By Dominique Pienaar, CEO of DUO Marketing + Communications Digital disruption in the Public Relations and communications landscape means that brands and their agencies now need to work closer together than ever, in order to identify new storytelling opportunities, publishing platforms, and harness data analytics to continually refine how and where they place their messaging. […]
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On Comic Con, YouTubers and the business of gaming
Jarred Mailer-Lyons Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop investigates how 8 million gaming South Africans spend their time. I recently attended the Business of Gaming Forum (BOGF) in association with Comic Con South Africa, which hosted over 40,000 fans of comic related superheroes, sidekicks and villains. Comic Con SA featured a large range of pop […]
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The Generation Gap – Who Is Who?
Belinda Kayton, Media Strategist at The MediaShop looks at the differences between Xers and Millennials and highlights quite a few differences I often get asked “Who is Gen X?” and “What is the difference between a Millennial and a Gen X?” I find that there is a lot of confusion as to which generation is […]
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Boomtown gets Milki to #idairyu consumers
‘Live life to the full’ is the message in the latest campaign for Milki, the First Choice full-cream flavoured milk. Created by Boomtown, the digital campaign brings to life what it means to ‘live life to the full’. Understanding the target consumer, and their up-bringing dominated by social media, and how they consume social media […]
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Don’t talk to me, talk to my Chatbot
We’ve all heard about chatbots, says Belinda Kayton, Media Strategist at The MediaShop. Some of us might even have interacted with one without knowing it! But what are they all about and what is the potential of this Artificial Intelligence for brands? Basically, chatbots function within messaging apps(enabling businesses to provide customer support 24/7, answer customer queries or […]
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Influencer Marketing should be a non-negotiable on the schedule
Jarred Mailer-Lyons, Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop discusses movements in the Influencer Marketing space Influencer marketing has become one of the fastest digital customer-acquisition practices. Due to the sheer power of the social endorsements, targeting options and utilising influencers with high engagement rates across multiple social platforms, influencer marketing has become a key element […]
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Verushen Reddy to speak at AI Expo Africa 2018
The AI Expo Africa 2018 has invited Promise Group’s Director of Strategy and Digital, Verushen Reddy to be a speaker at their First Artificial Intelligence Expo set to take place at the Century Centre Conference Centre in Cape Town from the 9th – 11th September 2018. The two-day conference and exhibition will focus on […]
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Are You Telling Me, Or Are You Selling Me?
Nicci Jones, Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop looks at keeping rogue influencers in (legal) checkEverything around us is for sale, from the airwaves that we listen to, to the TV programmes that we watch – even movies on the big screen have products snuck into them to subliminally drive our brand preferences. Our social […]
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Me, Myself and Envy
Maggie Pronto, Media Strategist at The MediaShop asks why we’re #SoBlessed #Grateful #SuperficialMuch Being the best you can be, to be #YourBestSelf is a powerful human need – but it’s no secret that our #SoBlessed, #SoObsessed culture is rather superficial. Expectations for happiness have escalated over the past few years – not just from consumers […]
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Hellocomputer and FCB Cape Town Helps WCG Address Bullying in 5 Questions.
The Western Cape Government is striving to put an end to bullying at schools across the province by launching a mobile toolkit and campaign called 5 Questions to End Bullying. Developed by Hellocomputer and FCB Cape Town, in conjunction with child psychologists, it features a video of a fake bullying incident in a school yard […]
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