Good Hope FM appoints Mandla Yengeni as Marketing Manager
“He gets Cape Town. He gets our audience. And he brings a refreshing, well-rounded approach to growing the station’s footprint both creatively and commerciallyâ€, says Masi Mdingane, Good Hope FM and 5FM’s Business Manager.
Google is testing ads in third-party Artificial Intelligence chatbot conversations
Google is bringing ads into Artificial Intelligence chatbot conversations, creating a new frontier for advertisers beyond traditional search.
Artificial intelligence is driving greater personalization in marketing. But is it too much?
Marketers are obsessed with hyper-targeting their ad messages. But too much personalization can turn off customers.
Are brands wasting millions on content?
It’s time for intent to return to the centre of marketing.
Media planners, take note: The Western Cape’s 2025 event calendar is a goldmine for OOH
Cape Town’s 2025 event lineup—from Comic Con and Ultra to the Loeries—is drawing massive crowds, making it the perfect time for brands to go local, go live, and go big with OOH. See complete event list in the article.
GroupM bets global privacy reforms ‘will make 95% of web untrackable in very near future’
Global shifts toward stricter digital privacy have led GroupM to overhaul its targeting approach—moving away from data ownership and consumer data stockpiles.
WPP’s Q1 results dip, tariffs not expected to directly impact the network
WPP’s Q1 results met expectations amid macroeconomic challenges and new business timing. CEO Mark Read expects similar conditions in Q2, with improvement in the second half, noting tariffs will affect clients and the broader economy.
Google’s core business remains strong as macro questions swirl
Alphabet reported strong Q1 ad revenue and profit, driven by solid search performance and continued rapid growth in cloud computing, a key proxy for AI investment.
Heineken turns anti-social – media, that is
The new campaign from Publicis’ LePub unit promotes an anti-social media theme — “social off socials” — with a tagline reminding us that Heineken has been “social networking” live, and in person since 1873.