Sinenhlanhla Jalibane Digital Campaign Manager at The MediaShop Strength, resilience, freedom, risk, power and intelligence are some of the words that describe the power and force of women. History has shown that women united brings about change. Throughout history, women have taken to the streets to protest for their rights and equality https://www.thelily.com/five-womens-marches-throughout-history-that-triggered-political-change/ In our own […]
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City of Cape Town encourages citizens to report domestic violence with campaign from HelloFCB+
The City of Cape Town encouraged citizens to report domestic violence during the COVID-19 lockdown with a campaign from HelloFCB+. Acknowledging that many families were under additional strain during the quarantine period because of domestic violence, the City briefed HelloFCB+ to encourage audiences to take action to help those who possibly couldn’t call for help […]
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By: Moti Grauman, Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop Moti Grauman from The MediaShop says advertisers that have halted their spend on Facebook to ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ is ambiguous. While the intent is clear, i.e. corporates need to stop supporting an organisation that is alleged to allow hateful content on their site for the […]
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Flighting a traditional ad for radio or television has stopped having the significant impact it once had. As a result, most marketers and brand ambassadors are turning to ‘new’ media. But, while the agencies and companies they partner with may know how to book media space – and conceptualise and create – in this environment, […]
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Richard Lord, Media & Operations Director, Meta Media discusses #StreamingContent. A new year. A new decade. And as with every new year, everyone wants to know what 2020 is going to hold in store for us in our world of media and advertising. Already this year my inbox has been inundated with top 10 trend […]
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Bill Gates famously said, “Content is King”, and in no situation is this more relevant than when it comes to SEO. Truth be, if you are working in any sort of online industry, whether it be content development or advertising you will most likely have come across the cryptic and rather enigmatic term ‘SEO’. I […]
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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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Yum Yum Videos’ 2019 Video Marketing Trends Survey. Some of the stats include: * 67% of queried businesses are planning to make more than three videos this year. * 83% of business owners are going to invest in explainer videos in 2019. * Instagram has the best video marketing ROI compared to other social media platforms. […]
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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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