The #OrchidsandOnions community of South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com//196/876.htmlSouth Africa #OrchidsandOnions | Bizcommunity news15#OrchidsandOnions news - South Africahttps://biz-file.com/res/img/logo.gifThe #OrchidsandOnions community of South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com//196/876.htmlen-usMon, 24 Jul 2023 14:11:08 +0200#OrchidsandOnions: Nando's spices up our lives, Apple falls far from the treehttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/240237.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/705948.jpg" width=208 height=117 alt="#OrchidsandOnions: Nando's spices up our lives, Apple falls far from the tree" align="left"><p>One of the sure-fire ways to accelerate a country's decline to failed state status is to clamp down on legitimate comment.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/240237.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=876&ct=1&ci=240237">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/240237.htmlMon, 17 Jul 2023 17:09:00 +0200Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa#OrchidsandOnions: Azzaro hits the right notehttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/240037.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/705166.jpg" width=208 height=117 alt="#OrchidsandOnions: Azzaro hits the right note" align="left"><p>Rule Number One for anyone involved in advertising - as it is for the news business - is that you are not the target market. Which is the preface for this week's Orchid.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/240037.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=876&ct=1&ci=240037">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/240037.htmlMon, 10 Jul 2023 15:13:00 +0200Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa#OrchidsandOnions: Chicken Licken takes coach Jose Mazibuko to the tophttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239819.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/704338.jpg" width=208 height=117 alt="#OrchidsandOnions: Chicken Licken takes coach Jose Mazibuko to the top" align="left"><p>I was whiling away a few days in the Waterberg, blissfully exiled from social media so I missed the big flurry and discussion - and quite a lot of praise - around the latest Chicken Licken ad.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239819.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=876&ct=1&ci=239819">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239819.htmlMon, 03 Jul 2023 15:31:00 +0200Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa#OrchidsandOnions: SuperSport reigns supreme, DA not so muchhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239387.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2306/702482.jpg" width=208 height=117 alt="#OrchidsandOnions: SuperSport reigns supreme, DA not so much" align="left"><p>It sounds trite - but one of the best forms of marketing is to ensure you have a top-class product to sell...and you maintain that standard. If you don't, then you'll find a challenger brand has stepped in to eat your lunch.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239387.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=876&ct=1&ci=239387">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239387.htmlTue, 20 Jun 2023 10:44:00 +0200Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa#OrchidsandOnions: Woolies Father's Day campaign shines amidst Pride backlashhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239221.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2306/701603.jpg?1" width=208 height=117 alt="#OrchidsandOnions: Woolies Father's Day campaign shines amidst Pride backlash" align="left"><p>Woolworths has been taking a lot of stick for its Pride Month campaign - at least on social media, because I don't really see too many of the chain's shops being empty, despite the angry Twitter warriors and their threat of a boycott.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239221.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=876&ct=1&ci=239221">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239221.htmlMon, 12 Jun 2023 16:11:00 +0200Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa#OrchidsandOnions: Siya and Rachel Kolisi make a dynamic duo in FNB adhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239014.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2306/700606.jpg" width=208 height=117 alt="#OrchidsandOnions: Siya and Rachel Kolisi make a dynamic duo in FNB ad" align="left"><p>If you're going to use a celebrity - TV or sports star, for example - in your marketing, then at least try to have a relevant, and plausible, link between that person and your product.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239014.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=876&ct=1&ci=239014">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/239014.htmlMon, 05 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0200Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa#OrchidsandOnions: Holm Energy Solar ad shines, Sasol rewards a failhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238824.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2305/699765.jpg" width=208 height=117 alt="#OrchidsandOnions: Holm Energy Solar ad shines, Sasol rewards a fail" align="left"><p>It's not often that an ad speaks directly to you ... but the first time I saw the new retroviral ad for Hohm Energy - the solar solutions experts - I thought that it could have been shot in our house.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238824.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=876&ct=1&ci=238824">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238824.htmlMon, 29 May 2023 16:48:00 +0200Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa#OrchidsandOnions: Clientele ad is both respectful and enticinghttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238631.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2305/698891.jpg" width=208 height=117 alt="#OrchidsandOnions: Clientele ad is both respectful and enticing" align="left"><p>If insurance is a grudge purchase - at least when it comes to short-term contracts covering your possessions - then there are some forms of which can be likened more to a gift.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238631.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=876&ct=1&ci=238631">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238631.htmlMon, 22 May 2023 16:09:00 +0200Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa#OrchidsandOnions: Checkers Sixty60 delivers a perfect Mother's Dayhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238387.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2305/697939.jpg" width=208 height=117 alt="#OrchidsandOnions: Checkers Sixty60 delivers a perfect Mother's Day" align="left"><p>It is easy to cynically regard Mother's Day as an invented holiday and a capitalist way of getting the sentimental and the gullible to part with their money.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238387.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=876&ct=1&ci=238387">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238387.htmlMon, 15 May 2023 14:13:00 +0200Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa#OrchidsandOnions: Canine Cuisine 'barks' at competitor in new adhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238200.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2305/697144.jpg" width=208 height=117 alt="#OrchidsandOnions: Canine Cuisine 'barks' at competitor in new ad" align="left"><p>Advertising in South Africa is, sadly, a protected industry... and by that, I mean that advertising agencies and their clients are protected from having to defend themselves against competitive campaigns because brands are not permitted to make direct comparisons with their rivals.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238200.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=876&ct=1&ci=238200">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/876/238200.htmlMon, 08 May 2023 14:19:00 +0200Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa