Don Draper’s guide to picking up women

Not sure how I missed this but if your keen on tips for hooking up lots this year ,few know how to do it better than Don. Above is Don Draper’s guide to picking up women.

Bear Grylls: Degree for Men

The worlds most popular ex SAS, adventure loving Old Etonian Bear Grylls uses his documentary skills in the above advertisement for Degree deodorant for men. I hear after the last shot in this ad that the wolves came around the… Continue Reading

VW Golf 6: Silence

Was sent this from one of the creatives here at Ogilvy Cape Town and thought I would share it. It’s a film of an outdoor promo they did near the end of last year for a bit of fun for… Continue Reading

Infographic: The History of Social Media

Another great infographic from Fork Party and OnlineSchools.org Hat Tip: Mashable

Alfa Romeo: Remote control billboard

In South Africa people have been complaining that they cant get away from the Cell-C Trevor Noah ad campaign, but the above spot from Belgium ad agency Duval Guillaume have taken evasive advertising to another level. To advertise Alfa Romeo’s… Continue Reading

8.ta: Campaign Case Study

Velocity films have just released the above case study/awards entry video for Telkom’s mobile operator arm, namely 8.ta. The agency behind the campaign is McCann South Africa, nice work chaps. (If anyone from McCann South Africa is reading please sort… Continue Reading

Starbucks: Mobile Payments

Starbucks now allows people in the USA to pay via mobile using their Blackberry, iPhone, or iPhone Touch. (See video above for app run through) The system works by you downloading the Starbucks app, then securely transferring cash from your… Continue Reading

Map of Social Media Sites

Click image to zoom in Pretty handy map showing a social graph of the majority of social media sites relevant to various categories. Nice work from Interactive agency http://www.ovrdrv.com/ Hat Tip: Dickon Laws (Ogilvy London)

Shredded Wheat: Underground Media

Nice multimedia campaign by McCann London for Shredded Wheat cereals (How have they not got a website!, had to link to Wikipedia), always nice to see tech used in a usually traditional print space. Bit boring on the creative but… Continue Reading

Heineken: Social Networking Since 1873

Beer, bars, and socialising have always gone hand in hand, great work by TBWA\NEBOKO, Amsterdam for Heineken. Hat Tip: adoholik.com/