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| On Saturday, 14 April 2018, winners of the eighth rendition of the country's radio awards, held at the Sandton Convention Centre, were deemed examples of excellent in radio and fine-tuned talent...read |
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Danette Breitenbach Jack Daniel's is the world's most popular brand tattoo, followed by Harley-Davidson. Why? Because they are culturally relevant...read | 
Finalists in all 17 categories of this year's One Show Awards have been revealed, with South African work featuring strongly across the board...read | 
Jessica Tennant Following last week's announcement of Elouise Kelly's appointment as the new MD of Ogilvy Johannesburg, we found out why she's honoured to take on the role and drive the 'One Ogilvy' and 'Next Chapter' initiatives, which are in turn driving the evolution of the agency for Ogilvy South Africa...read |
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 | Louise Marsland Bizcommunity.com's 18 trends for 2018 from BizTrends2018 trend analyst, curator and editor, Louise Marsland... read |
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 | Artist Chris Slabber, based in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, working with TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, Johannesburg, scored a finalist spot in the global ADC 97th Annual Awards for his photography on "Doom Insects"... read |
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 | Grace Dawson explains why she is thoroughly impressed by the efforts of Hamburg's Jung von Matt AG and the creation of BVG x Adidas Originals EQT Berlin in this #OneShow2018 judging pick of the day... read |
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 | Stephan Schwarz explains why he is thoroughly impressed by the efforts of Dublin's Rothco and what they created for The Sunday Times in this #OneShow2018 judging pick of the day... read |
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 | Avatar has announced that it is starting a new agency, called Kanbar, solely responsible for its newly won Skyy Vodka account and 100% owned by M&N Brands... read |
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 | Sam Swaine Last week WPP sent a memo out to all staff changing tack on their work drinking policies. Sam Swaine reckons the party is coming to a close and the industry is finally shaking off the Mad Men stigma... read |
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 | The Clio Awards announced its 2018 jury featuring South Africa's very own, Suhana Gordhan, creative director at FCB Africa and Jason Xenopoulos, VML global chief vision officer and chief creative officer at VML EMEA... read |
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 | Ben Shapiro You just have to watch any TV channel traditionally associated with the mass market to see exactly what the dominant logic for communicating with them is. Ben Shapiro lists three overarching assumptions... read |
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 | Anne Cebulski and Eryn Scannell Advertising Standards Authority uses its fangs again after years of litigation... read |
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 | Damon Stapleton One of the most painful things you can ever see is a comic bombing. It is like watching somebody else being kicked in the balls but somehow you feel the pain. This was happening to me about a week ago... read |
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 | Brendan Seery There's cute and there's cute and knowing how not to overdo it or get too twee and clever - that's what makes the difference between ordinary and great advertising... read |
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 | NEWSWATCH: Following Advertising Week's announcement last year of its expansion into new territories, the annual American-based festival is planning to host an event in South Africa next year... read |
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 | Enrico Bonadio When street artist Jason "Revok" Williams sprayed his trademark chevrons on a handball court in Brooklyn, he probably didn't imagine he would end up in a legal fight with a high-street fashion giant for breach of copyright... read |
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 | Bogosi Motshegwa Bogosi Motshegwa writes how Castle Lite has proved that one can build a brand thinking from the periphery... read |
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 | With winter and the dreaded flu season around the corner, Discovery Health has teamed up with Uber to provide flu shots on-demand... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Daniel Moleka, owner of RedThread Apparel X and first-year student at Fedisa Fashion Design School in Cape Town, has been invited to showcase his 'Immortal' collection at the inaugural Fashion Street Show at the Cannes Film Festival... read |
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 | A new initiative has been launched by the Design Foundation to dynamise design companies and provide the lift these companies need to shift things up a gear... read |
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 | Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) published its regulations on the use of television white space (TVWS), marking a huge step forward for South Africa in enabling affordable broadband through dynamic spectrum access technologies... read |
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 | The Wan-Ifra European Digital Media Awards 2018 winners were announced at a special ceremony at the end of the first day of the Digital Media Europe Conference in Copenhagen... read |
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 | Ilse van den Berg NEWSWATCH: Friday, 13 April 2018, will see the arrival of Apple's iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in a red finish in select countries; and images of LG's upcoming flagship, the G7 ThinQ, have been leaked... read |
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 | Gil Sperling Gil Sperling, CTO of Facebook marketing partner, Popimedia comments on Facebook's data breach and what it means for advertisers?... read |
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 | Wynand Smit 'Bring your own device' is frowned upon in many professional sectors, with legitimate fears around data security. Hospitality-based businesses, however, should not ignore the fact that their market is dedicated to a culture of BYOD... read |
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 | Properly established brand identity builds loyalty and trust among customers and helps business differentiate in the marketplace. Here, Customlabels created an infographic about key brand identity elements and what to have in mind when designing them... read |
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 | Ilse van den Berg With the Seedstars World Summit taking place on Thursday, 12 April 2018, the organisers have announced the final 65 finalists that will get the chance to pitch their ideas on the global stage. 20 out of the 65 finalists are from Africa... read |
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 | The Tshimologong Precinct together with JP Morgan will be hosting Africa Rising 4.0, a startup incubation programme aimed at powering digital entrepreneurship and early-stage startup growth... read |
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 | Alan Knott-Craig According to Charlie Munger, Warren Buffet's partner at Berkshire Hathaway, you understand the latticework, or mental model, for the industry/country you're entering, before you enter it. read |
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 | A history of African women in film will be presented at the DISCOP Zanzibar and Africa in Motion Film Festival (AiM) in Zanzibar this year... read |
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 | New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards announced its 2018 award-winners of which seven awards have been awarded to South Africa!... read |
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 | Ciclope Africa: The continent's talent was on show at the first ever African regional leg of flagship craft festival... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Temporary content and impermanence is the name of the game when it comes to social media for consumers in 2018. Here's why you're missing out if Snapchat, Periscope, Facebook Live and Instagram Stories aren't part of your brand's marketing strategy... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Think tech or marketing and you'll likely picture male workers. Luckily, that picture is slowly becoming more gender-balanced. Here, Wpromote explains their internal female-led initiative as well as why predictive lifetime modelling is a key aspect of holistic profit-driven marketing... read |
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 | Jon Ratcliffe Bruce Daisley is VP for Europe at Twitter, and runs the Eat Sleep Work Repeat podcast. In part 2 of this three-part article, I chatted with him more about Monk Mode Mornings, how one should not mistake collaboration with creativity, the Netflix culture document [Netflix Culture Deck] and more... read |
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 | Pond's South Africa is searching for the new face of its brand, who will feature in the company's marketing campaigns and win prizes to the value of a R100,000... read |
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 | The Warc Awards released the Effective Innovation shortlist, a global search for next-generation marketing effectiveness... read |
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 | Sylvia Schutte Businesses often take a haphazard approach to marketing but would they do this with a long-term investment portfolio? Definitely not, so why treat marketing with such a cavalier attitude?... read |
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 | Lesedi Ntuli Lesedi Ntuli argues that Nomzamo Winifred Nobandla Madikizela-Mandela has been demonised by the establishment media in death as she has been in life because she dared to challenge both racist and partriarchal hierarchies... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Kenyan startup AfricanStockPhoto has acquired an active user base of 100 photographers across the continent since its launch, helping it grow its imagery database into the thousands... read |
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 | Ilse van den Berg Google has announced that its Google Go app, which provides a "lighter, faster way to search", is now available locally... read |
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 | Opera's State of the mobile web report Q1 2018 reveals one-third of the surveyed internet users believe a mobile browser offers them more privacy features than a standalone social media app... read |
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 | Lwazi Piti Are South African communication consultants ready to embrace well-deserved criticism before the emergence of no-collar consultants?... read |
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 | nick feinberg Nick Feinberg writes that radio programmers who are comfortable with listenership figures while perpetuating and defaulting to the fading abyss of cliché jockism will go the same route as their minions... read |
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 | Warc's 2018 Media Strategy Report has just been released, highlighting key trends in media strategy with lessons drawn from the winners of the global Warc Media Awards... read |
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 | The International Public Relations Network (IPRN) surveyed its members to uncover ways brands can leverage their relationships with bloggers and influencers all around the world... read |
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 | Gary Mortimer and Louise Grimmer Retailers, struggling to connect with their customers, have been trialling new technologies to blend in-store and digital experiences... read |
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 | Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster Diagonally across from our village house and on the opposite corner lies one of the great marketing mysteries of Malta, a retail conundrum that would perplex even Sherlock Holmes - the case of the invisible baker... read |
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 | Hlumelo Ndoni Social media influencer definitely sounds like a made-up job, right? Well, it turns out this is one
of the hottest jobs right now, thanks to the rise of brands tapping into these digitally savvy
content creators... read |
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 | Italian-inspired restaurant franchise Col'Cacchio has added an engaging element to their dining experience that would hold special appeal for their social media-savvy customers... read |
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 | Bronwyn Williams Selfie-culture is changing both the way consumers see themselves - and the way that humans look... read |
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 | Tyrone Donders For many marketers, social media is integrated into almost every aspect of their marketing campaigns, which is a great way to leverage the power of social media to increase awareness of marketing efforts. read |
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 | BBC Studios announced at MIPTV this week that Africa has secured over 300 hours of programming from across its portfolio since the start of 2018... read |
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 | Embarking on a youth-focused activation programme to transform the construction industry, the SACPCMP is targeting its accredited universities... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews This week we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Jill-of-all-trades technophile Michelle Cavé, founder of and PR consultant at Brandfundi boutique PR and marketing agency... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews It was 'equal pay day' in the US on 10 April. That's how far into 2018 a woman had to work to earn what a man earned in 2017. Here's how to stand up for your rights to equal pay for equal work... read |
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 | Louise Marsland Chairman of Weber Shandwick, Jack Leslie, tells Bizcommunity.Africa what it will take to attract multi-national investment to Africa, the final frontier for growth and expansion for business at a pan-African level... read |
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 | New York Festivals Global Awards Young Globals competition and internship program has announced the 2018 competition finalists... read |
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 | LIA announces its list of jury presidents and reveals that Corinna Falusi has been selected as the first female jury president for Digital... read |
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 | Ghanaian startup, AgroCenta, was crowned the 2018 Seedstars Global Winner at the fifth edition of the Seedstars Summit which took place on Thursday, 12 April 2018... read |
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 | Simeon Tassev Cybercrime has overtaken all other types of crime as humans have embraced digital technology without really understanding it... read |
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