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This year’s Loeries campaign from Halo is something completely different, and a break with the clichéd ‘black and gold’ look and feel for an awards event (Image supplied)

#Loeries2025: "Is this all you’ve got? Then, you are not yet done!” Halo’s Loeries 2025 campaign

11 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Trust in advertising has dropped by eight percent, despite the claim that 71% appreciate brands that engage in social issues, over half still feel underrepresented in advertising, highlighting a disconnect

Advertising trust drops 8% - indicates a disconnect with consumers

10 Apr 2025

The success of #backtouni – connecting with SA youth, influencer marketing with Varsity Vibe

The success of #backtouni – connecting with SA youth, influencer marketing with Varsity Vibe

Varsity Vibe 9 Apr 2025

YouTube advertising awards now include South Africa

7 Apr 2025

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#BehindtheSelfie: Davin Phillips, CSA executive director

Aa-isha Hassiem 3 Apr 2025

Storyteller, creative leader, and confessed word nerd Melusi Tshabalala has joined the VML team as ECD (Image supplied)

New VML ECD: Melusi Tshabalala - “More solutions. Not just ads."

2 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf In a world of sameness, humans are not thinking, not applying themselves and not adding anything new, just melting into whatever the digital algorithm is feeds us

#BizTrends2025: Break free from brain rot, enshittification, move from digital sameness and embrace culture movements

Danette Breitenbach 31 Mar 2025

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Elon Musk’s xAI acquires X

31 Mar 2025

Subaru South Africa and ghd expand digital partnership with Algorithm

Subaru South Africa and ghd expand digital partnership with Algorithm

Algorithm Agency 28 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf In sub-Saharan Africa, TikTok removed over 7.5 million videos in Q3 2024, rising to more than 8 million in Q4 2024—an increase of 14.06% quarter-on-quarter

TikTok removes than 8 million videos in Q4 2024 in SSA, highlighting online safety

27 Mar 2025

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Facebook agrees to halt targeted ads for UK user after legal challenge

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Mar 2025

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The evolving battle over social media moderation: Free speech vs regulation

Grant Lapping 25 Mar 2025

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TikTok's ad chief Blake Chandlee to step down during company shake-up

25 Mar 2025

Aleksandra Surogina, head of operations & content, Special Effects Media South Africa says we need to stop being marketers, and start being storytellers (Image supplied)

Stop being marketers... Start being storytellers!

Aleksandra Surogina 20 Mar 2025

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Authenticity: The new currency in influencer marketing

Bianca James 19 Mar 2025

Social media's impact: Driving business strategies from marketing to ROI

Social media's impact: Driving business strategies from marketing to ROI

Clara de Wet, 18 Mar 2025

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SA Parliament’s social media accounts hacked to promote the launch of $Ramaphosa token

Yeshiel Panchia 17 Mar 2025

Adetutu Laditan's mission to position the African creator

Adetutu Laditan's mission to position the African creator

13 Mar 2025

The Interactive Advertising Bureau South Africa's (IAB SA) 17th annual Bookmark Awards has appointed nine jury chairs and a full panel of judges alongside Elizabeth Mokwena, the jury president (Image supplied)

IAB South Africa 2025 Bookmark Awards names nine jury chairs

11 Mar 2025

The Creative Circle Best of the Year awards took place recently with TBWA\Hunt Lascaris taking Overall Agency of the Year (Image supplied)

Creative Circle Best of the Year awards: Honouring the Class of 76’ and 24’

Alex Goldberg 10 Mar 2025

Dentsu School of Influence announces 2025 cohort

Dentsu School of Influence announces 2025 cohort

Dentsu 6 Mar 2025

M&C Saatchi Abel and Nando’s South Africa are to part ways. M&C Saatchi Abel founder Mike Abel reflects reflects on their incredible shared success (Image supplied)

Exclusive: After a decade of magic and success, M&C Saatchi Abel and Nando’s South Africa part ways

4 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Essi Koster, paid media specialist at Special Effects Media, gives some key considerations around video content and how brands can harness this engaging format to achieve their marketing goals

How business can harness video content to to achieve its marketing goals

Essi Koster 4 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Founder and head social media strategist at Emma Is Social, Emma-Jane Truter, discusses how a business could align its social media strategy with its business goals

From brand awareness to sales: Mastering social media for your business

Emma-Jane Truter 3 Mar 2025

Donald Chauke discusses the era of zero-click marketing is here—where audiences consume, engage, and move on without ever clicking a link (Image supplied)

Zero-click marketing: The power of walled gardens

Donald Chauke 28 Feb 2025

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Instagram explores standalone Reels app, capitalising on TikTok's uncertain US future

28 Feb 2025

A recent Effie SA Dialogue Series that took place at Nedbank in Sandton saw a panel take on this discussion under the banner, Inside Effie’s winning strategies, from strategy to results, elevating marketing effectiveness. The panelists (L to r): Carl Willoughby, Effie SA Grand Judge and CCO TBWA, Nicole Shub, CMO Pineapple and 2024 Grand Effie SA winner, Refilkwe Maluleke, Effie SA Jury co-chair and head of marketing Discovery Health, Shaun Dix, global service line leader, creative excellence, Ipsos and moderator Silas Matlala Gibs.

Inside Effie’s winning strategies: The hallmarks of an effective campaign

Danette Breitenbach 28 Feb 2025

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WPP’s 2024 preliminary results see shares plunge 16% to a four year low

27 Feb 2025

Naked’s #GetNakedAnywhere campaign has turned an Out of Home (OOH) billboard campaign into a viral TikTok trend, with the top two videos racking up 3.8 million and 3.2 million organic views and total campaign views of nearly 20 million (Image supplied)

Naked's #GetNakedAnywhere: From OOH billboard campaign to viral TikTok trend

27 Feb 2025

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Beyond influencers: How digital creators are building real businesses

26 Feb 2025

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