Six years ago, one South African citizen turned a reckless challenge into a random act of kindness. Fast forward a few years and today the Good Things Guy platform reaches over four million people every month sharing good news stories about South Africa and ordinary South Africans. Good Things Guy founder Brent Lindeque says that […]
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Award-winning talent joins Think Creative Africa
Zetu Damane and Thibedi Meso have recently joined through-the-line advertising agency Think Creative Africa. Award-winning through-the-line agency Think Creative Africa welcomes Zetu Damane and Thibedi Meso as Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Creative Director, respectively. The agency has been on a winning trajectory in the pas`t year which has seen them partnering with VMLYR to […]
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BRC announces next Infinite Dial study
The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC) will be overseeing the next iteration of Infinite Dial, the leading study on digital audio from Edison Research. The South African edition of the study, set to go infield in August 2021, is sponsored by Triton Digital®, the global technology and services leader to the digital audio […]
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The Luxury Brand Landscape
By Teresa van den Berg, Media Strategist at The MediaShop For some years now I’ve been fortunate to work on the Louis Vuitton account. It’s one of the most valuable and iconic brands in the world, with a brand value of about $47.2 billion USD in 2019. After a short interlude I’m back looking after […]
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All you ever wanted to know about NFTs but were afraid to ask
HaveYouHeard Durban Managing Director, Kirsty Bisset, unpacks the 5 most important things you should know about NFTs and gives you a short list of NFTs making history you can drop into the conversation to show you wouldn’t get lost in Decentraland! What are NFTs? Fungible goods or assets are those, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, […]
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HaveYouHeard creates new TV show for Scottish Leader
Whiskey brand Scottish Leader is launching a TV show exploring how people see the world differently to entertain both its existing fan base and potential consumers tuning in, and enhance the relationship with both. Called ‘Madness Method,’ the show will be hosted by musician and reality TV star Moonchild Sanelly. With the help of a […]
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The waning influence of influencers as we know them?
by RAPT Creative Founder and Managing Director, Garreth van Vuuren Looking forward in late 2019 towards 2020, the predictions for influencer marketing were more than just promising – they were exciting. It was estimated that the influencer marketing industry (was) set to grow to approximately $9.7B in that year with some 65% of marketers stating […]
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An update on the Attention Economy
Isla Prentis, Intelligence Lead at Tirisano Consulting, a division within The MediaShop Let’s rewind to the beginning of last year. We were living in a world of increasing information and distractions. A world where we hadn’t even really heard of Covid-19. So much has changed since then, but when it comes to attention, the fight […]
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