Advertising and Media

Pornhub’s ‘Horny Little Christmas’ ad is more SFW than expected

We’ve written quite a bit about Pornhub in the past, but not because of the actual site’s content. Its Insights blog sheds some gloriously…

BS Detector: an add-on to detect fake news websites

Fake news websites have enjoyed a surge in popularity thanks to social media, but truly exploded thanks to the US election. But how do…

After Trump win, internet to get Canadian mirror (kind of)

The US election has forced tech companies and other entities to look closely at their operations, owing to the imminent Trump administration coming into power….

Digital publishing and the world’s largest education company

As an arm of a 172-year- old publishing company, Pearson Education has experienced the digital revolution first-hand. Many saw the seismic shift toward digital…

Reddit’s Joel Meek on challenges facing digital publishing

Joel Meek has been VP of Operations at Reddit for over a year. In his role, Joel oversees Reddit’s Community, Trust and Safety, Finance, Media…

Google wants to make annoying mobile interstitials a thing of the past

Google has announced that it will soon revamp its mobile search functionality to better aid users on their journey through the web. This improvement…

Fake news in South Africa: 5 websites you should definitely avoid

Whether it’s to simply hoodwink people or to generate ad revenue, fake news websites have received mainstream attention in recent months. Now, we’ve already…

The power of an authentic marketing campaign (and how to create one)

We’ve all seen ads that seem so fake, forced, or sappy that we roll our eyes in disdain. “Who would ever fall for that?”…

The Excel formulas SEO pros love: Deduplicate [Part 2]

Crunching data efficiently in Excel can free up surprising amounts of time and energy. Data manipulation in Excel can be very time-consuming for entrepreneurs…

Deloitte Digital gobbles up Fintech agency Jinja Interactive

Deloitte Digital has made another raid into the specialist agency space. On Monday, the full services consultancy announced its acquisition of Jinja Interactive —…

5 trends to set to revolutionise the customer experience in 2016

A massive 89% of companies plan to compete primarily on the basis of the customer experience by 2016, which is a dramatic increase since…

A digital customer experience revolution could save the brick and mortar store

The retail model of the future will be a radically different experience from today, largely driven by the changing shopping demands of the younger…

Are South African marketing pros missing out on the micro-moment opportunity? [Part 1]

Most South African marketers understand that smartphones and other mobile devices are radically reshaping their customers’ behaviour by giving them access to personalised services…

Publicis snaps up Popimedia in R350m+ deal

Publicis’ South African buying spree shows no signs of slowing down. On Wednesday, the French agency network announced that it had completed an outright…

Netflix releases fourth quarter earnings, lays out ambitious plans for 2016

Netflix has released its fourth quarter earnings for the year ending 2016. The company reported a massive revenue of US$1.82-billion and earnings per share…

Digital advertising is in a state of emergency, and there’s no easy fix

“When last did you click on a banner?” I am yet to get an answer to this question that doesn’t begin with a panicked…

There’s no magic bullet for digital marketing success

When starting a new lead generation, mobile marketing, social media or brand awareness campaign, I’m often asked – “what is the magic bullet with…

impactAFRICA: $500k African data journalism fund launches

Code for Africa on Monday announced the launch of impactAFRICA, a US$500 000 fund aimed at providing grants and technical support for impactful data…

The Excel formulas SEO pros love: Concatenate [Part 1]

Excel and data analysis are part of day-to-day internet marketing. Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Ahrefs, Moz the list of data providers goes on…

It’s a digital staff churn frenzy: What can you do?

Agencies specialising in digital marketing in South Africa and abroad are falling increasingly vulnerable to the loom and doom of staff churn. In a…

Daily Maverick joins growing list of sites culling their comments sections

The Daily Maverick, a South Africa-based news and opinion site, has joined a growing list of publishers who’ve shut down or suspended their comments…

ASUS and AMD Launch AI-Driven Expert P Series PCs for South African SMBs

Calls vs Puts: Understanding the Two Types of Options

HONOR celebrates Amajita’s AFCON win with 400 Lite smartphone drop

ASUS and AMD Launch AI-Driven Expert P Series PCs for South African SMBs

SAVCA CEO Tshepiso Kobile steps down, Nicola Gubb named interim head

Nedbank backs SwiftVEE’s PrysWys to bring fintech to the farm gate

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV