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Dove blunder highlights the need for ethical transformation
Dove blunder highlights the need for ethical transformation
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Visser, Nicolson and Scott.
#BODCT: Creating engaging experiences and going viral

Leigh Andrews

Business of Design 2017 targeted the ultimate 21st century business dream - creating an engaging brand experience with Studio H and Thingking, with The Kiffness sharing how he goes viral on social media - not quite as easy as 1,2,3,4... Read

Simelane and Cooper.
#BODCT: Surprise! THIS is today's African consumer

Leigh Andrews

Read up on key insights from the first sessions of Business of Design - Mduduzi Simelane talks about how to enhance the continent's filmmakers, while trend analyst, Nicola Cooper shares a snapshot of today's African consumer. It's probably not who your brand is targeting... Read

Meunier and Spengler-Ahrens.
Discussing collaborative commercial creativity, behind closed doors

Leigh Andrews

Today's the day of the One Club Executive Creative Summit Berlin for 2017 at Soho House, Berlin. While it's a closed-door meeting, we checked in with a few of the day's creative crème de la crème speakers - Philippe Meunier and Doerte Spengler-Ahrens round out the list... Read


Entrepreneur Month
Dr Ashley Pretorius
Improving HIV/Aids detection rates
The current method of HIV/ Aids detection has a 50% false positive detection rate... read
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Marketing
Why take your email marketing the inbound way?
Why take your email marketing the inbound way?

Kevin George

While email marketing is a classic outbound marketing strategy, it plays a major role in inbound marketing as it seeks to build and nurture a relationship with new, existing as well as inactive customers... read
Behind the Selfie
“Stein unframed.”
#BehindtheSelfie with... Jennifer Stein

Leigh Andrews

This week, we go behind the selfie with Jennifer Stein, managing director at Gillian Gamsy international or GGi Communications since 2013 and driving the agency into its fourth decade... read
CRM, CX, UX
AI customer service: Are you talking to Mr Bob or Mr Bot?
AI customer service: Are you talking to Mr Bob or Mr Bot?

Issued by MediaCom

Within three years from now, only 15% of your brand relationships will involve human interaction, states Gartner... read
Design
Erica Elk, executive director of the CDI.
The CDI announce name change, launch Design Directory and release results of CDI design retail survey
The CDI announces its new name, the Craft and Design Institute; the launch of SA's first craft and design directory; and the results of a survey undertaken by the CDI on the value of design retail in Cape Town... read
Authentically branded
Authentically branded

Jesse Sharkie

Designers and brands have to target what's true, so they can get real insight and the ability to grow from a place that is authentic and meaningful... read
Digital
Programmatic media buying has changed digital marketing... for good
Programmatic media buying has changed digital marketing... for good

Issued by Sprout

In South Africa, generally the level of knowledge of what programmatic media buying is, is low. The problem with this, is that programmatic isn't going away... read
Tap into hyper-personalisation with email marketing
Tap into hyper-personalisation with email marketing

Karyn Strybos, Issued by Everlytic

Email marketing offers many personalisation options, yet not all brands are leveraging this functionality to their advantage. read
#AfricaCom Expanding internet connectivity throughout rural Africa
#AfricaCom Expanding internet connectivity throughout rural Africa
While mobile phone adoption has been quite phenomenal in Africa, connectivity to the internet remains very low, especially in the rural environment... read
IAB supports free access to online information
Entrepreneurship
National Business Awards finalists uploaded
National Business Awards finalists uploaded

Issued by Topco Media

For a decade and a half, South Africa's National Business Awards has recognised outstanding achievements by companies in a host of focus areas: sustainability, customer focus, tech innovation, fast growth and more... read
Image via Disrupt Africa
Nairobi's iHub launches “Open House Fridays”

Tom Jackson

Kenyan innovation space the iHub has announced “Open House Fridays”, which offers local techies and entrepreneurs free use of the hub's co-working space every Friday in October... read
Media
Minister of Communications Ayanda Dlodlo. Image:
SABC may have new board this week, says Dlodlo

Bekezela Phakathi

It has been suggested that President Jacob Zuma wants to gain control of the SABC by delaying the announcement of a new board... read
Mobile
News24 Edge app wins global media award
News24 Edge app wins global media award

Issued by 24.com

At Tuesday's WAN-IFRA's World Digital Media Awards in Berlin, the News24 Edge app was named as the World Award Winner in the category, Best News Mobile Services... read
Icasa report analyse tariff notifications submitted by network operators
Icasa report analyse tariff notifications submitted by network operators
Icasa has published a report that analyses tariff notifications submitted to it by network operators during the first half of the year... read
Newspapers
New newspapers enter to win Frewin, McCall, and Joel Mervis awards
New newspapers enter to win Frewin, McCall, and Joel Mervis awards
Despite the ongoing tough environment for newspapers, the entries received for the Frewin, McCall and Joel Mervis Awards were of a high quality and for the first time, new newspapers entered... read
Research
Ipsos launches DUEL: A System 1/System 2 rapid testing approach
Ipsos launches DUEL: A System 1/System 2 rapid testing approach

Issued by Ipsos

Ipsos Marketing has developed a new screening approach - one that leverages learnings from behavioural science and cognitive psychology to capture consumer reactions without the use of scaled responses... read
Retail
Township-based Lemok Marketing Group brands Redefine-owned shopping centre
Township-based Lemok Marketing Group brands Redefine-owned shopping centre

Issued by Lemok Agency

Lemok Group, and its subsidiaries, were commissioned by Redefine Properties to create an integrated marketing campaign for The Boulders shopping centre's #LiveUncapped free Wi-Fi launch... read
Business
Image by  - Kalk Bay, CC BY 2.0
City of Cape Town aims to take over management of commuter rail
Earlier this week, Councillor Brett Herron addressed the media about the City of Cape Town's intention to take over management of commuter rail in Cape Town... read
Jobs offered
Internship/Junior Market Roles - Cape Town
Successful e-marketing employees in the gaming industry are paid among the highest paid roles in the world. Positions for young talent pursuing careers in this $200bn global industry. Read more >>

New events to diarise
OPSA leave a legacy conference
OPSA - 2 Nov 2017 to 3 Nov 2017, Cape Town


InDesign digital
Multidimensions - 3 Nov 2017, Johannesburg


Two-day videography and editing fundamentals
Orms Cape Town School of Photography - 2 Dec 2017 to 3 Dec 2017, Cape Town


2018 customer experience trends innovation workshop
Brandlove - 14 Feb 2018, Johannesburg


Illustrator basic to intermediate
Multidimensions - 5 Apr 2018, Cape Town


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