South African agency Gloo is celebrating its ninth recognition at The Webbys, with its Way Better microsite for Clover. The awards were announced in New York on 30 April. 21 May 2013 READ MORE >>
Over the past decade, the worlds of media and advertising have changed dramatically. Where brands and marketing managers were once the ones who decided what message they would communicate to the market, and now their customers have a voice and they're not afraid to use it. 10 Apr 2013 READ MORE >>
Digital marketing agency Gloo has recently moved to new offices in Greenside, Johannesburg to accommodate the rapid growth of its business in Gauteng over the past two years. The company, a Kagiso Media subsidiary, has also strengthened its management team by appointing Sean Donnelly as its Johannesburg-based group MD. 22 Mar 2013 READ MORE >>
Right now, several major shifts are taking place in South Africa and across the continent, which are dramatically increasing the relevance and influence of digital across the communication landscape. Convergence is perhaps a term we're tired of, but it's taking place faster than many people realise and the opportunity to deliver real value for many businesses is already proven and here. 22 Jan 2013 READ MORE >>
The traditional creative team of Art Director and Copywriter, which has ruled advertising since television emerged as the dominant medium in the 1950s, is about to get the heave-ho. 10 Dec 2012 READ MORE >>
Last week, Gloo was announced the Bookmarks Agency of the Year and picked up 10 awards at the 2012 event in Cape Town. This is the fifth Bookmarks event organised by the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA). The event recognises the companies and people in the digital industry who raise the bar from 'mediocre' to 'incredible', with the awards focusing on 'measurable excellence'. 6 Nov 2012 READ MORE >>
At the recent MOST Awards, AMASA announced Gloo and Foxp2's joint entry as the overall Roger Garlick Award winner. The awards celebrate innovative use of media across South Africa. 14 Sep 2012 READ MORE >>
For the first time in the history of the AdReview Awards, a specialist digital agency has been named overall Ad Agency of the Year. Gloo was awarded the accolade, based on its performance across the last year, in the prestigious national review of communication agencies. 21 May 2012 READ MORE >>
Last week, the AdFocus Awards announced Gloo as its Digital Agency of the Year for 2011. This makes history and headlines when one considers that since the inclusion of Digital into these awards, Gloo has won every title. Combined with the AdReview agency review, this gives Gloo the unprecedented title of Digital Agency of the Year for the past five years running. 7 Dec 2011 READ MORE >>
Gloo added nine statues to its name and took first place amongst South Africa's digital agencies at the 2011 Assegais this week. The awards are based on effectiveness in the field of integrated digital marketing. 28 Nov 2011 READ MORE >>
Gloo celebrated another great year at the Loeries, winning more awards than any other digital agency. The team added 11 awards to its tally, which now stands at 53 Loeries, including two Grands Prix, won over the past five years. 23 Sep 2011 READ MORE >>
Now into its 15th year, the Webby Awards received close to 10,000 entries from 60 countries. With nearly 70 categories, website entries make up the majority of Webby Awards. Some are beautiful to look at and interact with, while others are a testament to usability and functionality. A handful excel across the board and these are the ones recognised by the largest web awards in the world. 19 Apr 2011 READ MORE >>
"Having this amazing brand for our teams to work on, is a dream come true. We've watched this brand from afar and known we could add better value and more impact. Now we've started proving it with our first few campaigns," a proud Pete Case comments. 19 Jan 2011 READ MORE >>
As 2010 draws to a close, the team at Gloo celebrates a year of multiple wins for its work and at the same time shows its support for the wider South African community. 13 Dec 2010 READ MORE >>
Friday night's eagerly anticipated Battle of the Bands kicked off yet another hot Loerie's weekend in Cape Town for team Gloo. The Gloonies were back, bringing Mercury Live to its knees with a power set that included Meatloaf's 'I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)' and showcased some wicked moves by a fan in a gorilla suit and a Gene Simmons look-alike. The judges applauded the band for its rendition of this classic track, which reflected the originality and enthusiasm that the Glooniverse sticks into everything it does. 13 Oct 2010 READ MORE >>
Despite a limited advertising budget, Puma outsmarted FIFA with a successful viral marketing campaign for its love=football concept. Continuing the brand's tradition of innovative advertising, this latest offering will definitely be remembered as one of the greatest stunts of the 2010 World Cup. 1 Oct 2010 READ MORE >>
While public interest is growing around the new TopTV offering in South Africa, the on-air identity of the service has been rewarded at the highest level at the annual Promax/BDA Awards. 30 Sep 2010 READ MORE >>
After an 8-way agency pitch, South African Tourism has chosen its digital marketing partners to help amplify its brand message both locally and internationally. 29 Sep 2010 READ MORE >>
Red attracted red when Avis appointed Gloo Digital Design as its digital partner last week after a nationwide pitch process. Avis briefed a variety of leading agencies for solutions to brand messaging, consumer interaction and online sales during its three-round process of exploring credentials and strategic presentations. Issued by Ogilvy PR (on behalf of Avis) 17 Sep 2010 READ MORE >>
Gloo's Creative Director Pete Case, was honoured at the beginning of December with an invitation to join The International Academy of Arts and Science (IADAS) and also to become the first person from a South African Digital agency to judge the renowned Webby Awards. 21 Dec 2009 READ MORE >>
Gloo underlined its top ranking position within the digital marketing community last week, by taking home the highest digital accolades at the Assegai Awards. The Assegais recognise the best in direct campaigns from a strategic and business returns point of view. 19 Dec 2009 READ MORE >>
The Glooniverse was in full celebration this weekend, starting at Thursday's battle of the bands. The Gloonies belted out an original tribute to Michael Jackson, but with a twist. A hardcore pop remix of ‘Beat it' saw a split decision from the judges, with Gloo taking second place and saving the winning for Saturday night's digital awards. 8 Oct 2009 READ MORE >>
Gloo was recently re-crowned Digital Agency of the Year, for the third year in a row, in Finweek's prestigious national review of creative agencies. 8 Oct 2009 READ MORE >>
In fact so busy that we've had our heads down crafting the work and very little time set aside to write about ourselves! So here's a small snapshot of what we've been up to in the last half of this year. 19 Jan 2009 READ MORE >>
A new type of energy pulsed through the Atlas Studios on Thursday the 13 November as hip digital creatives and corporate executives all celebrated the inaugural Bookmark awards. 18 Jan 2009 READ MORE >>
Before we take a view on the current shape of the digital landscape, let's start by trying to define what digital actually is. 17 Jan 2009 READ MORE >>
Pete Case, Creative Director of Gloo Digital Design, has been chosen as a member of the 32-strong 2008 Interactive jury for the 49th Annual Clio Awards. 10 Aug 2008 READ MORE >>
Gloo once again proved their sticking power at The 2008 Loerie Awards, with the lion's share of awards in their category, plus the much revered and sought after Grand Prix. 9 Aug 2008 READ MORE >>
Digital design agency Gloo have once again proven their design reputation, by walking away from the 2007 Loeries with 10 statues! 3 Aug 2007 READ MORE >>
Digital entries for the 2007 Loerie Awards are up a staggering 34% from last year, with the experiential category showing the largest growth across all Loeries entries. 18 Jun 2007 READ MORE >>
Pete Case, Creative Director of digital design agency Gloo, and recently appointed Jury Chairperson for the Digital Category's Judging Panel of the 2007 Loerie Awards, is calling on the top creatives in the digital industry to step forward and enter their best work for this year's awards. 2 May 2007 READ MORE >>
“Gloo has helped put digital onto the map,” commented a jubilant Pete Case, Creative Director of Gloo, when the agency was named as the top digital design agency of 2007 in a newly created category at the FinWeek AdReview Awards held in Johannesburg this month. 30 Apr 2007 READ MORE >>
The rate at which the media landscape is expanding is nothing short of revolutionary and those that cannot get to grips with the resulting changes will be left behind, says Pete Case, Creative Director of Gloo Digital Design Company. 23 Apr 2007 READ MORE >>
Gloo Digital Design has once again come away from the Loerie Awards with gold fever. This year Gloo was awarded the only two golds to be received across all the digital design categories. They also shared in the prestigious Grand Prix awarded to Net#work in the integrated campaign category, for 5FM's Lonely Finger project. 28 Sep 2006 READ MORE >>
Gloo received collective Silver and Bronze Lions Direct awards from Cannes this week, for its central role in Net#work's Lonelyfinger.com campaign for 5fm - a quirky and innovative integrated campaign aimed at attracting a new audience to the radio station, with a web site as its destination and hero. 21 Jun 2006 READ MORE >>
Gloo Digital Design was awarded recognition from the global D&AD awards this week. Ranking as the world's most creative awards association, Gloo becomes the first South African design company to receive recognition from D&AD for Digital Art Direction. 10 May 2006 READ MORE >>
Gloo celebrated as winners of a Gold Award at this year's International Design Indaba's New Media awards ceremony. 1 Mar 2006 READ MORE >>