Excuse my Malay, or shall I say pardon my French….
BY THE HAMMER I think my Malay is pretty decent as I was born in the idyllic state of Terengganu where 97% of my fellow Terengganunians are Malay. Yes, this piece is not about me but about the largest consumer market in the country. But let me get some real user-experience questions off my chest […]
A New Partnership – Meltwater and Malaysian Advertisers Association
Meltwater, a global leader in media intelligence and data analytics, partnered with the Malaysian Advertisers Association (MAA), the single body representing the interest of advertisers in all areas of commercial communications, in their monthly industry-sharing with marketers and advertisers in Malaysia. Meltwater and MAA hosted a forum together on Thursday, 27 April 2023 where Weldon […]
TOP 10 winners for the Experts’ Choice Awards Raya TVC 2023
The popularity and success of our coverage of the Best CNY TVCs, Best Merdeka TVCs, and Best Raya TVCs based on reader voting has grown over the years. In recent years, our replies have increased from a few hundred to well over 4,000. Additionally, we don’t base our rankings on factors like the number of YouTube views or other metrics other […]
NBCUniversal ad exec Linda Yaccarino will be the new Twitter CEO
Linda Yaccarino, formerly an advertising executive at NBCUniversal, has stepped down from her position to assume the CEO role at Twitter. Twitter owner Elon Musk recently made the announcement on the platform when he revealed his intention to resign from his position as CEO of the social media platform. Musk said that Yaccarino would commence her role […]
MARKETING Weekender – Issue 372
Read issue 372 now! WEB: http://hams.top/372 PDF: http://hams.top/372w You can also receive your very own free copy of MARKETING WEEKENDER every Friday. Save +60122052588 under the name HAM in your phone and WhatsApp the word “WANT”. Read what you have missed so far in previous Weekender issues
“Red meets pink” airasia Superapp & foodpanda join forces for a groundbreaking partnership
The airasia Superapp and foodpanda jointly announce a groundbreaking partnership, combining the strengths of both platforms to offer better value and greater convenience to users across Asean and beyond. This strategic partnership enables both platforms to leverage on each other’s strengths, whereby airasia Superapp’s ride-hailing service, airasia ride is made available on the foodpanda app*. […]
2023 Edelman Trust Barometer: Malaysians Demand Collaboration between Core Institutions to Avoid Further Economic Polarisation
Edelman Malaysia released the findings of their annual Trust Barometer, highlighting an overall decline in trust amongst Government, Businesses, NGOs, and Media. Despite this decrease, Malaysia remains among the top 10 nations globally within trusted territory. Malaysians’ Trust in Institutions According to the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer, Malaysia’s Trust Index Score has decreased by three […]
Musk says he has found new Twitter CEO
Elon Musk said on Thursday he has found a new chief executive for Twitter without naming the person, adding that he will transition to the role of chief technology officer of the social media platform within the next few weeks. “Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting […]
Google just bet the farm on AI
Five months ago, a small San Francisco startup called OpenAI upended the tech industry — and the rest of the world — when it released ChatGPT. The app showed millions of people the immense capabilities of generative AI, how it can do everything from write original poetry to churn out working lines of code, all in […]
The Book of Ham
This is the official biography authored by multi-awarded creative director and film director Paul J Loosley about the early life of Harmandar Singh and his infant years in the advertising business – a career he accidentally stumbled into. Harmandar, or better known as Ham, has been a nightclub singer, an advertising copywriter, a teacher, a […]
