By: Brent Lindeque, South Africa’s Good Things Guy Please don’t get triggered. This is just my thoughts on financial and emotional well-being during this time, and it is just my opinion for those that care to read what is on my mind. Here goes… It’s bizarre to watch many parts of the world go into […]
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Mass Personalisation – A Targeting Paradox
Isla Prentis, Head of Tirisano Consulting at The MediaShop If you are anything like me, then you start your year off by reading all the different trends and predictions for the upcoming year – 2020 was no different except that there were trends for the entire decade! In amongst these trends was one that received […]
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What does the post-COVID-19 South African consumer look like?
As South Africans are reaching the end of their Government’s pandemic management cycle, it seems as if the post-apocalyptic world is not the place many predicted it would be, and that the pandemic, reinforced as it has been by a recession, has not led to a host of new and sustainable consumer behaviours. This is […]
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What is the soundtrack to 2020?
Maggie Pronto, (Business Unit Manager) at The MediaShop takes us down the biggest moments of 2020 so far, with an accompanying soundtrack. Yes, 2020 is a cassette! And no-one in the world has the right pencil to wheel this one back in! I am not here for another “How Covid-19 has impacted us” discussion – […]
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Brands Need Activations to Take Back the Market
There’s more than enough evidence to confirm that consumers aren’t brand loyal and nothing about lockdown changed that. In fact up to 36% of consumers have tried a new brand since the pandemic started and 73% of those consumers plan to incorporate the brands into their new routines1. Recognising this, and that there are no […]
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South Africa’s Covid-19 Tracing app – would you download it?
By: Jarred Mailer-Lyons, Head of Digital at The MediaShop As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread, scientists are working around the clock to develop a cure, and on the other side of the spectrum – independent developers and multinational corporations are working at the same pace to develop apps and services related to contact tracing. […]
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Never underestimate the power of showing that you care
Megan Walker, Senior Media Strategist at The MediaShop The Oxford dictionary defines loss as “the state of no longer having something, or as much of something; the process that leads to this”. When I was recently asked to submit an article for the blog, with a submission deadline in September 2020, it won’t surprise anyone […]
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Getting the youth on your side post Covid-19
South Africa’s youth has a new attitude towards consumerism that is impacting how they interact with brands and will continue to influence their consumption behaviours post the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the opinion of MetropolitanRepublic Brand Manager, owner of an e-commerce business that actively targets the youth, and member of the Youth tribe herself, Sarah […]
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Self-care Sundays and how brands can get involved
Tsholofelo Mmusi, Junior Media Planner at The MediaShop We often think of self-care as that well-deserved two-week holiday once a year or perhaps twice a year if you’re lucky. We often live for the ‘next holiday’ or ‘hold on for leave’ without realising that we need to rest regularly, because our minds and bodies do […]
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The Monkey Bread Tree
Jedd Cokayne, Business Unit Director at The MediaShop Jedd Cokayne says not all brands are created equal and that a distinctive brand will be the most successful during 2020. As we move into the latter part of the year, we reflect more and more on the events that have taken place that determine how we […]
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