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Bizcommunity is proud to announce the launch of BIZ | Daily - a daily top story round-up, curated from across 18 industry sectors by most impressions and social media shares... read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Anthony Molyneaux, multimedia journalist at Tiso Blackstar Group, was awarded Online News Video Gold at IAB SA's Bookmarks Awards 2019 for his nine-minute reconstruction video, which mapped out the final hours of murdered Stellenbosch student, Hannah Cornelius and the 11-hour rampage that left four victims in its wake. Here, he explains the success of longer-form video and strong storytelling in a snappy digital world... Read
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ISSUED BY THE SPACESTATION
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ISSUED BY ARC INTERACTIVE
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ISSUED BY OGILVY & MATHER
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ISSUED BY ARC INTERACTIVE
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The winners for the Creative Circle Monthly Awards, for work flighted between January and February for 2019, were announced at the second monthly awards of 2019 at VML in Cape Town. Read
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#NEWSWATCH: Accenture Interactive, the marketing arm of international consulting firm Accenture, has acquired the formerly independent creative agency Droga5 by buying out Endeavor's 49% stake... Read
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Using purpose to power behavioural change, involving customers to drive brand engagement and weaving creativity into the customer experience, are the three main themes, finds Warc, following its analysis of the world's most creative campaigns... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
It's a mystery why big brands continue to throw huge amounts of marketing money at a group that can't buy what they're selling... Read
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MIKE SILVER
In 2019, when certain people are building walls, it's high time the ad industry let's go of similar security they place around drawing lines... Read
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ISSUED BY GRID WORLDWIDE
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Branding
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HOWARD FELDMAN
It is astonishing that the South African political parties have not identified that South Africans crave hope as well as confidence in the future... Read
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CRM, CX, UX
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JUANITA PIENAAR
International trends spotter Marian Salzman joined local trend analysts Nicola Cooper and Khumo Theko in highlighting the top pop culture trends affecting females at an event held at Inner City Ideas Cartel in Cape Town earlier this month... Read
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CHARL VAN ROOYEN
Today, brands must start embracing data and draw insight from all available sources... Read
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A new report reveals that HR professionals and executives are anxious to improve Employee Experience (EX)... Read
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CSI
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Khumo Theko, trend spotter at Flux Trends highlights and identifies new urban tribes that brands should be aware of when communicating to their consumers... Read
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ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO
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YEUKAI KARENGEZEKA, ISSUED BY ALLIANCE MEDIA
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Design
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Digital
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PRINCE NDLOVU
With fibre and internet access becoming more and more accessible in the country, we have started to tap into gaming communities around the world. Brands and businesses are noticing this trend, leading to increased investment into this platform... Read
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CARMEN MURRAY
We need to go back to the basics in business and fortify our businesses in sound business practices and principles to earn and maintain the trust of our customers and to build successful, growing businesses... Read
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It is near impossible nowadays for organisations to keep up with trends in business and technology... Read
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SIMON ORGILL, ISSUED BY INCUBETA
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ISSUED BY AMASA
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Direct Marketing
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Education
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ISSUED BY FALSE BAY COLLEGE
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ISSUED BY FRIENDS OF DESIGN ACADEMY OF DIGITAL ARTS
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ISSUED BY ROSEBANK COLLEGE
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Entrepreneurship
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NATASHA FOURIE
Market research and competitor analysis as part of the Ideation phase... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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ISSUED BY FALSE BAY COLLEGE
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Film & Cinematography
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Magazines
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AMELIA BROWN, ISSUED BY NEW MEDIA
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JUANITA PIENAAR
International trends spotter Marian Salzman joined local trend analysts Nicola Cooper and Khumo Theko in highlighting the top pop culture trends affecting females at an event held at Inner City Ideas Cartel in Cape Town last month... Read
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DANILO ACQUISTO
While a multi-service agency does make for a smooth process, there is a strong case for opting for specialist agencies in the marketing mix... Read
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KIRSTY DUGMORE
The concepts of behavioural economics, observed consumer behaviour and neuro-marketing are enough to make any marketer head for the hills out of the sheer fear of not knowing where to begin. Kirsty Dugmore of SugaSpice puts it simply... Read
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In this video, Nyiko Chauke of Marketing Fridays interviews Siya Metane, MD at SlikourOnLife. Having built a digital agency that is wrapped up in content makes him someone that really understands the future of content marketing... Read
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ISSUED BY BREADCRUMBS
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ANDY WALKER
Lies. Dishonesty. Deceit. April Fools Day is one of the most vile 24 hours on the calendar for those innocents browsing the web looking for the latest, honest, news... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
It's that day of the year again where we take the news with a pinch of salt. See our favourite 'we know it's not true just because it was published today' headline below... Read
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The Southern African Freelancers' Association (SAFREA) has released new insights into the South African freelance landscape... Read
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Kenyan Journalist Patrick Alushula bags overall award, Pan African Journalist of the Year... Read
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Media Freedom
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The Committee to Protect Journalists' #WhereIsAzory campaign launches to highlight the fact that the Tanzanian journalist has been missing for 500 days ... Read
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Newspapers
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NOLUTHANDO NGUBO, ISSUED BY BILLBOARD FINDER
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ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR
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PR & Communications
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KHANGELANI DZIBA
How much of this traditional media, earned media and media relations tactics still work?... Read
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Radio
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WARREN RAVINSKY
Radio and digital advertising go hand-in-hand. Both mediums boast quick turnaround times, cost-effectiveness and, most importantly, reach... Read
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The Liberty Radio Awards has announced its My Station finalists for 2019 voted for by listeners who cast over 884,000 votes in total for their favourite stations... Read
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ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING
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ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING
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Research
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Youth agency Student Village has released the results of its 2019 Student Spend report, which paints an entirely different picture to previous years, as a new generation, Gen Z, enters the fray... Read
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Anton Hugo, retail & consumer leader for PwC Africa and associate directors Rashaad Fortune and Andries Geertsema presented PwC's 2019 Global Consumer Insights Survey at the Peech Hotel in Johannesburg on 3 April... Read
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Nielsen Bases director Esti Prinsloo, who spoke at the Power of Mom Conference, explained that women hold the power when it comes to purchase decisions and their choices change as they go through different life stages... Read
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The 2019 USC Annenberg Global Communications Report released findings that examined the impact of technology on society and the communication industry... Read
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Retail
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LEIGH ANDREWS
April Fool's Day has come and gone, but we should nurture the creativity involved in putting together some of the more elaborate ideas. Here's a round-up of some of the best retail industry April Fool's Day pranks we've seen this time around, and why we shouldn't rule out seeing similar innovation for real in the future... Read
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ISSUED BY SMART MEDIA
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Sales
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Social Media
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RIRHANDZU SHENGWENYANA
Government communicators need to realise that traditional communication is obsolete in this digital cultural age... Read
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ANNE DOLINSCHEK
The local influencer industry is unique, and we need to define what we view as the different categories of influencers right here at home... Read
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JOHANNA MCDOWELL
What we all should know and how to make your business compliant... Read
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ISSUED BY DIGITAL SCHOOL OF MARKETING
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ISSUED BY ARC INTERACTIVE
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TV
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Africa Month
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with digital marketing specialist Teboho Rasoaisi, currently in a digital media strategist and campaign manager role at Mortimer Harvey, agency winner of the IAB SA's #Bookmarks2019 Pixel for Purpose, for the Road Accident Fund's #AlwaysRemember campaign... Read
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One Show Awards
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The New York Times Magazine and McCann New York lead the way with 20 finalists' entries each in the global ADC 98th Annual Awards with Grid Worldwide/Johannesburg the only finalist from South Africa, as announced by The One Club for Creativity... Read
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It didn't take long for King James Cape Town ECD and ADC 98th Annual Awards Interactive judge Jenny Ehlers to fall in love with Puma's "The World's Fastest Annual Report", created by Publicis Pixelpark of Erlangen and Hamburg... Read
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"Bixby Voice Forever" certainly hit the right emotional notes with Anthony Chelvanathan, SVP, CD of Leo Burnett Toronto and ADC 98th Annual Awards Advertising judge... Read
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Joaquin Cubria, VP, ECD of David in Buenos Aires and The One Show Direct Marketing judge, was wowed by FCB New York's "The Whopper Detour"... Read
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Kelly Woh, Group CD of Ogilvy Shanghai and One Show 2019 Design judge, was very impressed with BETC and Lacoste's efforts to raise awareness for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and selected "Save Our Species" as her One Show pick of the day... Read
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No stranger to compelling magazine covers himself, Rolling Stone Creative Director and ADC 98th Annual Awards Publication Design judge Joe Hutchinson was in love with the simplicity of "Is Google Too Powerful?", naming it his ADC pick of the day... Read
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#TechBytes is a nine-part video mini-series that shares nine simple steps any business can apply to generate qualified leads... Read
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JENNIFFER MABUKA-MAROA
For several months, my friend's father lay helpless in one of Nairobi's premier hospitals. There was no clear diagnosis... Read
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GERALD GONDO
Never before has the need for infrastructure felt so immediate and acute. This became apparent to me as I travelled to Nairobi, Lagos, Lusaka and Gaborone... Read
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Chinese pay TV company, StarTimes will concentrate more on local content to enhance its viewership in African countries... Read
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The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) has announced the nominees for the 23rd Annual Webby Awards. Among those recognised this year in the Advertising, Media & PR categories are South Africa's Net#work BBDO and TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris... Read
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The winners of the Wan-Ifra's European Digital Media Awards were announced on Monday, 1 April, at the end of the first day of the Digital Media Europe Conference in Vienna... Read
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Mobile apps are projected to have the most impact on business success by 2020... Read
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LEONIE STANLEY
Before the introduction of the South African Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, women had no formal recognition as equal citizens... Read
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Many people think that if only they worked for a 'cooler' company, had a different job or made more money, they would then be happy at work... Read
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The Zimbabwean government have called hoteliers out after some of Bulwayo's top hotels and lodges hiked their rates by as much as 350% ahead of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF)... Read
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Many people use their browser's incognito, or private, mode to browse the internet privately. However, this mode doesn't actually make them as invisible as they think... Read
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LLEWELLYN LE HANÉ
The world is on the verge of a major revolution; while developed countries are keeping pace with major technological advancements... Read
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