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The Return of the Sport Lover
It goes without saying that the past two years have been tough for sports fans following the persistence of the pandemic, and the strains of the economic, societal, and organisational shifts in an increasingly digitised world has kept fans wondering if they will ever be able to enjoy a game the way they used to.... Continue reading→
Boomtown wins Ocean Basket business
Boomtown has been awarded the Ocean Basket account and tasked with assisting rebirth the brand locally and abroad. The decision to partner with the agency was made by Ocean Basket CEO Grace Harding and her team after a pitch requiring both strategic and creative presentations. Founded by Fats and George Lazarides (they opened their first... Continue reading→
Gareth Grant joins Meta Media
Meta Media is pleased to announce that Gareth Grant has joined Meta Media Johannesburg as Media and Operations Director. “I have known Gareth for a few years and have been looking for a way to have him join our team as I’ve always been impressed with his professionalism, his demeanour around his colleagues and everyone... Continue reading→
HaveYouHeard Group wins at New Generation Awards 2022
inBroadcasting and Brand Inc., two of the agencies within the HaveYouHeard Group of innovative and specialist creative communications businesses, have taken home metal from the 2022 New Generation Awards. Honouring effective and creative campaigns in social and digital media since 2018, the New Generation Awards announced its 2022 accolades on Thursday September 29 at a... Continue reading→
Adspend – July 2022
The Top 10 South African July 2022 advertisers. Advertiser Jul-20 Advertiser Jul-21 Advertiser Jul-22 1 SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LTD R 106 269 415 CLIENTELE LIMITED R 119 012 839 UNILEVER SA R 246 260 863 2 OUTSURANCE INSURANCE R 97 082 525 SHOWMAX R 113 343 695 CLIENTELE LIMITED R 171 011 524 3 UNILEVER SA... Continue reading→
Boomtown looking for optimistic graduates
Independent strategic brand agency, Boomtown, has reached a significant milestone for its BAYEZA Graduate Internship Programme by marking its ten-year anniversary since the inception of the career-changing programme. Striving for the fine balance between empowering the youth and producing quality advertising creative to progress into the future, the graduate programme, ‘BAYEZA’ – meaning “they are... Continue reading→
Woolworths follows the “Leave One Take One” reusable shopping bag initiative
It was just over one month ago when Brent Lindeque, South Africa’s Good Things Guy, approached retailer SPAR to pioneer the ‘Leave One Take One’ reusable shopping bag initiative which has now been implemented in over 60 stores nationwide. Now, retailer Woolworths has joined the trend, launching its ‘Bring a Bag, Take a Bag’ version.... Continue reading→
What’s the difference between an Influencer and a Content Creator?
by Riezkah Allan, Media Strategist at The MediaShop Kitana wins, flawless victory… this memorable Mortal Kombat sound clip is a compilation that TikTok created for users to share their content, whether the user just had their nails done or had a make-up transformation, videos with this compilation yielded millions of views. Similarly, with the TikTok... Continue reading→
Industry creative, Louis du Pisani, partners with Skycastle Studios to launch card game DUNGEON BRAH
Dungeon Brah is a comical deck crawler card game created by Louis du Pisani, a South African born and bred creative. It has been released globally on Kickstarter. Dungeon Brah launched worldwide by Skycastle Studios – sister company in Solarpop The card game is a universe in which players, their ragtag crew and hired heroes... Continue reading→
An Agency as a Brand Owner – Good or Bad?
HaveYouHeard, founded 14 years ago as a word-of-mouth marketing specialist, has grown organically to become a full-service integrated communications agency and the engine room for a group of innovative, specialist creative communications businesses. Most recently, it has taken the remarkable step of creating in_Things, a product and service company that exists to identify and define... Continue reading→