Top Billing – one long ad
Is it just me but has the Top Billing producers lost the plot with product placement??? 1 Jun 2007
Do full day conferences really have much benefit, or is it better to do half day work, half day play
A corporate client of mine has been running the same recipe full day conference for the last 4 years and now wants to try and rejuvinate the programme 31 May 2007
Can we have an open, honest discussion about what designers REALLY earn?
Salary surveys on earnings for graphic designers seem rather inflated, or are they? 31 May 2007
Book or guide suggestions?
Can anyone recommend a book that provides a good introduction to direct marketing? 30 May 2007
Crediting the source
Last week Metro fM's "Discovery Sports" interviewed Benni McCarthy and a number of print and online publications carried the same story without crediting the source. 29 May 2007
Behind the scenes at CPUT: a Student's Perspective.
The education place of my discontent 29 May 2007
Too much Sex on TV!
I'm no prude but I just think there is too much sex being advertised on TV. 29 May 2007
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
