PEOPLE
29 April 2010
Congratulations to Gordon Patterson, Group Managing Director of SMG (Starcom MediaVest Group), who was honoured as Advertising Achiever of the Year at this year's AdReview Awards.
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29 April 2010
Join us on Wednesday 5 May 2010 when the Advertising Media Association of South Africa (AMASA) hosts industry expert Mike Leahy to present the new 2009 Media Inflation Watch Report.
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22 April 2010
The Media magazine is calling for nominations for the prestigious 1st for Women Insurance Women in The Media Awards 2010, to be held on 29 July 2010.
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22 April 2010
It's good news for marketers after turbulent times: The majority of local business leaders are upbeat about South Africa according to Avusa Media and BDFM Publisher’s latest 2010 South African Business Research Evaluation (SABRE) results.
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22 April 2010
As consumers become more eco-conscious, companies will go to ever greater lengths to present themselves as environmentally friendly. As a result, an increased number of local companies are adopting eco-friendly advertising materials, products and methods for their campaigns.
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20 April 2010
New appointments and promotions announced this week.
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15 April 2010
Licensing violations, brand fraud and trademark infringement around mega-sports events will be a new area of study by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council as billions of TV viewers and football fans gear up for the month-long 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, kicking off June 11.
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15 April 2010
Ever since Apple launched the Macintosh computer – a must-have for designers today - it was seen as an innovative IT company to watch. This reputation has grown to outsize proportions following its launch of the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apps stores and, most recently, the iAd system.
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08 April 2010
The computer era is the key enabler of the advent of the virtual office. In this world the concept of something being "virtual" is far broader than it just being remote or "not here". In the current era, the phrase "virtual" is generally partnered with "technology" to provide us with "virtual technology".
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08 April 2010
Seattle-based filmmaker Zeek Earl has been awarded the Grand Prize in the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council's Pause to Support A Cause public service advertising contest, which was powered by Zooppa, a global social media network of nearly 60,000 creative enthusiasts developing people-inspired brand marketing and non-profit campaign concepts.
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08 April 2010
When the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) approached digital design, development and strategy agency ThoughtCorp to assist in engaging accounting students, the company came up with the nowiCAn web platform, launched in January 2010.
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06 April 2010
According to the 2009 Cone Consumer New Media Study, an online survey by Opinion Research Corporation among a representative US sample of 1,048 adults comprising "new media users," 44% of American new media users are searching for, sharing or discussing information about corporate responsibility (CR) efforts and programs and are highly confident they can have an effect on business.
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06 April 2010
For those who haven't seen them streaking by . . . Indigo Marketing's one bus for BANKSETA and another two for Brand South Africa have been getting attention from the outside in.
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01 April 2010
Pyrotec, the privately owned South African company that specialises in providing innovative and top quality product identification solutions, recently announced the March finalists of the 2010 Pyro Inspiration Awards held at the company’s Johannesburg head office.
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30 March 2010
Peter Stringham, Worldwide CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s AdReview Awards and will present his insights into how consumers’ trust in brands has been shifted by the impact of the recession and the introduction of social media.
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23 March 2010
New appointments and promotions announced this week.
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19 March 2010
As Tony Koenderman’s annual AdReview Awards draw closer, the time has come to reflect on what has certainly been one of the most interesting decades in the history of the South African advertising industry.
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18 March 2010
Marketers who have already included online in their mix will be happy to hear what World Wide Worx MD Arthur Goldstuck has to say about the rate of internet growth in South Africa.
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