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Tickets to New Zealand’s premier design event, Semi-Permanent, go on sale from 24 May with a limited number of earlybird and deluxe VIP places up for grabs. And all will be relieved to know that passes include the legendary Semi-Permanent goodie bag and access to the after-party.
If the increased numbers of entries for the 2010 Magazine Awards are anything to go by, the fog appears to be lifting and local magazine publishers are keen to back themselves in an increasingly confident publishing environment.
APN Outdoor has instituted a new networking programme for its clients and business partners called ‘Friends in High Places’, with the new initiative set to butter up 250 of its clients and business partners with an invite-only show featuring Kiwi singer/songwriter/denim jacket-wearing dreamboat Dane Rumble and rising musical stars Artisan Guns, AutoZamm and Lisa Crawley.
Want to know how to harness the raw power of online advertising? Well then, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Association of New Zealand Advertisers’ event ‘Outfox, Outsmart and Outgrow Your Competition’ should be right down your e-alley. And there are only 20 tickets left for next week’s event.
The next round of New Zealand Post Targeted Communications’ hugely popular (and free) direct marketing workshops is upon us and marketers are urged to book their places as soon as possible to avoid a lifetime of bitter regret, low self esteem and other forms of emotional damage.
Following the success of the last Media Mingle, with an enormous turnout of mingling media seen busily snapping up delectable slices of pizza, downing free drinks and posing for glamour shots, the next Media Mingle will return to Sale St. Over 150 turned up last month and the event is continuing to grow in popularity, which means you got to get in quick. It’s not far away, either: the next installment is Tuesday, 27 April from 6pm, so don’t live with a lifetime of regret. Register at www.mediamingle.co.nz.
You’ve got four days and counting to snap up the Early Bird registration rate for the upcoming Social Media Junction. Register by Friday and you’ll get a $200 discount. Better yet, if you’re one of our savvy NZ Marketing Magazine subscribers, you’ll get a further 10 percent discount. The two day conference and workshop will be held in Auckland on May 17 and 18.
Over 150 marketing professionals are expected to attend the New Zealand Marketing Association’s (NZMA) Smarter Data: Working Harder forum next week, with Affinity Id’s chief executive Geoff Cooper leading the lineup of speakers.
You may be an official or unofficial ‘brand ambassador’ for all things social media in your organisation. Maybe it’s even in your job title. But how do you formalise social media within the company without it becoming oxymoronic? And how do you get more people involved?
Tickets for the 30th anniversary Axis awards are now on sale at the CAANZ website. But the powers that be have sent a stern warning: tickets are limited, so you need to get online and secure them now.
We’ve all heard about the importance of social media as a platform for customer engagement. And we’ve also heard how social media is an increasingly vital tool in the arsenal of effective marketing. But how do you measure what for many is intangible?
If you have quite the appetite for social media marketing, here’s something for you to savour. May 17th sees the arrival of Social Media Junction. This conference incorporates a range of new media visionaries from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand who will offer their insights into how …
Opportunities abound aplenty in the land of direct marketing. The Marketing Association together with sponsor Marketing Impact MessageMedia, have announced the first event of the Regional Event Series which will plug you directly into the heart of Direct Marketing, as it is now.
DM is evolving and the possibilities for …
Trust and loyalty are emerging as the biggest threats–and opportunities–for marketers in a post recessionary world.
Statistics from Sustainable Advantage, a research arm of Hayes Knight (now run by Nick Jones, former executive director of Nielsen Media Research), demonstrates this massive shift in consumer attitudes. Some 54 percent of respondents …
New Zealand Post Targeted Communications’ popular direct marketing workshops, which are designed to provide a comprehensive working knowledge of the intricacies of direct mail—from direct mail processes, to data and consumer insights and innovation—as well as a guide to working with New Zealand Post, are back again in 2010.
More than two thirds of New Zealand businesses believe social media is a key tool to increase customer engagement and loyalty, according to a Communication Agencies Association of New Zealand (CAANZ) survey.
If you fancy yourself as a bit of an angler, harness both your enthusiasm and a team of no more than eight people and put Friday, 5 March aside for a day on the water as part of The Great ACP Media Fishing Competition, which is hosted by ACP Media’s men’s magazines.
Tiger Translate, the New Zealand-developed art and music mash-up, is heading back to Auckland in 2010, with this year’s event set to take place in a pop-up location (trend alert!) featuring a maze of gallery spaces spread over three floors.
A collection of Kiwi “social media practitioners” has banded together to kick off the New Zealand chapter of the Social Media Club, an organisation that started in 2006 in San Francisco and is active around the world.
In a year that’s presented its fair share of challenges, New Zealand marketers have worked determinedly to deliver campaigns that generate solid results. And, from a record number of entries, Marketing’s ‘Grand Masters’ have selected the finalists for the 2009 RSVP and Nexus Awards.
Are print magazines doomed? Or do the digiterati need to get off their high horse and accept that good old tactile paper is here to stay?
Here’s a timeless PR tip: Invite MC Hammer to your launch gig.
Andy Blood, Partner and Group Executive Creative Director at TBWA\Whybin, will be stepping up to plate to judge the entries for the 2009 Art Of The Envelope awards, which take place on 26 November at Fables, Newmarket.Huffer founders Dan Buckley and Steve Dunstan will MC the event.
Fiona …
Advertising folk are invited to take a gander at the future of New Zealand advertising as the AUT adschool students of 2009 get their portfolios out for the world to see.
Calling all juggernauts, magnates and moguls. Paul Matthews and Alex Erasmus from Bullet PR have organised a bit of a do for the marcomms and media industries, so register online here and head down to the inaugural Media Mingle on 19 November to engage in, as the title suggests, some …
AnimfxNZ, the world’s leading conference for animation, visual effects, games and digital film, is offering Marketing Association members a two-day pass for only $450, a discount of $140 off the standard price of $590.
A round of applause for all the finalists in 2009 NZI National Sustainable Business Network Awards. One of these regional ‘trailblazer’ winners will be the Sustainable Business of the Year, to be announced at a classy cocktail do on 12 November.
They are: Bayfair Shopping Centre, Mt Maunganui ecostore – manufacturer …
You lucky little music lovers – MySpace is putting on a humdinger of a party for the launch of MySpace Music. It’s for all ages, and it’s free!
Midnight Youth
The line-up features Midnight Youth, The Brunettes, The Naked and Famous, The Family Cactus and The Earlybirds.
The Brunettes …
It’s time to spruce up and package your internet presence into winning applications for the 14th Webby Awards. The awards are an internationally respected symbol of success in the digital medium. Last year’s awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries worldwide. There are more than …
Just a friendly reminder to get your RSVP and Nexus Award entries in by 5pm, Friday 23 October. Brought to you by the Marketing Association and sponsored by TVNZ and New Zealand Post. Show off your outstanding campaigns, get recognised, bask in the adoration of the industry. This year’s …