Kgavgelo Masenya, Media Planner at The MediaShop, discusses Twitter’s subscription model and wonders what would make people spend hard-earned money on tweets and where it will leave the advertising audience. Admittedly, I am quite passive when it comes to Twitter, occasionally logging on just to stay in touch with what is happening. But for many […]
Mushambi Mutuma, Managing Director of Black Powder, says there has been talk about how we will place more focus on a work-life balance. Even more has been said about how inner cities will empty and commercial landlords will struggle to fill offices as we work more and more remotely. Even the tech giants are fleeing […]
According to Mark Barden, partner at eatbigfish, not understanding whether you are creating a long-term, defensible business model could be a strategic error that catches up with you once every entrepreneur in town sees how easy it is to copy your technical capabilities. ‘Disruption’ has become such a buzzword, pervading everything from the hotel industry […]
According to Zubeida Goolam, Chief Creative Officer at Valiant, the adoption of new technologies should only eliminate communication barriers between the brand and its audience, not worsen the experience. The human element is always key to transformation. Transformation in digital marketing must begin internally to leverage external opportunities. It is up to the organisation to […]
Colleen Rose, Consulting Director at Acceleration, a Wunderman Thompson company, states that while welcomed by privacy advocates, the looming demise of the third-party cookie has caused some anxiety among publishers and advertisers. For the last 20 years, third-party cookies have been a foundational part of digital advertising, allowing user behaviour to be tracked across websites […]
According to Kirsten van Rooyen, Head of Digital at Simply Black Media, at the onset of the pandemic, many businesses were not digitally-savvy and were initially unsure how to go about reshaping their communications to meet the needs of an evolving audience. The events of 2020 reshaped the world in ways we never thought possible. […]
Rob Anderson, CEO of Brand Hubb, says leading brands need to rethink their digital marketing strategies as customers become increasingly agitated by digital ads. Brand supporters are fed up with unsolicited digital marketing advances, and the brands who fail to respond to their irritation risk alienating them forever. Customers are sick and tired of hanging […]
According to Haydn Townsend, Managing Director for Accenture Interactive in Africa, alongside emphasis on hygiene and handwashing, people are seeking fitness classes online and returning to the weekly ‘big shop’ for the first time in years. People’s expectations of businesses and brands are rising – working out the implications will be critical to businesses’ survival. […]
Straford Rodrigues, partner in brand and marketing ROI analytics practice at Kantar, discusses why sales might decrease but brand equity does not, and what brands can do about it. Let us look at a scenario where sales are decreasing, and brand equity is increasing or flat. There are two possible reasons for this (outside of […]
Stuart Walsh, Chief Strategy Officer at Grey Advertising Africa, says the lack of ‘skin’ in the game in advertising creates an unfortunate credibility gap, especially when advice involves the client spending more money. Every time you tell a client they should take more risks – that the greater the risk, the greater the reward – try […]