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JESSICA TENNANT
Ahead of this year's IAB Summit, taking place 30 May at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein, we interviewed IAB SA CEO Paula Hulley to find out what to expect from this year's theme and insights... read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
The striking textile and knitwear designs conceived by South African golden boy Laduma Ngxokolo are not simply stylish collectables, they're vehicles of cultural preservation...read
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WAYNE FLEMMING AND ZUBEIDA GOOLAM
Founders of Brandtruth//DGTL Integrated Content Practice, Wayne Flemming and Zubeida Goolam discusses five key learnings from the SXSW talks they attended, from A$AP Rocky and Trevor Noah to Brené Brown and Gwyneth Paltrow...read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Canadian-born Tessa Conrad, global director of operations at TBWA\Worldwide's headquarters in New York, recently visited TBWA\South Africa's Johannesburg office where she did a series of presentations and assisted the local team in producing a module for DLearn...read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Boo-Yah! founder Carmen Murray walked away with the award for the 'Best Individual Contribution to Digital' at this year's Bookmarks and explains why she believes that the importance of digital is to be of service to humans first... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Eyewitness News recently won a Bookmarks' Gold for its Poisonous Bullets: The Silent Betrayal of Sindiso Magaqa three-part podcast series... Read
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Advertising
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BRENDAN SEERY
How difficult is it, Google and Sportsman's Warehouse, to divine that I could get actively annoyed by ads for something I've already bought? Read
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DAMON STAPLETON
I will get to the hippos later but first, pornography. I know, that sentence surprised me too... Read
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JOHANNA MCDOWELL
Johanna McDowell shares key learnings from the AdForum Worldwide Summit in Los Angeles, where she and other top players in the advertising industry visited various agencies and experienced how they are shaping the future... Read
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The Lisbon International Advertising Festival has announced the executive jury panel who will vote for the best works submitted at the festival... Read
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JASON HARRISON, ISSUED BY M&C SAATCHI ABEL
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JASON HARRISON, ISSUED BY M&C SAATCHI ABEL
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ISSUED BY BOOMTOWN
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Branding
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
The first quarter of 2019 has seen new business development in an uncategorised industry of making people happy... Read
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The Western Cape Government launched the Cradle of Human Culture - archaeological and paleontological heritage routes with three anchor sites in the Western Cape - alongside the World Travel Market Africa 2019 conference in Cape Town... Read
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ISSUED BY BRAND SUMMIT SOUTH AFRICA
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CRM, CX, UX
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RAVI PANTHI
An employee experience is defined as what people encounter, observe or feel during the course of their employee journey at an organisation. In short, employee experience is everything an employee experiences at work - their interactions with their boss, their team, work-place infrastructure and a multitude of other things... Read
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GARY ALLEMANN
Insurance is typically something people resent having to spend money on and is therefore often seen as a grudge purchase... Read
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EBEN ESTERHUIZEN
As Easter looms businesses are looking for powerful ways to promote their goods and activate more sales. This should include beefing up customer relationship management (CMR) systems to streamline communication with potential clients and encourage more sales. Here are six steps to sprucing up your CRM and captivating customers at every touch point along the way... Read
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CSI
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Epoq Legal SA has launched a real-time, online legal document drafting tool called JusDraft, designed for South African non-profit organisations... Read
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Design
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Over 100,000 visitors were treated to an outstanding display of South African design at the recent Milan Design Week, held from 9-14 April 2019... Read
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Digital
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It is becoming better understood that, in order to stop phishing attacks, we need to be able to see them coming... Read
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STEFANO MARUZZI
Since optimising their websites for mobile devices a few years back, many South African companies have mostly made small and superficial changes to their digital presence... Read
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Direct Marketing
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The Direct Marketing Association of South Africa (DMASA) has announced that its updated Code of Practice is in the process of finalisation... Read
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Education
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DORCAS DUBE
Dorcas Dube, from Symphonia and Media Booth shares key takeouts from the Global Education Skills Forum in Dubai, which took place from 22 - 24 March 2019... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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Film & Cinematography
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Daniel Dercksen chats to producer, director and writer Jayan Moodley about Kandasamys: The Wedding, which will be released in South African cinemas on 18 April 2019... Read
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Marketing
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GARY MORTIMER
Price is the most delicate element of the marketing mix, and much thought goes into setting prices to nudge us towards spending more... Read
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ANELE MALUMO
How can we use the science of marketing to understand and connect to actual human motivations? Political parties need to understand the needs, fears, hopes and aspirations of what has become a more diverse South African people... Read
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LEIGH CRYMBLE
How should pronouns be used in marketing communications and why is the (strategic) use of them so important when it comes to persuading consumers to feel and act in certain ways?... Read
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Media
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CHRIS BOTHA
Chris Botha discusses the effects of corruption on the media and advertising industry... Read
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Mobile
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The Mobile Marketing Association South Africa (MMA SA) has announced the 14 new board members and strategic partners who will lead the delivery of the MMA SA's future development... Read
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ELIZMA NOLTE
When it comes to mobile video advertising, most marketers would intuitively think that what matters most is how long a viewer engages with the content. But new research shows that there is no correlation between total average view time and aided brand awareness... Read
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Online Media
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OOH
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GENEVIEVE CONSIDINE
Outdoor ads are booming in the smartphone age - and for some brands, these ads are even generating engagement on social media. Why is outdoor advertising still making such a large impact in the digital age?... Read
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PR & Communications
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GERHARD HOPE
"Before you think the press release is dead, the truth is that because of the ever-growing information bubble and news jumping at you like 'pop-up' ads, there is a need for brands to create their own narrative like never before."... Read
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Production
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Radio
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CANDY DEMPERS
In South Africa, radio remains a powerful way to communicate with people. The latest BRC Radio Audience Measurement (Ram) indicates that 89% of adult South Africans (just under 36 million people) consume radio on a weekly basis... Read
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Research
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Euromonitor International's new report looks at how building an effective pricing strategy is critical to the successful sales and marketing of any product... Read
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Retail
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A mother and entrepreneur, Shannon McLaughlin is the founder of South African babywear brand Ubuntu Baba. If the company name rings a bell, it's because it made headlines for its battle with Woolworths... Read
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Social Media
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Checkers hot cross buns have garnered extra attention on social media following the release of a video in which a false-positive breathalyser reading was recorded... Read
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What kind of pizza are you? Which Disney pet are you? Which celebrity would be your perfect match? Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
According to iambassador founder and CEO Keith Jenkins, marketing influencers in the travel industry are either executing their content mind-blowingly well or mind-bogglingly bad... Read
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LYNN ERASMUS
For companies that believe that the way they do business will remain unchanged by the power and influence of online activists should take heed from the lessons that some of South Africa's biggest brands have learnt over the past year... Read
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Streaming
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TV
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The premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones drew 8.1% more viewers than last season's debut, an encouraging sign as HBO winds down its most popular show and prepares for the next chapter of the streaming era... Read
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Cannes Lions
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Cinemark has announced the panel of judges that have been selected to judge this year's edition of the South African leg of the Film category of the Young Lions competition... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Renate Albrecht, media director and mob mother at Brand Cartel... Read
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Fairness First
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The industry's lack of diversity and inclusion was made notably clear by last year's #TimesUp movement, largely focused on equality in race and gender. Now, with a rise of 'diversity and inclusion' focused roles popping in advertising, here's why it's important to focus on a range of ages and experience levels for true business transformation... Read
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BCW Africa named African Network of the Year by the PRISM Awards for the fourth consecutive year and chairman and CEO, Robyn de Villiers, wins Lifetime Achievement Award... Read
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Netflix has inked a deal to team up with South Africa's Triggerfish Animation Studios and UK distributor CAKE on an African animated action-comedy series... Read
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The biggest blue diamond discovery ever made in Botswana has been unveiled to the world by Okavango Diamond Company (ODC)... Read
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MEST Africa and Microsoft announce 2019 Pan-African tech summit in Nairobi... Read
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Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge expands to Africa... Read
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Public voting is now open until April 28 for the 30 African creatives selected to compete at the Digital Lab Africa (DLA) Online Pitch Competition... Read
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As Easter approaches, all over the world orders ramp up for chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs. But, have you ever thought about where chocolate comes from and its environmental impact? Read
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Government is set to launch the Affiliate Centre which will ensure South African industries move at an enhanced speed towards the fourth industrial revolution (4IR)... Read
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TBWA's Tessa Conrad on how SA rates in the global arena of innovation and disruption Mash T Design Studio's Thabisa Mjo on showcasing South African design at Milan Design Week Elizma Nolte on the importance of mobile video Lynn Erasmus on how online activism is shaping business |
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