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 | On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Pete Case, CEO of Gloo, and Jacqueline Lahoud from Winemag.co.za... read more>> |
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 | Madelise Grobler Many will tell you that when it comes to marketing, what matters is what others are saying about your company. The starting point of this, however, is what your company is saying about itself... read more>> |
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 | Chris Moerdyk It was entirely predictable that after a relatively trouble-free and politically safe banning of tobacco product advertising almost two decades ago, government would turn its attention to liquor, fast food and a raft of other forms of advertising... read more>> |
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 | Mark Zeller US Federal Trade Commission head Brill on protecting the consumer; Yahoo's Mayer on her company's core values guiding privacy; O&M's Crampsie on the need to adapt... This and more at Advertising Week... read more>> |
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 | Louise Marsland A strong, aspirant emerging middle class, a tech boom, media and brand opportunities and the only continent with untapped growth, make the African continent an increased focus of large multinationals for 2015... read more>> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: Woolworths is in the news because of a frog a customer claims to have found in his Woolies salad, reports Times Live, which also reports Siyaya TV is finally open for business... read more>> |
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 | Vanessa Bluen As economies fluctuate so strategies need to adapt. This has always been the case. However, now as the world around us changes dramatically, some strategic changes need to be radical... read more>> |
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 | What if brands bought media that could make a real difference - like feeding thousands of hungry school children healthy meals every single day? It's in answer to this question asked by Hellocomputer that Social Feed was born... read more>> |
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 | Spur Foundation has taken up the challenge and has joined up with the Organ Donor Foundation for the life-changing #Save7 campaign... read more>> |
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 | Inspired by our 20 years of freedom, schoolchildren across the country were invited to create a Google Doodle depicting the 'South Africa of Their Dreams' in the first Doodle 4 Google competition dedicated to South Africa... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews Ever wish you could locate your car in a packed parking lot by checking on your phone? With the Internet of Things, everyday household products are about to become a whole lot smarter... read more>> |
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 | Ilse van den Berg Wi-Fi has become a basic need for many people around the world. But how do we cost-effectively and sustainably provide the Wi-Fi consumers and businesses are demanding? (video) read more>> |
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 | Sindy Peters Consider how your life would change tomorrow if the internet was to be 'switched off'. Sure you could bear it for a week or so, but once the horrifying reality of, for instance, having to go into a bank kicks in... read more>> |
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Leon Marinus |
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Greg Schneider, Issued by Quirk |
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Jacqui Maroun, Issued by NATIVE VML |
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 | Accenture has announced that it is bringing Sebastian Thrun and Lisa Bodell to South Africa in early 2015. They will take the stage alongside Ludwick Marishane and two other international speakers... read more>> |
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| Chris Moerdyk I received an email from a colleague this week asking me to sign a petition against local cellular networks taking 50% profit from revenue generated by SMS text messaging in aid of charity... read more>> |
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 | The latest Mxit Brand Index has been released, revealing the Top 40 South African brands on Mxit on 31 October 2014... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews Headlines about mobile malware dominate the media. If you were to believe all of them, you'd never turn on your phone. But whose responsibility it is really to educate digital and mobile citizens of fraud risks? read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews There's a swelling global wave of participatory citizenship. While it's definitely the way forward and enhanced by mobile, there are unique challenges to be faced in Africa... read more>> |
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 | Jessica Taylor "It was always this awkward looking guy who was tech savvy, solved a big problem and got the girl in the end ... I consider myself a geek. A geek can look like this too. A geek can wear pink dresses and can wear sparkles and be just as geeky as anybody else." - Margaret Burgraff... read more>> |
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 | The IAB SA and EndCode will host a discussion in both Johannesburg and Cape Town focusing on online content regulation and how it affects the industry... read more>> |
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 | 21 ICONS South Africa has featured its sixteenth icon of its second season: Jill Farrant, a scientist and professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of Cape Town... read more>> |
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 | Louise Marsland Tandi Potgieter, the new MD of Printstagram, a personalised photographic printing company, hopes to transition the business from a purely web-based enterprise to have a bricks-and-mortar retail footprint in partnership with photographic outlets nationwide... read more>> |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Eddie Mbalo, Interim CEO, On Digital Media/StarSat, believes South Africa's content providing industry is in a crisis and this is why TopTV ended up the way it did... read more>> |
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 | Ruth Cooper Tumi, featuring Reason and Ziyon, recently released their music video for In Defense of My Art. With a provocatively strong African aesthetic the video has already received a fair amount of feedback. We chatted to award-winning director Kyle Lewis from Arcade Content to find out more... read more>> |
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 | The introduction of the first and only new small-urban/rural update for 2014 to SAARF's RAMS for October has seen a number of changes coming through for radio listening... read more>> |
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 | The findings of a new survey, conducted by Ifop in South Africa and Nigeria on consumers' perceptions of mobile marketing, has been released by Gemalto... read more>> |
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 | Marion Scher If your response to the question is 'No, we're not using Twitter yet', the bad news is... You're already too late... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews Top insight from the Student Village Makoya Awards 2014: If you want to attract the student market, up your activation, digital and PR skills... read more>> |
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 | GREEN BANK, US: In this rural speck of hyper-connected America, it's easier to hear a cow moo than a cell phone ring... read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK CITY, US: The organisers of the Midas Awards for the World's Best Financial Advertising have announced the 2014 competition shortlist and South African entries are among the leaders... read more>> |
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 | HONG KONG, CHINA: Twitter plans to set up shop in Hong Kong early next year, focusing on ad sales instead of the one-to-many messaging service banned in China... read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON DC, US: US President Barack Obama has voiced support for "free and open internet" rules that would ensure that no service is stuck in a "slow lane" without paying a fee... read more>> |
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 | The SA National Editors Forum (Sanef) has dispatched a letter to the spokesperson of Parliament, Luzuko Jacobs, protesting against the soft censorship that is creeping into the broadcasting of proceedings... read more>> |
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 | Two months since the tragic collapse of a guesthouse in Lagos, Nigeria, the bodies of 74 of the deceased have arrived home to a poignant and emotional reception ceremony. read more>> |
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 | Bekezela Phakathi Tensions are simmering between the Department of Communications and the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services over the ownership of key state technology-related projects... read more>> |
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 | Five months after the creation of the small business development ministry, touted as a solution to SA's unemployment problem, its effect is yet to be felt... read more>> |
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Want a sexy boy-racer that's affordable, a barrel of fun to drive when it grows horns but also has a gentlemanly, fuel-sipping side and a ride comfortable enough to make it a pleasant daily commuter? Well, then the Toyota 86 might just be what you are looking for. read more>> |
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 | Brian Berkman Rocktail Bay takes it name from a ship that was wrecked there. That wreck might have happened during a storm - the sort of storm that Noah might have encountered - the sort of storm that reminds us that nature is not necessarily benign... read more>> |
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 | Brian Berkman Access to airport lounges has long been the symbol of upward mobility and previously only reserved for VIPs or those who purchased premium tickets. Nowadays, however... read more>> |
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 How Tesco have made sure they stay ahead of the social customer care rush and how Gorilla Creative Media have put their clients in the pound seat this festive season. Read more >>AFPRO Connect Expo - 25 Nov 2014 to 26 Nov 2014 Johannesburg First trade show to promote the wealth and quality of African production services and locations. Read more >>#hruCapeTownAfrican Heart Celtic Soul - 13 Feb 2015 Cape Town |
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