I have a long-held view that highly creative work is also the most effective work.
Category archives: Adland
The agency blueprint that rocked the ad market
Two years ago the scene was radically different for Mike Abel, who had just returned from a stint in Australia, to start his own agency. As any agency person departing that market for these home shores will tell you, the market instantly starts talking tail between the legs, didn’t cut it, running for home wounded stuff.
The pragmatic Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell is one of the original stalwarts of South Africa’s internet economy having been involved in the online advertising and publishing industry since shortly after the commercial web launched in South Africa.
Liezl-Mari van Rensburg new ECD at 60 layers of cake
Liezl-Mari van Rensburg has joined 60 layers of cake as new Executive Creative Director (ECD) and will also become a partner in the business. Van Rensburg is best known for her work at Joe Public, where she served as Creative Director (CD) at Joe Public Cape Town between 2004-2006 and then as CD and a member of its board after the merger of the Cape Town and Joburg offices between 2006 and 2008.
City Press takes i magazine national
The glossy Sunday read launched by City Press in October 2011, i, will be distributed nationally from this Sunday (June 3). The magazine was previously only distributed in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal – two key growth markets for the paper.
Back to human (relationships change – will marketing?)
The evolution of human relationships and wondering why marketing hasn’t evolved alongside everybody else’s wants and needs
Bletchley Park wants to win the war by being real
Spending most of your time with problems makes you need to change your perspective on them, says Kelly Putter, Creative Director at Bletchley Park.
Minus Machine, Habari Media looks ahead
Amidst the recent flurry of activity around the launch of its new sister company, Machine, Habari Media continues on its way as one of the top digital sales houses in the country.
Awards Candy – SA app start-up signing global award shows
Wallace Seggie, a South African creative director, has developed an app that brings together in one place award winning work from a number of the worlds’ largest advertising festivals.
Public Protector “disappointed and appalled” by the leaking of WC tender report
Kgalalelo Masibi, Spokesperson for the Public Protector, has said that the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, is “disappointed and appalled by the leakage of the [ provisional] report” into the Western Cape government’s multimillion-rand communications contract with TBWA Hunt Lascaris.