By Jay Thomson, Co-Founder & Chief Digital Officer at Hoorah Digital Consultancy Brands need to realise that data is not just numbers. Data IS PEOPLE. Data IS treasure! Data that is used correctly, is your consumers’ voice. Data speaks! Data is a brand’s lifeline to better strategy, better execution of work, and improved ROI. Even […]
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Social Media and Social Anxiety
By Skye Littlefield, Social Specialist at Hoorah Digital Without a doubt, social media has contributed to a society of nervous, fidgety, and anxious people. A society of people who wake up, pick up their phones and don’t put them down for the next 16 hours. We no longer know what impulse control is and, even […]
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By Amanda Lambe, Managing Director at Hero Data reveals that South Africa shows a 23% increase in active mobile social users and a 7% increase in internet users. South Africans spend an average of 8 hours and 32 minutes every day using the Internet via any device. Online shopping for fashion-related items increased by 25%, […]
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The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA SA) faced mounting costs from a legacy communications system, in addition to requiring an omni-channel solution that enabled easy integration into existing communication channels. Itec developed an easy-to-implement and cost effective solution using the Mitel communications system AA SA mandated Itec to transform their existing legacy communications contact […]
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In line with global trends, media consumption behaviour is changing rapidly in South Africa and Caxton Magazines has made a bold move to keep up with changing consumer demands. As from Monday the 29th July, people, one of South Africa’s favourite celebrity, lifestyle and real-life magazine brands will be sporting a fresh face, exciting additional […]
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Arisha Saroop, Business Unit Manager The MediaShop Durban At our recent Media Landscape session entitled ‘Content that Works’ which delved into brands creating more engaging and relevant content from most of what consumers are subjected to daily, a particular example of a how a brand proudly stood up for representation made me sit up and […]
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Toyota SA has launched the next chapter in Toyota’s GR product story – a bespoke limited-edition Hilux GR Sport – with a new television commercial from FCB Joburg, featuring old family friends. ‘GR’ is the acronym for Gazoo Racing, Toyota’s global motorsport division. The first chapter in its GR product story of high-performance, limited-edition models […]
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by Michael King: Head of Reprise Digital South Africa, an IPG Mediabrands company When thinking ‘search’, you’d be forgiven for assuming that Google leads the pack. A global study has shown that consumers begin their retail related searches on Amazon first (46%) followed by Google searches (34%). That may seem surprising considering that Google has […]
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Duke Corporate Education (Duke CE) hosted its annual Davos of Human Capital 2019 event on 11 July in Johannesburg, South Africa as an exploration of the intersection of humanity, technology, the future of work and leadership, against the backdrop of unprecedented change and transformation. The one-day high-impact conference brought together more than 500 senior leaders […]
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Dan Pinch, executive creative director at King James Group and co-founder of King James Digital Cape Town, I’m probably not alone in feeling that a lot of what brands do on social media doesn’t work that well. Despite increased media and production budgets, teams of specialists, and expensive social management tools something often feels flat. The […]
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