Get ready for #BizTrends2017 and our Financial Mail AdFocus Awards coverage!
The end of the year is drawing near but things certainly aren't slowing down at the Biz offices, especially as work on our annual future insights project,
#BizTrends2017 is well under way. Curated by Louise Marsland, it features insight from some of the industry's best and brightest thought leaders and futurists and will begin publishing early January 2017. We'll also have
live coverage from this year's
Financial Mail AdFocus Awards this Wednesday evening, so keep your eye on Biz to find out who is walking away with the coveted Agency of the Year titles.
Keeping things award-centric, Alistair King, co-founder and chief creative officer of
King James Group, shares his views on this year's Loeries' rankings and their determination to keep fighting the good fight.
Shifting focus to the here and now, brain cancer survivor, creative strategist and founder of Cancer Dojo, Conn Bertish, writes exclusively for us on the importance of
purpose marketing, especially in a time when most are riddled with fear for the future based on the way 2016 has taken shape.
Robin Richardson, associate at KISCH IP, also shares tips on how to play the game of
social media brand dodge ball, particularly when it comes to unauthorised use of your brand's trade mark.
Then, rounding out the content mix,
#EntrepreneurMonth continues full steam ahead and we have the latest iteration of cartoonist Jerm's
#Bizcommunitoon, this time on the prevalence of fake news.
Dig in and get motivated for the final push of the year.
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 | FlightSiteAgent founder, Rian Bornman, rounds-up what it takes to make it as a successful travelpreneur... read | |  | Ruth Cooper Growing food trends show a return to basics, a desire for sustainable and authentic produce and a transparency from chefs and restaurants when it comes to where and how your food is sourced and prepared. read | |  | Being Boss will host a Speed Networking event in Cape Town on 24 November at 6.30pm at Workshop 17, V&A Waterfront... read | |  | Pasqua Heard The start of Global Entrepreneurship Week was a suitable time to meet Anthony Farr, CEO of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, to discuss the value of the organisation in today's economic climate... read | |  | Palesa Moroeng I have realised that a great deal of corporates are still highly conservative. To my surprise, media agencies that I have worked for had a sense of conservativeness when they claimed they are a creative company... read | |  | Ruth Cooper On the back of a successful reception at the recent Autumn/Winter 2017 SA Fashion Week, up-and-coming fashion designer Mieke Vermeulen launched her collection of uniquely South African activewear. read | |  | Leigh Andrews INJOZI, the up-and-coming leader of local digital, is breaking boundaries and continuously being on top of new innovation and ideas - all based on their own entrepreneurial passion... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Thoroughbred entrepreneur and founder of the Suits & Sneakers events, Mark Sham says the best approach to upskilling yourself and your staff is a combination of both formal (suits) and informal (sneakers) learning platforms. He lets us in on the importance of constantly growing and educating your workforce... read | |  | Glenn van Eck Reflecting on 35 years of Magnetic Storm, our journey continues to amaze me. From humble beginnings to the team and talent we have today, to the dreams we have for tomorrow. And it's in this reflection I can see what has enabled us to grow, and what makes for a sustainable, growth-hungry business... read | |  | Leigh Andrews This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with serial entrepreneur Harry Ravelomanantsoa, currently managing director and co-founder of Rabbit Disruptive Innovations... read | |
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 | Beverley Klein Design Indaba has been blowing the minds of creatives for the past 21 years. Next year (2017) they'll be taking the awe-inspiring initiatives to the next level with the help of Selly Raby Kane, Design Indaba's very first external creative director... read |
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 | Beverley Klein MTN South Africa was the main sponsor of the #FillUpOrlandoStadium concert featuring local hip hop artist Cassper Nyovest. The campaign followed the success of the #FillUpTheDome concert, and exceed expectations... read |
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 | The One Show, celebrating advertising and design, have announced the first and second quarter shortlists for the 44th Annual Awards, with three South African entrants making it through to the next round. read |
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 | Graham Du Plessis There is now no doubt with the advent of programmatic and real time bidding (RTB) the nature in which brands & agencies relationships with publishers has changed... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Agency 99C used real-life Ackermans' customers' views on their relationship to the retail brand over the past 100 years. Here's why the emotive angle works... read |
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 | Mike Saunders I remember sitting in a conference in Morocco listening to the Ogilvy MD, Matthieu Plassard, as he shared that marketing in Africa was less about selling products and more about solving problems... read |
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 | James Maposa Building a personal brand is a lot of hard work based on competition being at its most intense... read |
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 | Jesse Sharkie Nine years ago, I broke up with the love of my life. It felt like someone had taken out my heart and beaten it to a pulp. My core ached from the feeling of the words "I don't want to be with you anymore..." read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The second day of the INMA global media summit Africa had a strong focus on transformation and reorganisation, with moderator Peter Ndoro announcing that we need to make plans now to ensure we make it through to the other side of the current digital disruption unscathed... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Speakers at the first day of the INMA Global Media Summit Africa were that rare mix of funny, knowledgeable and approachable. Here are some of my favourite moments from the day, all highlighting the fact that we need not panic and become 'jack-of-all-trades' publishers... read |
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 | The recent successful #BuyaBusiness expo at the TicketPro Dome brought in millions of rands in deals for exhibitors and attracted around 7,000 visitors over three days... read |
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 | The winners of the 2016 South African Small Business Awards were announced on 10 November at Montecasino in Fourways, Johannesburg... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews "We're a print publication, we don't need mobile." While this may be true for now, current trends indicate that you can't afford to keep your head in the sand about the changing publishing model a moment longer, particularly in Africa... read |
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 | Roger Jardine, Primedia Group CEO, has announced that Terry Volkwyn, CEO of Primedia Broadcasting, will be leaving the company on 30 June 2017... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Winning digital strategies for news publishers in the age of platforms were a hot topic at the first day of the INMA Media Summit Africa 2016. Here's what you need to keep in mind about the power of social platforms and mobile devices' effect on your publishing strategy... read |
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 | HuffPost South Africa, the first sub-Saharan African edition for the company, has launched today in partnership with The Huffington Post and Media24. read |
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 | Janine Lazarus Recently, I took part in a robust IABC Africa panel debate in Cape Town on communicator readiness for 2020. The thing about discussions like these is that if they are facilitated well, they can spark discussion... read |
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 | Amahle Madlala Lipton's Refreshtival featured a tweet-activated raining dancefloor that kept festival-goers refreshed in the most unique way... read |
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 | Amazon is poised to challenge Netflix on the global stage with a massive expansion of its on-demand video streaming service, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday... read |
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 | The annual Warc Innovation Awards, recognising effective marketing innovation, have announced the appointment of the chairperson and a further six judges, thus completing the jury lineup. read |
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 | Antibiotics have been prescribed for the prevention and treatment of bacterial infections since the 1940s, but through overuse,they need to be carefully monitored... read |
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 | WWF-SA is deeply concerned about reports that the government is planning to discuss the proposed nuclear deal behind closed doors... read |
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 | We talk to Tara Marsh, Global Head of Content @ Wunderman and self-professed content queen, about all things content. A deeply informative conversation with a global leader in content marketing. - View/Rate |
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