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Brand longevity – a lesson from Ladysmith Black Mambazo
By: Thuso Mmotlana, Buyer at The MediaShop With all the noise and clutter in the market, how can a brand illuminate itself to have a long productive life and make a mark in cultural and artistic history? On Tuesday the 11th February I heard the sad news of Professor Bhekizizwe Joseph Shabalala’s passing. He was the... Continue reading→
Global Out Of Home Media Launches Increased Presence in Nigeria
Global Out of Home Media has continued its efforts to strengthen its presence in Nigeria by hosting a launch event in Lagos at the end of 2019 that provided it with the opportunity to engage one-on-one with a host of important clients. The event took place over two days at Club 38, Bamboo Lounge with... Continue reading→
Global Out Of Home Media Strengthens Nigeria Offering
Nigeria remains a key focal market for Global Out of Home Media and it has been strengthening its presence in the West African country with a number of initiatives that will continue to support its objective of providing advertisers with attractive Out of Home options with which to engage this market. Global Out of Home... Continue reading→
2020 Effie Awards South Africa announces call for entries
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) has opened the call for entries for the 2020 Effie Awards South Africa. This is the first time that the globally recognised Effie Awards for effectiveness in marketing communications are being held on South African soil. South African agencies, clients, media partners, start-ups and more are invited to... Continue reading→
Hive Digital Media’s Spectrum Roadshow
As part of the launch of Caxton’s exciting new locally produced video-on-demand platform, Hive Digital Media presented Spectrum to a few select agencies from November 2019 to January 2020. As part of the initiative a lucky draw competition was run among the agencies, where two prizes were up for grabs, namely a free Spectrum pop-up... Continue reading→
HaveYouHeard signs 5 new accounts
Full-service agency HaveYouHeard, started 2020 with five new clients – Absa, Campari Africa, Jameson Global, Jeep Clothing and Trotters UK. The agency – which has offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg and London – has been appointed by Absa Retail Banking to address its influencer marketing strategy and implementation. Campari Africa has tasked it with similar...
Debonairs Pizza kicks off 2020 with ‘Last Number’ promotion for its popular Triple-Decker®
Debonairs Pizza, the country’s leading quick service restaurant in the pizza segment, has kicked off 2020 with a campaign from FCB Joburg promoting its popular Triple-Decker® offering. Briefed by Debonairs Pizza’s Marketing Executive Toni Joubert to target the 28-year-old brand’s predominantly youthful target market of single students or part-time workers under the age of 24... Continue reading→
Are you Offended?
Moti Grauman, Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop Perhaps it’s time to stop being so sensitive! Then again, perhaps we are not sensitive enough. It’s a tough nut to crack. Towards the end of 2019, 702 Afternoon Drive Host, Joanne Joseph, featured two local ads on her show. It was only a five minute segment,... Continue reading→
Search Engines prioritise user experiences in 2020
Search Engines are finally putting the user first – enhancing zero click searches, local searches and understanding content better than ever before. This is according to Marcus Matsi, Head of SEO at Reprise Digital South Africa, an IPG Mediabrands company. Search engines are getting better at understanding content that is crawled. This enhances the user... Continue reading→
South Africa’s top Good News website and source for all good things, has just been announced as South Africa’s Blog of the Year for 2019.
Good Things Guy has just been named the Best Blog in South Africa for the third year in a row and also came in tops as the Best Lifestyle Blog in the country for 2019. Brent Lindeque, the founder of GoodThingsGuy, launched the blog almost five years ago to change the national conversation and give South... Continue reading→