Commercial break
Ad: “Peter Marangi”
Client: Duracoat – Basco Products
Basco Products Kenya Ltd, better known as ‘Basco Paints’ introduced the Duracoat branded range of paints into the East African market in 998. Soon after they launched their colour mania concept – a computerized tinting system which helps customers pick paint colours accurately. Their last ad featured a [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Peter Marangi, another funky ad frm Duracoat
Posted in the critic on July 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
the premiership saga
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
First it was DSTV the incummbent with the rights to air matches but now have 20% of the matches. Then GTV who claim to have 80% of all the matches… finally NTV ran an ad in todays paper announcing they will be screening premiership matches for free…
A brilliant idea i know where my loyalties will [...]
The Best and worst PR moves of last year
Posted in marketing on July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Check this link out the best and worst PR moves of last year.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/12/1218_2006pr/index_01.htm
Revival of Dead brands? the Unilever way
Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Kenya is a wonderful country to live in and for those of you who haven’t lived in shaggz let me enlighten you a bit. Being a tab bit older than most i did spend my share of time at cucu’s when young. We used to use a pit latrine and a bathroom which was outside. [...]
The money minting MP’s
Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The recent news from the 8th parliament is the MP’s want a severance package and other benefits that total to more than 6 million shillings at the end of thier current term of parliament. These are the people leading the country who should be thinking about our collective development but no they are just thinking [...]
Standard Chartered Bank joins Pesa Point
Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Finally one of the Big 4 joins PesaPoint, Standard Chartered Bank. I wonder what took them too long as Pesa Point is the ideal way to go. I remember before Pesa Pointa trip out of town would include one having to carry all the money they would need since some of the banks didnt have [...]
32 new Barclays bank branches
Posted in marketing on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well we should commend Equity Bank for proving to all the other banks that banking on the masses can be very profitable. Barclays Bank has now opened up 32 new branches across Kenya. A good idea though after the arrogance they show’d in year past it would take alot to get me to even consider [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Expanding Thika Road…
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s statement by the PS Finance of plans to make Thika Road a three lane highway was a breath of fresh air in the midst of the verbal pollution that has become our daily news. Im sure many political leaders will claim its an election gimick but i tend to think differently. Good infrastructure will [...]
mediocre acting, bad concept…the ABC Bank ad
Posted in the critic on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Commercial break
Ad: “Talking Fountain”
Client: Kisima A/c – ABC Bank
ABC Bank was founded in 1984 as Consolidated Finance Company, a financial institution in Nairobi, by a group of experienced bankers, industrialists and advocates. The Consolidated Finance Company converted into African Banking Corporation in January 1995 and today has a network of seven branches in Kenya.
Except for [...]
