Are brands living up to client expectations?
Published on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 by Jedd Cokayne in
Marketing
Jedd Cokayne, Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop I am not sure about you, but there is an underlying feeling that the world’s equilibrium is not quite balanced at the moment. I think this is abundantly evident in South Africa’s…
The impact of corruption on your media rand
Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2019 by Chris Botha in
Marketing
Chris Botha, Group Managing Director of Park Advertising Carl Sagan once said: "One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested…
Sean Sullivan, Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop Marketing lessons are everywhere – even at The Cure concert. The Cure in Jozi! One of my all-time favourite bands. I simply couldn’t pass up this opportunity. So I packed my passport…
Prince Ndlovu, Media Strategist at The MediaShop eGaming has been a massive sports and leisure pastime around the world, even creating instant millionaires and businesses in the process. All this has been driven by easy access to the internet. Tournaments…
Lorraine Gwewera, Digital Strategist at The MediaShop In the wake of International Women’s Day, I found myself thinking about where we as the media industry stand when it comes to feminism. I decided it was a chance for us to…
Yvette Gengan, Digital Media Manager at The MediaShop If you are anything like me then blogging is no Friday night 'Netflix and chill' for you either. I over think the whole process. In fact, I pondered for days for a…
Lerato Senne, Insights Strategist at The MediaShop says that with the rise of technology and more advanced cellphones, human behaviour is becoming more anti-social than ever with a ‘present yet absent' type of behaviour. There's no doubt that technology is…
Chipo Mujuru. Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop On December 14th 2018, Khanyi Dhlomo made headlines after announcing that she’d be closing down Ndalo Media. The industry gave a collective shudder and my mind started reeling. How could this be?…
Belinda Kayton, Media Strategist at The Mediashop says that comparative advertising isn’t rude, it could be brilliant! The ad wasn’t rude, obnoxious or over-the-top. It was actually really quite useful, asking: “Vehicle A has such n such brakes, Vehicle B…