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 | The IAB SA has announced the Bookmark Awards finalists for 2017. Following several weeks of judging, the panel has narrowed down a record number of entries into a shortlist of official finalists, each demonstrating talent and digital innovation in their respective categories... read | |  | Chris Borain We have reached a critical juncture for digital, both locally and globally. Digital has evolved from one aspect of the media mix to a powerful, pervasive medium with an influence that cannot be ignored... read | |
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 | The world needs more design-centric companies, run by design-minded people, to create products and processes with human wants, needs and behaviours in mind... read |
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 | London-based Pentagram partner and creative director Marina Willer is an iconic figure in graphic design and filmmaking, whose inspiration, she says, comes from her colleagues, her children and her RCA tutor and graphic design titan, Margaret Calvert... read |
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 | Ruth Cooper Kgotso Letwaba, founder of fashion label The After Skool Life and one of Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives, creates activewear informed by his love of sport and street art. We chat to him about design and authentic storytelling for #DesignMonth. read |
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 | Leigh Andrews This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with ‘bi-techtual' technophile Kerri-Ann Hamilton, who serves as creative manager, mind reader and magician at Jam Media... read | |
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 | Marc de la Querra You are getting sleepy… Ok, probably not, but depending on the design elements that surround the text you're reading right now, you may be feeling any range of unconscious emotions, from calm and trusting to agitated and excitable... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Graeme Stiles' interest in performance marketing has led him to start an agency that specialises in SEO, paid media and data... read |
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 | Tarryn Giebelmann My house has been on the market for four months. In this time, not one person has come to view it, not even when it was on show. Not even a nosy neighbour. It's almost as bad as if no one comes to your birthday party... read |
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 | Chris Brewer I'm never quite sure what to expect at conferences and seminars. I must have been to hundreds, possibly thousands, during my career and by and large they're ho-hum affairs... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach The Super Bowl draws 190m eyes, and brands pay the equivalent of R65m for a spot during the game. Of the viewers, nearly a quarter say the television commercials (TVCs) are the most important part of the event, and would rather go to the loo during the game. Despite this, 2017 was one of the weakest years in Super Bowl history for TVCs... read |
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 | Damon Stapleton I apologise in advance for the unnecessary use of nostalgia and being a little romantic about it all. Actually, I don't... read |
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 | Brendan Seery We keep hearing how irresponsible South Africans are with their money and, coming from a family history of little money and not wasting resources, it does sometimes astound me how people in this country live for today with little thought of tomorrow... read |
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 | The Triggerfish Animation Studios' collaboration with Magic Light Pictures, Stick Man has added four more awards, bringing its total to 11 international awards on three continents... read |
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 | Change our World for Good has worked with Net#work BBDO to develop a mobile Acts of Random Kindness (ARK) App, which encourages users to set goals for performing random acts of kindness and rewards them... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews On a cold, drizzly morning, the first CreativeMornings event of the year took place at Friends of Design on Bree Street, Cape Town. Roughly 60 early birds braved the welcome rain and attended the session before their work day began… read |
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 | Leave The Couch blog won the Overall category at the 2016 South African Blog Awards, as well as Best Lifestyle Blog and Best Sport Blog... read |
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 | As more gamers play sports online, major brands, such as Gillette, are capitalising on this multi-million dollar industry... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Heavy Chef founder and CEO Fred Roed shares why he resigned from agency WWC at the end of last year to take the Heavy Chef ‘side project' community to the doers, globally… read |
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 | Brands can benefit from tuning into the trend of music streaming networks to differentiate themselves from their competition, as consumers change they way they listen and acquire music... read |
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 | Stephen Sandmann In part three of my exploration of digital marketing in 2017, I delve into subjects I haven't covered yet, such as apps, B2B and tracking ROI digital marketing trends, and share more insight into other trends... read |
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 | The Marketing Association of South Africa is upgrading its Chartered Marketer and Marketing Practitioner South Africa professional designations, launching an all new Marketing Co-ordinator (SA) designation... read |
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 | The 13th Sunday Times Generation Next youth survey has added eight new categories to its consumer brands - Coolest yoghurt, Coolest mode of transport, Coolest ice cream, Coolest stationery brand, Coolest stationery store, Coolest spread or sauce, and Coolest footwear store... read |
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 | The conference, Dope Brands and a Room, designed to bring urban culture together with big brands and the advertising and marketing industry will be held on 30 March 2017... read |
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 | Loeries Africa Middle East has curated the 2016 winning work that has achieved the highest accolade for creativity and innovation in the region into a travelling exhibition for campuses, schools and colleges to encourage excellence among young creatives... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Following the announcement of bilingual Ideas/Idees magazine being closed down by Media24 late last year, editor Terena le Roux approached management to transfer ownership into her name. Now the owner of startup publishing company IdeesFabriek (Ideas Factory), Le Roux says it really was that straightforward... read |
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 | Ann Crotty If Iqbal Survé is stripping the profitable arms out of Independent Media, it could be detrimental to shareholders — including government pensioners... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Content that is of value and authentic will continue to grow as readers demand it, and it is custom media that is delivering this... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Soccer Laduma newspaper has just celebrated its second decade of printing the continent's most popular sport news. CEO and founder Peter du Toit explains the digital design touchpoints that have extended the publication's longevity. read |
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 | Leigh Andrews News24 has had an innovative start to the year. Here, editor Adriaan Basson lets us in on their new app Edge, as well as their Project Rise initiative and how they provide more than just the standard packaged news... read |
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 | John Walls There's a certain twilight zone feel about life these days. All of our absolutes are no longer absolute... read |
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 | From 1 March 2017, Gauteng-based commercial talk radio station, Power 98.7 will refresh its line-up... read |
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 | According to Deloitte's sixth annual Millennial Survey, respondents indicate they are less likely to leave the security of their jobs, more concerned about uncertainty arising from conflict and not optimistic about the directions their countries are going... read |
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 | The Spanish-based independent research company Scopen and the IAS partnered in a 2016 study that highlighted 15 key trends in the South African communication, marketing, procurement and advertising industries... read |
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 | The Publisher Research Council (PRC), representing the interests of both print and online publishers in South Africa, has released its projects, studies and upcoming research for 2017... read |
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 | South Africa's best products, recognised through a market-leading independent consumer survey, were announced at the Product of the Year gala event... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg As the CEO of the continent's largest online shopping platform, Nigeria-born Chris Folayan knows a thing or two about creating online experiences... read |
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 | Popular music recognition app Shazam and fashion and fragrance brand Azzaro announced last week the South African launch of ‘Wanted', a new fragrance for men... read |
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 | CNBC Africa will premiere Gurus, a series of high-impact interviews with premier league business thought leaders, filmed in South Africa on Thursday 2 March 2017 at 9.15pm. read |
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 | Bekezela Phakathi The SABC's relationship with ANN7, the Gupta-owned TV station, has come under intense scrutiny in Parliament, with evidence surfacing that the cash-strapped public broadcaster paid up to R1m for an episode of the TNA/Morning Live breakfast shows... read |
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 | WAN-IFRA Women in News lead trainer, Paula Fray, presented newsroom management training to 45 women senior journalists and editors from across South East Asia... read |
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 | Burson-Marsteller's latest research into how world leaders, governments and international organisations communicate via social media has been released... read |
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 | Bronwyn Williams Globally, cash, as a means of transaction, has been on the decline for decades... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Ann Nurock, who normally does the interviewing for us as roving reporter at local and international creative award shows like Cannes Lions, One Show and the Loeries, is also Africa partner for Relationship Audits and Management or RAM's Radar. Here, Nurock shares more about her day job and how Radar clarifies agencies' understanding of their relationships with clients... read |
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 | In this episode, Yongama Nxiweni, Conversation Analyst @ Aqua, educates us about how to leverage social listening and research to provide a critical advantage in sports gambling. - View/Rate |
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