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| |  | SUHANA GORDHAN It's strange to write about advertising trends for 2021 when we've just emerged from a year of chaos. But chaos is perhaps, the only thing we can choose to come to terms with... Read |  | MICHAEL SMOLLAN The direct-to-consumer model allows deeper brand relationships and an omnichannel approach to deriving value... Read |  | TRACY JONES No prediction piece would be complete without first acknowledging that Covid-19 has changed our world forever. Remote working across industries and an exponential uptake of e-commerce and digital marketing has changed the face of brands... Read |  | NICOLA COOPER Our current homebound reality will continue to influence purchasing decisions. The demand for indoor fitness, remote working, and therefore comfortable yet stylish attire, presents an opportunity for fashion businesses... Read |  | |  | LINDANI NTSIBANDE While Covid-19 has had a significant impact on many industries, musicians were one of the first casualties, as live performances - which represent the biggest and most sustainable income generator for many musicians - came to a complete halt... Read |  | STUART SIMS Long-term marketing effectiveness has been in decline since the global financial crisis, even though the modern media landscape provides the potential for increased effectiveness... Read |  | PAUL JACKSON 2020. What an awful year. A year of rolling disasters, life-changing events and huge loss of life. A year that few will remember with any fondness... Read |  | CHRISTELLE MARAIS While 2020 was dominated by the impact of the global pandemic, it intensified the ambition of organisations to become more sustainable... Read |  | |  | CRAIG HANNABUS Social share of voice has become an extremely popular measure of how much potential market share a brand has. Based on brand mentions, it gives you an accurate view of how many conversations people are having about a brand. It's simple and it's accurate. It delivers precisely what it promises... Read |  | KARYN STRYBOS Communicating with all stakeholders has become more important than ever and this will have a significant impact on the trends influencing these engagements in 2021 and beyond... Read |  | DAAN DU TOIT While writing this I am glad that I did not make any predictions for 2020 as I am sure that they would have all been incorrect. I fear that this year might be equally difficult to predict with many uncertainties... Read |  | STRINI NAICKER The media and marketing space has changed significantly over the past year due to Covid-19. Over the course of the year, advertisers faced major challenges... Read |  | |
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 | ISSUED BY NAHANA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP McCann1886 is successfully applying the lessons it learnt during last year's hard lockdown to the work it is doing for clients across the board... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC UNITED Joe Public United is proud to welcome mobile operator Cell C to its stable. The agency is looking forward to developing a partnership that will assist in growing the Cell C brand to the next level... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY Grey Group has appointed Marcus Moshapalo as its new creative director. He will lead the creative charge in the WPP #LIQUID team on Hunter's Cider and Viceroy... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY Passion, drive and energy is what you get from our newest team member - Babalwa Makuluma who joins the Grey Group wolfpack as BUD... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ANIMMATE Werner Botha from AnimMate feels the visual creative industry can inspire and plant the seeds for more inventive thought... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NAHANA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP HelloFCB+ supported Girl Effect with its 'Girl Possible' campaign, creating content focussed on encouraging girls to think about their aspirations for their future and economic goals... Read |
 | Boring billboards, awkward song and dance routines and random hashtags - who hasn't seen an advert at some point that they feel they could have done a bit better? Read |
| Branding |
 | ISSUED BY EATBIGFISH Here are five brands we believe are worth watching in 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SCAN DISPLAY Branding and retail display specialist, Scan Display, has devised a new cost-effective solution for shopping kiosks. Its Showcase Kiosk range is available for short-term rental... Read |
| CSI |
 | ANGELA NORTHOVER It's no secret that 2020 was one of the most challenging years in modern history. According to the Global Web Index' Connecting the Dots 2021 Report, the Covid-19 pandemic was a baptism by fire for many brands... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY ROCKETSEED How many emails will you and your employees be sending in 2021? More than you think - in fact, about 12,000 each! Because, with all the challenges of 2020 and those to come in 2021, email remains the top everyday business communication channel... Read |
 | ANICE HASSIM, ISSUED BY FABRIK How ready is your business for digital transformation? If your answer is 'not very', the data shows that you're not alone... Read |
 | MATTHEW CAMPBELL Investing in digital tech may seem like a massive undertaking for businesses with limited budgets, but the benefits are significant, and getting started can be a lot easier and more cost-effective than expected... Read |
 | PAULA SARTINI Whilst the role of the marketing department appears to have evolved significantly over the past few years, fundamentally it is still about building relationships... Read |
 | Recent years have witnessed a surge in the digital media industry, with internet users worldwide choosing online content as their main source of information and entertainment... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ZOE VAN DER VYVER What a challenging year it has been: a year full of forced changes, uncertainties, and unexpected plot twists. However, 2020 has shown how flexible, agile and indestructible event managers are... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | JOHANNES MASITENG Filmspace, a local tech startup company aims to make the industry more accessible by connecting professional filmmakers to property owners... Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY HOMEMAKERS With so many publishers closing their doors in 2020, it seemed that the print magazine industry was on the heavy decline. This was not true for the 39-year-old Homemakers publication. Their massive distribution reach of 290,000 has put them in a league of their own... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY LEVERGY Sport and entertainment agency Levergy is excited to begin a new chapter with the promotion of Ray Langa from business unit director to managing director... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NAHANA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP Following a strategic and creative pitch, Lactalis SA has awarded its integrated marketing communications on its Parmalat, Melrose and President Cheese brands, excluding media planning and buying, to HelloFCB+... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Ogilvy recently announced that James Nicholas Kinney has been appointed global chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and chief people officer for North America... Read |
 | PERCY SHANGASE I am sure that many of you are exhausted of hearing about 2020 and moving forward, but we cannot move forward without looking back... Read |
| Media |
 | The report of the commission of inquiry into ethical challenges facing South African journalism has officially been handed over to the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF)... Read |
| Mobile |
 | VALDE FERRADAZ Companies have seen the surge in data, especially since Covid-19 with demand for tools like Zoom and Teams. Data is the new currency and mobile engagement gets you more wallet share... Read |
| One Show Awards |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Steph van Niekerk, creative director at Grey Africa, Johannesburg, is one of seven creatives from South Africa who will serve as a judge for The One Show 2021... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY MYBROADBAND MyBroadband Media, which owns business site BusinessTech and ICT site MyBroadband, has launched a new motoring news website - TopAuto.co.za... Read |
| OOH |
 | STUART WALSH Moral Hazard. Two words you don't often hear in the context of advertising. But then, you didn't really hear them in any context until after 2009. That's when we discovered just how reckless those Wall Street Wizkids had been... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | ISSUED BY ICANDI CQ Adopt, adapt or pivot? We share some of the top trends taking internal communications from reactive to responsive in 2021... Read |
 | SASHA KUPRITZ To understand the public relations' ambiguous reputation, looking at its origins focuses on the industry's roots in the media industry... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS What can leaders learn from cities? Read now as Bronwyn Williams unpacks The Life and Death of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY EBONY+IVORY Mining South Africa's rich vein of marketing and media data to ensure meaningful and addressable media buying and planning decisions... Read |
 | JOHANNA MCDOWELL With an increased range of disciplines for marketers to take into account, knowing which research firms have the experience you need is vital for getting it right the first time... Read |
| Retail |
 | ROBERT LOCKYER The new era of smart packaging, and consequently products, will connect, improve and transform industries and shape new consumer expectations... Read |
 | 'Word-of-mouth marketing' can be solid gold for online sellers... Read |
| Sales |
 | LOUISE ROBINSON In January last year, the African Development Bank forecast 3.9% economic growth on the continent for 2020. However, the rapid onset of the coronavirus shifted the focus to one of business survival... Read |
| Social Media |
 | BRAD TAYLOR Social media is a huge part of marketing, and it's safe to say we all know that by now. But what became more apparent during lockdown 2020, is how much of a role social media played in our everyday lives... Read |
| Streaming |
 | ISSUED BY SHOWMAX The Real Housewives of Durban (RHOD) will now launch first and exclusive to Showmax rather than 1Magic on 29 January 2021, with new episodes following every Friday... Read |
| TV |
 | ISSUED BY FOX NETWORKS GROUP Big Cat Month kicks off 7 February 2021 with the premiere of Jade Eyed Leopard, narrated by award-winning actor Jeremy Irons and directed by acclaimed local big-cat filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE This week I go behind the mask with Kriya Gangiah, radio host, presenter on SABC 3's Mela and SuperSport and owner of Kri8tive Media... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE This week I go behind the mask with Zanele Potelwa, traffic presenter on 5FM's 'The Roger Goode Show' and presenter on SABC 1's Selimathunzi... Read |
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 | PAPAMA NYATI Launched in February 2020, Play Zuri Health Limited is a mobile health service that delivers first level medical services to its users through their mobile devices via apps, WAP, and SMS... Read |
 | President Joe Biden has been sworn into office, ushering in a new administration, new foreign policy and a new approach to US trade and investment in Africa... Read |
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 | JASON WHYTE In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, global efforts have successfully developed both expedited means of testing for the virus and, more recently, vaccines... Read |
 | STEFANO MIGLIORE By the time you read this, South Africa would have been in a state of lockdown for more than 300 days, and there is no end in sight; here or globally... Read |
 | The recently launched The Future 100: 2021 report spotlights creative innovations and top trends set to shape the next 12 months... Read |
 | 17 finalists will walk away with awards and grants up to the value of R1.3m. A total of R12.6m will be awarded... Read |
 | The repo rate remains unchanged at 3.5% per annum, South African Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, said during a virtual media briefing on Thursday... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE With the curfew still in place and increasing fear around the new strain and second wave of Covid-19 infections, many restaurants are struggling to operate at a profit... Read |
 | JEREMY LANG The past year has taught business owners and small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMEs) some significant lessons in agility and resilience, making them better equipped for what they might face in 2021... Read |
 | The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) has warned SMMEs and co-operatives against sending proposals and paying administration fees for the preapproval of funds to agencies... Read |
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Larry King "I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening." Oprah Winfrey "If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough." Robert Frost "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." Eleanor Roosevelt "Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticised anyway." Vincent Van Gogh "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced." |
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