Birthmark Design & Digital Competitors

The MediaShop is a full service, innovative, pioneering, always evolving media agency. We provide expertise in media strategy, planning and implementation across all communication channels. We are a highly awarded agency and believe there is always a better way to connect our client’s brands with consumers. We are a diverse group of innovative and highly skilled professionals who consistently add value to, and share knowledge with our clients. We believe that ‘Great minds think different’ and we live this ethos by thinking in the box, outside the box, next to the box and all around it. Our staff are talented professionals with a no-nonsense approach. The MediaShop is fairly unique as it has over 280 active clients who bill anything between R100 000 to R500 Million! Established in 1988, the MediaShop has a level 2 AA Empowerdex rated BBBEE scorecard, is 55% black owned and the oldest media independent in South Africa. We employ over 150 people and have offices in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg.

King James was acquired and the brand sunsetted in 2022. It operates today as Accenture Song South Africa.

Pinnacle Marketing, established by Carl Smyth in 1997, is an independent insurance brokerage, registered with the Financial Services Board (FSB number 15017) and which specializes in the development and marketing of forward-thinking short-term insurance products. As "architects of innovative niche insurance products and services" Pinnacle Marketing continues to design, implement and advise on insurance offerings in the mobile device sector, the accident and disability sector and the commercial insurance sector. We hold ourselves accountable to the standards we have set for business relationships and product development. We refer to this as "The Pinnacle Way" and this philosophy is governed by the following principles: * Commitment to continuous development * A passionate focus on service excellence * A desire to ensure a strong pricing-to-benefits ratio (more than clients expect for their money) * The application of expert skills, knowledge and experience to each product category * Significant and meaningful investment in our relationships with insurers, service providers, dealers and suppliers We place a high premium on service excellence and believe that focused attitudes, in-depth product and process knowledge and personal attention are imperative. We strive to uphold our values with each and every new product launched – innovation which caters to the needs of the market, user friendliness, customer retention, exceptional service as well as comprehensive, affordable cover!