Cape Town and Johannesburg based media owner, Hubble, is Uber’s preferred in-vehicle interactive entertainment partner, providing real Return on Investment (ROI) through a unique Depth of Engagement. As marketing and advertising budgets are becoming even more pressurised, brands are realising that reach and frequency – the traditional advertising metrics, are no longer the be-all and […]
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STAGE360 Mobile Music and Content Service Launches on BBM Messenger
Stream.Digital in partnership with Creative Media Works, operating as BBM Messenger, today announced the launch of STAGE360 Music, a mobile music and content service. The service, a first of its kind in South Africa, is aimed at growing BBM Messenger’s monthly active users particularly within the young, urban demographic. Matthew Talbot, CEO of Creative Media […]
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Caxton Local Media makes all the right moves into the digital space
Besides its extensive digital brand extensions for Caxton’s Local Newspapers, innovative technology platforms and strategic digital acquisitions, Caxton Digital has been growing their digital footprint through data collection, data management and programmatic advertising. “We have been attracting more and more online users in the digital space steadily for the last three years,” says Nicole Rimbault, […]
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Popimedia has commissioned a 3rd party research agency to find out what South Africans are doing online and more importantly, what impact digital influence has on brands and retail. The results will be shared at Popimedia’s July Ad-Tech Academy. Because ad-tech is a unique category in the digital and social media space, Popimedia started Africa’s […]
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Roasts, once a thing for Sunday lunch, now an opportunity to take someone down in a very public platform. Look at Justin Bieber, he became a ‘darling’after he took part in a roast. In fact, 35-year-old women started buying his albums publicly and used the #belieber hashtag on their Tinder profiles! Everybody loves to watch […]
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Toyota South Africa has ‘buffed up’ the Yaris’ image with the launch of Yaris Pulse, which sports a bigger 1.5L engine and improved rear styling among other attractive new features. According to Toyota SA’s Senior Manager of Advertising & Digital Marketing, Aidan Castille, the marketing team was looking for a creative idea that positioned limited […]
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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 […]
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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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Paid campaign boosts lead generation by 65% in first 48 hours When consumers visit the Phonefinder.co.za cellphone contract comparison engine, they are able to view and compare packages from various Mobile Network Operators (MNO), including Telkom Mobile. As Lance Krom, founder and managing director at Phonefinder, explains, with over 7,000 unique daily visitors and 200,000 […]
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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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