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ABC: Members up but print down
[Danette Breitenbach] The ABC 4th Quarter 2016 results, released via webinar for the first time, show that the total number of products and titles reported on for the ABC 4th quarter 2016 has increased to 982 from 854 in 2015... read
#DesignIndaba2017: Luis von Ahn announced as speaker
#DesignIndaba2017: Luis von Ahn announced as speaker

The guy who co-invented CAPTCHAs, who co-founded the ingenious language-learning app, Duolingo, and who sold two projects to Google in his 20s, is going to be speaking at Design Indaba next month... Read

How the Top 20 SaaS companies deal with angry Twitter users
How the Top 20 SaaS companies deal with angry Twitter users

Benjamin Brandall

Twitter is public, unfiltered, uncensored, and often an aggressive place. It can be harsh for software companies to combat the constant influx of negativity... Read

#BehindtheSelfie with… Verusha Maharaj
#BehindtheSelfie with… Verusha Maharaj

Leigh Andrews

This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Verusha Maharaj, newly promoted GM – Africa at The Creative Counsel... Read

Marketing
Are you ignoring any of these old but effective marketing strategies?
Are you ignoring any of these old but effective marketing strategies?

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

Social media, push notifications and TV commercials may have taken over as the major marketing tools in the digital age, but some of the old-school marketing methods can still be effective... read

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Not 'super-bowled' over - A stage this big deserves better
Not 'super-bowled' over - A stage this big deserves better

Eoin Welsh, Issued by Havas Johannesburg

For me, watching the Super Bowl ads is a bit like being an Arsenal fan (which, for better or worse, I am). I start out with positive thoughts of excitement, only to end up underwhelmed... read
B2B private digital advertising marketplace launched
B2B private digital advertising marketplace launched
BPA Worldwide has announced the first B2B private digital advertising marketplace for its members in the second quarter of 2017... read
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The great comfort of bad Super Bowl ads

Damon Stapleton

Quick, name your top 10 Super Bowl ads from this year. I know, it's a struggle. I am asking you to remember 10 out of a 100 or so ads whose sole purpose is to be memorable... read

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CRM
Forrester's predictions indicate CMOs at risk as consumers up experience needs
Forrester's predictions indicate CMOs at risk as consumers up experience needs
Forrester's 2017 predictions indicate US online adults want new and engaging digital experiences and will switch companies to find them, IoT will suffer compromise and over 30% of CMOs could be ousted... read
Digital
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Digital marketing trends for 2017 (part 2)

Stephen Sandmann

In part two of my exploration of digital marketing, I decided to find out where other marketers see digital marketing fit into brands' marketing mixes in 2017... read
Direct Marketing
Have you met the AutoReach Lucky Bunny?
Have you met the AutoReach Lucky Bunny?

Issued by AutoReach

The AutoReach Lucky Bunny will be surprising and delighting planners and strategists at advertising and media agencies during February... read
Media
ABC releases Q4 2016 circulation data
ABC releases Q4 2016 circulation data

Issued by Audit Bureau of Circulations

The ABC has released Q4 2016 circulation data, for the first time via webinar... read
Jozi's Ornico City launches with art auction to benefit education
Jozi's Ornico City launches with art auction to benefit education

Issued by Ornico

To celebrate its move from Sandton into Johannesburg's heartland, marketing research firm Ornico will be cutting the ribbon on its new inner city premises on Thursday, 23 February... read
Bad news for Hlaudi, SABC
Bad news for Hlaudi, SABC

Genevieve Quintal and Bekezela Phakathi

The Cape Town High Court has dismissed the SABC's application for leave to appeal its order that Hlaudi Motsoeneng may not occupy any position at the public broadcaster... read
Media representatives watch proceedings in Parliament. Picture:
Journalists may have to cover speech from restricted square

Khulekani Magubane

Journalists face increased restrictions of access and movement during President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address... read
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Traditional media breathes a sigh of relief as social media goes rogue

Tess Sulaman

Last week it emerged that certain operatives purportedly acting on behalf of a certain political party, set up a 'black ops' unit to propagate fake news about their opponents... read
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Marketers will be required to implement stringent measures to effectively manage media costs

Johanna McDowell

A major cause for concern is brewing in the South African media, advertising and communication industry. A trend that was recently blown wide open in the United States by the American Association of Advertisers (ANA) is also taking place on our shores on a seemingly widespread scale... read
French election coverage to fight fake news
French election coverage to fight fake news
AFP is joining First Draft Network and Facebook in initiatives to fight fake news, as France gears for the first round of the presidential elections on 23 April 2017... read
Printing
Bespoke textbooks offer printers respite from the revenue-eliminating e-book model
Bespoke textbooks offer printers respite from the revenue-eliminating e-book model

Vaughan Patterson

Publishers have made their bread and butter off textbooks for longer than students have endured on microwave noodles and crackers... read
Production
Jeremy Briggs gives Spar a fresh take
Jeremy Briggs gives Spar a fresh take

Issued by Lucky Bean

Lucky Bean Director/ DOP Jeremy Briggs just wrapped on TBWA Durban's latest work for Spar Freshline, and it's an invigorating, fresh take on a brand that provides not only convenience but quality too... read
Greg Gray's new ad for Investec Private Bank
Greg Gray's new ad for Investec Private Bank

Issued by Velocity Films

Service providers are becoming increasingly reliant on data and analytics to establish their clients' needs, however, it is in this process of digitisation that the individuals lose their uniqueness as they get herded into an average mass... read
Radio
Radio Pulpit 657AM releases results of its digital trial
Radio Pulpit 657AM releases results of its digital trial
Radio Pulpit 657AM, which began its trial of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM30) medium wave (digital radio) in 2014, has released its results on broadcast quality... read
Research
Is Banting moving the SA cheese market forward?
Is Banting moving the SA cheese market forward?

Issued by Insight Survey

With the Noakes-induced Banting trend in South Africa prescribing the consumption of cheese, just what impact, if any, is this phenomenon having on domestic consumption trends?... read
Who is winning in Africa, and is Africa winning?
Who is winning in Africa, and is Africa winning?

Issued by African Market Research Association

Africa Forum 2017 will see the launch of the much anticipated African Market Research Association (AMRA) and will set the African agenda for market research, including social research, opinion polling and data analytics... read
Social Media
Facebook launches initiatives for a safer and better internet
Facebook launches initiatives for a safer and better internet
Facebook partnered with public sector agencies and NGOs from across Africa under the rallying call ‘Be the change: unite for a better Internet' on 7 February 2017, Safer Internet Day (SID). read
International
The New York Times and Spotify new subscription service will cost users $5 a week in the US ()
NY Times teams with Spotify for music-news offering
NEW YORK - The New York Times said on Wednesday it had teamed up with the online service Spotify in bid to lure subscribers with a "news and music experience"... read
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Business
Unconstitutionality of FICA amendment needs resolution: SAIPA
Unconstitutionality of FICA amendment needs resolution: SAIPA
President Zuma has been harshly criticised for delaying the FICA amendment bill, but the warrantless search change could be unconstitutional... read
Multimedia
Originality Doesn't Exist Anymore with Georgia Walsh
Originality Doesn't Exist Anymore with Georgia Walsh
Artists and designers battle with the idea that they think that they own their ideas, but that their ideas are mostly references of other ideas so can they really own anything? - View/Rate
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New events to diarise
Africa Forum 2017 - 16 Feb 2017 to 17 Feb 2017, Johannesburg
Africa Forum 2017 is the inaugural AMRA event. Delegates will set the African agenda for the insights industry and make history at the launch of the pan-African association for associations. Read more >>



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