by Herman Manson. Thanks to SA startup Delvv.io, advertising and branding have an effective new way of crowdsourcing research feedback.
Category archives: Columns
MagLove: The best magazine covers this week (8 July 2016)
Cape Etc, ESPN (Body Issue), Forbes (Spain), OUT and TIME — MediaSlut’s weekly pick!
SA TV Ratings: Mzansi Magic, SABC 1, 2 and 3 — top 20 May 2016
by MarkLives. The hottest primetime television shows on Mzansi Magic, SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3 in South Africa revealed: TV ratings for May 2016!
Chicken Licken moves to Joe Public
by Herman Manson. Chicken Licken has appointed Joe Public after parting ways with its agency of the last 13 years: Net#work BBDO.
Motive: Five hardest lessons from a Nigerian startup perspective
by Jason Njoku. Here are some musings of an entrepreneur who tends to err on the side of negativity.
The Surgery: How often do pharma ads take your breath away?
by Mimi Nicklin. Amongst the negative Cannes Lions dramas recently, there is still a whole lot worth talking about.
Brand Experience: Modern comms demands blurring the lines
by Mike Silver. Up until very recently, agencies were grouped together in neat little acronym boxes: BTL, ATL or TTL.
Ad of the Week: A virtual haunting
by Oresti Patricios. M&C Saatchi Abel gets frighteningly funny with an ingenious campaign for Simba Ghost Pops!
Motive: Magazines with gallery spaces [Design Plus]
by Mark Tungate. Read about Kinfolk magazine’s new Copenhagen gallery and other publications with a public presence in the world.
Ad Exec: Is adland really cutthroat, or simply misunderstood?
by Tom Fels. “Advertising? That’s a cutthroat game; I’d steer clear of it if I were you.”