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Andy Walker The GOP website just couldn't keep up with the traffic its latest blog post demanded...read |
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iDidTht has released its Craft Awards Rankings for 2017, celebrating the best craft of the year by production companies in SA...read | 
Leigh Andrews This week, diversity was a strong focus on social media as H&M announced the appointment of a diversity manager following the 'racist hoodie' outrage, social citizens stood up for civil rights on #MLKDay, and the #pinkifying hashtag spawned lovers and haters alike...read | 
Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster Valletta, the baroque cityscape on the island fortress of Malta, is making global headlines this month - indeed this year - as it assumes the mantle of European Capital of Culture 2018. Last year, after having fallen in love with this little corner of the Mediterranean, I relocated to the archipelago for a sabbatical to take a front row seat for the programme of the next 12 months...read |
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 | Kgaugelo Maphai There is no doubt that there's loads of uncertainty ahead of the coming year. I believe that digital integration, continued agency consolidations, consumer insights and the looming MAC Charter deadline will be recurring themes... read | |  | Leigh Andrews One of the biggest trends we're set to see this year is a plethora of marketing messages facing ever-decreasing attention from consumers. Take note of the clever planning required for yours to stand out from the snowballing amount of spam... read | |  | Colin Cullis Here are three predictions for what will become more significant for radio broadcasters in 2018: Podcasts, streams and subscriptions... read | |  | Amanda Dlamini The world of advertising and creativity has come under great scrutiny in recent years. The rise of consumer activism has caused ordinary people throughout the world to question the integrity of brands as well as corporations at large... read | |  | Daniel Munslow 2017 was not a good year for companies handling crises. The number of casualties was alarming. We had our pick of it - from motoring, to beverages, to aviation, and everything in between... read | |  | Josephine Buys The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is ushering in technologies that can enable us, the South African digital industry, to change the course of history... read | |  | Kevin Welman There are two major trends affecting communications this year: influencer marketing and the rise of specialists... read | |  | Jane Belchers and Jane Gordon Your PR agency should be able to deliver a full spectrum communication service that can play a pivotal role in most areas of your business. If not, rethink how to use your PR partner to ensure you are taking advantage of their specific skills set. read | |  | OJ Van Jaarsveld of Young Guns Films says there are four main South African audience trends directly influencing what the film industry is doing, along with eight local film production trends, which in turn will affect the audience... read | |  | Sue Disler Here are just a few questions to ask yourself that could influence how you move forward in 2018... read | |  | Mike Carter Programmatic has entrenched itself in our digital world and we all know it is not going anywhere, but we will see more channels being added, more capabilities and all being underpinned by artificial intelligence... read | |  | Mathew Weiss The economy in which we're operating post-2007 needs to be rethought as an evolution of a zero-sum game. Innovation is what breaks the zero-sum model for companies... read | |  | Lisa Macleod The demise of Twitter, consolidation in the media, the false economy of programmatic and other predictions... read | |  | Diogo Mendonça and Marcus von Geyso If you've seen the hilarious tweets accompanying the hashtag, #TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow, throwing back to the days of playing 'Snake' on a Nokia 3310 or walking around with a portable CD player stuffed in your backpack, you probably laughed, right before thinking, "Damn, I feel old."... read | |  | Devon Brough Geo-targeted advertising is becoming more and more important for marketers; and artificial intelligence in vehicle transit advertising will also become more common place over the next few years.... read | |  | nicole glickman For years we've been told that the future of advertising is the internet and data. So, we all followed the trend and jumped onto the super highway. From the days of dial-up to LTE and fibre, we have continuously raced ahead, finding new ways to create new waves. Today, streams of videos, interviews, content, shows, sounds, and apps, are brought to us by brand X... read | |  | Gil Sperling Cisco released a report late 2017 which, if its predictions are to be believed, adds fuel to marketers angling for increased budget for video creation... read | |  | Chrisna Basson What a year it's been! But enough people have written about that, so I'd rather look at a few of the consequences we'll feel in 2018. Which, to my surprise, are mostly positive. I've highlighted four of the best... read | |  | Mike Oelschig Terms like "command centre" or "digital centre of excellence" have been in the South African marketing landscape's lexicon for a few years now; but for the most part that has largely where the concept has remained. Until now... read | |  | Natalie Otte, Ilse Dinner Forget about Harry and Meghan, the match of the century is advertising and research, with data playing cupid... read | |  | Omar Essack We live in a world of blurred lines. There are companies that look and feel like cab companies. We love the services they deliver, so we're grateful for them but they claim not to be cab companies... read | |
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 | Deborah Minors Changing behaviour is difficult - particularly amidst million-dollar advertising onslaughts... read |
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 | Brendan Seery I just wonder if South Africans are not more liberal and "let and let live" than a lot of people - and advertising agencies - give them credit for... read |
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 | IDidTht's December SA Film Reel Monthly Craft Awards were judged by Cameron Watson, creative director at King James, who selected Absolut's 'One Source Live - Africa on Fire' by Sunu from Egg Films for Best of Reel for Direction Craft... read |
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 | Magnet Global Network has expanded its geographic reach and capabilities with the addition of ODA Advertising, a 26-year-old creative advertising agency based in Durban, KZN... read |
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 | STOCKHOLM - A racism scandal at H&M is the latest indication of management problems at the Swedish clothing giant, once the darling of shoppers but now struggling to make the switch to e-commerce, analysts say. read |
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 | Six African short films have been shortlisted to receive an Oscar, selected from 63 qualifying films... read |
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 | Matthew Westaway If your company is not thinking about embracing the global paradigm towards customer centricity, you should spend your remaining profits building a time machine to review the moments that lead to your demise... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Digital agency Liquorice, a DigitasLBi company, has been appointed as Defy Appliances' digital and social media agency of record... read |
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 | Issued By Boo-Yah! In the age of technology, the digital marketing and media industry continues to evolve at breakneck speed and consumers are becoming more and more technologically advanced... read |
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 | Megan Bowman The digital age poses challenges for all brands in every sector, and yet for the luxury market, the conundrum is a particularly tricky one... read |
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 | Rob Heyns After about 45 days of extreme effort, intense co-ordinating, crazy ideas and good luck, we managed to complete the most successful rewards-based crowdfunding campaign in South Africa to date with Sugarbird Gin... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Next Tuesday afternoon, the IAS kicks off the year with a masterclass set to share insights into what marketers are looking for in 2018. Nikki Munsie, business director at the IAS, lets us in on what to expect... read |
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 | Joseph Neusu Let's face it. Traditional marketing methods are increasingly becoming obsolete at the speed of the internet revolution. On the other hand, smart technologies are creating immense opportunities that hotel brands can leverage for more cost-efficient guest acquisition... read |
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 | South African digital and content marketing studio, Content Candy, is expanding its operations to Zimbabwe... read |
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 | Damon Stapleton Last year was a very serious year. People were very serious. They were serious about where advertising is going... read |
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 | Khulekani Magubane On Monday, Media Monitoring Africa announced a "legal defence fund" for journalist and author Jacques Pauw to fight legal challenges over his explosive 2017 book, The President's Keepers. read |
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 | Ilse van den Berg NEWSWATCH: WhatsApp has launched WhatsApp Business - a free-to-download Android app for small businesses which allows them to chat with users... read |
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 | The hotel industry is a highly competitive field, so it is no surprise that an effective PR strategy is paramount to enabling long-term, sustained messaging to keep your establishment top of mind... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Its goal to become the best advertising and communications agency in Africa in the next five years may sound crazy, but considering the last five years, Nic Simmonds, Clockwork Media's executive director, believes they have a shot... read |
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 | Novus Holdings, previously part of the Naspers Group, looks set to have its third grim year in a row, with reports that it is set to lose the crucial contract to print Media 24's newspapers and magazines to Caxton and a number of small independent printers... read |
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 | Ciclope, an international festival that recognises and rewards exceptional craft in moving image, is coming to Cape Town this year in its first ever Africa regional leg, shining a light on production excellence across the continent... read |
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 | According to Joe Boyle, director at FreshStop, these are the trends that will continue to strategically shape the future of convenience retailing... read |
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 | Issued By Tag 8 / Social Media Now / Dais In recognising the value and importance of small to medium enterprises (SME) in the South African economy, Retail Capital is partnering with SMEs to help them achieve business growth... read |
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 | Neo Goba Just as many South Africans were recovering from the drama caused by the Economic Freedom Fighters over the weekend, the red berets yet again stormed one of the biggest malls in the country... read |
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 | We recently saw a global clothing retailer unwittingly become the target of consumer fury locally, as a result of their sizing... read |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube on Tuesday announced ramped-up rules regarding when it will run ads with videos as it scrambled to quell concerns by brands about being paired with troublesome content... read |
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 | Natalia Rosa In your dual role as travel marketer and Facebook consumer, the news that Facebook is going to 'clean-up' your News Feed will likely be met with a mix of joy and despair... read |
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 | Andy Walker The internet is an odd and confusing place, and the gaming world's latest meme is solid proof of this... read |
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 | Shelley Finch The shockwaves of Mark Zuckerberg's recent announcement regarding the impending change to Facebook's algorithm reverberated across the world... read |
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 | NEW YORK - Facebook's move to highlight posts from friends and family over those from brands and publications follows months of turmoil for the social network and will result in lower advertising revenue - at least in the short-term, analysts said... read |
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 | The IAB SA today announced M&C Saatchi Abel chairman Jerry Mpufane as jury president as well as the jury chairs for the 10th annual Bookmark Awards taking place 1 March in Johannesburg... read | |
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 | Leigh Andrews This week, we go behind the selfie with Nkanyezi Masango, creative director at King James Group... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews What better way to creatively ease into the working year than with a reminder of some of last year's top contenders at the Loeries? We continue the local insights with Black Bean Productions... read |
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 | NEW YORK - The One Club for Creativity today announced full juries for the Advertising, Interactive and Motion/Film Craft categories of the ADC 97th Annual Awards... read |
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 | NEW YORK - The One Club for Creativity has announced the 40 creatives who will judge work on the four design categories of the ADC 97th Annual Awards... read |
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 | BRUSSELS - Facebook's Instagram and the Google+ social network have agreed to join an EU-sponsored group of US internet giants to combat online extremism, EU officials said Friday... read |
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 | MANILA - Philippine journalists took to the streets Friday in support of a news website facing state-enforced closure, accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of trampling on press freedom... read |
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 | WASHINGTON - Terrorists and hate groups continue to get their propaganda onto social media platforms despite efforts by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to shut them down, a US Senate panel heard on Wednesday... read |
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 | LONDON - British lawmakers probing possible Russian interference in the Brexit referendum revealed on Wednesday that Facebook had agreed to broaden its own investigation into fake news around the vote, after the social media platform's initial efforts drew criticism... read |
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 | LONDON, UK: Virgin boss Richard Branson on Monday said he would resume offering the right-wing tabloid the Daily Mail on his trains after a decision not to stock them sparked accusations of censorship last week... read |
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 | Britain's Guardian newspaper has adopted a new tabloid format and a re-designed masthead with simple black lettering from Monday as part of a drive to cut costs... read |
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Journos' writers gymIAJ - Institute for the Advancement of Journalism - 19 Jun 2018 to 21 Jun 2018, Johannesburg |
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