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| Social media exploded this week when a video of Johannesburg businessman, Adam Catzavelos, using the 'K-word' on a beach in Greece went viral...read |
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Leigh Andrews Speakers at Future Females' August 2018 monthly event all spoke on 'how to fail successfully' and why entrepreneurs benefit when embracing things not going quite to plan...read | 
Tom Jackson The African continent is gradually transitioning towards the gig economy, as early-stage entrepreneurs and funders increasingly favour on-demand services...read | 
Leigh Andrews Pepe Marais is already a creative inspiration to many, so his recently published book, Growing Greatness, is sure to be well-received...read |
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 | Nicci Botha Shirley Zinn's is a Cinderella story. A tale of a tenacious woman, who rose above the poverty of the Cape Flats to ivy-league lecture halls and the boardrooms of some of South Africa's biggest enterprises... read | |  | Jainita Khatri National Women's Day in August gives us the opportunity to celebrate strong and worthy women. In this article, Jainita Khatri looks at outstanding women from diverse backgrounds that share characteristics which make them inspiring leaders. read | |  | Keshia Patchiappen In a highly transformative and evolving industry, the South African advertising landscape is not as representative as one would expect from such a progressive and diverse nation... read | |  | The House of Rémy Martin has launched a competition that culminates in Cognac, France where some of the world's best bartenders go head to head for the title of Best Bartender at the Rémy Martin Bartender Talent Academy... read | |  | Juanita Pienaar Executive head of marketing for Vox Telecom, Vera Romano comments on female representation in the telecommunications industry, the obstacles women face in the workplace and the female role models that inspire her to dig deep and to reach for the stars... read | |  | Lauren Hartzenberg As the head of consumer experiences at Pernod Ricard South Africa, Elizabeth Lee Ming's role involves optimising customer-centricity across some of the leading brands in the premium spirits category... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Kathryn Main is a single mom of three boys, former sales manager of Sawubona magazine, and founder of Mainmultimedia and Money Savvy Kids (MSK). She explains why working for herself was not an option but a necessity, her personal financial education journey and why she doesn't want the next generation to go through what she went through... read | |  | Evan-Lee Courie Nandi Mbele has been a pilot since 2009 and joined Mango Airlines six years ago. She shares with us her story of becoming a pilot... read | |  | Jessica Tennant Here, Ster-Kinekor's chief of content Nicolette Scheepers shares some of the challenges she's faced as a woman working in the film industry, some of the specific challenges females face in the workplace in general and advice in overcoming these... read | |  | Evan-Lee Courie "My love for tech was an intuitive need, which was so loud that I couldn't ignore it", says Siphindokuhle Mazibuko, senior service delivery manager at Mimecast SA... read | |  | Evan-Lee Courie Linda Reddy, supply chain director for Nando's IMEA, shares some insights into being a dynamic businesswoman... read | |  | Leigh Andrews SheSays is all about having each other's backs and listening to each other. Here's how the local Cape Town chapter is set to snowball its efforts... read | |  | Ruth Cooper Malawian-born yet Joburg-residing Billie Zangewa is the featured artist for the upcoming FNB Joburg Art Fair, which will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 6-9 September 2018. read | |  | Nicci Botha Barely two months into the job, and University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice Chancellor, Professor Mamokgathi Phakeng, looks primed to knock the colonial stuffiness out of the venerable institution and introduce a new school (pun intended) of academic thinking... read | | | read | |
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 | Juanita Pienaar Dong-Ping Wong, founder and director of Food, a design firm based in New York, has been announced as one of the speakers at the 2019 Design Indaba... read | |
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 | Issued By Bizcommunity.com This September, give your brand the space to bear fruit and blossom on Bizcommunity - the biggest multi-industry content distribution specialists in Africa... read |
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 | Damon Stapleton "What can creativity do?" Last week, I was asked this simple question. I have been asked this four-word puzzle a few times in my career. It is a strange question... read |
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 | Bogosi Motshegwa It all started with a post on LinkedIn where I was sharing my opinion on the role of strategy in ad agencies, and a conversation between myself and Gidon Orelowitz ensued... read |
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 | Brendan Seery The Western Cape government has run some interesting marketing campaigns over the past few years, aimed at changing social behaviour... read |
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 | Issued By Jenny Griesel Communications Genetic testing company Geneway has launched a series of clever television advertisements which will soon launch on television and online... read |
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 | Abigail Sizaliyo Branding, just like lipstick, is not purely cosmetic. As a key manifestation of a brand's identity, colour has the power to serve as a vital cue to consumers... read |
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 | Tyron Sharnock This is a continuation of Tyron Sharnock's article on customer loyalty and how it has long been regarded as a critical component to building a brand with traditional models focusing on loyalty metrics such as customer retention and repurchase... read |
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 | JG Bezuidenhout Part two of the series on remarketing - one of the best and easiest routes to boosting conversion rates and driving sales... read |
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 | Juanita Pienaar A closer look at Sum of 21 Academy, a creative agency that offers a 12-month training platform to young, previously disadvantaged creatives and communicators who already have a tertiary qualification and want to enter the creative industry... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Earlier this month, FCB Durban MD Clive McMurray was awarded the Outstanding Event Management Award at the GLS Excellence Awards in Chicago, where he was recognised for his exceptional organisation of the annual Global Leadership Summit at Kloof Harvest Church... read |
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 | Pamro kicks off next week with presentations featuring how mobile and the internet have changed Africa's marketing research landscape... read |
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 | The 26th annual Johannesburg Arts Alive Festival will include several different events at a range of venues across Johannesburg from 2 September-24 September 2018... read |
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 | Following a detailed bidding process to choose the host city for the South Africa Brand Summit & Awards, the City of Johannesburg and Gauteng Province have been confirmed as the host destination... read |
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 | The 2018 Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation is on at the Tshimologong Precinct in Johannesburg from 18 August-29 September 2018. This year's theme of 'Tap Your Afro Source Code' is a celebration of technology, creativity, and innovation from across the African continent... read |
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 | Keenan Bouwer Brand clutter is fast becoming the biggest challenge and barrier to revenue for many businesses both locally and internationally... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant This serves as an intro from our side on what Marketing Fridays is about and to let you know that founder and host Nyiko Chauke will be submitting weekly videos talking through some of the issues marketers face on a daily basis... read |
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Philani Shandu Issued By Blue Apple |
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 | Juanita Pienaar Daily Maverick associate editor Ferial Haffajee was joined by Ann Crotty, Mzwanele Manyi and Steven Nathan on stage at The Gathering: Media Edition at the CTICC on Wednesday, 15 August to discuss the business of the media... read |
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 | New media categories and new judges have been announced for 29th annual Galliova Awards... read |
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 | Werner Theron Newspaper readers don't like change. Especially if that change means the loss of their beloved crossword... read |
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 | Jaqueline van Eeden To mirror the success of newer, online stores, large retailers are looking to modernise by establishing parallel online presences... read |
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 | Sam Swaine My PR journey began bang-on 20-years ago, I'm unsure if the scales tip at 'experienced' or 'plain old'... read |
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 | The rise of mobile drives advertisers to invest $30bn in online video despite ongoing risks... read |
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 | The Media Manager Online has been updated with new Inflation Watch data and it now provides a first look at 2018... read |
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 | Andy Walker Adam Catzavelos, the South African whose racial slur-loaded video found its way onto Twitter, is already a meme... read |
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 | Mike Saunders Building advocacy has always been a priority for brands in the past, and today is no different. Brands engage social media influencers to become brand ambassadors or to help distribute content to a wider audience... read |
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 | SA advertising industry bodies are drafting an Advertising Code of Practice Social Media guidelines... read |
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 | Andy Walker Netflix is now showing unskippable advertisements of its other content between episodes, the company confirmed this weekend... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews This women's month, we go behind the selfie with Trish Taylor, CEO for Primedia Broadcasting Western Cape... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant King James Group took home a Grand Prix for Sanlam's '2-Minute Shower Songs' in the digital and interactive communication category at this year's Loerie Awards, which took place on Friday, 17 August and Sunday, 18 August at the ICC in Durban... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant M&C Saatchi Abel took home a Grand Prix for Nando's '#rightmyname' in the print communication category for tactical use of newspaper at this year's Loerie Awards, which took place on Friday, 17 August and Sunday, 18 August at the ICC in Durban... read |
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 | Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster Tender fraud and corruption are probably endemic throughout the world but a case has recently been unearthed in Malta that is so diabolically clever, so deviously contrived that it makes the various SAA, SABC, SANRAL and other cadre-deployment shenanigans seem blunt and clunky in comparison... read |
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 | Adriana Marais Life as we know it requires water to survive... read |
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 | Export councils are key drivers for South Africa's economic transformation and they should be supported and prioritised... read |
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 | Keith Matthews It might seem like humanity has now bridged the digital divide... read |
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 | The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) will be hosting a South African Pavilion that will showcase goods and services from 23 local companies at the 54th annual Feira International de Maputo (FACIM) trade show. read |
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 | In the modern business environment, one of the biggest make-or-break factors for small to medium-sized companies is creating and maintaining a strong online presence... read |
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 | Snacking and beverage giant PepsiCo has agreed to acquire countertop carbonated water machine maker SodaStream International Ltd for $3.2 billion... read |
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