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Local is lekker, especially when local work is recognised internationallyWe have some exciting company news this week! Our very own editor-in-chief: Marketing & Media SA, Leigh Andrews is in the running for the Women in Marketing (WIM) Journalist of the Year Award. She's the first and only South African to be shortlisted for the Awards, so we are incredibly proud! Last week's top headlines:- The 2017 Pendoring Awards took place on Friday night, rewarding work with local insights that showcase the richness and versatility of our mother tongues. View our winners release here. Prior to the Awards, Andrews interviewed Carl Willoughby, ECD at OpenCo, who let us in on the essence of this year's Pendoring campaign.
- The MMA EMEA Smarties 2017 winners were announced. We're attending the South African finals this week, so keep an eye out for our coverage.
- Andrews covered the "egg-and-chicken race" of the #GalliovaAwards2017.
- And Danette Breitenbach attended Ask Afrika's Orange Index Awards, which highlighted the need for increased focus on building real relationships with customers.
In case you missed it...- I interviewed the founders of Kingdom, Donna Mathews and Herman Wallis, on the agency startup that applies a triple-win philosophy and adopts a results-only work environment (ROWE) strategy, saving costs for both company and client, and believing that flexibility and productivity go hand in hand.
- Last week's #Newsmakers were Sarah Buitendach and Vuyo Singiswa of Tiso Blackstar Group, who recently won a Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award in the Presentation category for the 2016 Financial Mail covers they worked on together.
- And Andrews got #BehindtheSelfie with Bailey Schneider - radio presenter at Smile 90.4 FM, TV presenter, voice-over artist, MC and blogger.
- Andrews also chatted to Mxolisi Evan Tyawa, co-founder of O'Brian, who lets us in on the agency's highlights over the last 20 years.
- As well as Tessa van Staden, programming manager at CapeTalk, who talks us through the first two decades on air for the only talk radio station on the AM frequency and how they're moving with the digital times.
- Juanita Pienaar and Wimpy's managing executive Molla Bonnet reminisce about the brand's past campaigns as it celebrates its 50th birthday.
- Pienaar also chatted to Nick Grubb, Kagiso Media Radio CE, on Kagiso Media's SoundBar about what differentiates it from similar apps on the market.
- Continuing with our Business of Design coverage, I shared Lauren Woolf aka Mrs Woolf's career experiences that led her ask, 'Are advertising agencies the cobbler's children?'. She endeavoured to answer this in her MBA thesis, the key findings, problems and implications of which I'll share in part two of the series later this week.
That's October for you. For an overview of our Entrepreneurship Month articles, go to the special section, and keep up to date on the latest #LoeriesRankings. Also click through to our annual Focus on Shopper Marketing trend report, curated by Louise Marsland and published last week. Phew, what a month! Here's to November! Jessica Tennant
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| The 2017 Pendoring winners were announced in front of a packed and appreciative audience at the glittering annual awards evening at Vodacom World in Midrand tonight... read |
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| [Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Bizcommunity is proud to announce that from a huge response of global submissions to the UK-based Women in Marketing Awards, Biz Editor-in-Chief Marketing & Media, Leigh Andrews has been shortlisted as a finalist... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Just when you thought the Loeries buzz was over, the Loeries' rankings are in! I chatted to some of this year's top-ranked creatives post-celebrations. We kick off the local insights with Native VML... read | |
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|  | Lauren Hartzenberg Amy Bowie is the founder and heart of Pulse Dermatology and Laser in Kenridge, Cape Town. From anti-ageing injectables, bespoke peels and advanced fat removal... read | |  | Twelve South African fashion industry creatives have been selected to participate in the Threads Accelerator programme, which kicks off this week. read | |  | Leigh Andrews O'Brian is a true SA advertising rarity - a 100% black-owned through-the-line agency with a 20-year track record. Cofounder Mxolisi Evan Tyawa lets us in on the agency's highlights, as well as his views on economic transformation in advertising over the last 20 years - or rather, lack thereof - and how to make this a reality going forward... read | | |
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|  | During 2016, the Gateway Theatre of Shopping in Durban made it their personal mission to grow the bottom line of at least 40 independent retailers over the course of 12 months... read | |  | Bradley Elliott As consumers spend increasing amounts of time online, retailers are scrambling to beef up their e-commerce platforms. Here are some key considerations to bear in mind when launching a digital shopping portal... read | |  | Stefan Abro Effective engagement with today's shopper is a constant challenge considering that they have numerous avenues to research products and brands before making a decision... read | |  | Charlene Olivier There are a few trends in 2018 that may make it easier for consumers to part with their rands and cents... read | |  | Gill Randall Ten seconds. That's all the attention a consumer will give your brand in a supermarket environment before considering a purchase... read | |  | Dave Nemeth The South African retail landscape has been under a lot of pressure for some time now and whilst 80% are blaming the economy for this downturn in trading, there are others that continue to grow year on year... read | |
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 | Hein Kaiser from Mix 93.8 FM chats to Andreas Smit from Isilumko Activate about brand ambassadors as well as marketing manager of Husqvarna, Jacqui Cochran about their new campaign The Laziest Summer Job, on his latest Marketing & Media show. - View/Rate | | |
 | At the annual Mobile Marketing Awards for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Smarties Awards gala ceremony, held on Wednesday, 25 October 2017 at Swissôtel The Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, the association once again celebrated excellence, innovation and effectiveness in mobile marketing... read | |  | Lauren Crooks Whether your goal is lead generation, sales conversion or brand-building, what you say and how you say it is the most powerful way to engage with your audience... read | |  | Women in Marketing (WIM) has announced the shortlisted entries for the 7th annual Women in Marketing Awards... read | |  | Identifying trends before they reach critical mass enables brands to tap into unlimited potential growth... read | |  | Windhoek Beer has launched a search for the country's best shisanyama... read | | |
Issued by Ola! Films | | Issued by TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris | |  | Danette Breitenbach Technology might be assisting us to deliver the highest levels of customer satisfaction ever, but this is at the cost of our humanity... read | | Issued by Ads24 | |  | Jessica Tennant During her time at Ogilvy & Mather, Lauren Woolf, now founder of Mrs Woolf, recognised a paradox in the advertising world that led her to write a thesis on the subject as part of her MBA at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership... read | |  | Greg Viljoen Many millions of brands, from consumer goods to charities, compete across a bewildering array of media platforms for attention. All of them hope for more... read | | Issued by Ola! Films | | Issued by Hellocomputer | | Issued by M&C Saatchi Abel | |  | Cari Coetzee Emirates has launched a $15m campaign to inspire travel and promoted the airlines network of global destinations. We go behind the scenes of the campaign with Boutros Boutros... read | |  | Brendan Seery When I first met Jacob Zuma he was, believe it or not, the head of the Moral Regeneration Movement. He was still deputy president to Thabo Mbeki and, in a long conversation with him in Pretoria, he struck me as a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) type of guy. Straightforward, reliable and, yes, honest... read | |  | Jessica Tennant Kingdom is the new agency on the block, with a heart for positive messaging and making a difference. As such, the insight, strategy and creative agency, founded by friends Donna Mathews and Herman Wallis, applies a triple-win philosophy, whereby... read | | |
 | Leigh Andrews This #EntrepreneurMonth, we go behind the selfie with true media mutlitasker Bailey Schneider - she's a radio presenter at Smile 90.4 FM, as well as TV presenter, voice-over artist, MC and blogger... read | | |
 | The 21st annual Zanzibar International Film Festival announces the opening of submissions for competition and screening for 2018... read | |  | Africa is a land of storytelling, ambitious talent and outstanding filming facilities. Its time has come to make a mark on international drama... read | | | The winners of the 2017 Cape Town International Film Market and Festival (CTIFM&F) were announced at a red carpet event, held at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town. The event was hosted by Pearl Thusi and Maps Maponyane. | | | View galleries |
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Issued by Ipsos | |  | Sarah Gooding-Kobus Findings about the South African market from WE's inaugural Brands in Motion research shows consumers don't care as much about fancy banking app features as they do about their values and how banks align with these... read | |  | Danette Breitenbach When it comes to customer experience, many brands talk the talk. Not that many walk the walk. Avis Rent a Car (Avis) is not one of these... read | | |
Issued by Naija Writers' Coach | |  | Africa holds the key to feeding 9 billion people by 2050, Dr Akinwumi Adesina says during Norman Borlaug Lecture... read | | |
 | Jessica Tennant Sarah Buitendach and Vuyo Singiswa of Tiso Blackstar Group recently won a Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award in the Presentation category for the 2016 Financial Mail covers they worked on together... read | | |
Khanya Ncoyini, Issued by Enovation | | Issued by AfricaCom | | | Promoted content | | |  | Jeanette Grove Some agencies are finally beginning to understand the importance of being "fully integrated." So why this need for integration?... read | |  | Radio Pulpit 657AM has won the 2017 DRM Enterprise Award (Africa), for its contribution in actively promoting the DRM standard across Southern Africa... read | | Issued by United Stations | |  | Jason Acar Finally, the podcast revolution has reached South African shores! It's been a slow start, and a long wait for downloads to pick up, but the tide is turning... read | | Issued by Moving Tactics | | Issued by Techsys Digital | | Issued by Wetpaint | | |
Issued by Tushiyah Consulting | |  | Angolan food delivery startup Tupuca is planning on adding new features and expanding to neighbouring countries having seen solid uptake since its launch... read | | |
 | According to the financial results of the CTICC, the centre generated R216m in revenue, contributed R3.7bn to the national economy, sustained 7,824 jobs, hosted 482 events and 416,733 delegates... read | | Issued by espAfrika | | |
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 | The Storylab Academy is providing an opportunity for journalists to improve their digital storytelling skills with a combination of free online webinars and face-to-face training... read | | | |  | Leigh Andrews What came first, the chicken or the egg? Both did at the Galliova Awards 2017, if its egg and chicken writers you're referring to... read | | Issued by SAFREA | | |
Issued by Mobile Marketing Association | |  | Juanita Pienaar Kagiso Media's recently launched app SoundBar has 12 internet radio stations and is 10 times cheaper to listen to... read | | |
 | Chris Jordan Where traditional models in radio have enjoyed funding from around 70% of what the station makes through ad sales revenue, online stations need to do the same, but in a completely different way... read | | Issued by 24.com | | |
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 | Leigh Andrews The 2017 Pendoring Awards are taking place tonight, Friday, 27 October 2017 at Vodaworld. Carl Willoughby, ECD at OpenCo, lets us in on the essence of this year's Pendoring campaign... read | | |
Vuma sells 51% stakeVuma Reputation Management has conducted a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBBE) transaction with three members of the company's executive team.
The result of the transaction makes the company now 51% black-owned and 30% black female-owned.
The three members acquired the 51% stake through a loan provided by Vuma Reputation Management. The debt will be repaid from dividends generated by the company. read | | |
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Issued by Primedia Broadcasting | |  | Leigh Andrews With the rise of social media, there's a deluge of that 'breaking news' information to sift through. You need to be ready to switch focus at the drop of a hat - even while on-air. Tessa van Staden, programming manager at CapeTalk, talks us through how the team has juggled this in their first two decades... read | | |
 | Erik Du Plessis The most used statistical technique that is used to segment the brands in a market is correspondence analysis which produces a perceptual map... read | | |
 | Jainita Khatri Physical merged with digital, that's where the term phygital comes from. It's a marketing and retail description, but you'll find a world of phygital art out there too... read | | Sally Rothman, Issued by GfK South Africa | | |
 | Babalwa Nyembezi Instagram Stories now lets you host a poll, but maybe you're struggling to share your brand purpose using Stories (and to keep up with the millennials). Here are a few ideas on how you can start thinking about telling better stories... read | | |
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 | Hennie Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen has been awarded top honours in the SABC2 competition, Proefessioneel, defeating 19 other competitors, securing a position at Eight Restaurant at Spier... read | | |  | D&AD has launched 17 new creative briefs for the 2018 New Blood Awards 2018... read | | | More International | |
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 | South Africans will see another the fuel price increase on Wednesday, 1 November 2017... read | |
| Hein Kaiser from Mix 93.8 FM chats to Andreas Smit from Isilumko Activate about brand ambassadors as well as marketing manager of Husqvarna, Jacqui Cochran about their new campaign The Laziest Summer Job, on his latest Marketing & Media show. - View/Rate | |
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