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| Dale Imerman, Issued by The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town) "Digital" is an essential requirement for anyone wanting to do business with connected consumers. The problem is that "digital" means a lot of different things to a lot of different people... read more>> | | |
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| On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Graham Plant, CEO of Effective Measure... read more>> |
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| Erik de Jager & Cole Matthews We know you're angry and we know you enjoy waving your proverbial pitchforks about on your fickle bandwagon ride. So we're going to ask you to take a chill-pill and objectively consider what just went down... read more>> |
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| Noëleen Bruton In the 1800s, John Wanamaker, a US businessman considered to be a proponent of advertising and a pioneer in marketing, said, "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half"... read more>> |
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| Megan Stark Initially marketing companies, or agencies, were service providers incorporating every marketing aspect from corporate invitations and gifts to every facet of design and printing to public relations activities... read more>> |
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| Chris Brewer Now, where was I? Ah yes, there I am! In the last few articles we've been looking at budgets and I just wanted to cover a few of the remaining ones so that you are able to do broad comparisons between them all... read more>> |
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| Issued by Bizcommunity.com Bizcommunity has partnered with Millward Brown in South Africa to conduct 'Insights2020 - Driving Customer-Centric Growth' - a global marketing leadership initiative aimed at helping business leaders decode how insights and analytics can help drive business growth... read more>> |
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| The ACA and Creative Circle have issued a response to the accusation of irregular judging activity at the 2015 Loerie Awards and a breach of the Loeries rules pertaining to the eligibility of entries from pan-African and Middle East agencies... read more>> |
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| Leigh Andrews Is the 'big data' trend really something you need to master? The answer is a resounding 'yes'. Bryan Melmed, data scientist and VP of Insights at Exponential, talks us through some examples and why SA can't afford to bury its neck in the sand on this one... read more>> |
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| Brendan Seery Using cheetahs in car advertising is nothing new - a few brands have done it in the past, presumably because the association with the fastest four-legged animal on Earth says something about your four-wheeled animal... read more>> |
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| Issued by Joe Public This year's Loerie Awards show saw Joe Public being recognised with 15 Loeries in total, including 1 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 Bronze awards... read more>> |
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| Why not divert some of your marketing spend to customer analytics for customer retention?... read more>> |
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| Nicci Botha "It ain't about us, it's about creating a space for our children to flourish. We have a responsibility to the future," says Gavin Mageni, Head of the SABS Design Institute... read more>> |
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| Chantel Botha To an outsider who does not understand the work it may look like we draw lots of pictures, talk too much, ask people invasive repetitive questions and then play back the answers... read more>> |
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| If it ain't broke, don't fix it - and the ANC wants the DA-led City of Cape Town to learn this the hard way... read more>> |
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| Scott Cundill In this always-connected world where anyone is just a click of a button away, too many of us are concentrating on the button instead of the customer... read more>> |
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| Nicci Botha We're facing a brave new world, where disruption technology and e-commerce are forcing traditional industries to re-examine their take on doing business to include innovative solution-based thinking if they want to stay in the game... read more>> |
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| Leigh Andrews Download a one-hour HD movie in just six minutes? Connected home and work environment, as well as machine to machine communications? Yes, all in Africa in the next five years, says GIL Africa... read more>> |
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| Charles Mburugu One of the most effective ways of connecting with your customers and prospects online is by creating a newsletter. Engaging with them on a regular basis will help you build strong relationships, and subsequently enhance your sales... read more>> |
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| The Cape Town and Johannesburg HubSpot User Group (HUG) will report back on the annual HubSpot Inbound Conference, taking place from 8-11 September this year in Boston, US... read more>> |
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| Danie Strachan How will journalistic activities be regulated by the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) when it comes into force?... read more>> |
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| Cobus Jooste The Copyright Amendment Bill is by all accounts a grave misfortune and a study in amateur law making. However, it is noteworthy that the Bill contains a set of provisions that is deserving of closer analysis... read more>> |
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| Roane Swindon There is a mobile application for everything nowadays, from monitoring the amount of steps you take and perfecting your photos to tracking loadshedding and getting the latest news... read more>> |
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| Aki Kalliatakis How can an administration that started out with the world's greatest slogan - Power to the People - get things so wrong?... read more>> |
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| Business Connexion recently hosted a joint MyWorld of Tomorrow roundtable with global research house, Ovum, where some interesting statistics about the print and digital industries were revealed... read more>> |
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| The annual Sefika awards were announced on 26 August 2015 in Johannesburg, attended by members of the SA Booksellers Association and the Publishers' Association of South Africa (PASA)... read more>> |
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| Leaving the land of your birth, to settle in another country, is never an easy process. Logistically, financially, culturally, and above all, emotionally, it's a change that sparks upheaval as well as opportunity... read more>> |
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| Adam Hunter Known as 'digitarians', or the superficial extroverts, Generation Z can be seen as one of the most profound changes in business following the emergence of the post-millennial generation... read more>> |
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| The Ask Afrika Icon Brands survey, which identifies brands that are used across the South Africa demographic irrespective of race, culture, income, education or lifestyle, found that South African consumers have an affinity for local brands... read more>> |
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| Erik du Plessis and Neil Higgs Recently, in Upington, our waitress told us with a lot of pride that she lives in a brick house. Obviously brick houses are a type of differentiation that exists much like the status associated with living in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg... read more>> |
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| Musa Msane Something good happened at the Loeries this year, the introduction of the Service Design category in a 'creatives' event nogal! This is a great development as it reflects the industry that takes itself seriously... read more>> |
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| Bruce von Maltitz While most businesses today are employing some sort of social media strategy, many are still very slow to respond to customer support issues and complaints that come in through this channel... read more>> |
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| Rob Newlan Today the bar for creativity is extremely high. It starts with people. Anyone can use the phone in their pocket to shoot and edit high quality video - something that would have been unthinkable even ten years ago... read more>> |
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| Werina Griffith & Nicole Smalberger Inevitably, as is always the case, when it comes to the sharing of thoughts and ideas, the question has arisen as to whether or not a tweet can be protected, particularly, under the veil of copyright... read more>> |
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| Jessica Taylor Growing up as a tailor's daughter in the midst of apartheid, Zyda Rylands, now the MD of Woolworths Food, is proof of the pudding that workforce diversity is what drives the competitive advantage of one of the leading retailers in South Africa... read more>> |
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| Leigh Andrews This week, as part of our special focus on women in #WomensMonth, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Wendy Tlou, founding owner of the ChicAfrican brand... read more>> |
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| Katie de Klee At the award ceremony, held in Copenhagen on 27 August 2015, the five winners of the 2015 biennial Index Awards were announced. The Awards celebrate designs that address serious modern challenges... read more>> |
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| SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook on Wednesday began testing a Messenger app virtual assistant that the leading social network said goes beyond artificial intelligence programs already on the market... read more>> |
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| Boris Dzhingarov Deciding how large the marketing budget needs to be is one of the most important parts of promoting your company. This is complicated because you do not want to spend more than needed and you do not want to spend less than you should in order to have successful results... read more>> |
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| SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft said Monday its Cortana virtual assistant software was available to users of Android mobile devices... read more>> |
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| The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) has express shock at the sentencing on Saturday of three Al Jazeera journalists by an Egyptian court sitting in Cairo... read more>> |
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| Hein Koen Having faced nasty bill shocks at month end, or struggled to get out of onerous mobile contracts, many consumers have long since made the switch to prepaid SIM cards... read more>> |
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| Leigh Andrews The problem with networking in real life is that you can't just click and connect, as business cards get bulky while you work your way through the room. That's why it's better to incorporate online networking into your offline meets... read more>> |
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Decisions that could have a long-lasting effect on your life, those nearest to you or your organisation often cause anxiety and sleeplessness but such decision making should not keep you hostage... read more>> |
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| Ilsa Groenewald The medical tax calculation has changed for the 2015 tax year... read more>> |
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- Brandnew Creative Agency wins Viva Gym account - more info
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- Tribeca adds three new clients to client base - more info
- Threesixoh celebrates GLRU contract renewal - more info
- Nano Agency wins Mundipharma account - more info
- Amplicon and Captive Minds announce partnership - more info
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| We offer work integrated learning internships as well as graduate internship opportunities to creative graduates in order to extend their academic qualifications through structured workplace exposure and specialised training. Read more >> |
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