Its influence has played a controversial role in the outcome of the US elections, Brexit, and even in the politics of our own country, with a UK-based PR company working around the clock to save the image of one of the most vilified and politically influential families in South Africa. And it doesn’t seem like […]
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Five Reputation recovery steps if your name emerges in #Guptaleaks
By Vincent Magwenya CEO of Conversations Media and Communications Prepare yourself By now you would have observed that some of the individuals whose names appear in the leaked emails by members of the Gupta family and their associates, were not necessarily people involved in their business dealings. They may have simply been candidates for public […]
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Applications open today for a new six-month innovation support programme for existing or new South African journalism and media teams. The Journalism and Media Accelerator (JAMLAB) will be home to innovators who want to develop new forms of journalism and also reach new, younger, audiences. JAMLAB will provide participating teams with the tools, facilities, contacts […]
Continue readingMore TagThe Afropolitan 50th Edition – Then and Now Celebration
The Afropolitan, a magazine that celebrates the rise of a new cosmopolitan African style and sensibility embodying ‘the signature of African sophistication’ is celebrating their 50th edition. The Afropolitan magazine is a publication that celebrates the identity and growth of the modern, business-savvy and global-thinking Afropolitan. Over the past 49 editions,the magazine has produced powerful […]
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by Mike Abel, Founding Partner & Chief Executive at M&C Saatchi Abel Ask me whether the economic value of creativity has been historically undervalued in South Africa, and I’ll say: Yes. Enormously so. A recent Business Times article published on 12 March 2017 even highlighted the extent to which South Africa’s creative agencies and creative […]
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The annual EMEA SABRE Awards were held in London last night, a prestigious event that celebrates the best PR firms across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Clockwork Media walked away with the African Consultancy of the Year Award, a massive feat for an independently owned agency. The Holmes Report 2017 EMEA PR Consultancies of […]
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Mr Andrea Ziella has been appointed as the Mattel South Africa Head of Marketing and Trade Marketing as of the beginning of May 2017. Ziella, former Senior Business Unit Manager (Infant & Pre-School) and Digital strategy at Mattel Italy, will be head of Trade, Marketing and Digital development for South Africa to boost the growth […]
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Playmakers has become the first South African agency to win an award at the prestigious Clio Sports Awards in New York. The agency was awarded a Clio for its Coca-Cola campaign #ThatsGold @SuperSportTV in the Partnerships, Sponsorships & Endorsements category. The campaign entailed creating a series of commercials around the 2016 Olympic Games where fans […]
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Social media is a large and confusing world, and a lot of brands get a lot of things wrong. Here’s what not to do, and how to do it right. In this day and age it’s imperative for brands to have a digital presence. And while most brands have made an effort to be “searchable” […]
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The annual agencies and consultants’ get together– the 2017 AdForum Worldwide summit, promises to place the Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) at the forefront of global issues facing the marketing, communication and advertising industry and the complex world of agency selection. The 2017 AdForum summit will take place in New York between 24th […]
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