Marketing & Media South Africa

Top company and news stories 15 October 2018 - 15 Oct 2018

By Leigh Andrews

  • October means #BizTrends2019 contributions:
  • Mail us on moc.ytinummoczib@swengnitekram;
  • Subject: #BizTrends2019;
  • Final deadline: 1 November!
  • Sunday Times is 'deeply' regretful for 'failing SA'
  • Attend memorial services for Keith Rose this week
  • Meet the 2018 Pendoring Awards finalists
  • We have all the #AmasaAwards2018 winners
  • Get ready for the new Advertising Regulatory Board
  • LinkedIn will host the first SA Talent Awards
  • Facebook warns of 'cloned account' viral hoax
  • Cord cutters still need to pay for SABC TV licences
  • Ford appoints BBDO as global creative lead;
  • Wonderland Collective acquires Studio Aura; and
  • SACAA appoints Artifact SA as communications partner
  • In #FairnessFirst, I report on Dr Dawie Roodt's preso: Sending girls to school changes the economy
  • I also reported: Ads24 shares literal and figurative Food For Thought; and
  • Shared insights from Clem Sunter on the benefits of being a 'business fox' when scenario planning
  • Jessica Tennant chats to Newsmaker Kojo Baffoe, who returns as Destiny Man editor
  • Louise Marsland finds that AWIEF is about empowering women in Africa as entrepreneurs, innovators
  • Kantar Millward Brown reveals SA's Best Liked Ads for Q1 and Q2 2018
  • Danette Breitenbach reports back from the 2018 Ask Afrika Orange Index results
  • Contributor Carmen Murray says it's time to 'get phygital'
  • Alice Jakins asks whether running social media remotely works
  • Mike Salomon explains how to make the most of your marketing budget
  • Anne Dolinschek warns that fake followers are still rife
  • I also go #BehindtheSelfie with Terry Murphy, publisher at Marketing Mix Conferences

    Leigh Andrews
    Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA

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    Leigh Andrews

    Leigh Andrews

    Andrews was on the inaugural Marketer of the Year (MOTY) jury for the 2019 Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) as well as an #Inspiring50 2018 nominee herself, and judged over 500 entries for the most recent Epica Awards - the only creative prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world. She's also serving on the IAB (SA)'s #Bookmarks2020 Publisher panel.

    Responsible for keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest happenings in the marketing and media industry, this is an almost 24/7 role that involves keeping one eye on your inbox with the other on your social media feed, to write breaking news stories and interviewing key people in the B2B space.

    All made easier by 13 years of working for companies such as Microsoft, Kagiso Media, Fleet Street Publications, the Mail & Guardian Online, Caxton Community Newspapers and Newsclip's media, marketing and PR publications.

    Let's do Biz