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 | JESSICA TENNANT The Loeries recently launched a new series of webinars called Creative Hour, whereby new Loeries CEO, Preetesh Sewraj hosts industry leaders from across the region, raising industry-related topics that would typically be discussed in private at the close of business... read |
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|  | JESSICA TENNANT The IAB SA's most recent IAB Insights online webinar took place yesterday, 11 June on Zoom, looking at building the basics in digital video and audio and enabling engagement and conversion in the digital economy...read |
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| | JEROME COHEN, ISSUED BY OFFLIMIT COMMUNICATIONS |  | KRIYA GANGIAH As advertising budgets are slashed as the world recovers from the effects of Covid-19, potential customers are spending a large amount of time at home scrolling social media pages. Cutting this avenue of advertising could be a big mistake... Read |  | KYLE NEL As a leading voice in the sports marketing/sponsorship/events industry, Treble Group MD, Kyle Nel, shares his insights on how Covid-19 has impacted the sports industry with a view to a way forward... Read | ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE MEDIA GROUP | ISSUED BY HOMEMAKERS |  | RIRHANDZU SHINGWENYANA What is important for brand reputation is to continue with communicating and marketing even amid a crisis as big as a global pandemic... Read |  | New social media research reveals the impact Covid-19 has had on the spread of anti-vaccination conspiracy theories online... Read | ISSUED BY HOMEMAKERS | LEANNE PECHEY, ISSUED BY MATRIARCH |  | South African media coverage in the second week of lockdown alert Level 3 shows increased calls for the economy to be reopened, as some school learners went back to class... Read | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM | ISSUED BY WUNDERMAN THOMPSON | ISSUED BY M-SPORTS |
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 | BRENDAN SEERY There seems to be a new Nando's in town - or at least a wannabe Nando's. I'm not talking about flame-grilled chicken icons, though Nando's is in that particular area. The fast food group has for going on two decades now, been king of the heap when it comes to producing funny, gag-filled advertising... Read |
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 | A total of 13 campaigns for a variety of global brands across different markets have won in the Effective Content Strategy category of the Warc Awards... Read |
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 | INGE RADEMEYER Everyone is talking about UX. What is it? Do you need it in your business? Are you one or could you become one? Here's an insider's explanation by Inge Rademeyer, UX designer at VMLY&R South Africa... Read |
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 | The South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) will be holding a Zoom meeting on Thursday, 11 June 2020 at 10am, in which it will discuss the study it conducted on Covid-19's impact on businesses and freelancers in the cultural and creative industries... Read |
 | JAMES TAGG While spending many hours, days and weeks at home during the lockdown, the way we socialise and enjoy entertainment has significantly changed... Read |
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 | The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) will be held from 10-20 September 2020 and will showcase more than 50 selected films, with the international nature of the festival balanced with a highlighted component of the finest of African cinema... Read |
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 | Adam Rapoport, the editor in chief of US food magazine, Bon Appétit, has announced his resignation after a 2003 photograph of him dressed in 'brown face' surfaced on social media... Read |
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 | JOHANNA MCDOWELL With knowledge based in long-term needs-analysis studies in large corporates and insights provided by Scopen's Agency Scope, CEO of the Independent Agency Search & Selection Company and Scopen partner Johanna McDowell has a healthy idea about what marketers want from their agency ecosystems... Read |
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 | STUART WALSH While the choice for brands, as they travel across cultures, is between a standardised global approach or localisation (both of which have pros and cons), the key to global brand success lies in not just adapting talent and messaging, but adapting to the actual values and therefore the culture of the region in which they market... Read |
 | Effie Worldwide has announced the 2020 Effie Index, the 10th annual ranking of the companies behind the world's most effective marketing efforts... Read |
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 | FREDRICK OGENGA Conflict resolution is a recurrent theme in East Africa. This has prompted the need for innovative ways to create lasting consensus in the region as well as across the continent... Read |
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 | The One Club for Creativity has announced that winners for The One Show 2020 will be revealed through special online "The One Show For All" announcements on 17-18 June... Read |
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 | The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has announced the launch of its new Global Ethics Council (PRCA GEC), which will uphold and elevate ethical standards in the public relations and communications industry... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE TV personality and producer, Janez Vermeiren and film director Peri vP have launched Fylmer.tv, a new online platform that connects content creators with organisations and brands... Read |
 | Tuesday, 16 June, sees the online launch of Good Hope, a new feature-length documentary from award-winning filmmaker Anthony Fabian... Read |
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 | Scopen and IAS have launched the Scopen Rating, a compilation of the opinion and consensus of the leaders of all media agencies in the country, which is a South African first... Read |
 | South Africa's largest annual study of social media trends has revealed that Facebook remains the social platform of choice for marketing - but TikTok is rising fast among both brands and consumers... Read |
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 | BEN JANSEN VAN RENSBURG Ben Jansen van Rensburg continues his analogy of retail performance management versus sports management... Read |
 | Maggi has revealed a new website in Central and West Africa that offers fresh twists to popular African dishes. The brand has also released a second season of Yelo Pèppè... Read |
 | The global coronavirus pandemic has suddenly changed the way we work, socialise, exercise and shop. New snacking habits will be formed around this reality... Read |
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 | TSHITI NDHLOVU Influencer marketing falling into the PR bucket may soon be a thing of the past as this new and growing landscape evolves. Or could it be PR agencies slowly turning into influencer agencies?... Read |
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 | As TikTok becomes more popular, it's become increasingly important that users feel safe and comfortable so that they can express themselves openly and creatively... Read |
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 | Netflix inks multi-title partnership with prolific Nigerian producer Mo Abudu to develop content from Nigeria... Read |
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| D&AD Awards |
 | 129 Pencils have been awarded across the categories, with Jung von Matt AG, Apple, Cossette Toronto, Dentsu, Inc., Mother London and TBWA\Paris amongst the top-ranking companies at this stage... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Pamela Nga, a full-time HR student and part-time network marketer studying in Cameroon, who started the Mindful Entrepreneur (M.E) podcast that aims to empower and educate young Africans to become entrepreneurs... Read |
 | RAGHMAH SOLOMON Landlords and business owners are facing new uncertainties everyday due to the coronavirus pandemic. Chief among these anxieties is how they are required to adapt interiors and buildings to comply with new international regulations... Read |
 | This Youth Month, the youth are sharing what they think the business community can do better to address the needs of the youth through a series of videos... Read |
 | From negotiating rental relief with landlords and royalty fees with franchisors to asking for relaxed loan repayments with banks, franchise operators continue their battle to survive the lockdown... Read |
 | MUHAMMAD NABIL There's an old and somewhat overused saying attributed to Winston Churchill that is nevertheless appropriate in these uncertain times: never let a good crisis go to waste... Read |
 | This Youth Month, the youth are sharing what they think the business community can do better to address the needs of the youth through a series of videos... Read |
 | EUGENE YIGA Even though it might not feel like it when every day is some combination of a nightmare written by Franz Kafka and George Orwell, there will come a time when Covid-19 is behind us and more of us realise that it's safe to fly again... Read |
 | J.P. Morgan today announced the deployment of R21 million in South Africa to assist with immediate relief following the Covid-19 crisis... Read |
 | This Youth Month, the youth are sharing what they think the business community can do better to address the needs of the youth through a series of videos... Read |
 | DANIEL HUMAN This is not the time of Charles Dickens. It is not the best of times; it is only the worst of times... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Sparkle, a digital ecosystem providing financial, lifestyle and business support services to Nigerians across the globe, has officially launched by Uzoma Dozie, the former chief executive officer of Diamond Bank... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Murray Barnetson and Willem Haarhoff, founders of DoughGetters Accounting, share how the company is surviving the Covid-19 storm... Read |
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Aristotle "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." Maya Angelou "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." H. Jackson Brown, Jr. "Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have." Thomas A. Edison "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Alexander Graham Bell "When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us." |
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