Mayoral-party #Loeries 2009 (Kate Wolters as @marklives)
Category archives: Adland
Party pics: Long Street Ego Graffiti #Loeries 2009
Long Street Ego Graffiti #Loeries 2009 (Kate Wolters as @marklives)
A 10 step guide to surviving the break-up (with your client)
Loeries 2009: Apocalypse Now? As you party at the end ofthe world here is a guide on waving former clients goodbye (hint: no middle finger involved).
The art of advertising
Loeries 2009: Apocalypse Now? With Loeries 2009 looming Mandy de Waal speaks to Gareth Leck of Joe Public about how creativity is being sold down the river by marketers obsessed by advertising to sell.
Ad Agency business model not innovating or evolving
Loeries 2009: Apocalypse Now? With Loeries 2009 looming Herman Manson asks if the ad agency business model remains sustainable.
Apocalypse Now!
With Loeries 2009 looming Mandy de Waal asks whether South Africa’s traditional advertising industry is partying at the end of the world.
Old Mutual, Draftfcb still negotiating over appointment as new agency
Old Mutual is still negotiating with its preferred bidder, Draftfcb, over its appointment of Draftfcb as its new ad agency. It will replace Ogilvy that held the account for some 22 years.
D&AD takes tough stance on scam ads
D&AD has joined the One Show to take a tough stance on scam ads (or ‘pro-active’ work as it is called here in SA). In a statement on its blog D&AD clearly states that “work must have been produced in response to a genuine brief and be approved and paid for by the client. Works created solely for the purpose of entering competitions are not eligible.”
Loeries encourage ‘pro-active’ work
– One Show call for tougher stance on ‘fake-ads’ dismissed by Loeries
– Loeries support and encourage ‘pro-active’ work
– Definition of ‘pro-active’ work seems rather similar to how The One Club defines ‘fake ads’
FNB statement on Noseweek allegations
Noseweek has suggested that personal relationships played a role in FNB’s recent agency account move that awarded part of the contract to The Jupiter Drawing Room owned MetropolitanRepublic. [See the story on Fin24 and more reaction at Politicsweb]. MarkLives requested some clarification from FNB and received the following statement;