Media monitoring company, Novus Group, discusses how to unlock the secrets to PR success. The effectiveness of a PR campaign extends beyond splashy launches and big announcements. To truly understand if your PR is yielding results, it is vital to dive into the metrics, gauge brand sentiment, and have an eye on competitor activities. Of course, before any organisation or agency [...]
Jacques Du Bruyn, Managing Director, Flume, believes that we will see social media ‘growing up’ in 2023. Digital marketing is connected to society because of the channels it makes use of, to communicate. The ubiquity of social media channels and the role they play in users’ lives means that whatever is happening in the social space has a direct impact on, [...]
The Effie Awards South Africa, the world’s preeminent marketing effectiveness award, and the Nedbank IMC Conference, Africa’s leading marketing conference, will partner in 2023 for the benefit of the marketing industry at large. The merging of the two industry events means that on Friday 15 September 2023, the Nedbank IMC Conference will serve as the Effie South Africa summit with the [...]
The ECOM Africa 2023 programme will comprise a global community of experts and practitioners, local success stories and up-and-coming start-ups, sharing their experiences in the latest trends across five tracks focused on: retail and e-commerce, fintech and payments, cybersecurity, fulfilment and logistics and the future of marketing. Helping organisations become resilient and anti-fragile, focusing on the future of commerce and keeping [...]
Curv Signage will exhibit its signage solutions at the Graphics, Print and Sign Expo, taking place from 14-16 September at the Gallagher Convention Centre, 9am-5pm. The company manufacture a complete range of signage kits for all sign writers. Their Curv kits come flat-packed and ready for quick and easy installation. These kits are supplied with all the required fasteners and trims [...]
Location-based advertising allows for targeted campaigns and good levels of engagement, especially in settings where there is high footfall and dwell time. One example of this environment is service stations. Lightstone revealed that the average motorist stops at a service station approximately nine times per month. ‘This tells us that consumers are stopping more often at stations than is required simply [...]
JD Engelbrecht, Managing Director, Everlytic, writes that delivery and sender reputation are crucial differentiators. But what makes a company a ‘safe’ sender and what affects its classification (which could see it labelled as spam and even potentially be blacklisted by monitoring organisations)? What makes one email service provider (ESP) better at delivering email than another? Email marketers face a myriad of [...]
Graphics Print & Sign Live Demo expo is a dedicated branding expo. Visitors will have the opportunity to see live demonstrations of the latest branding technology, equipment and substrates, software, applications and more, all under one roof. This is an opportunity for visitors to interact with product experts about how to streamline production for faster turnaround and cost savings. Visitors can [...]
Graphics Print & Sign Live Demo expo is a dedicated branding expo. Visitors will have the opportunity to see live demonstrations of the latest branding technology, equipment and substrates, software, applications and more, all under one roof. This is an opportunity for visitors to interact with product experts about how to streamline production for faster turnaround and cost savings. Modern Marketing [...]
According to Lizelle Mc Connell, Sales Director at Tractor Outdoor, out of home (OOH) is not the same industry it was two decades ago. Across the global landscape, the OOH arena has typically been an industry that has seen more men enter its ranks than women – but things are starting to change. And this change is desperately needed, said Mc Connell, but [...]