Melissa Attree

This flashmob in PE by the choir from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is just too lovely – well done!

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I love the way that Google adapts their logo in order to commemorate significant events.

The Google Doodles today are epic, they mark the 76th Birthday of ‘Mr. Men’ Author Roger Hargreaves.

I love the Mr Men characters, but even better was that Google showed several iterations of their logo today – magic stuff.

Nando’s doesn’t go cold turkey this festive season.

So over the past two weeks or so Mike Sharman and I have had the pleasure of working on the Nando’s CEO campaign.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably caught the hilarious TV ad or, along with over 100,000 people, have watched it on YouTube.

Back in 2005 I was part of the team who conceptualised the annual Big Blue Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition. Makhulu Polane (loosely translated means: Big Idea) is an annual design talent search brought to you by the cool peeps from SA’s coolest, quirkiest fashion retailers – Big Blue.

In my opinion a lot of brands are feeling pressured to have a twitter account, it’s the ‘everyone’s doing it why aren’t we’ mentality. They stumble onto twitter without a plan; with no idea of who to follow, or why, no content plan, no objectives and no link to their overall business objectives. They then pump out a few self-promotional tweets, and wait…..and wait, while they listen to the crickets.

I’ll start by saying that I am so damn proud of what we’ve achieved as a nation….the past month has been amazing and I have loved every minute of it. I am South African. Ok, hang on, if you’re going to get ‘technical’, then no, I am not South African…not even close in fact. Barring [...]

Kat from Quirk recently asked me a few questions about DigiPR as part of an article she was compiling. I rambled on quite a bit and thought perhaps my full interview was worth sharing here. It’s about DigiPR, social media and how the web has (or hasn’t) changed things….my 2 cents. *DigiPR, OnlinePR, WebPR, PR2.0 [...]

2010 is here and it’s hot! This is the year that I’m starting to consolidate things and am getting involved in some long-term, larger projects. Projects and clients that are really giving me the ability to flex my marketing, PR and social media ‘stuff’… This is a key point as my background for the past [...]

There aren’t many local companies who recognize the value of infiltrating certain pockets of people and communities online. A few years back when you invited ‘media’ to a function either you, or your PR company, looked up the relevant industry contacts from TV, radio and print and invited them.