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KIRIGO KAMORE
If 2018 was the seismic and long-awaited quake of women's lib, then expect its aftershock this year, both off and online... read
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KALLIEBREE KEYNERD
Kalliebree Keynerd, head of social media at Joe Public Connect, predicts we'll see more of the following six trends over the coming months... Read
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MARIAN SALZMAN
Marian Salzman, one of the world's top trendspotters, shares 12 of the top trends to expect as we delve into 2019... Read
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TSELISO RANGAKA
With another year setting in, I found myself reflecting on what it takes to hack bravery. I came to the conclusion that it's about being brave when facing a scary situation, which in turn involves overcoming two equally scary concepts: Risk and fear... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
We often have to look back at the path we've travelled in order to see the road ahead more clearly. Here's what I've learned about youth marketing over the past few months and what I predict we'll see in 2019... Read
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ALAN KNOTT-CRAIG
The world is in the middle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 4IR is happening all around us, but what are some of the drawbacks South Africa and Africa are facing? Read
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MONGEZI MTATI
Some of the smartest brands will take advantage of growing trends to reach out to customers and interact more effectively with their audiences... Read
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JOHANNA MCDOWELL
Keeping ahead of global trends is always on my bucket list. I'd love to predict precisely what's going to become a 'thing' for marketing houses and agencies, but I'll go with emerging trends I've noted this year - and possibly put money on my predictions... Read
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GRAHAM VAN DER MERWE
Service is the new selling. This dedication towards offering tailored service is what differentiates mass from niche online retailers. We're no longer selling things, but the experience of buying them... Read
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BONI MCHUNU
As the new media landscape continues to expand, there is a growing need to find innovative ways of marrying the 'old' with the 'new'... Read
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GREG BENATAR
A much-needed trend is for people to stop talking about Africa in the collective... Read
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GODFREY PARKIN
CX is everything. Businesses boom because they offer awesome differentiated customer experience, online and offline. The big trends in 2019 will follow this rule... Read
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SARINA DE BEER
Doing business in Africa presents multiple opportunities and challenges. To achieve business excellence on the continent, it is essential that we understand consumers in Africa and their changing needs... Read
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NEO RANTELE KUAHO
According to American developmental biologist, Dr. Bruce Harold Lipton, the brain of a child under the age of seven is in a lower vibrational frequency, a state called theta, imagination... Read
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JUSTIN MCCARTHY
Since the advent of the decentralised blockchain in 2009, ingeniously invented by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, fintech has bloomed... Read
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ANDREW SMIT
Google Shopping and Facebook Dynamic Product Ads are a powerful way for retailers to reach new customers and drive sales... Read
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SAM SWAINE
"Print is dead" they said, "go digital" they said - we've heard the maxim time and time again and resultantly relegated print to the sidelines, we've left it feeling hapless and irrelevant... Read
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JOHN SANEI
I am hugely inspired by Peter Diamandis, who has motivated a lot of my work. As a proud member of the South African faculty of Singularity University, I watch a lot of his talks, and attend many of their events. This share is very much a presentation by him, with some additions by me. The way he puts things together, and his vision of the future, is outstanding... Read
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Advertising
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
Google Chrome will block harmful ads worldwide from July 2019, following the new standards determined by the Coalition for Better Ads... Read
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CHRIS BOTHA
Chris Botha, group managing director of park advertising says that the advertising industry is remaining stagnant in some areas and that this will negatively impact us all... Read
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
Google has released an ad for its Google Assistant titled Home Alone Again, featuring the original star of the classic Christmas movie Home Alone... Read
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Mitsubishi Motors in the UK teams up with Golley Slater Cardiff, Fresh Films and Stone Dogs to launch a new tongue-in-cheek TVC to promote its ASX model... Read
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ISSUED BY GREY
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Branding
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Mastercard has announced that it will be dropping its name from its iconic logo in select contexts... Read
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ISSUED BY OFM RADIO
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Design
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Woolworths has removed a line of baby carriers from its shelves following a meeting with Cape Town entrepreneur Shannon McLaughlin, who claimed the retailer had copied the design of her Ubuntu Baba carrier... Read
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Woolworths has once again been accused of plagiarising the product design of a smaller business. This time, the item in question is a Woolworths baby carrier, which entrepreneur Shannon McLaughlin claims is a copy... Read
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Colourworks, founded in 1998 and Designers Ink, founded in 2000 have announced their union as a joint force: CWDi... Read
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New images have been released for a 80,000-seat golden stadium designed by Foster + Partners... Read
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Digital
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The coming year is set to be a watershed year for SMEs as the last of the late adopters make the switch to digital ICTs... Read
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RONALD RAVEL
An increasingly rapid pace of innovation is driving forward technological advances in the enterprise at an unprecedented rate, meaning that workforce dynamics are set to change drastically... Read
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BRONWYN WILLIAMS
Younger consumers value experiences - particularly personalised, meaningful experiences - highly. In other words, Generation Z is looking for 'less stuff, and more stories'... Read
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ISSUED BY DIGITAL SCHOOL OF MARKETING
2018 was characterised by an explosion of technology in the digital marketing industry. This new tech now needs to be used in such a way to add value to your company's digital marketing strategy... Read
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ANDY WALKER
On Thursday former NFL player Tim Tebow announced his engagement to South Africa's former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. Tebow broke the news on Instagram in a series of snaps that have since racked up more than 430,000 likes... Read
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Education
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ISSUED BY SYMBIOTIC COMMUNICATIONS
As the province's 2018 matriculants await their final examination results, some of the thought leaders in the field of education are debating their futures and the new offerings available from the private sector... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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Under the theme 'Advancing Inclusive and Sustainable Economies', South Africa will host the third Partnership for Action on the Green Economy (PAGE) Ministerial Conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, 10-11 January... Read
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ISSUED BY STICKFIRE MEDIA
Gauteng Provincial Government invites submission of Events and Bidding and Hosting proposals for the 2019/20 financial year... Read
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Exhibitions
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ISSUED BY MADEX
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Film & Cinematography
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Acclaimed South African born stage director, Liesl Tommy, is set to direct Respect, a feature film based on the life of music icon Aretha Franklin... Read
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Marketing
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Pernod Ricard South Africa has appointed Dimitri Jansen to replace Charl Bassil as marketing director... Read
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ISSUED BY DNA BRAND ARCHITECTS
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Media
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ANDY WALKER
This year has gone by in one indistinguishable blur. If you can't quite remember what happened in the past 12 months, enjoy a quick recap... Read
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Mobile
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PR & Communications
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ISSUED BY DUO MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS
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Radio
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Research
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MIKE BROOM
It's an important question since many marketing decisions are made on the results of marketing research. Decisions should be made on findings that are valid and reliable, but this knowledge formulation and dissemination is not working well in marketing... Read
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MATT ZAJECHOWSK
In 2018, the number of channels earning six figures per year on YouTube grew by more than 40% year over year! To try and learn more about this, Shorr Packaging conducted an analysis of more than 1,500 YouTube user channels to learn more about the growing impact of YouTube influencer marketing... Read
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Sales
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LISA ILLINGWORTH
When starting out in business, the first people that you rely on to test out a product and pricing are those closest to you. But what do you need to keep in mind when using this as your first customer set?... Read
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Social Media
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RILIND ELEZAJ
Stories enable social media users to share short, fun, and cool pictures and videos of them with their social media friends and followers, with the video disappearing automatically after 24 hours. This new trend bottom lines the importance of visual content on social media... Read
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Sponsorship
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ISSUED BY LEVERGY
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Streaming
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SINESIPHO MANINJWA
The old business model of music consumption is dead and artists need to start looking at ways to benefit from this change... Read
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TV
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Kwesé TV has recently acquired the licenses for broadcasting services in Zimbabwe... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Dale Hefer - author, founder of Chillibush and CEO of the Integrated Marketing Conference (IMC) and IMC Academy... Read
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Fairness First
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LEIGH ANDREWS
First week back at work for the year and already feeling stuck? Like you're just not progressing in your career? These tips from the Corinium Women in Digital and Data Forum may be what you need to read, to speak up and shine in 2019... Read
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One Show Awards
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Five creative leaders from Africa, which includes four South Africans, have been selected to serve as judges for the global ADC 98th Annual Awards... Read
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The DRC internet blackout is a general network shutdown and is in clear violation of international law and cannot be justified by any means - UN... Read
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AILSA WINGFIELD
Shopping - love it or hate it, it's nearly impossible to escape the banality or adventure that competes for consumers' precious time. It takes us away from the things we would rather be doing... Read
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In 2018, Airbnb for Work grew exponentially, with a number of companies and business travellers making use of the travel solution offering, as such garnering insight into the way these business road warriors travel; where they go, where they prefer to stay and what they do when visiting a new city... Read
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RIAAN BEKKER
The writing of disintermediation has been appearing on the wall for a while now. It's a real phenomenon, enabled by technology... Read
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VERA VALASIS
Electioneering in 2019 is sure to take up much focus and energy and while I understand that elections come around every 4 years, I wish we could do without them... Read
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ADENIYI OGUNFOWOKE
Making corporate travel savings might sound like a challenge, especially if you have lots of employees flying to different locations at different times, but there are ways to keep your costs down without compromising on travellers safety or services... Read
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While leaving behind all the celebrations after 2018, The editors at World Architecture Community took a quick glance at some buildings expected to be completed in the new year... Read
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ERIN DIGITALE
More than half of cancer survivors suffer from cognitive impairment from chemotherapy that lingers for months or years after the cancer is gone... Read
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EUGENE YIGA
A recent report from the CDC showed that the USA is in the grip of a sustained rise in the suicide rate for both sexes and across all age groups. From 1999 to 2014, the suicide rate rose by 24%. A database from the OECD also shows that the recent uptick is mirrored in Britain and the Netherlands, among other countries... Read
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TAAHIRAH MARTIN
Researchers and scientists say we'll need to intensify the use of drought-tolerant food sources such as seaweed and more... Read
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GARY HARWOOD
It is an exciting time for African creativity. A lot of fresh, new thinking is being injected into the sector, bringing with it strong, contemporary ideas that look to the future while honouring the continent's traditional past... Read
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