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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Public. Relations. To paraphrase the old Tina Turner song. What's PR got to do with it?.. Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY MAKEREIGN The IAB South Africa Bookmark Awards 2023 has announced this year's jury chairs, with MakeReign's head of product design, Genie Botha selected as the jury chair for the Builders Panel... Read |  | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Tilesh Bhaga, creative director of digital and innovation at Grey Advertising Africa, has been elected jury chair for the Innovative Engineers Panel for the 2023 Bookmarks Awards... Read |  | Danni Pinch, executive director at Accenture Song, gives tips on how to put together a great IAB Bookmarks entry... Read |
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| |  | Twenty young South African creatives have been selected as participants in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme for 2023... Read |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | BRENDAN SEERY One of the biggest marketing cons is "research"... Read |
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 | Warc Creative 100 has released a list of the most awarded campaigns and companies in the world.. Read |
 | African creatives make up only 1.1% of regional GDP*, lagging severely behind the rest of the world... Read |
 | GRANT SITHOLE Grant Sithole - Chief Product Officer Publicis Groupe pays tribute to advertising and the art of happiness... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SMART MEDIA In today's crowded marketplace, retailers and FMCG brands need to constantly find new ways to attract and retain customers. One effective strategy is in-store advertising... Read |
 | 1Life Insurance's new brand advert looks at life insurance through a different lens... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SMART MEDIA In-store advertising has been an effective way for retailers and FMCG brands to reach their target audience for decades. It offers numerous benefits that make it an essential component of a comprehensive marketing strategy... Read |
 | In collaboration with the Competition Commission, the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has announced an amendment for paid for rankings in advertising listings... Read |
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| Branding |
 | The iconic image of the Swiss Matterhorn mountain peak will no longer appear on Toblerone packaging... Read |
 | For International Women's Day, Barbie recognised seven female leaders in STEM from across the globe as part of the brand's long-term commitment to helping girls realise their limitless potential... Read |
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| CRM, CX, UX |
 | RUBEN VERWAYEN, ISSUED BY ENGAGEMENT FACTORY, A BLEND360 COMPANY SaaS growth is no longer a funnel - it's a flywheel. The flywheel consists of setting people up, activating them, engaging them and referring them to restart the entire process... Read |
 | MARK ANNETT, ISSUED BY MAXIMIZER SOFTWARE As the Internet and social media continue to buzz with discussions around recently-released chatbots that use artificial intelligence (AI) to produce content in a human-like way, so too can the conversation also be broadened to consider the use of AI technology within the customer relationship management (CRM) arena... Read |
| Design |
 | H&M Home's For the Love of Art collaboration this year will feature the work of talented South African artist Lulama Wolf... Read |
| Digital |
 | JORDAN RICHARD SCHOENHERR< How concerned should we be about generative artificial intelligence (AI)? Read |
 | RIRHANDZU SHINGWENYANA When the global pandemic hit many companies decided to reduce marketing budgets... Read |
 | In an AI vs humans showdown, will it be AI or the humans that come out tops?... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MANN MADE Africarare, Africa's first metaverse and Innovation Africa partner to bring clean water to Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SO INTERACTIVE When it comes to birds of love, one rarely thinks of a vulture. Yet this Valentine's Day, that's exactly what So Interactive has done by launching a creative digital campaign in partnership with conservation organisation, VulPro, to raise awareness of the plight of South Africa's vulture population... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY RED & YELLOW Furthering your education for tomorrow's working world is more crucial than ever before... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MAKEREIGN Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." However, in South Africa, access to education has historically been unequal... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MULLEN LOWE SOUTH AFRICA Advertising agency MullenLowe South Africa has created a commercial for NPO Save the Children that shows the horrifying realities of xenophobic behaviour... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY GALLAGHER CONVENTION CENTRE At Gallagher Convention Centre, we have kept the increase to our standard conference package as low as 2% to help you do more with your budget... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE With more than 20 thought leaders converging in person at this year's hybrid Nedbank Integrated Marketing Council (IMC) conference taking place on 15 September, it's going to be personal... Read |
 | ISSUED BY RAND SHOW There are many reasons to attend a great consumer expo. From the entertainment to exploring new gadgets, products and services, enjoying a family-friendly environment, networking with exhibitors and other visitors, and getting show specials... Read |
 | A new worldwide day Professional Speakers Celebration Day takes place Tuesday, 14 March 2023 Read |
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| Film & Cinematography |
 | Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, the 95th Academy Awards were presented on Sunday... Read |
 | More than 3,000 films from 137 countries have entered the 44th edition of the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF)... Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU We are so proud to announce that Dentsu Creative and TFG Media have significantly grown TFG Media's readership base in Q4 2022 with year-over-year (YOY) growth percentages ranging from 2.9% to a whopping 38%... Read |
| Marketing |
 | CRAIG HANNABUS Consumers are starting to lose interest in VR and by association, the metaverse says Craig Hannabus, strategy director, Rogerwilco... Read |
 | MARY KYRIAKIDI AND GRAHAM STAPLEHURST, ISSUED BY KANTAR An evidence-based view on distinctiveness vs. differentiation, and why they are both equally important for a brand to improve marketing effectiveness... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC Discovery Vitality has taken the crown in Everlytic's inaugural 'You Mailed It' Email Marketing Awards; a first-of-its-kind initiative geared to give South African marketers the opportunity to showcase their email marketing genius and stand a chance to win great prizes... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TLC MARKETING WORLDWIDE TLC Marketing South Africa is proud to announce that it has been named the Agency of the Year 2022 at the ninth Annual Frankie Awards... Read |
 | PIETER GROENEWALD Pieter Groenewald, CEO Nfinity Influencer says the rise of digital means traditional media is no longer the be all and end all... Read |
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 | CANDY DEMPERS, ISSUED BY MEDIAHEADS 360 My daughter has just segued into her second year of being a teenager. Sometimes, I think I should be making notes to write a book or TV series... Read |
 | Media24 has been named a finalist for the INMA Global Media Awards... Read |
| Mobile |
 | The blackouts not only impacted network availability for MTN but also some business functions which hampered its customers' ability to recharge and upgrade their packages... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA BusinessTech is South Africa's biggest business publication and the best place to advertise your brand... Read |
 | MICHELLÉ STEYN, ISSUED BY BATELEUR BRAND PLANNING The decline in news consumption has become a growing trend in South Africa, with only 47% of the 1,533 people surveyed in the Vantage Point study indicating that they follow the news frequently or regularly. This raises a few pertinent questions... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY TWIGA COMMUNICATIONS Over 200 days of load shedding are predicted this year. Businesses have been hit hard by the rolling power cuts and the digital marketing sector in particular has been impacted by the disruptions... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | Propel launches the world's first AI-powered assistant for public relations... Read |
 | MADELAIN ROSCHER It's been almost a year since the sound of the infamous Oscars slap echoed through our TVs... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Corporate and government affairs lead for Sub-Saharan Africa at Mondelez International Navisha Bechan-Sewkuran celebrates ten years in the company... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA This week I catch up with Bontle Tsikwe, the business director at The Grind PR... Read |
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| Publishing |
 | ISSUED BY JUTA AND COMPANY Juta and Company (Pty) (Ltd) is pleased to announce the purchase of the Siber Ink imprint which delivers trusted authored content to a variety of legal and business information users... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY OFM RADIO On Wednesday, 8 March 2023, the 25-year-old Michael Ndabandaba from Klerksdorp was announced on the Good Morning Breakfast as the grand prize winner of the OFM O-dition presenter search... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO East Coast Radio regrets to announce that Keri Miller will no longer be part of the ECR Breakfast Show... Read |
| Research |
 | Media effectiveness is becoming harder to achieve, but is more important than ever in successfully driving long-term impact... Read |
| Retail |
 | The deal will see Heineken acquire control of SA's largest liquor firm Distell and Namibia Breweries Limited, which are to be combined with Heineken SA into a new "regional beverage champion" called Newco... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Designed and produced in South Africa, Rogz has built a formidable name in the global pet industry, with a thriving export business in 90 countries. Founders Irené Raubenheimer and Paul Fuller share their journey... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SPARK MEDIA As media owners, we are often on the receiving end of comments like 'This is a global directive' or 'South Africa is so far behind the State's and Europe'. So, we sent two of our intrepid explorers off to New York City for a few days... Read |
| Social Media |
 | The Biden administration has supported a bipartisan bill that would give the American government the power to ban TikTok in the US... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HUSTLE MEDIA Selecting the right influencer can make or break your influencer campaign and is critical for a successful outcome... Read |
 | ISSUED BY STYLE ID Style ID Africa, an influencer marketing agency and platform, recently launched an interactive Instagram filter for South African social media users. This filter was used as a key focus to launch Under Armour's Summerized Collection... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | ISSUED BY DOTGOOD One of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of batteries, Energizer, is sponsoring the 2023 Durban International Marathon in South Africa... Read |
| Streaming |
 | At the recent Spotify Stream On event, music artists, songwriters, video and content creators, and podcasters from across the globe were introduced to new tools and resources coming to the global creator platform... Read |
| TV |
 | LERATO MOSEKI, ISSUED BY URBAN BREW STUDIOS Urban Brew Studios is thrilled to announce the appointment of Yandiswa Nkonde as the head of channels effective 1 March 2023... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON The new Resource Mobilisation Fund, has been launched in support of the president's energy action plan established in July last year... Read |
 | The South African government created Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges after recognising the shortfall of specialised skills in the country... Read |
 | The new minister is to stay in office "for as long as it is necessary to resolve the electricity crisis", said Ramaphosa... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, retains post... Read |
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