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 […]
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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 […]
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Leading activations agency ProActive™ has been selected as the exclusive activations and exhibitions partner for the DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival. The event is the biggest and most influential lifestyle event in South Africa. Now in its 5th year, the event will take place at the Kyalami International Grand Prix Circuit in Johannesburg […]
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Jarred Mailer-Lyons, Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop Every year, Google changes its search algorithm around 600 times. While most of these changes are insignificant to advertisers and brands, occasionally there are major algorithmic updates that rock the industry. These changes can be potential game changers for brands and also significantly impact a site’s rankings. […]
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In our customer-centric world, what consumers really want is communication and engagement that dazzles their senses, touches their hearts and stimulates their minds. They want added value and campaigns that deliver entertainment and experiences. Brands which can achieve this are on track for success; and even more so for brands that generate campaigns that create […]
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FCB Joburg helped South African Tourism launch two new initiatives to delegates at INDABA 2017 last month. The first of these, called Good Times in a Box, is intended to stimulate domestic tourism by revolutionising the way the hospitality and tourism industry packages itself. The second, I Do Tourism, is a nationwide campaign to remind […]
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FCB Africa agencies have once again created the lion’s share of South Africa’s favourite television ads, according to Millward Brown Kantar’s annual listing. The company, which has used its AdTrack proprietary research tool for over 25 years to determine which ads resonate with ordinary South Africans, announced the Top 20 Most Liked TVCs in 2016 […]
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Brands and businesses that are built by entrepreneurs or champion entrepreneurship generally, like AB InBev, the Century Property Group, Coca-Cola, EOH, FNB, Nando’s, Primedia and Sorbet to name a few, must step-up to ensure the survival of small agencies during the recession. Failure to do so will lead to the closure of small agencies, reducing […]
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Local community newspaper, The Zululand Mail, part of the Zululand Observer stable, has been launched in KwaZulu Natal to service the Melmoth, Eshowe and Gingindlovu areas. The paper will be represented by SPARK Media. “The three Zululand towns of Melmoth, eShowe and Gingindlovu form a micro-economic hub with Melmoth and Gingindlovu having both recently acquired […]
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There was great excitement in the air on 9 May, when learners, teachers and Provantage Media Group (PMG) executives came together to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the founding of the PMG Training Academy, as well as kick off two new learnerships for 2017. The Academy was founded in 2015 by ProActive™, a division of […]
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