Coolcumba Communications

Founded in 2001, Coolcumba Communications is a professional PR, marketing and event management agency.

With offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town, Coolcumba Communications offers clients fully integrated go-to-market services, including: event and project management, digital marketing, PR and social media, print and online design and placement, website design and development, branding and signage, promotional items and clothing.

Coolcumba is a level 2 B-BBEE contributor with 51% Black Female ownership.

Coolcumba Communications is a full-service marketing agency that has grown organically over the past nineteen years. Our marketing services include, but are not limited to: event and project management, digital marketing and social media, PR and content management, print and online advertising, website design and development, branding and signage, and promotional items.

Keith Orffer from Lanham-Love Consulting, points out that by following the ESOP route, Coolcumba is allowing employees to genuinely participate in the future growth of the company.

“By fully embracing the ownership requirements laid out in the new codes, the company’s value to its suppliers becomes enormous. Its procurement recognition is very high thanks to this approach, which means that Coolcumba can provide an even greater range of benefits to its clients,” he says.

Owner Debbie Whittaker adds that her business is committed to empowerment and to doing what is best for its clients.

The company’s Level Two ranking will not only provide a boost for the business but, she suggests, will assist it in venturing into new markets as well.

Event Management
Events are our passion! From large-scale conferences and exhibitions to smaller, customised functions, we pride ourselves in our ability to conceptualise, plan, manage and professionally execute events locally and internationally.

Events types include, but are not limited to:

• Conferences
• Exhibitions
• High-level executive functions
• Sales incentive trips
• Golf days
• Team building
• Media launches
• Corporate hospitality
• Product launches and road shows
• Year-end functions
• All other celebrations and parties

Promotional Trends
Whatever items you require to promote your brand, we will source them.

We supply amongst other items the following:

• Corporate and sports clothing
• Gifts for all occasions
• Promotional items and give-aways
• Stationery
• Branding: signage, banners, posters

Design
The CooleROOM is the creative space surrounding our marketing services:

• Corporate identity: logo design and stationery application
• Sales and marketing collateral
• Brand activation
• Website design and development
• Print design and placement
• Online advertising
• Electronic communications
• Reproduction and printing
• E-mail and SMS management

Public Relations
Our strength lies in our ability to understand a brief and to produce an accurate and newsworthy press release in a quick timeframes. We invest in our media relations in order to maximise our clients’ exposure.

We specialise in the following Public Relations services:

• Press releases, including: news announcements, customer case studies, trend/ feature articles and opinion pieces
• Media tracking and ROI reporting
• Content management: copywriting and editing
• Social media editorial and advertising across channels, including: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+

Digital Marketing
We specialise in the following Digital marketing services:

• Telemarketing: Big Magic (our call centre) works on database readiness as the foundation for all clients’ digital campaigns
• Online advertising: design, placement and monitoring
• Digital communications: Web-based and mobile
• Social media