Sue Blaine, senior writer and editor at Flow Communications, put linens why communication is a risk management tool. If you have ever felt a jolt of annoyance when someone solved a problem for you without asking what you actually needed, you already understand community resistance. It is a reasonable response to being handed an outcome […]
According to new data from consumer insights agency KLA using YouGov Profiles+ data, among South African internet users, 62% stream games and 61% download games. A further 49% actively play games online, placing gaming firmly alongside the most common internet activities. These are not fringe numbers, they reflect a mainstream shift in how South Africans […]
There is a quiet coup happening in the C-suite. It isn’t being led by a rival brand or a disruptive startup, but by a department two floors down: procurement, writes Pieter Geyser, Commercial Director, Humanz. In the modern corporate machine, marketing, once the engine of growth and the soul of the brand, has been demoted […]
With this life-changing Covid-19 event being faced globally, many economies are suffering a downturn, which has a ripple effect on consumer spend and, therefore, on brands. Brands should use this opportunity to find different ways of engaging their buyers as consumer behaviour changes, states Sindiswa Masuta, Strategy Business Director at Grey Advertising Africa. During this […]