Decrypted, unredacted 590 page report on the South African banking industry.
Monthly archives: December 2008
The best viral videos of 2008 (as chosen by Videogum)
Videogum.com picked the best viral videos of 2008 and created a ‘best of’ collection that ends the year with a bit of a laugh.
Bye bye Macworld
The New York Times reports the demise of Macword as we know it. Macworld is the annual trade show and showcase for Mac fanatics. It seems Apple has withdrawn its participation in the event from next yea
Dropping ‘paper’ from news
The American Society of Newspaper Editors is planning to remove “paper” from its name and expand its membership to include editors of online-only news Web sites and journalism educators, the society announced yesterday.
A clean start for 2009
Part seasons’ greetings, part introduction to their new website, this creative message from Off The Shelf Marketing caught Marks’ attention with if foamed up map of Africa and wishes for a clean start in 2009.
Bollocks to alcohol advertising
A press release from The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) crossed my desk this week. “ACA is busy standing up and making its mark on behalf of the entire advertising profession, as Government has proposed a ban on all advertising depicting alcoholic products,” it reads.
Musica campaign follow up
Following on from the repositioning of Musica as an entertainment retailer, and launching the new brand statement, “A World Awaits”, Musica is aiming at getting Christmas shoppers through the doors with ads combining animation and product video.
Searching saviours, sinners and DJ Sbu
The annual Google Zeitgeist (its list of most popular searches) gives an interesting insight on what was top of mind world-wide during 2008. Here is a list of SA’s top searches.
The ad that features nothing but shoes
Jordan Shoes – with a little help from ZOOM Advertising – has launched a new ad campaign entitled ‘where will they take you?’
Team Uncool will Facebook you
Bouffant, a TV commercials production company, is giving out customized Moleskins as end of year gifts. The illustrations are designed by Nicholas from Team Uncool. Mark thinks it’s all pretty cool. Bouffant consists of six commercials directors namely Erik Van Wyk, Ariane Besson, Dean Blumberg, Marc Sidelsky and Andre Liebenberg.