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[Terry Levin] A live mermaid on a bed of oysters, salmon and braai buffets, served by rainbow-wigged hostesses and fantasy confectionery beyond your dreams welcomed guests to the Mayor's Party which last night, 24 September 2009, officially launched the 2009 Loerie Awards in Cape Town. 25 Sep 2009 12:30
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[Walter Wafula] Japanese online car dealers are becoming more aggressive in selling off their cars to people in Uganda, in the wake of the economic crisis. The most aggressive marketers include; Japan Auto Trade, Click n Buy and Pick n Buy24. 13 May 2009 11:20
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[Carole Kimutai] Globally-renowned integrated marketing communications expert, Mike Walsh is in Kenya for a week long mentorship visit. Walsh, former CEO of Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) Europe and chairman of Ogilvy United Kingdom is an Ogilvy worldwide ambassador. 22 Sep 2008 11:51
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[Peter Ostrow] With a third of all lead generation budget dollars allocated to outsourced business-to-business teleservices providers, how do Best-in-Class organisations most effectively compensate their external vendors? Aberdeen survey respondents from more than 200 organisations provide rich detail regarding their preferences for how they prefer to model the fiscal relationship they build with their outsourced provider partner. 20 Jun 2008 13:47
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Many advertisers are in wait-and-see mode on mobile advertising. "At the moment, the level of transparency is not enough to drive significant budgets into this medium," acknowledges Henry Stevens, director of media and entertainment at the GSM Association, a trade group that represents wireless service providers. 18 Mar 2008 06:32
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[Michael Fleischner] Whether you are an Internet marketer or generalist, turning prospects into buyers is a top priority. Many marketers are continually testing the success of various media and integrated campaigns. One of the most frequently asked questions is the effectiveness of "off-line marketing" as it related to driving traffic and conversions on your website of landing page. 11 Jan 2008 09:18
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[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's Advertising Publicity Club is organising its annual competition for the advertising industry, despite a dearth of new campaigns due to an economic crisis that has stunted growth and limited new advertising campaigns in a once vibrant sector. 11 Jan 2008 07:04
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Senior Editor in Charge of Adotas, Sarah Novotny summarizes key future trends in Online advertising as predicted by Dilip DaSilva, Exponential's founder and CEO. Excerpting from the summary, Novotny says there are six key trends identified in this release. 30 Nov 2007 08:49
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Innovation is alive and well among coalition loyalty programs around the world. Despite their advancing age, coalitions are continuing to innovate to keep their programs fresh and relevant to their target members. This applies equally in Africa as consumers' buying power increases, and retailers must think up new ways to keep existing customers and attract new ones. 9 Nov 2007 13:35
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South African-based company Evosat, which distributes Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service across Africa, has secured a major deal that will see satellite communication costs to provide simultaneous voice and broadband data, virtually halved on the continent. 8 Nov 2007 11:22
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Recent country reports from the members of the Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) shed some light on media in Africa. 5 Nov 2007 11:31
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Linking a product to a celebrity or TV show can work well, but can be problematic if the popularity of the celebrity or show falters – or in the case of some celebrities, goes from hero to zero. And that applies in Africa as much as it does anywhere else – in this case, the UK. 19 Oct 2007 08:16
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[Paul Korzeniowski] There was a time when companies could simply boot up a Web site and their content would immediately begin showing up in various search engines. For better or worse, those days are long gone. 10 Sep 2007 14:52