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Neo-marketing chart

Posted on 31. Aug, 2005 by Cassandra.

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Finally somebody put it in a chart. Please take careful note SA business community.
[Via Buzzmachine]

Back page news

Posted on 31. Aug, 2005 by Cassandra.

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"*@^& you, Sir"….a school in the UK is allowing pupils to swear…but only 5 times a day.

Cats in sinks…for the girls.

Storm launches journalism careers

Posted on 30. Aug, 2005 by Cassandra.

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After what has been reported as one of the most hectic storms to hit the US in decades…the hottest news coming from the area is how stupid the journalists are who are tracking the story.

For example…this CNN reporter who’s sporting a rather windswept look in an attempt to win a prize for heroism.

Further cable news rating boosting behaviour; news anchors having a fight on air.

All class from CNN…the world’s news leader.

Uniforms better than advertising

Posted on 29. Aug, 2005 by Cassandra.

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Marketing top dog Seth Godin thinks that it’s easier to build a brand and act serious about doing it if you are in uniform.

Would a cop be as effective at keeping the peace if she was wearing
jeans and flip flops? What about a surgeon in a bathrobe? Sure, they
need to wear something in the operating room, but don’t try to persuade
me that scrubs are just for utlity. It makes you more confident to know
that they’re dressing special in order to cut you open.

Come to think of….he could well be on the money with this one. Watching our favourite reality show, ‘American Chopper: The Series’, this week it’s hard not to notice that everybody who works for Orange County Choppers wears their branded clothing like a uniform. And it works too.

Even though we’re know that OCC is a rather small company…the fact that everybody just wants to associate with the OCC brand makes is seem like a much more professional outfit.

Selling stuff requires a fair amount of acting….make sure that you dress up for the occasion.

Kalk Bay

Posted on 26. Aug, 2005 by Cassandra.

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Apart from dodgy antique albums like this (…don’t ever question Snoop Dogg’s lyrics ever again)….Kalk Bay has other attractions. We headed our there looking for colour…..and found these pics.

Kalk Bay

Posted on 26. Aug, 2005 by Jonathan Cherry.

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Kalk Bay…..full of antiques, fish and art galleries.

Shot tour

Posted on 25. Aug, 2005 by Cassandra.

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We are loving this wicked pic on the left here from one of our fav photoblogs ‘daily dose’.

We were interested in the effect of the shot, which was apparently created using something called a Lensbaby.

Basically…the device selects a sweet spot on your image which remains clear and totally blows out the rest of the shot giving it this effect. Cool…..

Hell…why not take a tour of our Cherryflava listed favourites while you’re at it.

South Africa legend in London (who is currently number 39 on the photoblog Top 100…respect), Apparently Nothing, has some cracking snaps from her recent holiday in Cape Town.

Summer in the UK with probably the world’s most popular photoblog, Chromasia.

Go pay our big mate Ambuscher over at FrozenMotion a visit. The man’s been very quiet lately.

Young newcomer Kim is 15, lives in Cape Town and has her own photoblog. Nice work.

Still loving Joe’s NYC….Satan’s Laundromat and Quarlo.

NYC’s own photo heroine Rion has a sick set of B&W’s posted which slide our tour out.

More? See photoblogs.org and the photoblogs Top 100.

Arresting mugshots

Posted on 24. Aug, 2005 by Cassandra.

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Celebs seem to end up on the wrong side of the law more often than most. The smoking gun has a classic collection….like this one of WWE’s ‘The Big Show’.

Yeah, it’s The Big Show. Paul Wight, the 500-pound wrestling star, was
arrested in December 1998 by Memphis cops for allegedly exposing
himself to a female motel employee. The criminal case, though, was
subsequently dropped due to insufficient evidence. Wight–then billed
as The Giant–was in town for a World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
event. Wight, 31, now rassles as The Big Show for Vince McMahon’s World
Wrestling Entertainment, which purchased WCW in 2001.

Shame Big Show…insufficiant evidence…..that is a crime.

The world’s most popular blogs

Posted on 24. Aug, 2005 by Cassandra.

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….well, not exactly totally accurate. But all the same an interesting list browse through.

Feedster lists the top 500 blogs. It has to do with RSS subscriptions, with "freshness," etc., factored in. In other words it’s complicated, but interesting to note that the top site, Engadget, has 54 380 sites subscribing to it’s RSS feed. That’s far bigger than most magazines in South Africa. Impressive much.