Archive for the 'Marketing' Category

May 15, 2008

[D&AD] Yellow Pencil for BBDO Cape Town!

Go South Africa!!! Just in from Mark Forrester via twitter: BBDO Cape Town has won a Yellow Pencil in Radio Advertising for Drums for client Marshall Music! Listen to the radio ad here.
The other South African nomination, King James for kulula.com Credit Card “Hijax” in Broadcast Innovations, unfortunately did not place.
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May 15, 2008

[D&AD] D&AD Awards 2008 here I come

A few weeks ago I was asked by Bizcommunity if i would attend the D&AD Awards 2008 and blog about the experience. That wasn’t a hard question to answer, seeing the D&AD Awards is just about the most internationally respected and prestigious creative awards for the design and advertising industries!
With about an hour to spare [...]

May 15, 2008

[D&AD] Live blogging from D&AD Awards tonight

Tonight, Thursday, 15 May 2008, is the night! Creative minds everywhere are now spinning in anticipation of clutching that Black or Yellow Pencil in their sweaty palms and glowing with pride in front of the 1800 guests expected at the upcoming D&AD awards ceremony and Bizcommunity.com will be there in London, courtesy of our latest [...]

May 12, 2008

[Fun stuff] A warm Winter’s tale

If you were ever in doubt what to get the geek in your life – or indeed anyone who sits in front of a computer for long hours – heated slippers and gloves that you can pop into the microwave, or plug into your computer’s USB port, are perfect this winter! The Bizcommunity team can [...]

May 12, 2008

[Social media] Twitter for eyewitness news

More and more, breaking news is being reported on Twitter first and then the mainstream media using Twitter as a primary source of eyewitness news. An example happening right now is the earthquake in China: see http://summize.com/search?q=earthquake.
For news articles concerning twitter and news reporting, see Google News Search and Summize, once again.

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May 9, 2008

[Loeries] Loeries deadline extended

In what must be one of the briefest press releases I’ve received so far at Bizcommunity.com (all of an email headline), the organisers of the Loeries has announced that the deadline for submitting entries has been extended until Saturday, 31 May 2008. A Saturday?

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May 8, 2008

[International Media Forum SA] Special reader discount for Media Forum extended

Great news! The organisers of the International Media Forum, running 21 - 22 May 2008, have extended its 15% discount for Bizcommunity.com readers who book before 20 May - a saving of over R1500 per ticket.
International editors of top world media and some of the world’s most experienced communicators and brand builders are in the [...]