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 | Cari Coetzee Concepts Collection creates unforgettable luxury experiences. We chat to Christina and Richard Holt to find out how it all started and what it takes to run one of the leading luxury brands in SA... read | |  | Nicci Botha The spending power of students is R2,702 per month, while the average South African spends about R2,503, debunking the myth of the perpetually broke student... read | |  | The current method of HIV/ Aids detection has a 50% false positive detection rate... read | |  | Cari Coetzee How can establishments in the hospitality industry manage the masses of online reviews and reviewers out there? This is where Go Review, launched by Social Places, comes in... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Serial entrepreneur Linnéa Kempe shares the importance of multitasking, building the right team and putting your brand out there... read | | |
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 | Jessica Tennant YouKnow Digital in partnership with consumer insights platform Crimson Hexagon launched the South African Consumer Trends Report today, 12 October... read |
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 | 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 |
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 | Leigh Andrews Dr Justin Cohen of Australia's Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science shared insights from research into marketing with Spark Media's guests. If you've not factored mental availability into your brand messaging, read this now... read |
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 | By registering for a free AfricaCom visitor ticket online, visitors can gain access to more than 450 exhibitors, masterclasses, plus an innovation hall packed with visionary insights on future tech trends... read | | |
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 | Leigh Andrews The One Club Executive Creative Summit Berlin kicks off on Wednesday, 11 October at Soho House, Berlin. While it's a closed-door meeting, we checked in with a few of the creative crème de la crème speakers - John Butler is next on the list... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The One Club Executive Creative Summit Berlin kicks off on Wednesday, 11 October at Soho House, Berlin. While it's a closed-door meeting, we checked in with a few of the creative crème de la crème speakers - Susan Credle is first on the list... read |
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 | Senzo Xulu Is it enough when consumers merely know about your product or its benefits? read |
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 | Werner Lindemann With consumers' attention fragmented across multiple channels, leading brands are already implementing multichannel marketing strategies. Regulatory pressure is just one more reason to pick up the pace... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Last night saw Halo Advertising win the coveted Roger Garlick Grand Prix for their client, Jacaranda, for its ‘More music you love' campaign at the Advertising Media Association of South Africa (Amasa) Awards... read |
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 | LONDON - The black model who appeared in a Dove advert which triggered accusations of racism insisted Wednesday that she was not a victim and that the commercial had been misinterpreted... read |
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 | Madelain Roscher The recent social media storm over Dove's latest advertising campaign bears testimony to the increasing power of social media platforms and how brands are being held accountable for their every move... read |
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 | Garikai Nhongo Bizcommunity.Africa columnist, Garikai Nhongo, on how to best use storytelling in advertising... read |
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 | 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 |
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 | Jeremy Maggs Body wash advertisement is a complete wash-out, but brand specialist says apologetic company is likely to survive unscathed amid calls to boycott the product... read |
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 | Steve Vranakis, ECD of Google Creative Lab, begins his tenure as the new president of D&AD... read |
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 | 2017 Young Globals student competition and internship is now open for entries and Calcium and Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness will join forces as the official corporate sponsors and mentors... read |
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 | Brendan Seery Normally, I'd wonder whether a company that goes to shoot a South African commercial on location in Iceland has more money than common sense... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant NEWSWATCH: Dove comes out unclean after apologising for its latest advertising campaign that depicted a black woman turning white after using its shower cream... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach The biggest Amasa Awards event to date will take place on Thursday, 12 October 2017, when 380 media and industry professionals will descend on The Hilton in Sandton, Gauteng... read |
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 | Alistair Mokoena has been appointed as Ogilvy South Africa's new CEO, following Abey Mokgwatsane's decision to move to Vodacom... read |
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 | Chris Brewer About two years after the demise of Amps (et al), the Marketing Research Foundation (MRF) has announced the release of an update to the 2015 Amps, data using 2016 population statistics... read |
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 | Ciclope, a leading international festival, has invited four prominent figures in the South African film industry to sit on the jury of its upcoming awards show... read |
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 | The King James Group has brought together its digital agencies in Johannesburg and Cape Town to create a combined entity under the banner of King James Digital... read |
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 | Mike dos Santos In an increasingly interconnected and integrated world, the disciplines of strategic planning and brand design are simultaneously shifting and converging in ways that we, as an industry, have never seen before... read |
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 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 | Jessica Tennant Business of Design is back with a speaker lineup of note. The two-day seminar is held annually in Cape Town and Johannesburg during October and doesn't just focus on design in itself but has a much broader vision for the field in all areas of business... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Business of Design is back with a speaker lineup of note. The two-day seminar is held annually in Cape Town and Johannesburg during October and doesn't just focus on design in itself but has a much broader vision for the field in all areas of business... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach IndaHash.com is launching its own universal cryptocurrency payment structure specifically for influencers to help them develop loyal and engaging audiences... read |
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 | While mobile phone adoption has been quite phenomenal in Africa, connectivity to the internet remains very low, especially in the rural environment... read |
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IAB supports free access to online informationIAB SA is supporting the launch of the issue paper addressing perspectives on universal free access to online information in South Africa. The Free public Wi-Fi and Zero-Rated content issue paper was prepared for the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) with the assistance of Applied Law & Technology, in collaboration with the SouthAfrican National Editors' Forum (SANEF).
The paper is aimed at examining the background and legal frameworks that support a right to universal free access to online information, with a specific focus on the South African context. read |
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 | Facebook gets behind African entrepreneurs in a 'celebration of tech' week as part of its sponsorship of TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield Africa... read |
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 | 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 |
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 | Stephen Sandmann Part of this process of figuring what it takes to be an entrepreneur is personal reflection, data gathering, analysis, chatting to the pros and learning from it all, writes Stephen Sandmann... read |
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 | Elzaan van Rhyn African conferencing facilities are becoming more than just venues for local gatherings and are now attracting major international events... read |
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 | The Features category of the Sikuvile Journalism Awards not only draws a large number of entries - this year there were 52 entries - but generally also attracts a high quality... read |
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 | Bekezela Phakathi The three acting executives at the SABC will remain in their posts until the vacancies are filled permanently... read |
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 | 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 |
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 | At the 2017 MTN Business App of the Year Awards, which took place on Thursday, 12 October 2017, Shyft was named the overall winner... read |
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 | Springster, NGO Girl Effect's global mobile-first platform for vulnerable young women, has partnered with Creative Media Works (operating as BBM Messenger) to launch Girl Talk... read |
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 | Icasa has published a report that analyses tariff notifications submitted to it by network operators during the first half of the year... read |
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 | 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 |
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 | Ireland/Davenport (ID) celebrated its 13th year at its office in Illovo, Johannesburg this evening and to mark the occasion along with its increase in black ownership from 25.1% to 51%, the boutique communications agency has been renamed... read |
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ICASA publishes tariff notifications reportA report on the analysis of tariff notifications has been published by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).
The report provides a summary of the various initiatives that ICASA currently has underway as measures to address the cost to communicate in South Africa.
The report also highlights the different tariff plans which were filed and/or existed in the market during the period under review. read |
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 | Katharine Child The Government Employee Medical Scheme has launched an investigation into claims it allowed staff at public relations firm Martina Nicholson Associates to give medical advice on its online column titled Dr Joe. read |
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 | With revenue from Africa's pay-TV market sitting at $4.4 billion and expected to exceed $6 billion by 2021, the time is now to continue the momentum of content production as a significant economic booster for African economies... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Local legend SJ Myeza of 7Films is really firing on all cylinders! Not yet 25, he attended Cannes Lions for the first time this year, picked up wins at the Loeries and One Show in New York, he's also just been announced as the only African finalist in the global One Club's Young Guns 15... read |
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 | Members of the IAB and local publishers recently fleshed out issues facing the publishing industry during a round table discussion, hosted by Marc du Plessis, head of the Publisher Council for IAB SA... read |
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 | Kulula.com has partnered with the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town by donating funds to launch a first-of-its-kind radio station by children for children in Africa, RX Radio... read |
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 | Chris Jordan Chris Jordan offers some tips about what to keep in mind when teaching radio broadcasting to your students... read |
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 | At a time when trust in traditional media is at an all-time low, it is the crucial factor underpinning radical change and future success in the news industry, according to the World Press Trends 2017 report... read |
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 | Havas recently released the latest in its series of Prosumer reports, focusing on people's attitudes on gender and gender equality... read |
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 | Clicks Clubcard has moved into the top spot as South Africa's most used loyalty programme at 67%, just beating last year's loyalty leader, Pick n Pay Smart Shopper... read |
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 | A new report reveals discrepancies in how manufacturers and retailers view and approach post-purchase revenue, profit and relationship-building opportunities in the aftermarket service sector... read |
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 | Vodafone's fifth annual IoT Barometer Report reveals South Africans' optimism over possible business outcomes from IoT... read |
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 | Yudhvir Seetharam We often mention that we live in the digital age, where information flows at faster speeds, is more complex and is more accessible... read |
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 | Three UK has topped a sentiment analysis of UK mobile networks conducted by opinion mining company BrandsEye... read |
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 | DStv customers who have a fibre optic network installed, can now get signal to their DStv decoders using this network with one centralised satellite dish for their whole estate, complex, or apartment block... read |
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 | Hadlee Simons Netflix launched in South Africa more than a year ago, officially supporting the region with TV shows and movies. But the streaming service has also recently added South Africa to its monthly ISP Speed Index... read |
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 | Louise Marsland Kwesé TV is disrupting the pay-TV market on the African continent, bringing the ‘TV everywhere revolution' to the continent. President and CEO, Joseph Hundah is our #AfricaAchiever.... read |
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 | In the last forty years, the number of obese children and adolescents (aged five to 19 years) worldwide has increased tenfold... read |
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 | Greenpeace Africa has responded with outrage to Eskom's announcement that it would be building and operating a nuclear power plant at Duynefontein, Western Cape... read |
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 | Hein Kaiser from Mix 93.8 FM chats to Nick Stein about Boody, an Australian eco brand that is producing clothing made from bamboo, on his latest Marketing & Media show. - View/Rate |
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 | 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 >> |
| Leading events production company espAfrika is looking for a proficient, deadline-driven admin assistant to join the marketing department. Read more >> |
 | Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced sales consultant (Ref. MHF/318/1017). Applications close 27 October 2017. Read more >> |
Online/digital marketer needed with two years web and digital marketing experience to work at CTU Training Solutions Head Office in Garsfontein, Pretoria. Apply at recruits@ctutraining.co.za Read more >>Mcore Productions is looking for a client management/administrator/production coordinator to manage our business television and radio platforms. Skilled in client service, administration, and exposure to media production. Read more >>Showcase your web skills and be noticed at Blue Juice Design (Pty) Ltd. Apply for our back-end web developer position. Send your CV to [[sandy@bluejuicedesign.com]]. Read more >> |
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