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JESSICA TENNANT
Instead of asking how marketing is going to change in 10 years' time, David Duarte, CEO of Treeshake, believes it's a far more valuable question to ask how marketing is going to stay the same. In his words, 'What are the timeless truths of the marketing industry?' read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
I spoke to Mary Mazzio, former Olympic rower and lawyer, now independent documentary filmmaker and CEO of 50 Eggs Films, about the power of a socially savvy millennial audience and her dedication to making films with social impact...read
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South Africa's most innovative consumer products have been recognised in the 11th annual Product of the Year awards...read
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CHRIS JORDAN
Chris Jordan writes about the highlights of asking this important question: does your radio station care about the listeners...read
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Advertising
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Warc has announced the results of the Warc Media 100, an independent annual ranking of the world's most awarded campaigns and companies for creativity and innovation in media... Read
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ISSUED BY M&C SAATCHI ABEL
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BRENDAN SEERY
And Elon Musk scores an Orchid for showing he cares about dogs - but as for Chas Everitt... Read
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Branding
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Marriott International's Sheraton Hotels & Resorts has unveiled a new logo paying homage to its past and depicts its vision for the future. The new design will appear across all collateral and websites from April 2019... Read
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JOHNNY JOHNSON
Way back in the seventies, Peter Drucker said that business has only one purpose: to create a customer. That's where Marty Neumeier kicks off from in his recent book The Brand Flip... Read
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ISSUED BY DIGITLAB
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CRM, CX, UX
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By the year 2020, poor customer experiences will destroy 30% of digital business projects. Will yours be one of them? What does it mean to be customer-centric?... Read
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ISSUED BY INTERACT RDT
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CSI
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Leigh Andrews speaks to King James founder and YPO member James Barty about what he gains from his involvement in YPO and how all businesses can make a better impact... Read
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ANNA CURZON
Each year on 8 March, International Women's Day, I get invited to attend events that celebrate and discuss gender diversity in the workplace... Read
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CARMEN MURRAY
Carmen Murray lists simple starting points for businesses to start the process of restoration... Read
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Design
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The sixth annual Design Foundation Awards was held on Saturday, 9 March in Cape Town honouring leaders of South African design... Read
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Digital
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LEE NAIK
"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog"... Read
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JENNIFER BASSETT, ISSUED BY ROCKETSEED
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Entrepreneurship
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The third annual Business Day TV SME Summit took place recently in Johannesburg, providing delegates with valuable strategies to grow their businesses as well as motivation and advice from successful entrepreneurs... Read
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SILVIA DE JAGER AND LISA ILLINGWORTH
There are many businesses that are underpinned by solving problems for the benefit of society at large and out of this has arisen this area of entrepreneurship... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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The nominations for the 2019 Naledi Theatre Awards have been announced. The winners will be unveiled on the Mandela Stage at the Joburg Theatre on 20 May 2019... Read
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The continent's most influential women in business, sports, science, entertainment and leadership received recognition at the prestigious Forbes Woman Africa Awards inaugural gala dinner held at Durban's Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre on Friday, 8 March... Read
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DHL Express in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has announced that the company will once again be lead sponsor for the 2019 DHL eCommerce Africa Conference and Exhibition... Read
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The country's leading theatre practitioners were applauded for their acting, directing, staging and technical abilities at 54th annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, which was held at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town on 10 March 2019... Read
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ISSUED BY GLOBAL ACCESS
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Exhibitions
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The Cannabis Expo, a trade and consumer exhibition dedicated to the cannabis industry, is set be held at Sun Exhibits at GrandWest in Cape Town from 4 to 7 April... Read
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Film & Cinematography
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SundanceTV will be hosting the second SundanceTV Shorts Competition in South Africa... Read
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Deep End, a new South African film by Eubulus Timothy, is set on the intoxicating shorelines of Durban's Golden Mile and brings one of the world's most popular surfing sites to glorious life... Read
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Magazines
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ISSUED BY ADS24
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Marketing
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Last week, YPO hosted the world's largest gathering of CEOs right here in Cape Town, on 6 and 7 March 2019, for its Global Leadership Conference and YPO Edge, with the theme, 'Life of Re'. I spoke to master storyteller Cal Fussman about lessons he's learned from interviewing the likes of Simon Sinek... Read
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MICHELLE BEH
In a five-second world where everything needs to be instant and yield immediate results, I find myself asking what's the point of having long-term thinking?... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Director of the Marketing Achievement Awards, Anne Kirkpatrick tells us how the idea came about through a conversation she had with Nando's CEO Geoff Whyte and how this programme fits neatly between other industry-specific programmes... Read
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The 2019 Knysna Oyster Festival has introduced a new logo, which celebrates the key protagonist of the festival - the oyster... Read
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MAXINE OHAYON
In a post-modern world, team structures should be built around ABM capabilities, effectively breaking down siloed ways of working... Read
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PIETER GROENEWALD
Most executives would agree that the single biggest asset of their organisation is their people, their employees and management. Employee advocacy is at its core, the promotion of an organisation through its staff... Read
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ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC
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Media
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Coalition for Effective Copyright rallies to protect the rights of creators, producers, publishers and those working in the creative sector from the far-reaching negative impact of the bill... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
The year is off to a great start for Brent Lindeque, founder of South Africa's Good Things Guy, having recently won 'Best South African Blog of the Year' and been named the category winner of 'Social Enterprise and Philanthropy' and the fourth most influential South African in the '100 Most Influential Young South Africans' poll... Read
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Ellipsis and Picha collaborate to create stock images of professional African women... Read
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Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications has adopted a final report that recommends eight candidates to fill the SABC board... Read
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Media Freedom
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Journalists covering the elections told Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) they were detained and harassed by security services or other armed individuals... Read
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Mobile
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Mobile wallets just haven't lived up to expectations... Read
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Apple Inc. announced an event for 25 March, where the iPhone maker is expected to introduce an original video programming service and a new premium magazine subscription plan... Read
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ISSUED BY AMASA
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Online Media
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PR & Communications
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JENNIFER STEIN
Whether a company enjoys the size and stature of Ford, Tiger Brands or KPMG, or is a much smaller enterprise, the fundamentals surrounding reputation and perception remain unchanged, clearly underscoring the absolute need to be prepared for a crisis... Read
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Radio
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Last week, YPO hosted the world's largest gathering of CEOs right here in Cape Town, on 6 and 7 March 2019, for its Global Leadership Conference and YPO Edge, with the theme, 'Life of Re'. I spoke to Bored and Brilliant author and podcaster Manoush Zomorodi about the popularity of media with a personal touch... Read
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Research
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Across all consumer industries, innovation in sub-Saharan Africa is seeing new products and services offered to address challenges the continent faces... Read
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When it comes to feeling prosperous, mindset matters more than income, according to the results of Nielsen's new 2019 Changing Consumer Prosperity Report... Read
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Having recently completed five months of intense fieldwork among the UK's leading companies which include many global brands, Agency Scope UK 2018/2019 has provided a few key insights from UK chief marketing officers... Read
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Warc has released its 2019 Media Strategy Report, highlighting key trends and themes for an effective media strategy... Read
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Retail
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MAROEFAH SMITH
Strategic partnerships between payment services are crucial in ensuring that the payment ecosystem is seamless... Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
Ramona Kasavan is taking over Africa one sanitary towel at a time. She started her company, Mimi Women, after seeing large numbers of girls missing school over their monthly menses... Read
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The Black Friday sales bonanza in November is now bigger in SA than ever before. But is it an emerging threat for the traditional December festive season sales boom? Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Product of the Year South Africa's CEO Preetesh Sewraj shares think points on using design and insights to get more out of your physical stores... Read
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GEMMA WITCOMB
Barbie Millicent Roberts, from Wisconsin US, is celebrating her 60th birthday. She is a toy. A doll. Yet she has grown into a phenomenon. An iconic figure, recognised by millions of children and adults worldwide... Read
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Sales
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JESSICA TENNANT
Brand Cartel's newly appointed Cilla Thompson tells us what it's like to be the oldest in the team and that all the office is missing is literally a pool and a flamingo. Oh and that she's rubbed shoulders with David Beckham and Antonio Banderas on shoot... Read
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Social Media
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RALEEN BAGG
At 21, Kylie Jenner is the youngest self-made billionaire ever... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
What's the most popular hashtag on Instagram? If you attended the Cape Town version of Heavy Chef's Instagram for Business Masterclass with Musaba Kangulu, at Workshop 17 on Wednesday, 13 March, you'll know the likes of #Likeforlike, #metoo and #nofilter proved strong contenders, but the actual answer is #love. Here's a quick taste of further insights Kangulu shared with attendees... Read
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
Facebook has revealed its plans to help stop the spread of fake information about vaccines on its platform... Read
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
Wednesday night Facebook and its "family of apps" went down for a large number of global users, with many unable to post updates or send messages... Read
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Sponsorship
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GARETH MARSHALL
When executed correctly, sports sponsorship is still one of the most powerful options to connect with an already highly engaged, highly emotional audience... Read
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Streaming
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TV
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ELLANA LEE
Every week, 'African Voices' highlights three different figures from Africa, who lead the narrative to show 'their Africa' to our viewers... Read
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Youth Marketing
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Bongani Chinkanda says businesses and brands have to immerse themselves in youth culture and then create products that are relevant if they want to effectively market to the youth... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week we go behind the selfie with Emily Keyes, founder and CEO of The Talent Boom... Read
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One Show Awards
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Augie Chun, Head of West, creative strategy at Snapchat and ADC 98th Annual Awards Interactive judge, was more than happy to get lost in "The Maze", which is why he selected it as his pick of the day... Read
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"DNA Discounts" struck a chord with Global CCO of Innocean Worldwide and One Show 2019 Film judge Jeremy Craigen, who selected it as his pick of the day... Read
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Alibaba's Ali Express customers in Kenya can now pay for goods using M-Pesa following a partnership deal with Safaricom and Ant Financial, the world's largest fintech service provider... Read
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DOUG WOOLLEY
Humans are social creatures. It's hardwired in us to communicate, collaborate and lift each other to achieve... Read
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Africa is open for business. With average annual growth for sub-Saharan Africa forecast at 8% until 2023, the continent is looking increasingly attractive as a trade and export destination... Read
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Set against the backdrop of the economic forecast for the upcoming year, Wesgro's heads' of department briefly outlined their plans to boost the local economy and facilitate job creation through tourism, trade, investment and film... Read
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Gartner has identified seven emerging security and risk management trends that will impact security, privacy and risk leaders in 2019 and beyond... Read
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In line with global trends, more South African companies are offering remote work options to prospective employees, while those that don't are at risk of losing out on the best talent, a recent survey shows... Read
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KARL VON HOLDT
Corruption in South Africa isn't simply a matter of bad morals or weak law enforcement. It's embedded in processes of class formation - specifically, the formation of new black elites... Read
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GARTH WILLIAMS
Just what is the fourth industrial revolution? No really, what is it all about beyond the hype and jargon? Read
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Retail Capital and First Asset Finance have joined forces to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will have greater access to funding... Read
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