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    Gill Randall (Former Spark Media CEO) speaks out

    Statement by Gill Randall – Former CEO of SPARK Media and long term employee at Caxton On May 28th 2020 , my fellow long serving colleague, Debbie MacIntyre, Research and Marketing Services Director at SPARK Media, (with 34 years of service)  and I, (39 years of service), received a suspension notice from the company. There […]

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    Caxton Local Newspapers return to SA homes

    After a tumultuous couple of weeks, SPARK Media and Caxton’s Local Media division has been hard at work to ensure that all its local publications are once again being delivered to South African homes. “Our local editors, journalists and support staff have been working around the clock to cover the stories and source relevant Covid-19 […]

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    SPARK Media launches industry focused Get It magazine

    At the end of last year, SPARK Media released its first media and advertising industry focused Get It magazine, modelled on the current popular localised national magazines.    Containing profiles of successful captains of the industry, social pages, suggested reading material for progressive marketers, competitions and a round-up of SPARK Media news, the publication offers […]

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    Nudging the media odds ever in your favour

    SPARK Media recently hosted Dr Carl Driesener, Senior Marketing Scientist from the Ehrenburg Bass Institute (EBI) to share his learnings on how marketers and brands can better target their customers for more effective bottom line results.   “We’ve learned so much about effective marketing over the years thanks to our association with EBI,” says SPARK […]

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    SPARK Media celebrates strong women!

    In celebration of this week’s upcoming Women’s Day, and as a nod to August as Women’s Month, SPARK Media invited each of its female colleagues to flex their feminine muscles. We can do it! This month SPARK Media celebrates all the wonderful women that ignite our efforts in every way. The iconic image originates from […]

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    #ROOTS2019 sheds light on buyer behaviour

    Why do we need to understand buyer behaviour? As marketers, advertisers and brand growth specialists, we are all in the business of building brands, looking for opportunities to talk to potential buyers or product users by geographic area and potentially influence behaviour. This works best when we understand what makes consumers tick. CEO of SPARK […]

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