Advertising and Media

WATCH: Eskom briefing on power outages here

Eskom will have a media briefing to provide much-needed answers to rolling blackouts. Eskom Group Chief Operating Officer, Jan Oberholzer alongside Eskom’s management team…

UPDATE: Eskom implements stage 3 load shedding until Monday

Eskom has implemented stage 3 loadshedding on Friday from 2 PM until 5 am on Monday 12 September, 2020. Stage 2 loadshedding will resume…

Load shedding continues all night on Thursday

Eskom has confirmed load shedding will be implemented throughout Thursday night. Eskom announced it would implement stage 2 load shedding on Tuesday, this week,…

Meta sets date for major update reveal at Connect event

Save the date as Meta, Facebook’s parent company, will be live streaming its Connect Conference on October 11, 2022. You can watch streamed live…

Load shedding tonight and everyday this week

Eskom has announced Stage 2 load shedding to be implemented on Tuesday from 4 pm until 10 pm. The parastatal said load shedding will…

WATCH: Uber launches game-changing record conversation feature

Uber Technologies Inc has introduced a couple of safety upgrades to better tailor user experience. One feature we are interested in is the audio…

New secure drivers license card approved: here’s what you do next

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has introduced a new driver’s license card which hopes to upgrade current security features. The minister confirmed goverment approved the…

The ongoing evolution of SEO content

Like many other areas of digital marketing, SEO content has evolved a great deal over the last two decades. As search engines get smarter…

7 digital conferences to attend in South Africa in 2018

If you’re anything like me, a person who plans and makes lists for everything, you will probably appreciate that I lock important events into…

How to get the most from your lead scoring model

Lead scoring offers a highly useful tool, not only for increased engagement but also for conversion. For lead nurturing, scoring simplifies the process of…

How AI will put the ‘kapow’ back into marketing

It seems like everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI) being a game changer, but how many marketers really understand how AI is changing…

Facebook bans cryptocurrency ads

Facebook has said it will ban ads related to financial products and services like cryptocurrency, binary options and initial coin offerings. The move is a bid…

Business Insider South Africa set to launch February 2018

South Africa will soon get its own edition of Business Insider, thanks to a partnership between the latter and Media24. Launched in 2007, Business…

Drive retention with a post-purchase ecommerce marketing strategy

Do you have a post-purchase strategy in place? Are you focusing your efforts not only on bringing in new customers but also nurturing existing…

Fake news catches Helen Zille, Cyril Ramaphosa off guard

During the 2016 US presidential election, “fake news” was a hot topic. Articles about Hillary Clinton declaring Sharia law permeated the web, as did…

How to build genuine trust with lead nurturing

In the rush to seal the deal and bring in leads, it is all too easy to forget what an important role trust plays…

Watch: Sassy Namibia invites Americans to visit its ‘shithole’ country

They say no publicity is bad publicity, and they may be right in the case of Namibia. This week marked the second time the…

Uber’s wildly odd ad will resonate with Capetonians stuck in traffic daily

Uber’s first advertisement highlighting the plight of commuters in southeast Asia may just trigger a nerve for those stuck in traffic in Cape Town…

Facebook evens the playing field by discontinuing ‘dark posts’

At the end of October, Facebook broke the news that it planned to introduce a new advertising feature that would lead to any paid…

Keywords have fallen from grace, but they’re nowhere near dead

The tattered rags hanging off the broken frame. The nervous sidle into the corner of the eye. The virtual arms reaching out for a…

You Mailed It! Celebrating South Africa’s Slickest Email Campaigns of 2025

Gen Z and Millennials Quietly Disrupt South Africa’s Insurance Industry

Stranger Things Season 5 Teaser Drops

MTN Group Fintech’s Mandela Day campaign is about much more than hygiene kits

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa Joins AWIEF 2025

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves