Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best and worst brands of the week — Wonga and BMW — with Jenny Crwys-Williams (@jcwLIFE) during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702. Find out why by watching here.
Category archives: S’HOT
Ad of the Week: Call me chicken but it’s a tie
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Two of South Africa’s favourite fast-food chicken outlets, Chicken Licken and Nando’s, have seen new television commercials flying forth from their creative coops. And — happy day — both use humour to market the respective (but competing) brands.
Heroes & Zeros: RMB & Energizer — best & worst brands of the week
Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best and worst brands of the week — Rand Merchant Bank and Energizer — with Jenny Crwys-Williams (@jcwLIFE) during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702.
Ad of the Week: Down, boy!
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Retailers seldom step outside the box when it comes to advertising. Whether it’s toilet rolls or bread rolls or chicken rolls on ‘special’ in these formulaic ads, unless one’s looking for a bargain, it’s a signal to turn one’s internal attention ‘button’ to mute.
Heroes & Zeros: Best & worst brands of the week #amazeballs
Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best and worst brands of the week — South African Antique Art & Design Association (best) and Bump Patrol (worst) — with Jenny Crwys-Williams (@jcwLIFE) during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702 (@Radio702).
Ad of the Week: Living an entire month using nothing but R1 coins
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Last month was ‘National Savings Month’ – and while it may have passed the attention of some of us who are just too busy earning a living to notice such things Sanlam took full advantage of the occasion by plugging this into its ongoing ‘Wealthsmiths’ campaign.
Brand View: The anti-Apartheid posters that helped design a democracy
by Emile Maurice. During the 1980s and 1990s, hundreds of ordinary people from all walks of life interrupted their daily roles to become makers of images that eventually helped revolutionise South Africa. Sixty of these powerful hand-made posters will be on display in Interruptions: Posters from the Community Arts Project Archive at the Cape Town Open Design Festival, 13-23 August 2014.
Ad of the Week: Don’t skip this
The ad is very simple. It’s a close-up shot of a seatbelt buckle, as it is being fastened. The copy that follows is: ‘A few seconds you just can’t skip.’ This is followed briefly by the Ford logo; the five seconds is up, and the YouTube ‘Skip’ button appears.
Heroes & Zeros: Porsche SA & Chevrolet — best & worst brands of the week
Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best and worst brands of the week — Porsche South Africa and Chevrolet — during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702.
Ad of the Week: More than a jersey
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Call them what you will, South Africa’s oldest soccer club, the Orlando Pirates, is part and parcel of SA life and culture. The 140 BBDO TV commercial featured this week is ostensibly to promote the Pirates’ jersey but it does much more than just that.