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What the Next Generation Youth wants from a brand
In South Africa, approximately half of the population is under the age of 25. Due to the size and buying potential of the youth market, the segment is of great significance to brands planning to stimulate new demand and reach and engage with a highly diversified collective of youngsub-cultures. Miguel Correia of The Zinto Marketing... Continue reading→
Eat Out appoints MANGO-OMC for seventh consecutive year
South Africa’s guide to SA’s best food doesn’t mess with a winning recipe.Eat Out has appointed MANGO-OMC again to assist the brand with the public relations and communication for the prestigious Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards. It is the seventh consecutive year Eat Out has appointed MANGO-OMC as PR service provider. “It has been a... Continue reading→
Blend people, data and technology for Programmatic success
In May this year, the annual DoubleClick Executive Summit took place in Johannesburg in partnership with Google. Key speakers addressed the gathering of digital agencies and clients to provide insights and learnings around all things programmatic, including consolidated programmatic buying, attribution, measurement and the role of creative in performance media. The two–part event programme first... Continue reading→
The beautiful truth about sharing
Modern families don’t take the time to talk as much as they used to. Instead we message and live our lives in a digital world, if you watch the short video clip above you’ll see just how ineffective that is and how much we miss about each others lives. Conceptualised by So Interactive and produced in partnership with... Continue reading→
Created by FCB Joburg – Wimpy inspires South Africans to reconnect
Wimpy, one of the country’s favourite casual dining family restaurants, is inspiring South Africans who never have enough time, to make the time for the ones that they love. And, leading the campaign, is its first brand ad in five years. Created by FCB Joburg, the #MakeTime campaign broke with a television commercial at the... Continue reading→
SPARK Media’s clients have heart and talent!
SPARK Media’s clients, friends and partners proved, that apart from having great golfing, bowling and general knowledge skills at their You’ve Got Talent Games Day, that they also have unmeasured generosity, raising unexpected funds for SPARK Media’s sponsored children’s home, Hayani. “The aim of the day was to interact with clients and agencies in an... Continue reading→
Bankmed chooses New Media as content partner
Bankmed have appointed New Media Publishing to publish Bankmed Bounce magazine. After a competitive pitch process New Media have been awarded the business and will be producing two printed magazines per annum, with a print run of over 115 000 copies, as well as ongoing digital content for Bankmed’s various digital platforms. November will be... Continue reading→
11 reasons you’re not seeing ROI on your marketing spend
These days, marketing budgets are tight and every cent spent needs to be accounted for, and that makes calculating a correct ROI even more important. Do this using key indicators to determine whether your marketing efforts are converting into actual cold, hard cash coming back into your business. However, sometimes despite your best efforts at... Continue reading→
First Choice launches biggest campaign to date
First Choice is launching one of its biggest campaigns yet to take its tagline ‘It’s all good’ to market. Created by Boomtown and split into three parts, the 12-month campaign begins with a TV commercial, a social media campaign, digital advertising and in-store marketing. “Currently Woodlands Dairy, the dairy behind First Choice, doesn’t actively promote... Continue reading→
The time is now! SA youth can blaze a trail to entrepreneurial success
South Africa’s latest unemployment figures make for sombre reading. While official unemployment is now 27.7 percent, the most affected group are young people under the age of 35 with a staggering 38.6 percent of youth unable to find work. Interestingly, according to the 2016 Seed Academy Startup Survey results only four percent of entrepreneurs started... Continue reading→