommy and Me Walk, on the calendar for Saturday 7 May, is a short 1.6 km walk in and around the Canal Walk shopping centre. Read more >> Zai Khan has been introduced as the new host of Radio 2000's sport show, which airs from 15:00-18:00pm on weekends. Read more >> Gagasi 99.5 won two awards in this year's MTN Radio awards held at Sandton Convention Centre on Saturday night. Dr. Eve's feature on Vusi Letsoalo's show won the Best Night Time Show while Content Producer Sma Mbatha won the Young Achiever Award. Read more >>Research
 Global market research firm Synovate has announced that Darren Smith has been promoted to operations director for Synovate Pan-Africa. Read more >> Online market research company, Columinate, has harnessed panel and survey technology from Toluna - the leading online market research panel and survey software provider to the global market research industry, enabling them to provide clients with a fully managed research service, all under one roof. Read more >>Sponsorship
Trudon Corporate Social Investment (CSI) has partnered with The Maths Centre to intervene in 10 schools in Soshanguve to enhance educators and learners' performance in pure Mathematics and Physical Science. , Tshwane Read more >>Youth Marketing
Students want marketers targeting them via their mobile phones to keep it simple, cost-effective, and easy to access, as SMS and Facebook are their preferred communication channels. Read more >>
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  More [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Not only in South Africa was the coveted Car of the Year title shared between two cars (BMW and VW) but women journalists all over the world have just chosen two cars to share the 2011 Women's World Car of the Year title with the honours going to the BMW 5 Series and the Citroen DS3. Read more >> [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Audi has injected some extra venom into its creamy comfortable flagship A8 range with the addition of a new petrol engine and two new diesel engines, including a big daddy V8. Read more >> Most caravans, boats and trailers don't see much action during the year. In fact, it's often only around holiday time that they are rolled off their patch of grass and hooked up to go - but after standing so long, chances are their wheels are no longer in good shape. So before you go off on your Easter break, check! And that applies to any holiday by road you are going on any time during the year. Read more >> Results of the second TBCSA FNB Tourism Business Index (TBI) show that the level of tourism business activity was significantly lower than was expected, in the first quarter of 2011. Read more >> An independent impact report has predicted a R1.4 billion annual tourism bonanza for South Africa if Table Mountain is named one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. Read more >> [Ruth Cooper] I pretty much fell in love with Holiday Murray at first sight and sound, encountering them the first time as support band for The Plastics album launch at The Assembly a good couple of months ago. Combining boyish good looks, quirky yearning lyrics from a time long forgotten, sweet harmonies and a bouncy tightly layered sound, Holiday Murray were definitely on my radar. Read more >> [Sue Northam] Last Saturday, 16 April, 2011, TEDxCapeTown (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, with the x for independently organised) was held at Ratanga Junction, Cape Town. Read more >> [Jordan Scott] To enjoy this performance to its fullest you've got to love listening to people with angelic voices singing. You do? Well then, let me tell you more. I have never seen two people work so well off of each other's energy - it was almost contagious - and when they began to sing, well I was lost to the world of names and their humorous ways of portraying them. Read more >> [Johann Smith] The light brightens the bare wooden stage floor and plain black curtains. From the darkness two silhouettes appear of a man and woman. Dressed in simple black long-sleeve shirts and grey trousers, both face each other standing dead still. This scene continues until it becomes an uneasy itch. Read more >> [Sindy Peters: Africa editor] Sowing the Seeds was in fine form this year, hosted at the Cape Farmhouse in Scarborough on Saturday, 16 April, 2011. The prelude to Rocking the Daisies 2011 drew an energetic, multicultural crowd en masse. Jeremy Loops & Trak took best act of the day in my book, with Hot Water coming in a close second - particularly for lead vocalist Donovan Copley's intense performance of Tribal Man, which had everyone enthralled. Read more >>- Magna Carta PR appointed by Amdec - more info
- Belinda Saville appointed national sales manager - more info
- New appointment at Lange 360 - more info
- Francois Vorster joins Effective Measure - more info
- Avusa Media announces new public editor - more info
- Eugene Boniface joins Three Cities Group - more info
- New appointment at Kagiso Media - more info
- The Oprah Magazine appoints new beauty editor - more info
- AMASA 2011/2012 committee announced - more info
- New appointments at RamsayMedia - more info
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Adobe. Website creation (Design, layout, writing, editing, Style Sheets/Divs). Understand SEM, SEO, online, mobile/digital trends, Social Networking, Video and Audio Podcasting. Read more >>Digital Strategist: Passionate about online marketing and seeing your great strategies come to life and deliver results? Join a dynamic team of digital marketing enthusiasts, thinkers and noise makers. Read more >>- Achieving personal excellence Training Shop - Cape Town, 28 April
- Celebrate the Royal wedding The Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa - Cape Town, 29 April
- Ministry of sound South Africa tour 2011 Higher Grade Projects - Durban, 29 April
- Cartoon carnival - Johannesburg, 30 April
- Introduction to Flash 2B Studio - Johannesburg, 30 April
- CS5 courses AAA School of Advertising - Johannesburg, 3 May
- Singles social event Suited Dating - Cape Town, 5 May
- Mokgotsi book club launch Mokgotsi Women - Carlswald, Midrand, 7 May
- MAAPSA benefit concert JT Communications - Johannesburg, 7 May
- SEO - online marketing course Scream Media - Cape Town, 10 May
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