Multichoice - do any humans work there?
Customer call line a dead end if you have an account query. 29 May 2007
Internship stress
Internship for journalism students hard to find. 28 May 2007
Copy cat magazines
I often find the same stuff being covered in magazines - isn't this dishonest? 28 May 2007
Job seekers abused by madhatter recruiters
It is often that we as job seekers get taken for rides, get ill-treated and verbally abused by people interiewing us... 25 May 2007
To follow up or not to follow up
I have recently entered the field of Public Relations and read that you should not follow up on press releases as this puts pressure on journalists. Is this true? 24 May 2007
Can magazines differentiate?
Do you agree that all magazines deal with the same topic? Will we ever see a magazine that will tackle something different? 24 May 2007
Gossiping
Why do some newspapers like The Daily Voice print explicit images of serious crime victims and turn it into a sensation? 24 May 2007
MTN "go fall in love" advert is very disappointing
The ad does not tell us anything about phones nor their company, or any of the features. 24 May 2007
Internet Marketing Forum
An open discussion forum on all aspects of internet marketing including search engine optimisation methods, affiliate marketing and pay per click (PPC) campaigns. 23 May 2007
Should PROs follow up with journalists?
23 May 2007
Pepsi advert on the radio 5
It was a phone sex advert in connection with pepsi. It is absolutely disgusting and what is your target market? Old sick men who have nothing better to do than phone for sex? 23 May 2007
Another Perspective web page
http://www.anotherperspective.co.za 22 May 2007
De Lille calls to regulate blogging and MXit – censorship or protection?
Patricia de Lille has put out a press release calling for the government to 'regulate' Internet blogging and MXit. The feasability of such 'regulation' aside - this smacks of censorship to me. It's interesting that the leader of an opposition party, and famed whistle blower, would advocate censorship - but what is more interesting is that this debate polarises two distinct values - people's right to free speech versus how we as a country/ nation/ globe protect children. Big questions... Will the elimination of new communications technologies really ensure better protected children? 22 May 2007
South Africa's international image
Soth Africa's international image is well below par. The country needs proactive PR to boost its image. 22 May 2007
Write brain left brain
My best....movie critic and crime reporter! 19 May 2007
Useful websites - venues, activities etc.
Are there any useful website for interesting venues such as bars/restaurants/hotels and activities of things to do in South Africa. 18 May 2007
Is it Write?
Are South Africans just not willing to pay for intellectual property? 17 May 2007
Is PRISA run by aliens?
I have a theory about PRISA. First of all, when you call their switchboard, NOBODY ever answers...spooky. Second of all, the principals that run this business are people I have never heard of in the PR industry. I only see them at PRISA events but they do not seem to exist outside the realm of these "PRISA" events. Again, it makes me wonder, do they get beamed up and down by some mysterious spaceship? 15 May 2007
Legal marketing course
Who provides a short course on marketing of legal firms? I presently consult for a group of attorneys, but need to understand the correct procedures of marketing this firm to the public. 14 May 2007
SAB Awards
Did anyone see the results from the SAB Sports Journalist Awards? Get this, a photographer won overall print and internet media and a producer won overall tv sports journalist. 11 May 2007
"Die Funcken Meercrap DIE!!!!"
This is one of sickest and worst advertising mascot! 10 May 2007
Why have black languages vanished on TV ads?
Advertising for the black market has become English. 10 May 2007
Bullard on blogs – storm in a teacup?
Yesterday, the Sunday Times published a column by David Bullard which has gotten South African bloggers all riled up (see search results on aggregators Afrigator and Amatomu. Ray Hartley, editor of the soon-to-launch The Times, makes the following observation on his blog: “The question I have is why do bloggers feel so threatened by an old media column? And why does an old media columnist feel so threatened by blogging?” 7 May 2007
Experience from the pro's
Working for a small company as the marketing manager but want to gain more exposure and experience with established companies. 3 May 2007
Sowetan Freedom Day ad: parody or reality check?
Do you think the controversial Sowetan advert parodying Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech should have been banned by the SABC? Should it have been run at all by the Sowetan when Freedom Day is supposed to be a celebration or was the newspaper giving South Africans a reality check? 3 May 2007
Honours student requests help with career related measurement scales
I am an honours student. I am looking for help from the marketing world with regard to career related measurement scales. 2 May 2007
Car Manufactures unite to develop campaign against car hijacking
Just a thought, since the spend for south african car brands is relatively high why do they not all colaborate & contribute a % of their marketing funds towards an anti-car hijacking campaign to get rid of those thugs who kill/rape/torture for the cars they are pushing to the SA market? Quite frankly every time I see a Toyota Run X ad or VW ad I remind myself NOT to buy any of those brands as they are high on the hit list. 27 Apr 2007
