Archive for November, 2008

This afternoon, Sunday, 30 November 2008, I had the privilege of a whirlwind lunch with the US bloggers participating in We Blog the World South Africa (see also United States bloggers to tour SA, Matthew Buckand’s blog, US bloggers set to tour South Africa), hosted by the International Marketing Council of South Africa at Moyo [...]

It has finally arrived. It’s been months of planning for a very unfortunate but dedicated few. I am exceptionally privileged to be taking part in the US Bloggers tour of South Africa. I am extremely glad that I didn’t have to go through the very intense job of organising the stunning itinerary.
It really is a [...]

Find out what’s happening realtime with the terrorist situation in Mumbai, India, by tracking #mumbai on Twitter or subscribing to this RSS feed. Citizen journalism, social media - whatever you call, it works.

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Thanks to Matthew Buckland for the latest Nando’s TV ad which starts flighting today. This time, Nando’s is on a political bent…

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A week or so ago at Tony Koenderman’s Brainstorm seminar, brand strategist Andy Rice cautioned brands about what to do during a recession. This past week, newspapers carried more reports that mentioned that word: recession. At the annual Magazine Publishing Association of SA (MPASA) annual PICA Awards on Friday night, the dinner table talk was [...]

Those of you who have read George Orwell’s iconic masterpiece 1984, will be familiar with the rewriting of news that the main protagonist does under the watchful eye of the all seeing, manipulating ‘Big Brother’. This past week was an unusually news rich week and I want to commend one thought leader who came in [...]

Google intends introducing ‘Google certified agencies’ in 2009 to work hand-in-hand strategically with clients, due to the financial “killing some agencies are making off ill-informed clients”, Google SA country manager Stafford Masie remarked at a media roundtable in Johannesburg this morning.
“There won’t be more than five of them (agencies), to build necessary capability and understanding, [...]