Posts Tagged with 'advertising'

It’s quite a bit later than last year, but Christmas is finally upon us. The shops are starting to fill up with Christmas tat and the adverts have started on TV in a big way. I wonder if the “economic downturn” (read that as “the consequences of some super greedy bankers playing silly [...]

One of the things that amazed us about TV in the US was the state of advertising on TV. We all know there’s a lot of TV in the US and it’s continually punctuated by adverts, but Claire and I were surprised about the types of adverts and their frequency.
For a start, they actually [...]

Interesting links for 13 Jan 08 - 26 Jan 08:

SA traffic lights to go solar - Looks like SA is heading in the right direction towards sorting out the power issues. The government has finally agreed that there is an electrical emergency and now the introduction of solar powered ‘robots’. In theory, all street [...]

If you’ve got a spare minute, then why don’t you pop on over and save a bunny.

Now how’s that for a cool way of advertising your business?

Interesting links for 20 April 2007 - 21 April 2007:

Blood ‘may provide new HIV drug’ - Now this would be brilliant. They always said the cure for HIV/AIDS would come from Africa, but who’d have thought it may actually come from within us.
Iconic Banksy Image Painted Over - Hmmm, one less tourist attraction thanks [...]

Not only is Nandos fantastic chicken, it’s Halaal too.

I was pondering a bit last night, after watching another “Hi, I’m Barry Scott…” Cillit Bang (also called Easy-Off Bang in other other parts of the world) advert: Who exactly are these people aiming their marketing at?
For as long as I’ve been alive, I have NEVER EVER lived in a house that has anything anywhere [...]

First it was the tooth fairy, then the Easter Bunny and finally Father Christmas; we all believed in them and then one at a time each was revealed to be a con (Hmmm, did this coincide with the bank of mum drying up for anyone else?). Well, I’m sorry to do it, but I’m [...]