#OrchidsandOnions: Corion Capital’s Star Wars surprise, while Wired misses the PR brief
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I’m still not convinced by X (formerly known as Twitter) as a place for marketing…

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#OrchidsandOnions: Corion Capital’s Star Wars surprise, while Wired misses the PR brief

#OrchidsandOnions: Burger King hides the message, BMW spells it out
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Word-of-mouth marketing works best – my theory anyway – with thinking people. These are people…

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#OrchidsandOnions: Burger King hides the message, BMW spells it out

#OrchidsandOnions: SA Tourism swaps celebrity power for storytelling in new ad
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Some years ago, I met representatives from Kenya Tourism who were visiting South Africa to…

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#OrchidsandOnions: SA Tourism swaps celebrity power for storytelling in new ad

#OrchidsandOnions: Lil-lets challenges period stigma with new ad
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When people go into journalism, or advertising and marketing, I’ll bet very few of them…

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#OrchidsandOnions: Lil-lets challenges period stigma with new ad

#OrchidsandOnions: Shoprite’s ‘Rand-a-Rama’ ad taps into 90s nostalgia
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Nostalgia, so they say, ain’t what it used to be, and the lesson for anyone…

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#OrchidsandOnions: Shoprite’s ‘Rand-a-Rama’ ad taps into 90s nostalgia

#OrchidsandOnions: How Auto Trader’s humour-driven ads are shaking up car marketing
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Here’s a quiz for you out in Adland: Guess the brand from the following clues…

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#OrchidsandOnions: How Auto Trader’s humour-driven ads are shaking up car marketing

#OrchidsandOnions: Is Jaguar’s ‘Type 00’ a risky gamble or a marketing masterstroke?
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One of the most important – and most ignored – mantras for marketers is: You…

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#OrchidsandOnions: Is Jaguar’s ‘Type 00’ a risky gamble or a marketing masterstroke?

#OrchidsandOnions: GWM appeals to hardcore 4×4 consumers with Chuck Norris-inspired ad
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Selecting the right name for a product can be one of the biggest steps on…

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#OrchidsandOnions: GWM appeals to hardcore 4×4 consumers with Chuck Norris-inspired ad

#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we’re special with Christmas ad
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When global advertising giant TBWA registered the word “disruption” to describe its attention-grabbing way of…

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#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we’re special with Christmas ad

#OrchidsandOnions: Malcolm Marx makes the switch from rugby player to doctor in new ad
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I stopped growing at age 15. By then I towered over many of my schoolmates,…

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#OrchidsandOnions: Malcolm Marx makes the switch from rugby player to doctor in new ad