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The South African Audience Research Foundation (SAARF) will release its AMPS for January-December 2012 in April 2013 at various locations for approximately one hour. The information from the presentations is embargoed until noon on Thursday, 11 April 2013. The free presentations will be held at the... read more 15 Mar 2013
Be sure to catch Bizcommunity.com's editor-at-large, Simone Puterman, on the repeat show of SABC1's Media Career Guide Show tonight, Monday, 11 February 2013, from 11pm-11.30pm. She will provide insightful career guidance for the marketing, advertising, media and retail industries. The show is... read more 11 Feb 2013
The South African Audience Research Foundation (SAARF) has released its calendar of events and details of its first SAARF training on Tuesday 19 February 2013 in Johannesburg and the first LSM training on Wednesday 20 February 2013 in Johannesburg. The RAMS Release 6 of 2012 industry presentations... read more 17 Jan 2013
As the Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa (ABC) is moving to new premises later this year, it will not have the space to keep its archived records, which go back to its inception in 1947. The new offices will only contain ABC certificates from 2000 and reports from 1987. Should any member... read more 22 Oct 2012
The early bird bookings for SAMRA conference close on 30 April 2012. The conference is scheduled for 16-17 August 2012 at the Rosebank Crowne Plaza under the theme, 'Reflection and progress - from the present into the future'. For more, go to www.samra.co.za.... read more 23 Apr 2012
Clear Strategy has recently completed its BBBEE accreditation, achieving Level 1 (135% recognition level). This reflects an improvement from Level 3 in its previous accreditation and the company is excited that its hard work has paid off. To provide sound, practical and promptly executed market... read more 12 Mar 2012
The South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) will present a free seminar for the industry on its latest population updates, prior to the upcoming AMPS release. The foundation regularly updates these figures and David Wilson, senior analyst of IHS Global Insight, the newly appointed... read more 6 Feb 2012
The South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) RAMS 2011 release 6 will be presented on Thursday, 9 February 2012, at the Bryanston Country Club, Johannesburg, from 9.30am. The presentation will highlight the most important aspects of the latest RAMS release wave, which fieldwork was... read more 20 Jan 2012
The recent research into the attitudes and behaviour of the 10% of South Africans who account for half the country's taxable income, conducted by RamsayMedia Research Solutions (RMRS) in association with the UCT Unilever Institute, has been made available on Telmar. The cross-tabs on this TopEnd... read more 24 Nov 2011
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) will present 'A Tangled Web: Human Trafficking, Child Protection and The Media' on SAfm on Monday, 21 November 2011, 2pm-3pm. SAfm's Ashraf Garda will present insider accounts of the world of human trafficking in South Africa; the who's, what's when's, why's and how's.... read more 17 Nov 2011
This Sunday, 13 November 2011, the programme for Ashraf Garda's Media@SAfm show, 9am-11am on 104-107 FM nationwide, will include:Pietermaritzburg based Willowton Group who sponsors cricket series; ad of the week from South African online store, TAKEALOT; Melanie Hamman, Media Monitoring Africa's... read more 11 Nov 2011
This Sunday, 30 October 2011, the programme for Ashraf Garda's Media@SAfm show, 9am-11am on 104-107 FM nationwide, will include:James Monteith from BMI Sport on the media coverage and brand exposure during the 2011 Rugby World Cup; ad of the week from Hunters Dry; Khosi Zwane-Siguqa, editor of... read more 28 Oct 2011
This Sunday, 23 October 2011, the programme for Ashraf Garda's Media@SAfm show, 9am-11am on 104-107 FM nationwide, will include:the winners of the Pendoring Awards 2011; Dulux's "Let's Colour" moving walls advertisement; a review of the new e-book, How to get quoted in the media, which has been... read more 21 Oct 2011
The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) is offering a free survey slot in its next RadioGauge survey, taking place on Tuesday, 1 November 2011, to any large national radio campaign, ending between 25 and 31 October 2011, that targets LSM 6-10 consumers, with a spend of around R1 million. Applicants must... read more 17 Oct 2011
This Sunday, 16 October 2011, the programme for Ashraf Garda's Media@SAfm show, 9am-11am on 104-107 FM nationwide, will include:a look at how Cricket South Africa can rebuild its brand reputation; Clover's new positioning campaign with Laurent Marty of Joe Public and brand manager of Milk and... read more 14 Oct 2011
In case you're wondering what's been happening with the Bizcommunity/Chai FM Media & Marketing radio show this month of October 2011, since Chai FM is a Jewish community radio station and this is the month of various Jewish high holy days (Rosh Hashanah/New Year, Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement and... read more 5 Oct 2011
The SA Lifestyle Survey, described as a survey into the wealthy top end of the market, was undertaken by RamsayMedia Research Solutions for UCT's Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing. It received 20 000 responses from a target audience of those with a monthly income of R30 000 or more. The... read more 29 Aug 2011
The InterAct Social Media Intelligence solution, launched in June this year by call centre and communications specialist Inter-Active Technologies, is meant to allow organisations to highlight and increase the awareness of posts and comments related to their business on popular social websites. It... read more 8 Jul 2011
This Sunday, 19 June 2011, the programme for Ashraf Garda's Media@SAfm show, 9am-11am on 104-107 FM nationwide, will include: government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi on the government's relations with the media and its ad budget; SABC's new head of marketing Yvonne Johnston on her plans for the public... read more 17 Jun 2011
Living Standards Measure (LSM) training will be offered in Johannesburg by SAARF in July, August, September and October 2011 as a two-hour workshop covering the history and development, the new SAARF LSM and LSM Extensions and SAARF Segmentation Tools. Each delegate will receive a SAARF Segmentation... read more 13 Jun 2011
If you are a highly skilled worker with a tertiary qualification and at least two years' work experience in a technology start-up firm, a reminder that GIBS MBA student Colin Daniels is interested in your responses to a survey for his MBA thesis. The survey is completely anonymous and should take... read more 8 Jun 2011
Over 500 sites have successfully migrated this month to a new system to measure the internet population. Effective Measure, which the DMMA is now using instead of Nielsen, states that this represents the majority of the South African media owners' industry, coming together in record time to work... read more 13 May 2011
The South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) RAMS 2011 Release 1 will be highlighted in an hour-long presentation at 9.30am on Thursday, 21 April 2011, at the Bryanston Country Club, Johannesburg. The fieldwork for this wave was conducted from the third week of October to mid-December... read more 12 Apr 2011
A radio documentary was produced earlier in March 2011 by two child journalists, Khuma Baduza and Khotso Zinhle, for Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) on "Human Trafficking and Child Protection: Is the Media telling the right(s) story." The MMA has released a collection of the most thought-provoking... read more 11 Apr 2011
Late last week, BrandsEye was awarded Marketing Organisation of the Year in the small business category of the SME Premier Marketing Awards. BrandsEye was recognised for "being right at the cutting-edge of technological application in marketing". Judges at this year's awards noted that the intensive... read more 3 Mar 2011
This Sunday, 23 January 2011, the programme for Ashraf Garda's Media@SAfm show, 9am-11am on 104-107 FM nationwide, will include: City Press editor Ferial Haffajee on media trends for 2011; Diane Charlton shares her key trends in Digital Marketing in 2011; Wadim Schriener of Media Tenor discusses the... read more 21 Jan 2011
The Independent Agency Selection and Selection Company (IAS), has added media monitor and analysis search to its scope of services to help clients find and evaluate the appropriate monitoring company. It will also assist clients to find the appropriate monitoring company not only to evaluate... read more 21 Jan 2011
Entries for the second annual Red Cross/Lilly MDR-TB Partnership TB Media Award have opened for print and online journalism that has provided responsible, accurate and timely information on tuberculosis prevention, research, development and treatment in general circulation media between 1 January... read more 17 Jan 2011
EMPS has just released its annual background screening report for 2010 and reveals that as many as 13 in 100 job applicants have criminal records, the percentage of applicants with credit records went up 2% from last year's 23% to 25% and invalid driver's licenses dropped from 13% in 2009 to 11% in... read more 14 Jan 2011
The 13th PAMRO Meeting and All Africa Media Research Conference will take place from 21-24 August 2011 in the Francophone country of Senegal. The cost for the conference will be approximately R3300 excluding air travel and accommodation. For more information, go to www.pamro.org.... read more 16 Nov 2010