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Advertising
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SeaWorld’s Ad Campaign Tries To Deal With Shocking Publicity
24 Mar 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
SeaWorld has received a very public battering ever since the release of the highly critical ‘Blackfish’. Now their PR team is attempting to fight back.
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South African DJ In Hot Water Over Fake Magazine Cover
24 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dj Sbu needs to stop getting into trouble: first it was endorsing his new energy drink at an event and then it was being caught for speeding, twice. Come on, old chap.
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This American Apparel Bodysuit Ad Has Been Banned In The UK
19 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh no, American Apparel has done it again – this time it’s with a girl who looks underage and now the whole world is complaining about it. Obviously.
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Marketers Are Going Mental For This Genius SXSW Tinder Campaign
17 Mar 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
I’m sure more than a few people were roped in when a rather fetching lady started chatting to them on Tinder over the weekend. Alas, all was not as it seemed.
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SAA Refuse To Honour ‘Mistake Sale’ Tickets Booked And Paid For
05 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Although South African Airways gives you unlimited Oreos on the JNB-JFK route, it’s not enough to make the flailing airline rise above the rest, especially after this latest scandal.
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Brilliant Ad Sums Up Unique South Africa
04 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s been a lot of crappy stuff in the news of late, so here is something to unite us as a country and get us to laugh.
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Coke Has Pulled This Ad Because Nazi Germany [Video]
04 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This makes any mistakes we make on a day to day basis seems almost fine. Because, hey! At least we were not making light of Nazi Germany.
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This Is How You Stop The Banks And Everyone Calling You Randomly
25 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / 2 Comments
If you are also tired of being contacted out of the blue by companies trying to sell you things, we offer you the little-known about solution. Sign up and squash these intrusions once and for all.
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Oscar Pistorius Sets New Record
20 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Congrats Oscar, another record to your name. I doubt he will be doing much jumping for joy though when he finds out exactly what the record is for.
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Nando’s Desperate To Stop People Sharing This Hilarious Mugabe Ad
20 Feb 2015 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
That day Mugabe fell. Haha. That is all. The memes have been phenomenal. Whilst Bob’s officials scrambled to delete all images, some clever kids got their creativity flowing.
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Does Anyone Have A CLUE Who This Anglo American Guy Splashed All Over Timeslive.co.za Is?
10 Feb 2015 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
So Anglo American have basically taken over Times Live’s home page with their advertising for the 2015 Mining Indaba, but exactly who is the man pictured in these ads?
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This Guy Reckons Nando’s Stole His Work – What Do You Think?
19 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Nando’s is known for their incredibly funny, quick-witted advertising, so it’s quite surprising that they would go ahead and do this. Someone has a lot to answer for…
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This Jeans Company Has Taken Sexually Explicit Advertising To The Next Level
04 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nudity is always going to be in demand. It will never go out of fashion. But has nudity in advertising run its course? Loads, and loads of brands have been down this tired road, maybe it’s time to reign it in?
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Is Your Name Steve? Join The Protest Against FNB’s New Ad Campaign
01 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ah, the good old controversial ad campaign. I love them. If it’s not Nando’s getting the ruling party irate, then it’s the local bank offending every Steve from Vredenburg to Thoyoyandou.
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Did Cell C Vandalise That Poster? Check This Out [Image]
12 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cell C should just drop their court action and let The Banner hang around for a bit now. They could have a competition to see who can be the most creative.
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Twitter Outrage Over Calvin Klein ‘Plus-Sized’ Model
11 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Calvin Klein decided to use a model with some meat on her bones, and has had to endure an international Twitter outrage towards them. All because people can’t read properly.
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Oh Dear, Cell C Is Very Angry About That Guy’s Rude Roadside Banner
10 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Cell C is in a blind panic about The Banner that has been hanging proudly for almost five days. Why don’t they just go take it down themselves?
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Check Out This Highway Banner An Angry Cell C Customer Paid For
10 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Hell hath no wrath as a customer scorned. Look what this guy did after rubbish customer service at a Cell C store in Joburg…
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Victoria’s Secret’s ‘Perfect Body’ Ads Are Causing Havoc
04 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s a lot of flack for companies using girls that are “too skinny” and not “real” enough for your average person out there. But look, we hardly want to be staring at fat people in lace.
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Apple’s Incredible 1984 Superbowl Commercial Never Showed The Product Once [Video]
10 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Taking a look back at the old Apple adverts shows how the tech company took a page out of Pepsi’s book, with the help of John Sculley.
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You Actually Won’t Believe What Telkom Gave The Man Of The Match At This Football Tournament [Image]
07 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Ah, Telkom. Ye of expensive phone calls and monopoliser of all the internet lines in all of the land it seems. You did VERY well at the Telkom Knockout Cup.
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Are You In The ‘Ad Industry?’ – You Need To Know About These 5 Hot Trends
02 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mashable gives a breakdown of the biggest buzzwords in the advertising industry today. So here’s your chance to get up to speed with what’s cooking…
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Here Are The 2014 Loerie Award Winners
22 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Loerie Awards dominated the Cape Town scene this weekend, with every ad genius in the country turned towards who won what… Here are the winners.
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Hey Ad Industry – Check Out This Dancing Traffic Light ‘Activation’
17 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Smart, the company behind the original smart car, has formulated a clever way to help pedestrians wait for the walk signal and be entertained at the same time.
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The Hoff And Kitt In New Ad For Samsung [Video]
03 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
David Hasselhoff and Kitt return in Samsung’s latest ad, although the dynamic duo aren’t getting on as well as they used to.
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You Know That Very Expensive Water Called VOSS? This Is Why It’s A Load Of Crap
29 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
VICE’s Sam Briggs has a serious bone to pick with bottled-water company Voss, saying that the product’s brand and pricing is absolutely “audacious”.
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OMG Time Inc. Is Creating ‘Advertiser Friendly’ Content
19 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Time Inc is introducing new procedures into its business models to cater for “advertiser friendly” content, and this has raised some concerns with readers and followers of the magazine after journalists were laid-off for not meeting requirements.
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The Future Of Low-Cost Housing – Turn Them Into Billboards?
22 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An ingenious design could help homeless people find housing through the use of cleverly-designed billboards.
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Karl Lagerfeld Made This Short Film [Video]
18 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld decided to take control of the camera and directs Chanel’s new four-minute ad, and it’s as snazzy as you’d expect.
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Gwyneth Paltrow Slammed For This Audrey Hepburn Ad
15 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After Paltrow debuted a new Max Factor campaign that shows her paying tribute to Audrey Hepburn, fans of the late star are not so pleased.
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