Last week, Josh Adler, head of the OPA Measurement Committee, was in Portugal for the International Conference on Online Media Measurement (I-COM Summit). 15 Mar 2010
To win one of three copies of Sid Peimer's new book, The Clear Win, which deals with the ins and outs of pitching to clients, all you have to do is find the one word that he reckons is the be-all and end-all when it comes to pitching for the account and winning it. 15 Mar 2010
The 14-member team of South African filmmaker, cook and television personality Justin Bonello has moved into Waterfront Studio offices of 2.0 Media. 11 Mar 2010
AMASA's March workshop, at 4.30pm on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, at the JSE Sandton, offers a panel debate on the Target Group Index's (TGI) recent decision to re-cost the supply of its data to agencies. 9 Mar 2010
The free electronic handbook 101 ways to get the best out of Radio Advertising is available as a 6MB download from the publishers, the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). 5 Mar 2010
The brand advertising campaign, created by MetropolitanRepublic to echo the FNB brand promise of helpfulness, "how can we help you,” achieved top honours in the media category at the 2010 Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) Awards on 20 February 2010, for "a commercial promoting indigenous languages.” Produced in multiple renditions in English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa and Sesotho and flighted on national television over the past four months, the media plan also ensured that the advertising was flighted in multilingual television programming, to ensure optimum market effectiveness. 26 Feb 2010
The third quarter finalists for the 2010 One Show Interactive awards have been announced and now move directly into contention for the pencils being awarded on 14 May 2010. 25 Feb 2010
Nando's is crying “fowl” over DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard's outburst in Parliament earlier this week in which she allegedly said something rather naughty. 19 Feb 2010
Become the Hunted will be the YoungGuns 2010 Call For Entry Campaign, following the selection of the winning 2009 creative brief submitted by Kyle Lamb, Andrew Livingston, Omid Amidi from John St Advertising, Toronto, Canada. 16 Feb 2010
For the second consecutive year, the animated advertising platform Soccer Warrior is sold out for 2010, announced Primedia Unlimited subsidiary Mamba Media on Friday 12 February 2010. 15 Feb 2010
The Art Directors Club has extended the deadlines for the Advertising category to Friday 12 February 2010, the Hybrid/ Design Sphere category to Friday 26 February and the ADC-Nissan student brief deadline until Friday 5 March. 9 Feb 2010
The Marketing Association of South Africa reminds participants in the Advertising Standards Code workshops that the second workshop is on Thursday ,11 February 2010, 9am-12.30pm at Tiger Brands, No 2 Building, 3010 William Nicol Drive, Bryanston, Johannesburg. 9 Feb 2010
TinFish Advertising has achieved a Level One B-BBEE recognition scorecard, reflecting positively on its clients' own BEE procurement scorecards. 8 Feb 2010
D&AD has extended its entry deadline yet again! Entries will be be accepted for the D&AD Awards 2010 until midnight GMT, Friday, 5 February 2010. 4 Feb 2010
The D&AD Awards 2010 deadline has been extended: all entries need to be completed and paid for online by midnight GMT on Friday, 29 January 2010. 29 Jan 2010
The deadline for entries in the 2010 Festival of Media Awards has been extended to 5 February 2010. 22 Jan 2010
Although the online deadline for D&AD Awards 2010 is 27 January 2010, the postal deadline is 10 February, at its offices in London. 21 Jan 2010
The AMASA meeting on 3 February 2010, at the JSE in Sandton, Johannesburg, at 4.30pm, will debate the ABC's 50% cover price decision and its wisdom. 20 Jan 2010
Kevin Ramsey has been appointed as chair and CEO of Publicis Asia Pacific. 19 Jan 2010
The process of selecting the winner of the YoungGuns 2009 Creative Brief winner has been delayed due to the large amount of entries. 13 Jan 2010
The final deadline for online submission for the New York Festivals Advertising Awards is Monday 11 January 2010. 7 Jan 2010
The 2009 YoungGun of the Year goes to Michael Canning of Leo Burnett Sydney for his Vote Earth, Photochains, WWF and McDonalds work in this year's show. 1 Dec 2009
To reach its adult target market, including potential students, parents of students, donors, alumni and people who belong to university bodies, the University of the Free State is running an advertising campaign from October 2009 - January 2010 at selected Ster-Kinekor screens in Gauteng and the Free State. 26 Nov 2009
South Africa has come in at number 13 in the world's Most Creative Countries ranking, with total of 19 Cannes Lions including two Grands Prix, in the recent inaugural Cannes Report, which highlights the official rankings of agencies, regions, countries and even cities based on their performance at the Cannes Lions 2009 International Advertising Festival. 6 Nov 2009
The September professional YoungGuns of the Month, selected by the current resident judge Pancho Gonzalez, are Nicholas Kosasih, Ratna Puspita and Shirley Christie from Ogilvy Indonesia for their Fuji 'Feet' Campaign. 5 Nov 2009
Telmar will now offer access to Animax, it was announced yesterday, Wednesday, 4 November 2009, giving local advertisers and brands an opportunity to reach Animax's target market of 16-34-year-olds. 5 Nov 2009
The Incredible Connection Best Service Supplier for 2009 went to The MediaShop, it was announced at the awards dinner on 29 October 2009. 4 Nov 2009
Due to technical difficulties with entries, the deadline for YoungGuns for both the digital and advertising award entries is extended to Friday 6 November 2009. 30 Oct 2009
The OPA, in partnership with FNB, is hosting a free exclusive panel discussion on Thursday, 22 October 2009, on “How did digital fare at the Loeries and the next 24 months in advertising”. 15 Oct 2009