Tony Koenderman's annual Brainstorm conference was started five years ago to give the advertising and marketing industry an opportunity to catch up on the latest trends in marketing. This year's forum focussed on developments in digital media. 19 Nov 2009 12:08
Foozi has pledged its support to Football Fridays each week, by giving four companies the chance to win the use of a Foozi foosball table. The campaign runs until the end of the year. 19 Nov 2009 09:36
[Linda Hamman] Many companies invest heavily in building their brand, but too often they seem to neglect investing time and effort in the very people who at the end of the day are the window to the company - its staff. 19 Nov 2009 07:32
After a successful 12-month campaign using 50 branded buses in KwaZulu-Natal, the Darsot Food Corporation is planning to continue the campaign. 18 Nov 2009 08:26
icandi COMMUNICATIONS has been appointed as the through-the-line agency for Old Mutual Investment Group and Basil Read's latest joint venture development in the vicinity of Doornkuil. 17 Nov 2009 14:05
In the second ever Bookmark awards, Quirk eMarketing won two silver awards awards in the Social Media category ahead of stiff competition. In addition, CEO Rob Stokes was honoured with the “Best Individual Contribution to Digital in 2009” award. 17 Nov 2009 11:44
Is the industrial marketing environment changing so rapidly and erratically that a single brand approach has become a great possibility for B2B companies to create something constant and lasting? 17 Nov 2009 11:28
Foozi is designing and donating a fully branded foosball table to a children's home in Durban, just in time for Christmas. The design will feature 400 personalised messages, photographs and designs from Foozi fans all around the world. 17 Nov 2009 10:56
Cape-based strategic design agency, Liquidlab, has recently expanded its national client base to include one of South Africa's most trusted household brands, Nola. The company approached Liquidlab to redesign both their corporate logo and their range of household mayonnaises and dips. 13 Nov 2009 17:59
[Tiffany Markman] One of the big trends in small-to-medium business marketing at the moment is content creation: writing articles, blog posts and newsletter articles on a regular basis and using these to boost website traffic, public interest or even sales. So here's a three-step tutorial, ideal for non-writers on how to write articles for your own business. 12 Nov 2009 12:27
News Cafe will open in Delhi India in November 2009 and, with shop fittings currently underway in Hyderabad, the second store opening is expected mid-January 2010, with Mumbai following end March 2010. 12 Nov 2009 10:27
[Terry Levin] Why is digital online advertising proving the toughest brief our industry has ever had to crack? Here is some value mined from from the gurus assembled at Tony Koenderman's Brainstorm sessions which took place in both Cape Town and Johannesburg this week 12 Nov 2009 07:37
This year's AVA Expo audiovisual appliance exhibition in Gauteng played host to the Canon Shooting Star amateur photographic competition, with first, second and third places being awarded to very talented young South Africans from Vega School in Johannesburg. 11 Nov 2009 16:49