Yvette Gengan, Digital Media Manager at The MediaShop If you had to think back to when AI first became a buzzword across the globe, how many years would you say that was? Three, five, maybe ten years ago? If you thought of any of the above, you’ve not gone back far enough! I recently came […]
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Brand longevity – a lesson from Ladysmith Black Mambazo
By: Thuso Mmotlana, Buyer at The MediaShop With all the noise and clutter in the market, how can a brand illuminate itself to have a long productive life and make a mark in cultural and artistic history? On Tuesday the 11th February I heard the sad news of Professor Bhekizizwe Joseph Shabalala’s passing. He was the […]
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Are you Offended?
Moti Grauman, Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop Perhaps it’s time to stop being so sensitive! Then again, perhaps we are not sensitive enough. It’s a tough nut to crack. Towards the end of 2019, 702 Afternoon Drive Host, Joanne Joseph, featured two local ads on her show. It was only a five minute segment, […]
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Getting more plenty from #20plenty!Getting more plenty from #20plenty!
Arisha Saroop, Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop Durban School fees, extravagant Christmas presents, the family getaway and home maintenance – all this coupled with the usual cellphone, bond and car repayment bills means that after the festive fun and cheer from December, the majority of South Africans are left counting their Rands and cents […]
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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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Andile Qokweni, Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop On Friday the 8th of November a common man like you and me was spotted proposing to a woman at a KFC. I’m sure when he played this scenario in his head, he had very little idea how this proposal would actually change his life in the short […]
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What’s a life without Likes?
Andrew Dabbs, Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop In the past few months many people may have read that Instagram and Facebook have been running trials in Canada and Australia respectively to hide the number of Likes, reactions and video views that are made to public posts. The intention is to rethink how users engage […]
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Third time lucky? 3回目のラッキー
Maggie Pronto, Media Strategist at The MediaShop Those who know me will be very surprised that I am writing about the Rugby World Cup – sport is not my “thing”, but when this topic came up I couldn’t just kick the idea into touch so I took up the challenge. This is the premier […]
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Jedd Cokayne, Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop As marketers, I often feel we over complicate the interaction that we have with brands on different levels which muddies the water for our consumers, lets us slip from the short list and ultimately chase consumers to competitor brands. Certain segments have identified specific brand USP’s that […]
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Sean Sullivan – Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop Bracing and gearing our businesses for the onslaught of the future consumer is key to remaining relevant in the media industry and beyond. The new human is wired very differently and if we don’t comprehend their world, we will fail to connect with them. Generation Z […]
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