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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Save the Small Agency
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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by Condriac founding Director, Gary Meyer As Millennials, the demographic cohort born in the early 80’s, we entered the workplace with great gusto and enthusiasm. Our keen interest and childlike excitement in our new and fledgling careers infected our older, more-seasoned colleagues. Perhaps it re-ignited a snuffed-out flame, and was refreshing to see passion and […]
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Fred Dith, a UI designer, offers tips for creatives looking to cross over from advertising agencies or corporate to work in a startup. Dith currently works for a startup in one of Europe’s top startup hubs, Berlin. Creatives are no longer limited to advertising agencies to land exciting jobs. Driven by ideas that have the […]
Continue readingMore TagThe more you Read the more you Earn
The Publisher Research Council (PRC) says that insights from the Establishment Survey (ES) show that people who read, generally earn around 50% more their non-reading counterparts, across the entire spectrum of society. #ReadToEarn “Don’t count the people you reach, reach the people who count,” says Peter Langschmidt, consultant to the PRC. According to statistics pulled […]
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The South African lexicon and news has been filled with a bunch of new phrases over the past few years. These include “monopolies”, “foreign capital” and “local first” which are all “symptoms” of a consumer market kicking back against what appears to be the product of a global economy. A global economy can be defined […]
Continue readingMore TagFive Reputation recovery steps if your name emerges in #Guptaleaks
By Vincent Magwenya CEO of Conversations Media and Communications Prepare yourself By now you would have observed that some of the individuals whose names appear in the leaked emails by members of the Gupta family and their associates, were not necessarily people involved in their business dealings. They may have simply been candidates for public […]
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If you ask anyone in their 30s/40s about what they think is the best example of Brand competition, the first thing they will mention is the feud between BMW and Mercedes Benz i.e. “It beats the Benz.” Though timeless and entertaining, that advert is over 20 years old. The advertising world has changed dramatically since […]
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Driverless Cars: The Death Knell for Roadside Billboards?
Craig Wallis, Business Unit Director at The MediaShop I was recently provided with an interesting report by the US law firm, Venable LLP, entitled “The Future of OOH in a Self-Driving America“. Being in the OOH industry, I thought it would make for an interesting read, and it has! I’ve taken the liberty […]
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by Mike Abel, Founding Partner & Chief Executive at M&C Saatchi Abel Ask me whether the economic value of creativity has been historically undervalued in South Africa, and I’ll say: Yes. Enormously so. A recent Business Times article published on 12 March 2017 even highlighted the extent to which South Africa’s creative agencies and creative […]
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