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From Instagram Stories to design thinking As January gains momentum, so does our coverage of all the latest happenings in the creative industry. First up, Anne Dolischek delves into the debate surrounding Snapchat and Instagram Stories as marketing platforms, the latter of which has since grown to more than 150 million daily users in just five months. If you're not yet on top of the trend, don't miss her explanation of the similarities, differentiators and audiences each of the platforms reach. Robert Bloom and Katherine Train tap into another top business trend at the moment – that of design thinking and the importance of empathy generation in getting it right. They'll be holding a workshop on the topic on 13 February 2017 in Cape Town through the Design Thinkers' Academy – click here to book your seat. I also unravel into the latest Loeries Rankings with The Odd Number, the only 100% black-owned agency to feature in the top 20. Click through to hear some of their Loerie-winning radio work. ICYMI last week, we're continuing our #BizTrends2017 reportage throughout the month, with the special section updated daily. More than enough Monday motivation, make it a good one! Comment online in our Ed's Column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Weekly top stories |
Anne Dolinschek The debate surrounding Snapchat and Instagram Stories started when Instagram launched their stories in August last year. As expected, social media users were confused... Read | Robert Bloom and Katherine Train Empathy generation is pivotal to the design thinking process, and an essential capacity to ensure successful execution across all phases of the design thinking framework. Read | leigh andrews I chatted to some of the top ranked creatives post-2016 Loeries Rankings celebrations. Here, 100% black-owned branding and marketing agency The Odd Number's creative director and founding partner Sbu Sitole shares his views on the agency's first-ever award wins… Read |
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| | |  | Colin Cullis Broadcasters that embrace these three key opportunities have a great future, says Colin Cullis of Business Unusual on The Money Show... read | |  | Deseré Orrill Get real on social media and online media, says Deseré Orrill, co-Founder Ole! Media Group and managing director of HoneyKome... read | |  | Madré Roothman Bizcommunity.com interviewed Madré Roothman, digital strategist at Hellocomputer on digital trends for 2017... read | |  | Diane Gantz Mobile is the single most important device that connects consumers with each other, with brands, and products and services. Over the past few years it has demonstrated its power in both marketing and advertising, and as a source of consumer insight. read | |
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 | Madonna Badger, chief creative officer at Badger & Winters, will take on the role of Ambassador for the 2017 See It Be It programme at the 2017 Cannes Lions, taking place 17-24 June 2017, Cannes, France... read | | |
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 | Deloitte Africa predicts that over 300 million smartphones, or more than one fifth of units sold in 2017, will have machine learning capabilities within the device... read | | Issued by Young Gun Films | | Doug Conely, Issued by Exponential | |  | Bogosi Motshegwa I wish I had a magic wand to foresee the future and be able to plan ahead. That would be nice, wouldn't it? For me at least. But, fortunately sometimes, to predict the future, it only requires a closer look at the present and some past occurrences… read | |  | Leigh Andrews This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Vega School students Robyn Phillips and Azraa Kazi, awarded Golden Muses at the PromaxBDA Africa Awards for their campaign, ‘Brave is Sexy'... read | |  | Chris Brewer One thing about newspapers during the holidays is, why are they so thin - with fewer editions... read | |
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 | Now in its third year, the PPC Imaginarium Awards has assembled some of the industry's most influential creatives on the national and regional judging panel who will evaluate the various category submissions, choose category finalists and the overall winner... read | | |
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Issued by SAFREA | |  | Facebook announced Wednesday the creation of a Journalism Project aimed at fostering "a healthy news ecosystem" and curbing the spread of fake news... read | |  | Issued by Oomph! Africa Oomph! has welcomed Justin Howard to their ranks in the capacity of Director: Strategy. Justin was admitted to the Charted Marketers Board CM (SA & USA) and holds numerous business, legal and marketing qualifications... read | |  | Jim Egan It is a massive understatement to say that it is an interesting time for Western democracy... read | |
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 | Leigh Andrews Greg Mason took on the reigns as regional lead for sub-Saharan Africa at Effective Measure on 3 January. With two weeks in the role under his belt, I checked in to find out his plans over the coming months as well as a few digital and programmatic trends to expect from 2017. read | |  | Chemory Gunko Content marketing differs from traditional PR in that it is educational and informative entertainment – but importantly, it is entertainment... read | | |
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 | Leigh Andrews Johannesburg-based Produce Sound's owner Louis Enslin shares the good news about the state of SA's audio advertising... read | | Issued by Kaya FM 95.9 | |  | jenny glover It's hard work loving radio. Many in the industry view her as the big-boned, frumpy medium, partial to unfashionable trouser suits with elasticated waists. Essentially, she's Bea Arthur and you will be judged harshly for subscribing to her fan club. read | | |
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 | Andy Walker There were some huge stories this week on the internet. If people weren't talking about Barack Obama and Joe Biden's adorable bromance, or Donald Trump and Mike Acosta's verbal ping-pong, they were probably talking about this Turkish chef... read | | |  | The Advertising and Motion juries have been announced for the 96th ADC annual awards, now part of The One Club for Creativity... read | |  | The head of Sony's entertainment business announced on Friday that he is stepping down to devote energy to Snapchat as the startup behind the smartphone messaging app prepares to go public... read | | | More International | |
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 | Companies increasingly fear the unpredictable business environment, where markets are volatile and political perils are on the rise... read | |
 | On the 1st of December, we celebrated #wundermanday by inviting representatives from the different Wunderman Companies in South Africa (Aqua, Base2, Cerebra and Applogix) and discussing what it means to 'come together'. - View/Rate | |
| - A+E Networks expands Joburg office with three new appoinments - more info
- Hlongwane is VWV Group's new deputy MD - more info
- Nicole McNamara is VWV Group's new MD - more info
- Katja Quasdorf is the new Jenman African Safaris CEO - more info
- Khan Javed to lead Centric DXB's client strategy development, social media practice - more info
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