{"id":468186,"date":"2021-02-16T08:12:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T06:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=468186"},"modified":"2021-02-16T08:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T06:12:23","slug":"why-south-african-companies-are-turning-to-digital-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/468186\/why-south-african-companies-are-turning-to-digital-advertising\/","title":{"rendered":"Why South African companies are turning to digital advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African companies focussing their marketing efforts &#8211; and budgets &#8211; on digital advertising see the best return on investment (ROI).<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed by\u00a0Nielsen\u2019s Media ROI Benchmarks\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prc.za.com\/2018\/10\/25\/1769\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>report for South Africa<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; and continues to be the case as more businesses and consumers move online.<\/p>\n<p>The superior ROI provided by digital advertising channels has been enhanced by this digital shift, which has advanced rapidly due to global COVID-19 lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Digital advertising is the obvious choice for companies who want to position themselves for growth and take advantage of the predicted economic recovery in 2021,&#8221; said BusinessTech MD Kevin Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Advertising-ROI.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-445496\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Advertising-ROI.png\" alt=\"Advertising ROI\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Advertising-ROI.png 1520w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Advertising-ROI-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Advertising-ROI-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Advertising-ROI-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Advertising-ROI-1200x631.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Accurate and real-time measurement<\/h3>\n<p>Another big benefit of digital advertising is the results of a campaign can be accurately tracked in real-time &#8211; making performance measurement easy.<\/p>\n<p>This allows companies to test new channels and allocate budgets based on what works best for them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being able to accurately track the performance of your marketing campaigns, while receiving an excellent ROI, makes digital advertising an easy choice for local companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As more people move their work and social lives online, it is only natural that businesses follow to ensure they reach their target market.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African companies focussing their marketing efforts &#8211; and budgets &#8211; on digital advertising see the best return on investment (ROI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":468190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[9982],"class_list":["post-468186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-businesstech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468186"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468300,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468186\/revisions\/468300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}