Vega, a brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE), will host its next open day on Saturday, 4 August 2018. Vega invites learners, parents and working professionals to attend its next open day for the year, taking place at Vega campuses nationwide on Saturday, 4 August 2018. The open day will give prospective […]
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GIBS’ Acumen magazine takes home gold at the 2018 International Tabbie Awards
After a successful 2017 Tabbie Awards Result for Contact Media and Communications’ Afropolitan Magazine last year, the dynamic and custom publishing house is at it again, taking Gold in the Tabbie Awards Best Single Issue Category for their custom B2B title Acumen Magazine. The Trade Association of Business Publications International (TABPI) unveiled the 2018 Tabbie […]
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Wake up to the perfect soundtrack with Spotify and Clock app from Google™
Trouble getting up in the morning? Don’t worry. Whether you’re looking to hit the snooze button or need a jolt of energy, Spotify and the Clock app from Google™ will now offer the perfect soundtrack to start your day. Starting today, Spotify and Google are partnering to help both free and Premium users on Android™ […]
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Driving the in-store brand experience
By Cecil Ungerer, Chief Sales Officer of in-store advertising innovators Smart Media In the highly competitive environment of in-store advertising, brands are contesting limited market share. Consumers have become more discerning of what they buy owning to the availability of product information online. It is therefore imperative to cut through the clutter and create a […]
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Global collaboration on Let me Live
South African photographer and director, Chris Saunders is the creative talent behind the superb intercontinental music video ‘Let Me Live’, a collaboration between Rudimental and Major Lazer launching globally this month. Saunders says: “This project was a six month developmental process because we wanted to do something really disruptive; really different. We shot about 30% […]
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Technology: the challenge for marketers
By Andrew MacKenzie, MD of Boomtown I recall watching a movie called Groundhog Day in which a man wakes up to the same sequence of events, day after day. With the rapid changes the world is facing because of technology, nothing could be further from the truth today. We will almost certainly wake up […]
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Black River FC, the small Johannesburg agency with the big heart, keeps knocking them out the park and has been awarded the Metropolitan account. In a four-way pitch which included some well-known names from South Africa’s advertising industry, the team at Black River FC took top honours and will help drive the brand’s journey into […]
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Could You Be South Africa’s No.1 Dinner Party Host?
BBC BRIT IS SEARCHING FOR CONTESTANTS TO JOIN THE NEW SERIES OF COME DINE WITH ME SOUTH AFRICA BBC BRIT, DStv channel 120, has confirmed that the critically acclaimed hit Come Dine With Me South Africa will be back for a fifth season in early 2019. This follows the success of season 4, currently showing […]
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Advances in technology and computing power make it possible to fuse multiple research surveys. Essentially there is no more need for outdated brand diaries in 2018. “Picture this,” says Peter Langschmidt, consultant to the PRC (Publisher Research Council). “It’s 1975 and paper diary research is state-of-the-art when conducting FMCG brand research. It’s now 2018, with […]
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