Posts Tagged ‘Dorin Bambus’

The Power of the Dark Side

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

The power of viral campaigns in this day and age is hugely under-rated, and massively neglected. We’re busy discussing new campaigns with a few of our clients, and have included viral elements in each, which is kinda why I was inspired to write this blog…

On Friday afternoon we stumbled across this little nugget of a video clip, which was created and posted by TomTom, the GPS manufacturers. To be honest, TomTom barely registered in my conscious as a GPS manufacturer. You say GPS, I automatically think Garmin. But not after seeing this Youtube clip. Sure I’m a Star Wars fan (not to the level that Dorin is, but bare with me) so I may be slightly biased, but I enjoy creatives that play on the Star Wars theme, especially those taking Star Wars characters (Vader in particular) and transposing them into everyday life. And thanks to this video, TomTom is bleeping loudly on my radar as a GPS brand. (more…)

Work Ethic

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

So 2009 is long gone and good riddance!

At Gorilla we’ve embraced the New Year with an attitude of optimism and excitement. We have some fantastic projects lined up, and have literally hit the ground running. Certain members of the Gorilla team have thrown themselves into their work and are committed to making 2010 an incredibly prosperous and successful year.

Sadly certain members of the team don’t seem to be as motivated, and without pointing any fingers, probably need to reevaluate their work ethic…

Gorilla’s New Offices

Thursday, November 26th, 2009
We're a little worried about altitude sickness in our new offices...

We're a little worried about altitude sickness in our new offices...

It seems 2009 has been a tough year all round, and everyone seems to be feeling the pinch. Retrenchments, foreclosures, cutbacks and bankruptcies seemed to be everywhere, but the good news is that 2010 is looking up…

Aside from 2010 being an even numbered year (don’t we all hate odd years?!) there’s a lot of positive happenings and things are seriously looking up. And this isn’t just true for the world and specifically South Africa, everyone’s favourite primates have also got some exciting prospects on the horizon. Aside from a very exciting new media channel that we’ve patented and are in the process of launching to the world, we also have some very cool projects rolling out for some pretty big brands. Yup, we build brand love, and right now it seems a lot brands are loving us…

In fact things are looking so good we’re even looking at new premises. Apparently there’s a bit of a demand for them, but we simply doubled the nearest offer and scooped them. Sweet. Dorin’s the most stoked out of all of us and is planning to BASE jump down to his car every evening. We decided not to tell our company insurers that.

Do we look like we need Viagra?

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Gonzo

Gonzo

Ok now before the cocky comments start flying, that’s a rhetorical question… I mean other than Dorin’s new haircut, we’re clearly all virile, young primates that are still a few decades off needing the little blue sergeant major to help us stand to attention. So when I logged on to our blog this morning to find we had 8151 new comments, my first reaction was one of happiness, but my second was one of suspicion…

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