Meta Media is pleased to announce that Gareth Grant has joined Meta Media Johannesburg as Media and Operations Director. “I have known Gareth for a few years and have been looking for a way to have him join our team as I’ve always been impressed with his professionalism, his demeanour around his colleagues and everyone […]
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Unlocking the power of “hyper-local”
By Gareth Grant, Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop We all choose to live and shop locally, in geographic areas that suit us and that are convenient to our life stages and lifestyles. This plays a role in the shops we frequent, the restaurants we eat at, the cinema houses we chose to watch the […]
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Hang tight – We’re nearly there!
By Gareth Grant, Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop Is it just me, or does 2021 feel like it has just been an extension of the chaos and difficulties of 2020? Although I didn’t think it was possible after last year, it felt like there were a lot more downs than there were ups. With […]
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The MediaShop and Nedbank deliver next level media thinking
In a recent campaign, The MediaShop and client Nedbank displayed just how great minds think differently, while delivering some next level media planning for a South African TV first. DSTV viewers were quite surprised when they experienced a completely new form of advertising while pausing their favourite series on DStv’s Catch Up service. In a […]
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By Gareth Grant, Business Unit Director, The MediaShop Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that I would live to experience a global event of this scale that would be remembered for years to come. I recall studying about the likes of the Great Depression, the French Revolution and both First and Second […]
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Gareth Grant, Business Unit Manager, The MediaShop At the end of last year, my wife travelled to New York City for business. In my boredom, I was left aimlessly Googling interesting facts about the city. Did you know for instance, that over 120 years ago five boroughs (Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx and Staten Island) […]
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Gareth Grant, Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop We as South Africans can be pretty tough on ourselves. Just look how fickle we can be when it comes to supporting our beloved national sports teams. How dare the Springboks or Proteas lose a match? The same can be said for many other areas in which […]
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Look for the positivity throughout 2019…
Gareth Grant, Business Unit Director at The MediaShop challenges us to lose negativity And just like that it’s 2019! The festive season decorations have been packed away and the Easter eggs have already found a new home on the impulse purchase shelves, making resolutions for the New Year that much harder to adhere to. […]
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Gareth Grant, Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop says that we’re looking at our smartphones every 12 minutes, but is it making us smarter? In today’s hyper connected ‘smart’ world, we find ourselves operating at an increasing and ever demanding pace. To help facilitate this are the likes of laptops, smartphones, Google, YouTube, smart watches, […]
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Are you ready to reach your future customer?
Is there any value in comforting your customers today with nostalgia from yesterday when their choices are naturally evolving at the rapid pace of a vastly shifting world around them? Gareth Grant, Business Unit Head at The MediaShop, questions how best to future-proof a brand’s message to a post 2020 customer base. In the current […]
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