Every Rand Spent On Marketing Should Work To Build Brands And Drive Growth

According to Gillian Rightford, Executive Director, Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), marketing teams everywhere are under pressure to do more with less. Budgets are scrutinised, performance is expected to improve every year, and the digital ecosystem we operate in has become increasingly complex. One of the ongoing challenges within that complexity is how much […]

By |2026-03-23T08:22:14+02:00March 19th, 2026|Trends|0 Comments

Why Micro Communities Are Gaining Attention From Advertisers

According to Natascha Torres, Head of Digital Media Strategy at iqbusiness, social and programmatic platforms such as Google, Meta, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn are popular with advertisers for good reasons. But their popularity increasingly comes with the downside that it can be difficult for a brand to stand out from the other advertisers’ jostling for […]

By |2026-03-23T08:22:25+02:00March 19th, 2026|Trends|0 Comments

Meaningful Innovation In Incentive And Loyalty Marketing Goes Beyond Technology

According to Andrew Solomon, Marketing Director of the Achievement Awards Group, innovation has become one of the most frequently used, and least interrogated, words in business. In practice, it has increasingly become shorthand for technology: artificial intelligence, automation, platforms, dashboards, data at scale. To be clear, these developments are powerful. They’re reshaping how organisations operate, […]

By |2026-03-16T14:14:37+02:00March 12th, 2026|Trends|0 Comments

Marketers Should Embrace Purposeful Risk-Taking As An Essential Strategy For Success

Veronica Moleele, CEO of Penquin, is calling on marketers to embrace purposeful risk-taking as an essential strategy for success. Moleele argues that as platforms become increasingly packed with forgettable content, creative risk-taking has transitioned from a creative ‘extra’ to a business necessity. ‘Every second, someone is selling something. That’s why I believe creative risk-taking is […]

By |2026-03-16T14:14:45+02:00March 12th, 2026|Trends|0 Comments

2026 Could Be A Watershed Year For AI Usage And Governance

According to Willem Steenkamp, Flow Communications senior writer and editor, says that for the past few years, artificial intelligence has largely been in an experimental phase. But the focus for 2026 will likely be less about novelty and more about real-world application. Here are four trends for 2026. Trend 1: Integrated And Multimodal Generative AI […]

By |2026-03-16T14:14:54+02:00March 11th, 2026|Trends|0 Comments

A Call For Responsible Brand Communications During This Human Rights Month

Human Rights Day, commemorated annually on 21 March, honours those who lost their lives during the 1960 Sharpeville massacre and recognises the ongoing responsibility to uphold the rights enshrined in South Africa’s Constitution. It is a month of national reflection, accountability, and recommitment to justice. In this context, Brandscapers Africa believes the private sector has […]

By |2026-03-06T18:14:00+02:00March 5th, 2026|Trends|0 Comments
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