by Stu Stobbs. Here’s how to vastly reduce the stress of a screaming client, creative director or deadline, give you the focus you need during lockdown or give you that much-needed night of sleep.
Category archives: Adland
Herding Words: You’re the voice #CoronavirusSA
by Wendy Shepherd. We need a voice. If there’s any way you can find yours, please let it out.
#CoronavirusSA: “Virtual meetings” — WTF?!
by Leigh Tayler. Much has changed in a mindbogglingly short period of time, and one such thing is my latest WTF?! moment — the virtual meeting.
MarkLives #AdChamps of the Month [May 2020]
by Kyle de Waal & Morgan Botha. Here’s our latest choice of South African ads that’ve connected and engaged with us during lockdown — Vodacom, SA Tourism, Spur and Dunlop — plus two honourable mentions, Toyota South Africa and Willowton Group.
BREAKING: Elouise Kelly leaving Ogilvy Joburg
by Herman Manson. The Ogilvy Joburg MD is leaving the ad agency to take up a new position outside adland.
#CoronavirusSA: Building the prospect pipeline #masterclassnotes
by Johanna McDowell. Here are 10 tips for winning new business during lockdown from the April 2020 masterclass, which had 46 agency participants. [VIDEO]
Making the in-house agency model work
by Carey Finn. Efficiency is the name of the game, according to Oliver Africa’s leadership team.
EXCLUSIVE: WPP confirms Collective ID closure
by Herman Manson. Collective ID, an ad agency best known for its former incarnation as Ireland/Davenport, has stopped trading, MarkLives has confirmed.
#CoronavirusSA: Lessons in rebuilding in a new world order
by Adam Byars. Here are seven business lessons in facing, adapting and surviving the unprecedented crisis that the entire world is facing.
Q5: David Moffatt on “offshoring” local talent [interview]
by Carey Finn. The former group MD of Hellocomputer tells us about his new venture, Fierce — a full-service network for facilitated “offshoring”.