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The Board of Cell C has announced that Jose Dos Santos will step down as Cell C's chief executive officer... read
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ROBERT GENTLE
Even its practitioners don't seem to like it...read
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DEVIN ROSS
Devin Ross from Arc discusses how the strategist role can reinvent itself going forward, to add real value to clients and to be a cog in the process of creating great and effective creative work...read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Introduced by Karin Du Chenne, CEO for Insights at Kantar, their latest free talk on why man and machine should be best friends, not enemies, emphasised the fact that we shouldn't fear machines 'taking our jobs' - while none of our jobs will be unaffected by AI, it'll be a case of working with each other, not against each other. Here's why...read
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Advertising
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Three South African creatives have been selected to serve on the jury for international advertising awards competition Dubai Lynx 2019... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Jacquin Botha is a man who wears many hats (literally and figuratively), including that of creative director, art director, designer and well-known fashion/commercial photographer. Here he chats to us about his journey thus far, the state of the advertising industry, what makes award-winning work and what is next for him looking forward... Read
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IRINA HERF
Can performance-based pricing models be the future of offline advertising in South Africa? This is one of the industry issues that were discussed in a roundtable discussion in Cape Town last week... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
The Onion this week - for marketing stupidity and, more specifically, ignoring the Telkom brand warning signs - goes to... me... Read
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ISSUED BY RIVERBED
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HERMAN WALLIS, ISSUED BY KINGDOM AGENCY
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Biz Takeouts
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In this episode of #StateoftheMedia, Nadia Hearn of 2oceansvibe Radio, chats to Leigh Andrews, Editor-in-Chief of Marketing & Media and Angie White, Head Of the Press Office Department at Bizcommunity.com about Woolworths "gender stereotyping" Valentine's Day campaign, Coca-Cola's "vagina can" incident and a report back on Bizcommunity's recent #BizTrendLIVE event. View
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Branding
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Nadia Boersch, director of the Global Woman Club Vienna, and CEO of Brandalytical, shares her keys to success when 'big bang' branding and relaunching a brand... Read
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If 2018 was the year of limited-edition packaging and personalisation (think FIFA World Cup 2018), 2019 promises to be the year of retro designs and futuristic formulations... Read
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TERRY LEVIN, ISSUED BY OFF THE SHELF MARKETING
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CRM, CX, UX
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Bongani Dyanti, a pump attendant at Engen Malmesbury in Cape Town, recently became a viral sensation for his customer service... Read
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NTOMBI MHANGWANI
Digitalisation has led to customers having an overwhelming number of choices in purchasing choices, brand selections and everything they do... Read
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CSI
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Applicants from across Africa are invited to enter the 2020 edition of the Zayed Sustainability Prize which rewards innovation, impact and inspiration in the sustainable development space... Read
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Design
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Steve Erwin, a self-taught fine artist based in Cape Town, specialises in painting classic and contemporary cars and bikes... Read
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ISLA GALLOWAY-GAUL
Around the world there is a growing rejection of purely efficiency-based office environments... Read
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Cape Town-based visual artist Berni Searle is this year's National Arts Festival featured artist... Read
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Chanel has named Virginie Viard, Karl Lagerfeld's closest collaborator for more than 30 years, as the company's new creative director, after Lagerfeld passed away in Paris this week... Read
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Celebrated fashion designer and Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85... Read
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Digital
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Gone are the days when we could live in peace believing that as low-profile individuals, we were unlikely to draw the attention of hackers... Read
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CRAIG JOHNSTON
Craig Johnston, marketing manager at Seidor Bluekey, says that data and knowledge are not the same thing... Read
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JG BEZUIDENHOUT
JG Bezuidenhout has compiled a list of my top 5 tools that can help control and regulate franchisees marketing with minimum friction... Read
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RYAN KNIPE
Digitalisation, automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have changed the way we work. Industry has evolved from being powered by steam and weaving looms in the 1700s to today's cyber physical systems and internet of things (IoT)... Read
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Serving the connected individual requires a different approach; one that focuses on creating connected brands. These connected brands will be created by The Connected Marketer... Read
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the department is ready to phase in digitised textbooks from next year... Read
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Education
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Entrepreneurship
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LEIGH ANDREWS
On Wednesday, 20 February, Miss SA 1992 and philanthropic businesswoman Amy Kleinhans-Curd was the Red & Yellow School's lunchtime lecturer. She shared her personal journey and three insights from Madiba and other 'giants' at her table that this country - particularly local businesses and entrepreneurs - can't do without... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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The 2019 Africa's Travel Indaba will take place from 2-4 May 2019 at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban... Read
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Film & Cinematography
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The RapidLion Awards are set to make a return at this year's instalment of the RapidLion South African International Film Festival... Read
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Magazines
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Marketing
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HOWARD FELDMAN
Forget marketing South Africa to foreign investors. The campaign promoting SA Inc needs to begin with the marketing of the country to South Africans... Read
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Media
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The South African Press Council has appointed Pippa Green, a renowned and seasoned journalist and writer as the new Press Ombud... Read
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DR ADMIRE MARE AND DUMISANI MOYO
Newsrooms in Africa, like their counterparts around the world, are embracing new media tools like analytics or editorial metrics to aid in the editorial decision-making process... Read
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CHIPO MUJURU
On December 14th 2018, Khanyi Dhlomo made headlines after announcing that she'd be closing down Ndalo Media. The industry gave a collective shudder and my mind started reeling. How could this be?... Read
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Mobile
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ERNST WITTMANN
Mobile technology has transformed the way we live and work, and it can be expected to rapidly change the ways in which children learn as smartphones and tablets become more widely accepted at primary and high schools... Read
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ISSUED BY BUSINESS POSITIONING SYSTEMS
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OOH
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ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA OUTDOOR
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PR & Communications
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LOUISE HUNT
While companies compete for headspace in a noisy and crowded environment, thought leadership as a tried and trusted PR tactic is coming into its own in the South African media space... Read
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The African Public Relations Association (APRA), will be hosting the 31st APRA Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, from 13-17 May 2019... Read
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Printing
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JAMES DE WAAL, ISSUED BY CANON SA
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Publishing
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Radio
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Research
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Retail
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DANIELLA SHAPIRO
Who cares what it looks like on the outside when it's what's on the inside that counts, right? Wrong! At least when it comes to product packaging, that is... Read
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GARETH HAWKEY
It's no secret that local retailers are having a torrid time. The economy remains in the doldrums with investors and consumers spooked by debilitating load shedding, ongoing job cuts... Read
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French beauty giant L'Oréal has launched a digital skin diagnostic based on people's selfies... Read
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Social Media
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WAYNE FLEMMING AND ZUBEIDA GOOLAM
Authenticity is a key component in influencer marketing. But studies show that brands often shy away from terms like 'sponsored' and '#ad' on paid partnership posts, for fear of having a negative impact on consumer perception... Read
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Social media represents one of the most significant developments in human communication and has undoubtedly changed the way we interact and share information... Read
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Prospective candidates looking for employment in the public service will now be vetted on their use of social media and the internet... Read
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ISSUED BY YOUKNOW DIGITAL
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ISSUED BY OGILVY & MATHER
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Streaming
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QUINN LUBBE
There is no doubt that video content is more informative, more engaging and more likely to gain lead conversions than any other format, but with such an overwhelming amount of content, what trends should marketers be paying attention to in order to ensure that their carefully crafted message is not simply lost in the quagmire?... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week we go behind the selfie with Gail Schimmel, CEO of the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB), and writer... Read
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One Show Awards
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You have but hours left to get your best creative work in front of a contingent of creative leaders from SA, who will serve on juries at The One Club for Creativity's One Show 2019 and ADC 98th Annual Awards, to be led by Creative Circle SA chairperson Peter Khoury, CCO at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, who will judge entries in The One Show Integrated discipline - the absolute final deadline is Friday, 22 February, 2019... Read
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The One Club for Creativity has announced that Portfolio Night will take place on 22 May this year... Read
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JEREMY SEEKINGS AND NICOLI NATTRASS
To reduce unemployment South Africa needs to prioritise labour-intensive work instead of higher wages, write professors Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass... Read
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South African finance minister Tito Mboweni, during the 2019 Budget Speech, says budget spending has to focus on getting the country ready for technology... Read
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Companies in almost every sector of the economy must become increasingly technology-focused as more devices are connected to the internet... Read
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ELAINE WANG
There has been an increase in interest by multinationals in the deployment of local cloud data centres in South Africa over the past year... Read
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The current loadshedding dilemma is affecting daily functioning on various levels, and motorists, in particular, are voicing distress over interruptions in traffic... Read
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South Africa's unemployment rate decreased by 0.4 of a percentage point to 27.1% for the fourth quarter of 2018, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Tuesday... Read
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With Eskom facing myriad challenges that have affected its ability to meet demand, President Cyril Ramaphosa pulled no punches when he detailed what needs to be done to get the power parastatal back on track... Read
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#TechBytes is a nine-part video mini-series that shares nine simple steps any business can apply to generate qualified leads... Read
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Do we have any idea what call quality we're receiving from our corporate Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider? Read
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