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    Introducing… Turtlebird Books!

    November 19, 2021

    After more than a year and a half in planning and production, I’m very pleased to announce the official launch…

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  • Portfolio, work, writing

    Tutuka Website relaunch and rewrite

    January 4, 2021

    During 2020, I was brought on board by the good people at Tutuka, to help them plan and then execute…

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  • Portfolio, work, writing

    Opel Grandland X Plug-in-Hybrid “Überzeugt selbstbewusst” TVC for McCann Germany

    October 1, 2020

    In 2020, I was contracted by McCann Frankfurt to write a TVC for the new Opel Grandland X Plug-in Hybrid,…

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  • Portfolio, work, writing

    Mazda CX-5 “This Feeling, But You Drive it” TVC/ATL Campaign, for Grey South Africa

    June 6, 2020

    Early in 2020, I conceptualised and wrote this new campaign for the Mazda CX-5, alongside Marais Janse van Rensburg, and…

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  • Op-ed, writing

    Why social media might be last thing you need right now

    March 23, 2020

    You’d kinda expect it would be the opposite, right? While many of us are self-isolating – either out of choice…

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  • poems, Serious, writing

    That Guy Over There

    March 18, 2020

    I love to see my friends each day,And tell them all hello.I love to give them lots of hugs,I’m sad…

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  • news, Portfolio, work, writing

    2019 HSBC Cape Town 7s digital/TTL/Radio Campaign a Blazing Success!

    March 5, 2020

    I headed up last year’s 7s campaign for the fifth time in seven* years, and it was bigger, better and…

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  • poems, Serious, writing

    The People Who Forgot to Be Nice

    February 22, 2020

    A poem I wrote because people on the Internet make me sad sometimes. UPDATE: This will soon be published as…

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  • voice-overs, work, writing

    How to Get Started as a Voice-over Artist

    February 12, 2020

    It’s a question I get asked all the time. How did I get started as a VO artist? And, how…

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  • Boet Fighter, news, work, writing

    Boet Fighter launches on iStore! Takes number one mobile game spot! Sets new African record*!

    November 29, 2019

    This week (Nov 28, 2019), we successfully launched the first mobile port of the original PC version of Boet Fighter…

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  • Boet Fighter, news, Portfolio, voice-overs, work, writing

    Boet Fighter for PC (finally) launches on Steam! (Plus, Official Launch and Teaser Trailers)

    October 16, 2019

    After more than a year in development, Boet Fighter for PC finally launched this week on Steam. Priced at ZAR199,…

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  • funny, poems, writing

    John the Horny Panda

    March 31, 2019

    I’m so happy was able to find this old poem of mine. I wrote it in 2012 for an entertainment…

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  • Boet Fighter, voice-overs, writing

    SA Boet Hard Eddy Narrates a Game Drive (Parts 1 & 2)

    March 22, 2019

    A “new” video of an SA Boytjie narrating a game drive has been doing the rounds again. It’s actually Part…

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  • insight, Op-ed, work, writing

    How to work out what you should charge as a freelancer

    March 3, 2019

    First of all… Don’t be sorry. It’s okay to want to earn a decent living. You’re worth it. If you…

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  • Portfolio, work, writing

    “Raise Up the Streets” TVC featuring Kwesta, written for UrbanArt

    January 18, 2019

    This was a really enjoyable project to work on. I was asked by Marketing Exec Angie Daniel at footwear distributor…

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  • Business Day's "Education" TV ad, written by Gord Laws
    Portfolio, work, writing

    Business Day “Understand Your Country” TVC Campaign, for OwenKessel

    December 19, 2018

    I’m exceedingly proud to have conceptualised and written these three TV ads for Business Day in 2013. Together with my…

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  • Portfolio, work, writing

    #NotAskingForAnything campaign for Cipla

    October 19, 2018

    A campaign that I conceptualised, creative-directed, and wrote for Cipla’s CSI division – The Cipla Foundation – during 2016, whilst…

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  • insight, Op-ed, work, writing

    Hiring Independent Advertising Specialists: Skip the Hive & Go Straight to the Honey!

    October 31, 2017

    Starting this article, I wanted to begin by saying that “specialised, experienced advertising/content consultants are the future”. But, in truth,…

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  • Portfolio, work, writing

    Gord Laws Radio Advertising Samples Collection (circa 2016)

    July 10, 2017

    A handy collection of just a few of the radio ads I’ve written over the years. Like many creatives who’ve…

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  • funny, poems, writing

    A Manatee Called Steve

    March 19, 2017

    In a land knowns as Florida, Far, far away,There lived beasts of pleasure,Who chilled out the whole day.No one could…

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