Monthly Archives: April, 2019

News
Voyager Media Awards 2019 finalists announced
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The finalists for the 2019 Voyager Media Awards were announced earlier this week, with Stuff taking the lion’s share of nominations with a total of 84 nominations across 63 categories. Rival media company NZME goes into the awards with 55 nominations.

Opinion
Why you should stop creating content and start creating experiences
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In a world increasingly dominated by digital platforms, customer experience is no longer the sole responsibility of a shop assistant. It expands to all touchpoints including those online. But how can a brand make sure it’s delivering the best possible digital experience? Ryan Brown, head of brand strategy at Ceros, shared his advice at the recent Adobe Summit.

Opinion
Social media trends for 2019: Fake is out, real is in
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Bad news for social media influencers: new research shows that staged, paid endorsements are no longer resonating with audiences, while authentic, user-generated content is. Business strategist Sarah Pearce breaks down how brands can adjust their social media strategy accordingly.

Partner articles
Absolute Analytics: raising the ‘data bar’ in New Zealand

Absolute Analytics managing director Mark McKenzie spends much of his time working to ensure agencies, web developers and clients have the best possible decision-making data at their fingertips. His impressive credentials include being the preferred lecturer for The Knowledge Academy, an industry representative for the Auckland Institute of Studies, a director of MeasureCamp Auckland, and host of Web Analytics Wednesdays.

News
Ups and downs: TVNZ reflects on three years of Duke
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Last month, TVNZ’s Duke celebrated its third birthday. Having been born at a time when the term ‘TV is dying’ was no stranger to headlines, its creation was a confident move from TVNZ, which compared the channel to a lab of experiments. Now, we check in with Duke and TVNZ 2 controller/programmer Edward Kindred to see if that experimenting has paid off and if people have been tuning in or tuning out.

News
A marathon, not a sprint: ENZ’s Euan Howden on its award-winning digital transformation
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Education New Zealand (ENZ) has kicked off 2019 with plenty to celebrate, after great success at the NZDM Awards was followed by Euan Howden, director of marketing platforms and campaigns, being named the Fearless Marketer at the 2019 Marketo Revvie Award at the Adobe Summit last week. Following the win, we talk to Howden about how ENZ is future-proofing itself with a digital transformation.

News
For the sake of namesakes: Self-titling your business
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Self-titling your business often seems like the simplest way to intertwine your products with your own identity. But is it still this simple after your business grows and takes on its own meaning? Courtney Devereux finds out what having to uphold the reputation of a brand 24/7 really means.