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Leigh Andrews Production company 7Films lets us on their successful year on the overseas award track as well as the local recognition they received from the Loeries, where they ranked second best in the land for TV, film and video production; the Pendorings, where they were ranked third overall - including agencies, and more...read |
| | | Ogilvy South Africa was acknowledged as the 2017 FM AdFocus Digital Agency of the Year - after delivering enviable growth in its digital business, off an already high base...read |
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 | Lebo Mashile has been announced as one of the speakers at Design Indaba 2018 and here, talks about discovering her voice and why storytelling is part of the fabric of humanity... read | |  | The Design Indaba Conference, which will be held from 21-23 February 2018, is going beyond design to create a multi-sensory event where you can hear, see, learn and experience the future of creative thinking and design activism... read | |
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 | Leigh Andrews Entrepreneurial inspiration from Suzanne Stevens, one of four founders and currently executive director of marketing at BrightRock since 2011, chosen for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women programme in 2013... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Lethabo Motsoaledi and Matthew Westaway are the dynamic engineering-educated duo and joint CEOs behind disruptive intelligence innovation studio, Motsoaledi & West. Here's why design thinking is a must for any business. read | |
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 | Juanita Pienaar Raquel Ribeiro, a communication design student at the University of Johannesburg, was recently announced as one of three finalists in the student category of the 2017 AdFocus Awards... read |
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 | The elephant in the room remains the unanswered question of 'what is the role of digital in the industry'... read |
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 | Brendan Seery To say that the most entertaining slice of television during the Springbok-Ireland game was an advertisement is not so much a compliment for a clever piece of creative marketing inspiration as it is an indictment of how badly the Boks played... read |
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 | The Global Awards announced the 2017 award-winners at their annual award celebration taking place at the New York Academy of Sciences in lower Manhattan... read |
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 | With the AdFocus Awards only a few hours away, current chairperson Craig Page-Lee, reflects on the Awards' entries this year... read |
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 | The Creative Circle is taking bold steps to ensure it is equipped to lead the creative industry into the future... read |
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 | Last night, Wednesday, 22 November, the winners of the 2017 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards were announced at an event held at The Empire Conference and Events venue in Parktown, Gauteng... read |
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 | Juanita Pienaar A few of the judges and current chairperson, Craig Page-Lee comment on the overall quality of the work received for the AdFocus Student of the Year Award and what they were specifically looking for from the entries... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach This year's AdFocus Awards saw the best of the best recognised, honouring agencies and individuals, not just for their creative and marketing skills, but for their all-round business acumen.... read |
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 | The new AdFocus Awards chairperson for 2018-19 is Phumi Mashigo, MD of Ignitive. She takes over the rein from Craig Page-Lee, founder of d-cifr... read |
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 | Nicci Botha We've all seen them. Those product ads promising hope in a bottle for guaranteed weight loss or some other miracle cure... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews This extended #EntrepreneurMonth, we go behind the selfie with Dale Ferreira, MD of creative digital marketing agency, Sconetent (it rhymes with 'content', if you're not sure)... read |
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 | James Maposa Building strong brands is a long-term process that requires a lot of thought and planning from a future-fit standpoint... read |
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 | Doug de Villiers, currently CEO of Brand Science, and his team will join Brand Union to form a dynamic new market offer... read |
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 | The inaugural DISCOP Zanzibar event will run from 11-13 July at the Verde Hotel outside Stone Town, Zanzibar... read |
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 | Quinton Lavery When directors think of sending their work to film festivals, they generally only think of submitting short or feature films. Even micro 60-sec shorts have their own festivals these days... read |
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 | Scott Cundill Scott Cundill writes that the emoji is a powerful tool that can help businesses get paid quicker... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Net#work BBDO's Mike Schalit founded the not-for-profit Make a Life (Mal) Foundation a while ago as a banner for initiatives that use creativity for good. Here, Schalit and Mal designer-in-chief Emma Strydom explain how their recent t-shirt designs have benefitted the Seed library initiative and more... read |
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 | Juanita Pienaar Keagan Clack, an art direction student at the Stellenbosch Academy, was announced as one of three finalists in the student category of the 2017 AdFocus Awards, taking place this evening... read |
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 | Dan Lewis For decades, Ikea has filled homes across the world with bookcases, beds, cardboard boxes and countless tea lights... read |
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 | Juanita Pienaar Jason Walden, a visual communications student at Vega School of Brand Leadership Johannesburg, was recently announced as one of three finalists in the student category of the 2017 AdFocus Awards... read |
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 | Google SA has announced the launch of the 2017 Connected Consumer Study, conducted by research group Kantar TNS... read |
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 | Allon Raiz Digital trends inform business owners on how to improve their content marketing efforts... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Meltwater's global CEO, Jorn Lyseggen explains the crux of his book on the new digital reality that those who leverage insights from external data or digital breadcrumbs will find themselves at an information advantage over those that don't. Here's why you need to focus on Outside Insight or fall behind... read |
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 | Facebook has launched a set of initiatives in Nigeria aimed at helping to develop and nurture communities, including small businesses, the tech and start-up ecosystem, youths and creatives... read |
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 | Claire Denham-Dyson While the advertising world is often dominated by psychology, Claire Denham-Dyson writes that she believe there are many benefits to using anthropology in B2B marketing... read |
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 | Stephen Marshal Building up your personal brand is the most difficult and yet the most rewarding process for an entrepreneur... read |
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 | Financial Mail collaborates with Zimbabwean artist for collector's item Mugabe issue... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Michelle Dobson's recent promotion from business unit director to MD dovetails with digital marketing agency Lumen progressing to the next level... read |
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 | Dirk Visser Game of Thrones is rich with lessons for content marketers to both optimise their content strategies and engage with their fans on a daily basis... read |
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 | The first-ever Big Connect recently took place in Cape Town and saw South African travel companies and influencers come together to discuss how travel marketing can be enhanced through working with influencers... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Fake news was the topic of one of the sessions at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference that took place recently at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) campus in Johannesburg... read |
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 | International Press Freedom awards go to imprisoned Cameroonian journalist, Mexican correspondent, Thai reporter, and Yemeni blogger... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant 'Info-tainment professional' and Jacaranda FM's digital lead, Kriya Gangiah, while still on air for the Saturday Top 20 show, recently left the station's midweek evening drive show to focus her time and energy on some undisclosed opportunities... read |
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 | Neo Goba Suspended Eskom acting CEO Matshela Koko has threatened to take action against the Tiso Blackstar Group for its continued reporting on his troubles at the power utility... read |
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 | Theto Mahlakoana The details of the multimillion-rand broadcasting deal between the SABC and MultiChoice may never be made public if the two companies get their way in the Constitutional Court... read |
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 | Icasa has published a second draft of its proposed amendments to the End-User and Subscriber Service Charter to ensure greater transparency of communication services and also to bring down the cost of communication in South Africa... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant On his visit to South Africa for the MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) Forum in Johannesburg on 2 November and Mobile Monday in Cape Town on 6 November, Adam Pattison, vice president, Americas & EMEA at BBM Messenger, shared insights into chat or dark social and how this is shaping the mobile economy... read |
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 | Digitata Insights partners with Ntare Insights in Rwanda in a partnership that yields immediate results, with an impactful mobile awareness campaign for Coke Studio... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The Pendoring Awards not only reward marketing communication in all of SA's indigenous languages apart from English, they've also created their own ranking. I found out why fifth-ranked Abnormal Group believes brands need to realise the power of mother-tongue communication in preserving our heritage... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Here's why the Pendoring Awards' second-ranked Joe Public United believes Madiba's sentiment that when you speak to someone in their mother-tongue, you really do speak to their hearts. read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The Pendoring Awards not only reward marketing communication in all of SA's indigenous languages apart from English, they've also created their own ranking. Here, joint fourth-ranked Black Khaki shares, "You don't have to be English, wear a three-piece suit, or have the old-school English tie to be creative..." read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The Pendoring Awards' top-ranked The Odd Number shares why it's important for creatives and brands alike to talk to their target audience in a language they understand and feel... read |
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 | APO Group and Africa's rugby governing body, Rugby Africa, sign a ground-breaking strategic partnership to develop the sport across Africa... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Inspired by the global trend towards giving back instead of getting on Black Friday, local home cleaning company SweepSouth is transferring the savings it would usually give to its customers on a day like this and handing them back to its 'SweepStars'. Here's how it works... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The results of the second edition of the Scopen Agency Scope are in! I caught up with Scopen's global CEO Cesar Vacchiano and Johanna McDowell of IAS on the importance of client-agency relationships, particularly with BEE being a uniquely SA component within the global advertising landscape... read |
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 | Digital advertising agency Jetweb, has kept a close eye on Black Friday through social listening data for the last three years and says the trend is on the rise... read |
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 | Erik Du Plessis It is very obvious that my generation failed dramatically, worldwide. The next generation want change. Mostly simply change away from what my generation achieved... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg Retailers and consumers alike are readying themselves for snaking queues and extended shopping hours in-store and online this Black Friday, falling on 24 November this year... read |
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 | Stefan Salzer Black Friday has become a highly anticipated event for retailers and customers alike. Originally marked in the US to denote the beginning of the Christmas shopping season... read |
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 | Romy Honneysett The South African retail market is a battleground at the moment: fierce competition by brands; a vast choice available to consumers; and a weak economic climate... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg South African retailers are hoping to capitalise on the growing local interest in the annual Black Friday sale, taking place on 24 November this year... read |
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 | Chris Brewer There's one thing I've been meaning to write about for a long time - a very long time, in fact - and it has to do with an aspect of our broadcasting talents that I've neglected to thank. Yes, ultimately the SABC (who would have thought... read |
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 | Bekezela Phakathi The SABC has asked the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to conduct an urgent public review of regulations that allow pay-TV operators to carry its television channels for free... read |
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Friedrich Nietzsche "The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude." Miley Cyrus "If you believe in yourself anything is possible." Mark Twain "Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." Goldie Hawn "The ability to remain calm and focused in stressful situations is central to making positive decisions." Leo Buscaglia "Change is the end result of all true learning." |
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