#AgencyFocus: Dalmatian bounds onto radar
by Carey Finn. The Cape Town-based agency is looking to strengthen its presence in the market.
The Odd Number buys into Hoorah
by Herman Manson. The Odd Number has acquired a minority equity stake in Hoorah, the digital agency recently launched by Shaune Jordaan, Jay Thomson, Tasmin Kingma and Neil Pursey.
MarkLives Agency Revenue Rankings 2018 — call for data submissions
by MarkLives. In 2014, we published a survey ranking South African agencies by revenue band. It remains one of our most-searched-for features, and we're updating this for 2018. To ensure your agency is listed and accessible to both marketers and pitch consultants looking for this info, we invite you to complete our Google Form.
eMarketplaces & Brands: The ecommerce price point
by MarkLives. We emailed a panel of key industry executives for their take on the South African ecommerce market. Next up is Karl Hammerschmidt of RunwaySale.
By Invitation Only: Pitching stories to journos successfully — a PR guide
by Marisa Louw. As PRs, pitching stories to the media is a key part of what we do daily. Why is it, then, that I read so many stories about media receiving bad pitches?
Regular Reads
Cover Stories: Adjective, Openhouse, Dumbo Feather, OZ London, Time, The New Yorker
Shelf Life: Certified Lego • Haute Elan pops up in CT • New Mrs Balls TVC
SA TV Ratings: SABC 1 — primetime top 20 for May 2018
On the Radar
New MD for Digitas Liquorice
Creative Circle: May 2018 winners
#Campaigns: Cosmopolitan SA creates shoppable issue
#Campaigns: KFC rolls off the soccer field to #makeamealofit
Joe Public catches more SAB brands
Lion’s Wing rebrands
Epica Awards announces venue, jury president
#Bestread on MarkLives: 1824 Jun 2018
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