HaveYouHeard recently (Friday, February 28) pulled together three #DieselDenimFridays – or #DDF – experiential activations at the same time in three different Diesel stores nationwide – one each in Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria. Two of the stores were kitted out with in-house illustrator and artwork stations at which they could personalise canvas templates of Diesel […]
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Evidence Based Marketing has arrived!
Over the past decade there has been significant advances in the advertising and marketing fields, not least of which is the advent of Evidence Based Marketing, the latest global movement in marketing. As an introduction to concepts including Behavioural Economics, Observed Consumer Behaviour and Cognitive Neuroscience, Kirsty Dugmore of SugaSpice will be hosting a “Modern […]
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Full-service agency HaveYouHeard, started 2020 with five new clients – Absa, Campari Africa, Jameson Global, Jeep Clothing and Trotters UK. The agency – which has offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg and London – has been appointed by Absa Retail Banking to address its influencer marketing strategy and implementation. Campari Africa has tasked it with similar […]
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Are you Offended?
Moti Grauman, Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop Perhaps it’s time to stop being so sensitive! Then again, perhaps we are not sensitive enough. It’s a tough nut to crack. Towards the end of 2019, 702 Afternoon Drive Host, Joanne Joseph, featured two local ads on her show. It was only a five minute segment, […]
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Using influencers to build your brand’ credibility is very different from using influencers to create awareness for a new product launch. Furthermore, influencer marketing is not a one-size-fits-all channel. It succeeds in myriad ways for myriad reasons and, just as our personal relationships are complex and varied, so too are consumers’ relationships with influencers. These […]
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In the digital world, it’s a given that Paid Search advertising is important, but only a few industries, except the finance and eRetail sectors, are capturing the true value this channel has to offer. Most brands are missing a trick by not tracking the full customer journey says Michael King, Managing Director of Reprise Digital, […]
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FCB Joburg has pulled together a 360° campaign to communicate Toyota South Africa’s innovative cloud-based Internet-connected intelligence platform aimed at providing in-mobility WiFi connected services. The campaign – created by Executive Creative Director Tian Van Den Heever; Designers Jonathan Wolberg, Janine Kleinschmidt and Tsholofelo Masiye; and Copywriter Paul Frade – comprises numerous elements including a […]
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SPARK Media recently hosted Dr Carl Driesener, Senior Marketing Scientist from the Ehrenburg Bass Institute (EBI) to share his learnings on how marketers and brands can better target their customers for more effective bottom line results. “We’ve learned so much about effective marketing over the years thanks to our association with EBI,” says SPARK […]
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by HaveYouHeard Co-Founder and Head of Strategy, Ryan McFadyen The best word to describe the state of influencer marketing in South Africa is ‘fledgling’. If we were to select an analogy closer to home, it would be ‘teenager’; someone showing signs of maturity, promise and independence but just as often being unpredictable and unreliable. And […]
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SPARK Media is proud to host Dr Carl Driesener this October, a senior marketing scientist from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute (EBI) based in Australia. His presentation, themed Smart Targeting, will focus on the highly topical and hotly debated subject of effective targeting. Dr Driesener notes, “In an era of accountability and media fragmentation, some targeting makes […]
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