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An Orchid for a sparkling ad...

Brendan Seery 13 Nov 2018

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Mahindra's tongue-in-cheek challenge to the bakkie big boys, and Mediclinic's marketing is sick

Brendan Seery 7 Nov 2018

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Nespresso does go big

Brendan Seery 30 Oct 2018

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A loud, and crunchy Orchid to KFC

Brendan Seery 23 Oct 2018

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Absa ad is on the money

Brendan Seery 16 Oct 2018

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The message behind ads

Brendan Seery 2 Oct 2018

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From Japan with love

Brendan Seery 25 Sep 2018

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Nike's Caster Semenya ad just does it

Brendan Seery 18 Sep 2018

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Nando's not chicken in deflating egos

Brendan Seery 11 Sep 2018

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Flag bearer ads have a happy taste, for real

Brendan Seery 4 Sep 2018

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Cooking, cars and Catzavelos... some basic marketing lessons

Brendan Seery 28 Aug 2018

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You're not a witness - you're also a bully: How the W Cape government tackles a pressing problem...

Brendan Seery 21 Aug 2018

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VW smooths out the bumps in the road and racial airbrushing, Absa-style...

Brendan Seery 14 Aug 2018

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Business of death gets a moving spin... but North-West website doesn't walk the talk

Brendan Seery 7 Aug 2018

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They'll definitely thank you later... but not if you make them miss their bus

Brendan Seery 31 Jul 2018

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Rush, rush, to your nearest Toyota dealer...

Brendan Seery 24 Jul 2018

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KFC makes a meal of it but Maroon 5's Three Little Words give me ad indigestion

Brendan Seery 17 Jul 2018

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Cross-cultural confusion makes a funny ad, PR confusion makes an unhappy editor...

Brendan Seery 3 Jul 2018

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Fly, the beloved country... high above the "vapour research"

Brendan Seery 26 Jun 2018

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The boozy road not taken... and lies, damned lies and surveys

Brendan Seery 19 Jun 2018

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Nothing beats this Benz... or the hope that sport can one day unite us

Brendan Seery 12 Jun 2018

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Sanral bravely tackles the long road back from reputation damage...

Brendan Seery 5 Jun 2018

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The future of advertising may be - shock! horror! - digital fraud

Brendan Seery 29 May 2018

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The dignity of discipline and labour, contrasting with the invasion of your space...

Brendan Seery 22 May 2018

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Cheers, from the lads, to Windhoek Lager - but, FNB, How the Hell can we believe you?

Brendan Seery 15 May 2018

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Tales of great marketing communication from our own political Twilight Zone - and Volvo breaks the advertising mould

Brendan Seery 1 May 2018

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Getting lost in translation is one thing, but using someone else's incorrect, and dangerous, garbage is something totally different

Brendan Seery 24 Apr 2018

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Country roads, take me home... to the ad which makes me want to take a road trip

Brendan Seery 17 Apr 2018

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Orchids for Wimpy cuteness - but Onions for PR sloppiness...

Brendan Seery 10 Apr 2018

#OrchidsandOnions: When cute becomes cloying and how to win (and lose) at the car insurance business

When cute becomes cloying and how to win (and lose) at the car insurance business

Brendan Seery 27 Mar 2018

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