Sabbatical for Di Paice, Brand magazine Brand magazine has been suspended with immediate effect by its board while founder, editor and publisher Di Paice, who has been fighting cancer for three years, takes a much-needed sabbatical, it was announced today, Tuesday, 7 October 2008. 7 Oct 2008 17:25
Integrating mobile, print and online job hunting CareerJunction has launched a mobile site to coincide with the new The Times Careers which is available every Tuesday, starting from yesterday, 7 October 2008. The objective is to make job hunting and application processes more accessible to a wider range of job seekers, including those that do not have easy access to the internet. 8 Oct 2008 09:40
Building and destroying reputation through words [Liza van Wyk] Reputation management is becoming a multi-billion euro industry as environmental concerns raise the temperature on ethics and the Internet snoops into every cranny of a public individual or corporate's life. It's an industry in which, despite being aware of it, most politicians are failing dismally at even ascending the bottom rungs of the reputation ladder. 8 Oct 2008 09:31
The plain language movement [Marion Scher] New movements seem to be in the air and I'm thinking of starting one myself - but this one has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with language. 8 Oct 2008 09:28
Public voting for E-Commerce Awards now open Voting in the 2008 South African E-Commerce Awards is now open to the public, as Jump Shopping has released the final list of nominees. This is the third year of the awards, which were launched by the online shopping search engine as part of its commitment to uplifting e-commerce in South Africa. 8 Oct 2008 09:24
PR agency dives into digital Gillian Gamsy International (GGi) is to provide a full digital communications practice, in line with the growing importance of digital communications, headed up by Lisa Clark. 8 Oct 2008 09:22
Have you booked for the Eagle Print Awards breakfast seminars? Time is running out to book seats for the Eagle Print Awards breakfast seminars in Cape Town and Johannesburg next week. This year's Eagle judges are Tony Davidson from Weiden+Kennedy (London) and Erik Vervroegen from TBWA (Paris), both of whom will be speaking at the breakfast presentations. 8 Oct 2008 09:20
Radio station's summer campaign This festive season, Ligwalagwala FM's “Injalo iSummer” fun-filled campaign includes a rollout of events designed to give the people of Mpumalanga a splashing summer season. 8 Oct 2008 09:06
SA youth invited to ‘speak yo soul' Using the format of slam poetry to attract the interest of the fast-moving youth market, Cadbury South Africa and P.S. are running a promotion that gives two friends the opportunity to win a trip to the US to experience the World Poetry Slam live. 8 Oct 2008 09:02
Mall walks the walk - and wins Canal Walk shopping mall has won the award as Cape Town's best shopping centre. 7 Oct 2008 11:31
Company news
BitDefender points out a new mix of spam techniques - Holton & Associates BitDefender® researchers have detected a new wave of spam messages advertising medication for sex life improvement, such as male enhancement drugs. The novelty of this spam campaign resides both on its amplitude and on the mix of delivery confirmations the unsolicited e-mails request. 8 Oct 2008 11:46
iKineo grows Gateway Theatre of Shopping's innovative CRM programme - iKineo The Gateway Theatre of Shopping is one of Africa's largest malls and a destination for millions of regular shoppers. iKineo has been working with Primedia Lifestyle, the marketing team responsible for all the Old Mutual Investment Group Property Investments' malls, to grow its pioneering CRM programme - Gateway Imagine. 8 Oct 2008 10:56
Grind earns its degree in coffee - Grind Mobile Coffee Attracting good people to your business these days is no easy task. Price Waterhouse Coopers wanted to stand out on its university recruitment drives, projecting an approachable, vibey image that would attract students to its stand. What better way to do this than by having the ideal social lubricant on tap - coffee. 8 Oct 2008 10:41
Social networks - don't try to fit a square peg into a round hole - Acceleration [Richard Mullins] It's hard to avoid social networks these days. If you're in marketing, wherever you turn, you are bound to encounter some kind of discussion about them and the promise they hold for advertisers. 8 Oct 2008 10:23
"Thulani, let's get creative" - Pebo Productions The name Thulani means “quiet” and that's exactly what Pebo Productions is planning to do, in order for its work to do the talking. Pebo's creativity has sustained the company and it has mainly supported its promise and what the company stands for. Pebo's latest recruit is aimed at taking multimedia services to another level - for clients' sake, what more can you expect? 8 Oct 2008 09:52
Jacaranda 94.2 CEO says it's ‘game on' for newly-diversified SA radio sector - Jacaranda 94.2 The latest RAMS results are a positive diagnosis of the good health of the South African radio sector. So says Jacaranda 94.2 CEO Alan Kahn, who adds that the recent addition of three new stations into the mix means it's ‘game on' when it comes to attracting, servicing and retaining listeners and advertisers alike. 7 Oct 2008 15:47
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Gillian Gamsy International (GGi) is to provide a full digital communications practice, in line with the growing importance of digital communications, headed up by Lisa Clark. 8 Oct 2008 09:22
Using the format of slam poetry to attract the interest of the fast-moving youth market, Cadbury South Africa and P.S. are running a promotion that gives two friends the opportunity to win a trip to the US to experience the World Poetry Slam live. 8 Oct 2008 09:02
Canal Walk shopping mall has won the award as Cape Town's best shopping centre. 7 Oct 2008 11:31
Attracting good people to your business these days is no easy task. Price Waterhouse Coopers wanted to stand out on its university recruitment drives, projecting an approachable, vibey image that would attract students to its stand. What better way to do this than by having the ideal social lubricant on tap - coffee. 8 Oct 2008 10:41
The name Thulani means “quiet” and that's exactly what Pebo Productions is planning to do, in order for its work to do the talking. Pebo's creativity has sustained the company and it has mainly supported its promise and what the company stands for. Pebo's latest recruit is aimed at taking multimedia services to another level - for clients' sake, what more can you expect? 8 Oct 2008 09:52
