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JESSICA TENNANT
Lebo Madiba was recently appointed managing partner: Public Relations and Influence at Ogilvy Johannesburg... read
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Youth Month
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Young creative Ben Moyo talks about collaborating with Adidas's NTWRK Area3 and shares why it is important for brands to support and collaborate with young creative talent and what they need to keep in mind when marketing to young people... Read
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ANDREW MACKENZIE
The climate crisis has been a dark cloud on the horizon for some time now, but 2019 is the year the world's political and business leaders at Davos officially put the issue at the top of their "worry list"... Read
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Advertising
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JESSICA TENNANT
The latest Johannesburg edition of the monthly IAB Insight Series took place at the Park Inn by Radisson in Sandton on Thursday, 27 June, this time focusing on the role of technology in enabling business performance in the digital economy... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Hero recently promoted Amanda Lambe to MD. Lambe joined the agency in 2016 as head of social, followed by her more recent role as client service director... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
Castle Lager, you're safe for now. But Independent Institute of what again ... rethink. Why knock tradition? One expects more from an education ad. Read
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Warc's Global Ad Trends report has found that advertising revenues among key social and messaging companies have halved over the last year as consumer trust becomes a growing issue... Read
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BRETT ROGERS
Advertising agency HaveYouHeard's Brett Rogers, unpacks the phenomenon of drag and its profound and important impact on various aspects of culture, concept, business and commerce... Read
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The Lisbon Awards Group has announced the members of the Lisbon Health International Advertising Festival's grand jury of two categories; Wellness and Awareness... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Marcel Oudejans is a creative jack of all trades. Among them, he's a corporate magician, keynote speaker and complete conference MC, as producer/founder of Cape Town Magic and executive producer of Magic Africa Productions. He also spoke on the theme of "Wonder" at last week's Creative Mornings Cape Town event, without a PowerPoint presentation - here's what you missed... Read
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ISSUED BY GRID WORLDWIDE
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MOGOROSI MASHILO, ISSUED BY TRENDER
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Branding
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ISSUED BY BRAND SUMMIT SOUTH AFRICA
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CRM, CX, UX
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CALTON NHANDO
The customer experience has evolved rapidly in the past decade. Change is the only constant so what works today won't necessarily work tomorrow... Read
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ISSUED BY CORINIUM GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE
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CSI
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Design
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Digital
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JACQUES DU BRUYN
The truth is that the marketing fraternity hasn't helped itself in defining what exactly digital marketing is and where it fits in... Read
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RIRHANDZU SHINGWENYANA
What is disruptive thinking? How many times have you heard leaders of big companies say we need disruptive marketing campaigns? But many of these people don't understand what disruptive thinking is... Read
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KEENAN BOUWER
Over the past few months, I have visited countless local websites that are implementing chats as a means to generate their leads. This is great when done correctly, but sadly in most cases, the apple seems to have fallen very far from the tree... Read
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The 2019 Fak'ugesi Digital Innovation Festival will be held at Wits University's Tshimologong Innovation Precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg from 30 August to 8 September 2019... Read
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ANGELA WHITE
Lead generation continues to be one of the biggest challenges faced by digital marketers. Here are 10 strategies that you can use to increase your lead generation... Read
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RACHEL THOMPSON, ISSUED BY GFK SOUTH AFRICA
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ISSUED BY NEW GEN AWARDS
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MINETTE NORMAN, ISSUED BY AFRICA TEEN GEEKS
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ADAM MITCHELL, ISSUED BY NINETY9CENTS
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Entrepreneurship
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REBONE MASEMOLA
"For decades, black parents have told their children that in order to succeed despite racial discrimination, they need to be twice as good, twice as smart, twice as dependable, and twice as talented." Read
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Events & Conferencing
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BRONWYN WILLIAMS
The funerals of the future are set to be fabulous... Read
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Exhibitions
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MITCH BOWKER, ISSUED BY JAWBONE
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Film & Cinematography
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Writer-director Wanuri Kahiu is part of the new generation of African storytellers whose second feature film Rafiki took six years to reach the big screen... Read
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The International Tourism Film Festival-Africa will be hosting its first-ever film festival in South Africa, which is set to take place in Cape Town and Northern Cape from the 20-24 November 2019... Read
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Magazines
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Cape Town's Rosetta Roastery and Johannesburg's Bean There Coffee Company walked away with top honours at this year's FNB Coffee Magazine Awards... Read
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Marketing
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LOUISA DOUWES DEKKER
Content marketing does not come easy. It is a long-term investment that requires marketers to move from thinking like brand champions to thinking like publishers. So, get ready to change gears!... Read
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JONATHAN STEYN, ISSUED BY UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
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Media
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Naspers has appointed Phuti Mahanyele-Dabengwa as CEO of its SA business.... Read
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Key insights from The Directors Event, billed as the biggest board meeting, which brings leaders and key decision-makers together from the public and private sector to seek solutions to some of the country's many challenges... Read
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Mobile
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GREG CHEN
Mobiz CEO Greg Chen looks at some of the pivotal moments in South African mobile marketing history... Read
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DEVON MEERHOLZ
When growth is negative, the currency in free-fall, and politicians reckless, stick to what works to survive to be experimental when things pick up - and they will... Read
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Newspapers
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ISSUED BY INDEPENDENT MEDIA
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OOH
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CRAIG WALLIS
In the Out of Home industry, I am always amazed at the vast number of media owners who place digital screens into a multiplicity of environments... Read
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ISSUED BY EXPAND A SIGN
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PR & Communications
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MINNIE-LEE TAGWIREI
Today, content creation is no longer limited to certain campaigns, it has become so broad to the extent that everything a business does is now part of a content strategy... Read
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Printing
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Radio
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Research
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Retail
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VENKATESH SHANKAR
A quarter of a century ago, on 5 July 1994, a company, which shared a name with the world's largest river, was incorporated. It sold books to customers who got to its website through a dial-up modem... Read
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EBEN ESTERHUIZEN
'Retailtainment' is described as the use of "ambiance, emotion, sound and activity to get customers interested in the product and in a mood to buy"... Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
With neverending technological innovation, what will retail look like in the next 20 to 30 years? Read
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Canon deciphers the importance of the settings and ambiences of physical shops as they become more than just a buying space, an opportunity for the brand to build and maintain relationships... Read
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Social Media
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NOKWANDA NDASHE
With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, marketing communication tools and practices need to be re-examined to aggressively create power and influence of products, services, and brands through social media and digital marketing... Read
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REFILWE MONYAI
This is the time that businesses need to capitalise on brand expansion and business growth - and social media platforms - when used correctly - can assist. Refilwe Monyai, account manager at Orange Ink gives tips and tricks on how to get Instagram right... Read
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COLLEEN BARRELLA
When creating a Facebook group, the goal is to create a group that hosts an enthusiastic and engaged community, whether this is around your business or a common interest. Here, Colleen Barrella from Barrk Marketing shares a few insights to do just that... Read
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Sponsorship
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JANE STEVENSON
As a brand that believes in, and nurtures community and relationships, it's increasingly difficult saying no to the daily calls for sponsorship. Yes or no. Small words with a big impact, if used correctly... Read
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TV
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ANDILE QOKWENI
No better situation demonstrates the availability of content across the board than the amount of entertainment available to kids... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This #CSIMonth, we go behind the selfie with Desiree Gullan, co-founder and executive creative director of G&G Digital... Read
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Fairness First
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LEIGH ANDREWS
With gender equality more under the spotlight last year than ever before, many in the marketing and entertainment industry pledged '50/50 by 2020'. With just six months to go before 2020 is a reality and no longer a mythical spot in the future, are those goals on track? Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, head of UN Women, shared insights at the recent Women Deliver conference... Read
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The Kwik app comes with an integrated geolocation system and offers an efficient transportation service for small packages or documents... Read
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ANUSCHKA COOVADIA
Over the last 100 years, healthcare systems across the African continent have started to evolve and transform slowly, in line with parallel changes experienced in the economic growth and social development of each country... Read
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KINGSLEY IGHOBOR
"Africa is not a peripheral part of the world. So, as a responsible part of the global community, Africa must be making contributions that shape the world, solving the problems of the world..." Read
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Global trends show Africa maintaining its position as the fastest growing region in internet usage, though data volumes remain substantially lower in comparison to other parts of the world... Read
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TBWA\Khanga Rue and Busara Centre for Behavioural Economics partner with TechnoServe to create a virtual business academy for Kenyan "duka" owners... Read
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JAMES HEDLEY
Why Africa is commercially exciting right now; and why businesses, big and small, need to be paying attention and investing, before the barriers-to-entry and competition truly kick in... Read
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PRISCILLA TWUMASI-BAFFOUR
The relationship between Ghana and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is, to many Ghanaians, a difficult one. Most Ghanaians are of the view that the country should divorce itself from the international body... Read
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Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge applications now open in Africa... Read
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Renowned counter-culture shows to feature in programming block on TNT this July for Africa... Read
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COLETTE STANILAND
In order to understand where the modern way of business is headed and how business leaders need to transform to meet the demands of the future way of working, one needs to recognise the underlying factors that have brought us to where we are today... Read
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Seacom has been a pioneering force in Africa's data revolution... Read
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Are you feeling the pain at the pumps? Read
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Trace Mobile has made it quick and simple to RICA yourself, order and collect your SIM instantly via the Trace app... Read
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South Africa's bleak unemployment rate of 27.6% in the first quarter of 2019 highlights the need to develop entrepreneurship and support the rise of SMEs in the country... Read
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According to the UN, only 20% of global e-waste is recycled each year, which means that 40 million tonnes of e-waste is either placed in landfill, burned or illegally traded and treated in a sub-standard way... Read
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AUGUSTE (GUSTI) COETZER
A growing mismatch is becoming apparent between the behaviour of international corporate achievers and their South African counterparts... Read
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ALAN HOCKEY
I am not about to make the evening news by letting you know that franchises are more likely to succeed than independent businesses... Read
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LORI MACVITTIE
We are so enthralled by our own brilliance in cryptography that we forget that most data at rest - tucked away inside databases - is unencrypted... Read
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ANDREW ROBINSON
Have multiple mobile devices, will travel - and earn a living. Being a digital nomad is fast becoming a way of life and work for many people, allowing them to travel in their own backyards and the world at leisure... Read
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Kaspersky and Interpol have signed a new five-year agreement to reinforce their collaboration in the fight against cybercrime around the world... Read
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JACO SAUNDERS
Changing consumer behaviour and creating loyalty throughout the supply chain are areas every FMCG manufacturer is trying to achieve... Read
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Nominations for the Inspiring Fifty SA awards will close on Sunday, 7 July 2019... Read
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POMMIE LUTCHMAN
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the power to change the way in which we work, play, and interact with everyone and everything around us... Read
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ZIAAN HATTINGH
There's no doubt that digital disruption has brought about a great deal of change in industries, markets, and businesses... Read
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KAMINI GUPTA
When Facebook unveiled its new digital currency libra, it explicitly said the initiative was intended to address the problems faced by the world's unbanked... Read
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Loeries Film and Radio jury president Nedal Ahmed on the biggest trend in advertising "I think we will continue to see socially conscious work, but I think it will run a wider gamut of media outside of just film, with more experiential work and initiatives within brands." Orange Ink's Refilwe Monyai on how Instagram is the new marketing hub for business growth G&G Digital's Desiree Gullan in this week's #BehindtheSelfie Warc's Global Ad Trends report KFM's Mamohau Seseane on how young voices can bring change |
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WizzPass is a leading provider of digital visitor, contractor management solutions to various types of buildings. Read more >>Workforce Holdings' Staffing and Outsourcing Cluster is looking for a dynamic junior brand manager to join our marketing team. Use your strong digital knowledge and experience to energise our brands. Read more >> |
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 CDAO Africa continues providing delegates with in-depth case studies and interactive discussions on critical strategic topics. However, the content is shifting from the development of data analytics to sharing analytics-derived business outcomes. Read more >> We offer a platform where business owners and entrepreneurs can learn from successful business leaders and fellow entrepreneurs. You'll find this event inspirational and an annual must-attend conference. Read more >> Design Thinking for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Use gdcTHiNK to reinvent coffee and create a better all-round caffeinated experience. Read more >> The B-BBEE skills development framework has changed and will be put into effect on 29 November 2019. Want to hear how you can benefit? Read more >> Customer 360 Africa, Cape Town 2019 is for everyone who is involved in the customer journey. It is the only all-inclusive event focused on the entire CX Journey. Read more >> Learn fresh sales skills from top sales trainers and get motivated! Open to all Sales Teams of any businesses and industry. Read more >> |
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