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 | Last week on the Biz Takeouts show we looked at alternative funding solutions for SMME companies, and also found out more about the upcoming event, Bright Talks. If you missed the show, listen to the podcast which is now available. [twitterfall] Read more >>
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Leveraging the Impact of social media on the PR landscape
Quirk's Kim Stavropoulos and Red & Yellow's Di Charton share their insights at PRNet's final event for 2013 about how best Social Media channels connect people to each other and the opportunity this presents for brands to connect to and develop conversations. The PRNet event starts at 5.30pm 5 December 2013 at Bizcommunity's offices in Mowbray, Cape Town. Click here to book
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 | The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) does not agree with the ministers of police and state security, who said yesterday that it was illegal to publish photographs of President Jacob Zuma's upgraded Nkandla home. Read more >>
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 | Ferdie Bester It's almost the end of 2013 and you know you need the well-deserved December break, but now is not the time to let your mobile ads go on holiday too. Read more >>
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Keeran Sewsunker |
Chris Moerdyk |
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 | Catherine Milward-Bridges Do your customers and staff struggle to find the 'funny bone' in your biz? Is humour a taboo in your business culture? Read more >>
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Michael Wood, Issued by Aperio |
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 | The 10th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), running from 6-14 December, has selected two African films to be included in the AsiaAfrica out of competition programming segment lineup. Read more >>
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 | Kevin Meltzer While Web self-service, e-commerce and self-service kiosks are experiencing runaway growth in South Africa, the need for the human touch is still apparent in most industries. Read more >>
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 | To raise money to help sustain the project Room 13, which is a network of art studios in disadvantaged schools across South Africa, high profile business leaders, CEOs, company directors and celebrities performed live on stage late last week at the Barnyard Theatre in Rivonia. Read more >>
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 | Gordon Geldenhuys Facebook is becoming an increasingly important part of the marketing mix for South African brands, with many organisations investing heavily in creating content to share on Facebook and dedicating resources to engage with their audiences. Read more >>
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 | Lindani Tshabangu Have you ever wondered why your emails are no longer getting to the inbox, despite all your best practice efforts? Have a look at what the ISPs consider before allowing your mail to reach the inbox... Read more >>
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 | Richard Hardiman's pitch for his system to automate the cleaning of surface water in harbours, ports and marinas and ridding these areas of surface waste and fluids, has brought him to the global final of Entrepreneur X Factor 2013. Read more >>
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 | Lebo Mukansi Are you putting together an event? Have you thought about how you are going to support the event via social media to expand the brand reach. Read more >>
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 | Times Media Group (TMG) said on Monday it had fulfilled conditions regarding the sale of I-Net Bridge to McGregor BFA for R115m. Read more >>
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 | The Daily Sun must publish a front page apology for the publication of two graphic photographs of corpses, Press Ombudsman Johan Retief has ruled. Read more >>
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 | Lee Wanless There is a lot of banter these days about forming and maintaining meaningful relationships between brands and consumers. Relationships and brand perception is so hot right now in the marketing world - and also a big reason why the PR industry is the golden goose, because it is what we do best. Read more >>
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 | James Hurford In business we spend much of our time reading or writing. But no matter how experienced we are, few of us can write even half a page without agonising over how best to put our points across. Read more >>
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 | Kevin Fine The question 'what is the future of radio?' is often asked... Truth be told, none of us really truly know the future state of any media platform. Read more >>
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 | Sid Peimer I always thought that you were either creative or not. I also felt that I had an uncanny ability to determine whether an applicant would be a good planner or not. Either you had it or you didn't. Boy was I wrong. Read more >>
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 | The twitter sites of UNICEF, UN and Davos are the most followed international organisations on Twitter according to the Burson-Marsteller's latest edition of 'Twiplomacy'. Read more >>
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 | Hando Sinisalu, Ann Kruuk There have been quite a few attempts to turn around shopping with the use of technology. Undeniably, innovation and interactive experiences are the current and future trends. (video) Read more >>
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 | Louise Robinson Having an updated database that contains the names and contact details of both existing customers and prospective clients is one of the most vital marketing tools for a company of any size. Read more >>
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 | Rod Baker NEWSWATCH: Safa has rejected anything to do with a sponsorship of Bafana Bafana by an adult dating site, reports goal.com. It's claimed bad financial management sank Goldfields newspaper Gold-Net, reports IOL, and TechCentral reports the Internet Service Providers' Association reckons Telkom's transit fee is 'legally illogical'. Read more >>
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 | NEW DELHI, INDIA: India's leading investigative news magazine was embroiled in scandal on Thursday after its editor admitted sexually assaulting a colleague and said he would step aside for six months as "penance". Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: The former royal editor of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid warned his boss that if payments to his sources were traced they could all "end up in jail", Britain's phone-hacking trial heard last week. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: - Twitter has announced it has toughened the encryption of traffic to thwart online snooping at the globally popular one-to-many messaging service. Read more >>
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 | Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says the network of crime has grown and has become a complex problem in the country. Read more >>
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 | Motorists are expected to pay within seven days of receiving e-toll bills or they would be handed over to debt collectors, Sanral chief executive Nazir Alli said on Sunday (24 November). Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor The government wants to create 7.5m work opportunities between 2014/15 and 2018/19 under Phase Three of its Expanded Public Works Programme, which was approved at a Cabinet meeting this week. Read more >>
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 | Brandon Williams The opening night of the Loyiso Gola Live show saw Cape Town's iconic Baxter Theatre become the grounds for a comedic clash of cosmic proportions. Emmy-nominated stand-up comedian, Loyiso Gola, took on a throng of heavily girded funny bones. Armed only with his sense of openly frank, observational humour, he emerged triumphant after inflicting heavy damage that left the audience in 'stitches'. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor The new Lexus IS 350 is a real good-looking, comfortable family cruiser with enough muscle under the bonnet to put a smile on the face of any enthusiastic driver and enough smart and safety features to make it an attractive alternative to the Big Three Germans. Read more >>
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- PruHealth Vitality magazine digitally publish with Snapplify - more info
- Wetherlys go full eCommerce with Realmdigital - more info
- PR Toolbox launches SureThing SA - more info
- Oxford University Press SA appoint Realmdigital - more info
- Brand South Africa appoints McCann Worldgroup South Africa - more info
- OwenKessel wins FHM business - more info
- C.S.A chosen for L'Ormarins Queen's Plate 2014 - more info
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