EP114: AMA and the Barry Manilow factor. A conversation with Chris Botha and Zibusiso Mkhwanazi
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This week in The Doc and The Guru Podcast we chat with Zibusiso Mkhwanazi (Executive Chairperson of M&N Brands) and Chris Botha (Group Managing Director of Park Advertising) about the launch of AMA. A 100% black owned disrupter media agency.
Go on! AMA. #AskMeAnything. What’s in a name you say? AMA. You got it Avatar Media Agency.
So what prompted this joint venture between South Africa’s original and oldest media agency and the dynamic young creative agency group Avatar? What are the mutually beneficial points of intersection between the media agency that has built its offering around finding a better way to connect clients' brands with their consumers, and a creative agency that believes in creating ideas that move people?
When it comes structuring a deal like this are you a let’s get together for coffee or a let’s get together for a glass of wine kind of person?
And just what is a disrupter agency?
We also examine some of the big challenges and opportunities facing media agencies as we emerge from Covid pandemic and reflect on the evolution of extreme generalists and extreme specialists in media.
Park Advertising’s Sean Clarke is without doubt one of Mzansi’s most understated media icons but in this podcast we also pose the question is the quiet man of media also the media industry’s most under-rated golfer?
And speaking of icons, in this episode we also chat about the Barry Manilow factor in global diplomacy. Does Barry Manilow have hair on his teeth? Or is he just long in the tooth? All this and more in this week’s The Doc and The Guru Podcast.
Go on! AMA. #AskMeAnything. What’s in a name you say? AMA. You got it Avatar Media Agency.
So what prompted this joint venture between South Africa’s original and oldest media agency and the dynamic young creative agency group Avatar? What are the mutually beneficial points of intersection between the media agency that has built its offering around finding a better way to connect clients' brands with their consumers, and a creative agency that believes in creating ideas that move people?
When it comes structuring a deal like this are you a let’s get together for coffee or a let’s get together for a glass of wine kind of person?
And just what is a disrupter agency?
We also examine some of the big challenges and opportunities facing media agencies as we emerge from Covid pandemic and reflect on the evolution of extreme generalists and extreme specialists in media.
Park Advertising’s Sean Clarke is without doubt one of Mzansi’s most understated media icons but in this podcast we also pose the question is the quiet man of media also the media industry’s most under-rated golfer?
And speaking of icons, in this episode we also chat about the Barry Manilow factor in global diplomacy. Does Barry Manilow have hair on his teeth? Or is he just long in the tooth? All this and more in this week’s The Doc and The Guru Podcast.
