The Advertising community of South Africa

It's official: Draftfcb produces South Africa's most liked advertising

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:23:00 +0200

<>Draftfcb South Africa's clients have swept the boards at a special awards ceremony marking 25 years of Millward Brown's Adtrack™ survey in South Africa confirming, once again, the agency's ability to create advertising that touches the heart and soul of the South African consumer.
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2010 mobile advertising boom in SA, Africa?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:32:00 +0200

<>There is a clear indication that the South African mobile advertising sector is headed towards a massive boom as the 2010 FIFA World Cup draws near - thanks to the phenomenal growth of the continent's cellphone market and soccer passion.
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Young Guns will blaze on Friday

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:26:00 +0200

The winner and finalists of the design for the 2010 YoungGuns Call for Entry Campaign will be announced Friday, 12 February 2010 by Young Guns International. From all the entrants to the 2009 creative brief, a shortlist of 10 has been selected to end up with one winner, one highly commended and eight finalists.
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Brands blend at varder@troika

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:14:00 +0200

<>varder@troika is the result of a formalised co-working agreement between Sandton-based brand communications company Troika Imagineering Works and copywriter Mark Varder. Varder is now a Troika client, drawing on the agency's design and production support when required and at the same time, Troika will draw on Varder's extensive experience as needed - making Troika a client of Varder.
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Ogilvy Durban relocates to the Point

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:43:00 +0200

<>The Ogilvy Durban group celebrated late last week its recent move into new premises in the Point Development in Mahatma Gandhi Road, Durban.
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Flippin' fantastic F-series

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:09:00 +0200

The most recent Isuzu Trucks F-series radio ad, created by McCann Erickson, is making waves on stations across the country. In the first week of flighting it not only drew the attention of Jenny Crwys-Williams from 702, who said it made her “toes curl in pleasure”, but was also awarded an Orchid by Brendan Seery in the Saturday Star.
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Flux Trend Review conference, Digital Lab workshop

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:02:00 +0200

<>The 2010 Flux Trend Review conference, powered by BlackBerry and hosted by trend analyst Dion Chang, will take place in Johannesburg on Thursday, 25 February 2010, at the UJ Arts Centre Theatre. It will also be combined with the first-ever Digital Lab workshop to be launched in South Africa by creative studio Studio 4332, an affiliate of Proximity Worldwide, on Friday 26 February.
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Connecting worlds with Volcano and Sony VAIO

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:40:00 +0200

<>Volcano Advertising's latest commercial for Sony, features an interesting collage of animated images that truly highlight the Sony VAIO personal computer brand offering.
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Feed your ego, again - Loeries annual out

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:29:00 +0200

<>Hot off the press, the 31st Loerie printed annual of 313 pages is now available with a complementary DVD set at R605 (excl. vat).
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MediaVest wins Nissan SA account

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:06:00 +0200

<>With effect from 1 April 2010, MediaVest South Africa will handle all strategic media planning requirements for Nissan South Africa.
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