O’Keeffe & Swartz, a leader in the South African , has walked away with five medals at the Global Contact Centre World Awards held recently in Las Vegas. Attendees from China, UK, USA, Canada, Mexico, Ukraine, Portugal, Indonesia, Haiti, South Africa, Russia, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Poland, Singapore, Australia and others were present, at what [...]
Shocked to the core
Gordon Patterson, Chairman of VivaKi SA and Group MD of The (SMG) is ‘Pleasantly shocked to the Core!’ At a time when most shocks are unpleasant I was speechless with excitement when I read the Times Media Group announcement that their rate setting for 2013 would be based on the Advertising Media Forum (AMF) definition [...]
OPR MD named 2012 Ogilvy Giant
Ogilvy Public Relations (OPR) Johannesburg’s Managing Director, Joanna Oosthuizen, took a giant leap for PR when she scooped the prestigious “Giant Award” at this year’s OPR Worldwide Professional Achievement Awards. Hosted in New York, these annual internal accolades recognise individual accomplishments and exceptional work in Ogilvy offices across the globe. Introduced by global CEO, [...]
Times Media puts its money where its newspaper circulation sits
In one of the most innovative moves the South African media industry will witness this year, Times Media has announced that as from 1 January 2013 it will be linking advertising rates to the core circulation of all titles including Sunday Times, The Times, Sowetan, SundayWorld, The Herald, Daily Dispatch, Saturday Dispatch, Weekend Post and [...]
The Hippo puts his weight behind the Rhino
With rhino killings continuing at unprecedented rates, South Africa’s first and largest online insurance aggregator, Hippo.co.za, is putting its weight behind the drive to stop the scourge. Hippo.co.za will donate R10 for every selected online quote generated, with a massive R68 000 already raised in the first few weeks of the campaign. , says: “Hippo.co.za will [...]
THEWEEKINTEN 03
Ogilvy Cape thunders on In its hottest streak ever, the Cape agency continues to plunder awards T here seems to be no end to Ogilvy Cape Town’s hot streak. After topping the points tables of the Loerie and the Bookmark (digital marketing) awards, it now sits astride the Assegai awards table, for direct response and [...]
