South African born and bred Habari Media recently earned its global stripes with the announcement that it had not only won LinkedIn Champion 2013, an international award that recognises the best of the best sales partners on the massive LinkedIn platform, but also the right to sell global advertising space on this incredibly popular medium Read more…
We are very excited to announce the launch of the Shoprite Checkers affiliate program on AdMarula . Ever since Shoprite Holdings bought the Checkers supermarket chain in 1991, Checkers has become a regular shopping destination with over 197 stores across South Africa – including Checkers Hypers – and a few in Namibia. Customers can now sign up to their newsletters and stay Read more…
Today, exactly 10 years ago, a national body was formed that would integrally change South Africa’s digital landscape forever. Today is the tenth birthday of the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA). On the 21st May 2003 the Online Publishers Association (OPA) was launched when 16 of South Africa’s most well-respected publishers came together with Read more…
Up and coming creative agency Conversation LAB, hot on the heels of their Mr Price Sport and Hirsch’s business wins, has now added international fire and security giant, Chubb Fire and Security South Africa to their fast-expanding client base. Conversation LAB has been appointed to develop and execute Chubb South Africa’s marketing strategy and creative Read more…
Connecto, the smartphone app that provides a business connection hub for consumers, signed up 50 customers within three weeks of its launch and is continuing to grow faster than expected, says CEO Lee Hartman. “We’re signing up new clients at the rate of two or three a day,” says Hartman. “We hadn’t expected such Read more…
Originally posted on Moneyweb Steps SA retailers can take to give online shopping a boost – by Felicity Duncan For a long time, people thought about online retailing in South Africa in terms of questions like “Is it a feasible model for the country?” But that kind of thinking is several years out of date. Online Read more…
‘Team Ah Yeah!’ has won the first Hellocomputer/Draftfcb Hack-a-Thon of 2013 in a challenged dubbed ‘Hack4Kids’. Briefed to meld tech and creative to engage children between the ages of 4 and 10, participants and their creations were judged by Danette Breitenbach (Advantage), Fran Luckin (Ogilvy), Brent Singer (Network), Brett Morris (Draftfcb), Theo Ferreira (Aqua) Read more…
Grocery stores are not just grocery stores anymore. Most South African retailers have added some form of product line extension to their standard offering of household items and produce. Even corner cafés are selling electricity and airtime, whilst the larger chain stores now allow customers to pay their bills and speeding fines, or even Read more…
If your smartphone is near you while you’re reading this – and I’ll be surprised if it isn’t – pick it up and take a moment to consider all the things it is to you. It’s a calendar, little black book of contacts, games console, music centre, camera, miniature TV, communications portal, news delivery Read more…
The key finding of research Howzit MSN commissioned from market researcher Echo with the goal of achieving a clear and more accurate view of print and digital audience numbers is that readership figures shows that the internet now has a further reach and a wider audience than print. The findings indicate that print audiences are Read more…