PR company or freelancer wanted for RAMP IT group - White Wall Web
RAMP IT Group is looking for a PR company or a freelancer to work with the group on an ongoing basis to help build brand awareness and credibility for each individual company belonging to the group, as well leverage the group brand as whole. 5 Sep 2008 10:36

Branding: a board's responsibility
[Lindie Engelbrecht] Gone are the days when a company's brand - or reputation - relied solely on the efforts of marketers. While the more public efforts to build the brand may still be spearheaded by the marketing team, proactive plans to protect what is arguably the company's most valuable asset, its brand, should be executed by board members, as part of their role in guarding company interests. 4 Sep 2008 08:52

Quo Vadis to handle CAF Southern Africa's Conference on Sustainability - Quo Vadis Communications
CAF Southern Africa has appointed Quo Vadis Communications (QVC) to work on media liaison and public relations for its two-day conference titled Innovating for Sustainability - ‘Africans investing in Africa' to be held on 17th and 18th September 2008. 3 Sep 2008 13:56

Livewired's CEO wipes the dirt off rose-tinted lenses - Livewired Communications
[Janine Lloyd] August is Women's Month in South Africa and once more as business professionals we think about how we can contribute to the cause of celebrating women. Nothing new to us, but for me this year was poignantly different. 3 Sep 2008 13:21

Save a tree - edit your work
[Marion Scher] Every time I give a writing course for business people in particular, I hear the same thing: “I know I'm writing too much but my client/boss insists on at least three pages, giving all the technical data with at least three quotes.” 3 Sep 2008 09:08

New Marcus Brewster MD
The new MD of Marcus Brewster Publicity (MBP), effective 1 September 2008, is Hein Kaiser, the PR agency announced yesterday, Monday 1 September. Agency founder and CEO Marcus Brewster now assumes the role of executive chairman. 2 Sep 2008 09:10

Is your CEO a brand champion online?
[Ingrid Rubin] This sounds like a futile question to raise... of course he or she is a brand champion online. They sign off every new product, makes the comments in company press releases, are invited to and attend all the important corporate functions and sells the merits of the brand/company/services at all relevant speaking engagements. But this is not enough anymore... 28 Aug 2008 09:08

RedCube Porter Novelli wins the Unilever Sunsilk account - RedCube Agency
RedCube Porter Novelli, one of SA's leading independent brand public relations agencies, has been selected to handle the Sunsilk account, managing all strategic brand PR activity for Sunsilk going forward. 26 Aug 2008 11:54

Redline's website attracts new client, agency set to 'run with the pack' - Draftfcb (South Africa)
In a departure from its usual corporate and brand work, the public relations specialist in the Draftfcb South Africa group, Redline, has taken on a local rock band as a new client after its lead singer called up to say how impressed he was by the fresh and slick appeal of the consultancy's new website. 21 Aug 2008 11:12

More on becoming a killer freelancer
[Tiffany Markman] Whether you're a) already freelancing and looking for a more substantial knowledge base to back you up, b) entirely new to freelancing and wanting to get going or c) still thinking about beginning a freelance career, here's the second in my three-part series. 21 Aug 2008 09:00

Social media to rescue Jail4Bail campaign?
[Eve Dmochowska] Gerhard Pieterse, the executive director of Autism Western Cape, has committed himself to voluntary imprisonment as a fund-raising exercise in support of autism. With the goal of reaching R1 000 000 in raised funds, initially, the marketing of Jail4Bail has been much as you would expect: using traditional press releases, and relying on conventional media to spread the word. 19 Aug 2008 10:59

Govt, Eskom take beating at Ruth First Lecture
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Hilary Joffe, Business Day senior associate editor and 2008 Ruth First Fellow, and environmentalist activist Bobby Peek took a swipe at Government and Eskom for mismanaging South Africa's electricity crisis at the 7th Ruth First Memorial Lecture held last night, Monday, 18 August 2008, at Atlas Studios in Milpark in Johannesburg. 19 Aug 2008 08:59

Eclipse PR wins big
National PR agency, Eclipse Public Relations, has secured five new key accounts - Planet Fitness, Sasko, Duracell, Dave Harris Properties and award-winning advertising agency FoxP2 - across its growing portfolio, it announced yesterday, Monday, 18 August 2008. 19 Aug 2008 08:55