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The state of social media in South Africa
Richard Lord, Media & Operations Director at media agency Meta Media, says that 2020 proved to be a tumultuous year for advertising. Overnight, budgets were cut, strategies were changed, priorities re-looked, but some platforms fared better than others. TV benefited from a captive, stay at home audience with more time on their hands. Newspapers and... Continue reading→
ACA announces incoming Board of Directors for 2021/2022 fiscal
The new Board of Directors of the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) for the 2021/2022 fiscal was announced at the association’s 74th Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 30th June 2021. The incoming Board is as follows: Wayne Naidoo: Chair Duke Advertising Chief Executive Officer Karabo Songo: Exco The Brave Group Group Chief Executive... Continue reading→
In the times of tragedy, look for the helpers
This week’s mass lootings, riots and violence has rocked South Africans from all works of life both here at home and abroad. But despite the heartache of loss of life, income and employment, South Africans can always be counted on to come together in times of tragedy. “South Africans are one of the most resilient... Continue reading→
ACA invites black women to sign up to the Leading Women Creating Change in the New World Order programme
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) and the Media Development & Diversity Agency (MDDA) are championing transformation in the industry, specifically the gender agenda, with a programme that will move ambitious bright young black talent from discourse to action and celebrate the industry champions who are moving from good intentions to action. The Leading... Continue reading→
Podcast landscape in South Africa on brink of delivering real returns
The podcasting business in South Africa is on the brink of delivering real returns for its participants – for podcasters that means meaningful financial reward, and for the brands that have explored the genre as a marketing tool that translates into solid KPIs that would impress even the most jaded of boardrooms. That’s according to... Continue reading→
2021 Effie Awards South Africa last minute entry deadline imminent
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) and Effie Awards South Africa is calling on South African agencies, clients, media partners and start-ups to submit their entries for the inaugural Effie Awards in South Africa as the Last-Minute Entry Deadline date of July 15th nears. This is the first time that the globally recognised Effie... Continue reading→
adidas prioritises maximum visibility with iconic Outdoor Network site
Leading international sports brand adidas has partnered with Outdoor Network to take ownership of an iconic Johannesburg Out of Home (OOH) site and drive awareness of one of its most memorable campaigns. adidas first launched the idea of Impossible is Nothing in 2004 and relaunched the brand attitude earlier this year, using globally recognised personalities... Continue reading→
Programmatic Digital out of Home has arrived…Ifikile EMzansi!
By Lukanyo Bushwana, Strategist at The MediaShop Covid-19 has undeniably acted as a catalyst to speed up digital adoption and introduce new trends at a rate that few could have predicted. As a result, the vast majority of marketers have refocused their digital efforts and rightfully so; you fish where the fish are. Every impression... Continue reading→
Beam Suntory on par with Golf Ads campaign
International premium spirits company Beam Suntory has opted for the Golf Ads environment as the perfect landscape from which to extract maximum value from a national Out of Home campaign. That’s for its Roku Gin and Toki Whisky products, as it matches these premium alcohol brands with the predominantly-affluent and high income-earning audience – the... Continue reading→
Telmar and ID5 announce innovative partnership to support publishers and brands
The partnership enables advertisers and media owners to plan and create targeted, data-driven campaigns and to activate their data in environments where third-party cookies and MAIDs are blocked Telmar, the global leader in advertising and media software and ID5, the independent identity solution for digital advertising have started a collaboration to enable advertisers and media... Continue reading→