Proud winners, joyful crowd, stunning décor, awesome prizes, dazzling Bollywood flash mob, music from across Africa, good food and drinks, and witty MC,Jason Goliath; all this and more completed an amazing and unforgettable night at the 9th MOST Awards ceremony at The Wanderers Club in Johannesburg.Enthusiastic industry people came in unison to applaud and celebrate […]
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Mental Availability – What is it and why does it matter for brands?
SPARK Media will once again be hosting a much-anticipated and enlightening Ehrenberg-Bass Institute (EBI) presentation on 3 October in Durban, 5 October in Johannesburg and 10 October in Cape Town. Our international speaker, Dr. Justin Cohen, a Senior Marketing Scientist from the Institute, will be putting forward the evidence-based case for why “Mental Availability” (being […]
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New radio spot airs in Debonairs Pizza’s ‘Lamba Busters’ campaign
A new radio spot – the 4th in a series promoting Debonairs Pizza’s ‘#Un-lamba yourself’ special offers – has broken on 5FM and Metro FM. As with previous spots in the campaign, ‘No Goal Today’ utilises La Bamba, the easily-recognisable foot-tapping tune made famous in 1958 by Mexican-American musician Ritchie Valens, as the auditory device […]
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Maintaining positive business growth in today’s economy is a tough call for any business, even more so in a competitive category like the out of home industry. Relativ Media, a dynamic out of home media business that offers marketers opportunities in prime locations, celebrates its second birthday this month as Relativ Media. MD Brett Tucker […]
Continue readingMore TagCheryl Reddy Appointed to Ogilvy Public Relations Board
Ogilvy Public Relations has announced the appointment of Cheryl Reddy to its board of directors. Reddy – who has been with the agency since 2011 – is currently a Business Director and lead for the agency’s corporate practice. Reddy holds a BTech degree in Journalism and a Marketing Management diploma. She has 10 years of […]
Continue readingMore TagThe importance of creative in today’s data driven marketing industry
Nineve Van Zyl, Design Lead at Sprout, shares some guidelines on what to consider when crafting compelling and effective programmatic display creatives. The majority of browsers visiting an e-commerce website don’t convert on their first visit. There are several reasons for this, but none as critical as context, i.e. understanding where in the customer journey […]
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Boomtown is pleased to announce the promotion of Nick de Beer to Creative Group Head, and Lara-Anne Derbyshire moves from Creative Group Head to Strategist. To fulfill client demand, Boomtown needed to secure the talent to expand the teams’ skill set and man-hours, Andrew MacKenzie, Boomtown MD explains: “Lara-Anne’s studies in psychology, her decade of […]
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The executive management of Octagon South Africa has announced the end of its affiliation agreement with Octagon Global. The end of the affiliation contract, which gave licensed usage of the Octagon brand and intellectual property exchange, is the culmination of a process that began in 2013 with a buyout of Octagon global’s ownership interest in […]
Continue readingMore TagWindhoek Beer partner with M&C Saatchi Abel JHB to drive new chapter of growth
Following a competitive, 5-way pitch process for the iconic Windhoek Beer brand, M&C Saatchi Abel Johannesburg has been appointed as the lead agency to drive the brand’s growth. The agency will be tasked with building on the brand’s legendary intrinsic story and with continuing to develop a powerful emotive connection with its various target audiences […]
Continue readingMore TagMosa Mokone joins the Tribeca family
Tribeca Public Relations has appointed Mosa Mokone as an Account Executive. Mosa joins the Tribeca consultancy team that works on a wide range of accounts, including the Peermont Hotel Group, Platinum Seed, Targus and TomTom. Mosa joined the PR industry in 2011, and has considerable experience in sport and gaming PR, in agency and on […]
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