By Skye Littlefield, Social Specialist at Hoorah Digital Without a doubt, social media has contributed to a society of nervous, fidgety, and anxious people. A society of people who wake up, pick up their phones and don’t put them down for the next 16 hours. We no longer know what impulse control is and, even […]
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The future of digital marketing is adding value, not noise
By Amanda Lambe, Managing Director at Hero Data reveals that South Africa shows a 23% increase in active mobile social users and a 7% increase in internet users. South Africans spend an average of 8 hours and 32 minutes every day using the Internet via any device. Online shopping for fashion-related items increased by 25%, […]
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Yum Yum Videos’ 2019 Video Marketing Trends Survey. Some of the stats include: * 67% of queried businesses are planning to make more than three videos this year. * 83% of business owners are going to invest in explainer videos in 2019. * Instagram has the best video marketing ROI compared to other social media platforms. […]
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Arisha Saroop, Business Unit Manager The MediaShop Durban At our recent Media Landscape session entitled ‘Content that Works’ which delved into brands creating more engaging and relevant content from most of what consumers are subjected to daily, a particular example of a how a brand proudly stood up for representation made me sit up and […]
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Dan Pinch, executive creative director at King James Group and co-founder of King James Digital Cape Town, I’m probably not alone in feeling that a lot of what brands do on social media doesn’t work that well. Despite increased media and production budgets, teams of specialists, and expensive social management tools something often feels flat. The […]
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When you drink your next cup of tea, did you ever stop to think about what made you reach for a cuppa? We may not realise it, but social media has revolutionised the way we talk and think about what we eat and drink. According to a recent Innova Market Insights consumer study, one in […]
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Heather Astbury, Managing Director and Co-founder of The Reputation People, explains why it could be. Did you know the Chinese word for crisis is made up of two characters – one representing threat and the other representing opportunity? This is worth remembering because every crisis, no matter how serious, allows a business the opportunity to […]
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Although as internet ad market matures, growth projected to slow from 17% to 9% a year Internet advertising will account for 52% of global advertising expenditure in 2021, exceeding the 50% mark for the first time, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published today. That’s up from the 47% of global adspend that internet advertising […]
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In a new campaign by HelloFCB+ for Pernod Ricard and The Glenlivet, The Great Father’s Day Gift Upgrade gave dads a way to get the gift they really deserved this Father’s Day – a bottle of The Glenlivet. The insight was built around the fact that Father’s Day gifts are often below average. A ‘world’s […]
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Flow Communications joins the world’s largest global independent agency network
Flow Communications has joined thenetworkone, the world’s largest and fastest-growing network of respected independent creative, media, public relations (PR) and marketing agencies. Joining thenetworkone is by invitation and Flow is only the third South African agency to receive this honour. The network, a practical alternative to a conventional multinational advertising and marketing communications agency network […]
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