Being a bit of a scatterbrain, I have folders to keep all my stuff together and sorted. The other day I decided to clean up a bit and came across this little gem:

So the 2010 SA Blog Awards snuck up on everyone on this year. Whilst we didn’t really plug this, save for a random blog post on the 26th, we’re pretty chuffed that we made it to the final voting stage. Thanks to all of you for nominating us (high fives all around).

The luxury brand, Gucci, has joined forces with American heavy-weight comic book writer-turned-film-director, Frank Miller, to create a visual feast. It's a television commercial/short film to promote the release of Gucci Guilty - the new fragrance for her (essentially an advert for an advert). The aim of this teaser to wet your appetite for the full-length 60 second version of the ad, which will debut during the MTV Music Video Awards on 12 September. The celeb cred of the ad also includes actress, Evan Rachel Wood and Chris Evans, from Fantastic Four, along with music by Friendly Fires.

I can only describe this clip as extraordinary. I love the eerie classical music, the slightly mottled cinematography and the typically beautiful 1920’s actresses - all these elements fitting brilliantly into this beautiful composition, it almost feels as if you’ve travelled through time.

The South African Blog Awards was set in motion in 2005. Since its conception there have been more than six thousand blogs and over one hundred thousand votes. The competition, which is voted for by the public and judged by industry professionals, displays a collection of some of South Africa's favourite blogs.

With two of our new courses - in Search Engine Optimisation and Mobile Marketing - starting next week, it seems fitting that the topic for today’s newsletter is Mobile Search. According to eMarketer (via Search Engine Land) “worldwide mobile advertising spend will almost double from $1.289 to $2.345 million from 2010 to 2011.” With numbers like that, it makes sense for marketers to start looking to this area as a new way to reach their consumers. Here are some resources you might find useful for getting started.

Search has been a critical factor in the digital marketing space for many years now. Mobile is becoming a very important channel in the digital marketing mix, and what is more, the mobile channel is increasingly being used for search.
Google reported a staggering 500% increase in mobile search volumes in the 24 months up to May 2010 (Google Blog, 2010).

What this means is that mobile and search are coming together in a big way - so if your t...

Brett St. Clair is a local mobile content network expert, and heads up AdMob South Africa. He was kind enough to answer some questions on mobile content networks, and does a fairly good job of introducing himself so we’ll let you jump right in!

I’m not a huge fan of sites predominantly designed in Flash. Its usability, reliability and security are all questionable, and with HTML5 on the on the way, some would argue the technology is going to the grave. But, Converse’s new site is so sexy, if Mac supported Flash, this virtual slice of design genius would even be enough to arouse Steve Jobs on his iPad.

The ostrich may be the largest bird in the world, and as we know it cannot fly. Yet Cadbury's gives this poor fella a chance to experience a "moment of joy" by soaring out of a plane.