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Neo-marketing chart

Finally somebody put it in a chart. Please take careful note SA business community.
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Back page news

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

Cats in sinks...for the girls.

More on the New Orleans floods.

A list of the Greatest business leaders of the 20th century.

The internet rumour mill is buzzing with speculation that a new video iPod will be launched next week.

Storm launches journalism careers

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

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

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.

Shot tour

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

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

....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.

All in the numbers

Picked up something interesting about using numbers as brand names.

Numerologists believe that numbers and maths rule the world...so can numbers be used to make a business 'cut through the clutter' and be successful?

Check out the full story at Brandchannel.com.

Toilet confusion

We seriously don't get this ad.

Big news in the world of toilet paper is 'luxury toilet paper' ...which we guess is triple-ply, smells like money, extra soft, lubricated and falls off the roll automatically when prompted.

That's all great…but here's the print ad for Renova (who sells this stuff).

What on earth is supposed to be going on here?

Maybe they're trying to say that, if you're unlucky enough to land up in jail for disrespecting yourself with nasty single-ply...after using Renova luxury toilet paper...cellmate Bubba starts looking like a character from 'Desperate Housewives' and your sorry ass turns into Adonis with feelings. You'll pose uncomfortably like Madonna near a small dirty toilet and get your groove on just thinking about using the facility again. Harsh neon light will dance lightly on your skin as if magically transports you...and Bubba...to the glowing beaches of Tenerife.

Renova - toilet paper and pleasure. We can't wait for it to get to South Africa.