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ebrahim ally
Essential Hardware partners DIY show
cool Posted on 20 Jun 2012 13:42
Reuben de Beer
Kids' magazine brings out Olympic edition
This is a great magazine, the kids love it ! Posted on 20 Jun 2012 13:42
morris williams
Understanding Radio Playlists
nice ariticle Posted on 20 Jun 2012 13:19
Hospital Management
[SIGGRAPH 2011] Day 2 – augmented reality means…
Very nice blog. Posted on 20 Jun 2012 08:32
Gary Greenberg
Killarney Mall Chilli Festival hots up winter
This could have really been better. I only found one guy who was making fantastic chilli sauces and chutneys which go by the name Simply Wild. Otherwise, I really wasn't impressed. I thought there would have been a stand for imported chilli sauces, marinades, and something new and exiting but there wasn't. Maybe in years to come there will be something better. Posted on 19 Jun 2012 23:05
ONE Media SA
New online magazine targets creative youth
If the link does not work please make use of this link

http://onecrew.webs.com/urban-reality-magazine-2

Thank you. Posted on 19 Jun 2012 21:47
ROMANO BOUCHER
What makes advertising work?
i have a very good IMM MARKETING QUALIFICATION I WORK IN THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY
MY PROBLEM IS THAT WE BELIEVE IT EVERY ONE ELSE DOES NOT Posted on 19 Jun 2012 16:11
Donald Mokgale
What makes advertising work?
Very lovely and true,but please use a different name DRUMS just sounds so ridiculous considering what you are referring to. There are other things that brands and/or agencies fail at doing and that is applying a creative idea to the media type and format. What I mean by this is, how they extend a creative idea from TV to print, to Out of home (which has many different formats like street pole ads and billboards). I am not sure whether it's laziness or gross incomeptence that causes agencies to copy and paste a print ad onto, for instance, a billboard, this never works particularly when trying to be impactful. Optimum usage of the dynamics of the format is imperative! Of course another challenge is that the deadlines are never met, so there is never time to do such, so it's always easier for creative agencies to just resize artwork to fit the dimensions of the said format....it's sad. Posted on 19 Jun 2012 15:44
Donald Mokgale
Banning alcohol advertising misses the point - and the objectives
Unemployment is a collosal problem in the country, how will banning alcohol advertising aid this problem? If banning alcohol advertising will only have a marginal positive effect, is this worth destroying thousands of lives who will be looking for jobs most of which, I infer, are bread winners?

Yes I agree as well that alcohol abuse is a symptom of other deep rooted problems, so what has the Government done to deal with these? Banning alcohol advertising sounds like an escapist's route to me because it's the deep rooted problems that have a greater impact on social mis-behaviour rather than advertising. All the stakeholders should come together in dealing with the problems as curt warning labels do nothing to the illiterate in Kwamashu. All big brands should take responsibility by running educational campaigns with the government about alcohol abuse and the like.

Banning is certainly not the way to go, but all stakeholders should come together to find ways to combat the social ills that come with alcohol. Posted on 19 Jun 2012 14:06
Kevin Savage
New programme manager at 5FM
Well done Tim .. well deserved Posted on 19 Jun 2012 11:52
Jabberwock
Draftfcb irreverent, nasty? You bet, you Mutha!
This ads is a racist! Why are you mocking these poor whites, wena!? After everything this country has been through, whites must still suffer this humiliation and be exposed to this disgraceful public scrutiny. #justsaying Posted on 19 Jun 2012 08:07
Nelson Sithole
Tips for reaching the top in the property industry
This is invaluable and helpful information no doubt. Posted on 19 Jun 2012 03:32
Phemelo Molefe
Coca-Cola cry-baby
Score for SodaStream. Posted on 18 Jun 2012 16:43
Nici Stathacopoulos
Coca-Cola cry-baby
I'm surprised having met the new President of Coke SA. I also don't think we should jump to firing any agency. Dig deeper it's usually some junior trying to make a mark. Bottom line, consumers are apathetic, so like they toss their bottles they won't boycott coke. And planet earth is the lower... Posted on 18 Jun 2012 16:17
Jacques M
Media Inflation Watch 2012 Jan-Mar: The new data
Well done Mike and Team MM. Your absolutely correct the info is scary with serious impact. Thx for the data - look forward to the 2Q results.
JM Media Brokers Posted on 18 Jun 2012 15:52
Amod Munga
Coca-Cola cry-baby
Ah, the good ol' Streisand Effect. Whoever's handling Coke's PR should be fired PDQ before they do more damage. There are at least 3 other ways they could have handled this situation, none of which would have left them looking like pissy out-of-touch asses. Posted on 18 Jun 2012 15:37
Jacques M
Media Inflation Watch 2012 Jan-Mar: The new data
Well done Mike and Team MM. Your absolutely correct some scary info. Thx for the data.
Jacques
JM Media Brokers Posted on 18 Jun 2012 15:25
Jared Orlin
Coca-Cola cry-baby
Fascinating example of why you should sometimes let sleeping PR dogs lie.

Am wondering about the other plastic bottles - were they non-Coke brands and what's their take on the hullabaloo? Posted on 18 Jun 2012 15:19
bryan mayhew
Coca-Cola cry-baby
a storm in a plastic bottle - chris is SO right Posted on 18 Jun 2012 15:00
bryan mayhew
Coca-Cola cry-baby
the storm in a plastic bottle - will return to haunt Coke Posted on 18 Jun 2012 14:57

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