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
Do government regulations impede doing business in Africa?
With various government rules regarding foreign investment in place, are they negatively affecting potential international investment in Africa? 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
Industrial Design
Would like to know if there are any other ways to break into Industrial Design if you can't go study in Joeys or CT? There is a definite lack of information on the proffesion in SA. 26 Apr 2007
3rd degree
Ijust want to inform yopur readers including you that the staffriding doccie of Patta was misleading and sensational since it lacked facts. 26 Apr 2007
Monobrands take care
Brand managers often take a short term view of customer value - to their own detriment. 25 Apr 2007
Third degree`s doccie about train surfing youths is misleading,sensational and untruthful
This doccie about youths bunking school to go surf or staffride trains will tell viewers that these are heroworshipped youths who get ululated and praised by commutters and girls and believe you me there`s no suc 25 Apr 2007
would like to become a tv presenter or a radio broadcaster
i would like to become a presenter because i know i am the right person and am very talkative and outgoing and love to ask alot of questions 23 Apr 2007
PR companies need to get good writers
I am a journalist trying to understand why corporate institutions invest in bad writing. 23 Apr 2007
Are there any web Seo Copywriters out there?
I've just entered this field and would like to know your thoughts about the future of web writers in this country. 20 Apr 2007
Marketing Campus Radio
How do i promote or market campus radio 20 Apr 2007
South Africa Survey
19 Apr 2007
Sales Letter Do's & Dont's
I am designing a sales letter for a security company specialising in access control, fire detection & cctv therefore how should this letter read? 19 Apr 2007
Changing Careers
How do i change careers from a Business Analyst in the Financial industry to the Advertising world. 18 Apr 2007
Vodacom wake up and lose the meerkat!
im sure we all have heard about the vodacom meerkat, and have an opinion about it. 17 Apr 2007
Using blogs to promote portfolio
I think I`m also going the blog way to promote my screenplay and film portfolio. 17 Apr 2007
is graphics design a great career?
graphic designers are being undermined! 15 Apr 2007
Time for a change?
I came across this opinion piece by the M&G ed abut the lack of black writers on glossy magazines. I'm also beginning to question this - surely if newspapers can get it together, magazines can? 10 Apr 2007
Qualified, talented, and willing-
Recenlty qualified and dissapointed. On a huge mission to break it into PR consultacies- 4 Apr 2007
Photography
Professional photography fees? 3 Apr 2007
Press freedom
Press freedom is no different from individual`s freedom and I don`t see anything wrong with governments legislating that since the media has never proven itself to be indepent and ethical and so governments have the right to be sceptical. 3 Apr 2007
TV and radio presenting course
I would like to be a TV & radio presenter , but don't know where to start. NO experience, but willing to start anywhere. Please help. 2 Apr 2007
Marketing Salary Survey
There has been much said on this forum about salaries and who gets, and should get, paid what. Let's settle this once and for all by contributing our figures to this post. EG. Graphic Designer with two years agency experience living in Bloemfontein. R250k pa ctc. or Marketing Manager with 10 years freelance experience, now working in the trucking industry in Port Elizabeth R600k plus company house. 2 Apr 2007
Where am I going wrong?
I have a very limited budget, so can’t afford to advertise in the usual ways and have to use “free” advertising wherever possible. 2 Apr 2007
