Fairfax Media, MediaWorks, NZME and TVNZ last year joined forces to create the Premium Kiwi Exchange (KPEX). Over the next few weeks, this series will delve into the strategic thinking behind this initiative. In part one, we chat to KPEX chief executive Duncan Arthur.
Their business has been called the ‘unsexy side of marketing’ by one of New Zealand’s leading business publications, but the partners of Auckland-based digital marketing firm Search Republic aren’t bothered. Two years after launch, the search-based consultancy is delivering outstanding – and seductive – results. And it’s only just getting started.
It’s one of the most widely read magazines in New Zealand and yet its cover spends most of its life hidden from public view. So what is it about KiaOra that gets hundreds of thousands of Kiwis digging into seatbacks of Air New Zealand planes every month?
While virtual reality and other tech trinkets will attract all the attention this year, Element Digital founder Kevin Fitzsimons reckons customer experience should remain a priority to marketers looking to keep their customers satisfied.
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In conjunction with News Works, the Up Country series talks with some of New Zealand’s top regional newspaper editors about the performance of their titles in print and online, the role local news plays in regional communities, where they see the industry going and why advertisers should stick with them. And for the final instalment, The Northern Advocate’s editor Craig Cooper offers his $0.02.
Through a content partnership between Marketo and StopPress, we look at how technology is being used to automate marketing processes and what this means for industry. In the latest edition of the Fully Automate series, we chat to Marketo’s vice president of product management Cheryl Chavez about how automation is making it easier for marketers to roll out and track campaigns.
In conjunction with News Works, the Up Country series talks with some of New Zealand’s top regional newspaper editors about the performance of their titles in print and online, the role local news plays in regional communities, where they see the industry going and why advertisers should stick with them. Here’s what Jonathan MacKenzie, Waikato editor-in-chief for Fairfax, had to say.
A few weeks back we ran a ‘How regional are you?’ quiz in an effort to show that there is a risk those in the marcomms sector can fall into an urban echo chamber (as last year’s Nielsen survey showed) and forget about the important role the regions play in the Kiwi economy—and the important role newspapers still play in those regions (who’s going to argue with Warren Buffett and WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell?). The average score was 70 percent, but just seven percent of all the respondents got all the questions right, so you’ve still got some work to do, city slickers. Reckon you can beat that? Then put your regional knowledge to the test and take the second quiz below. All those who complete it will go into the draw to win another two night Air New Zealand Deluxe Mystery Break for two somewhere in New Zealand*.
In conjunction with News Works, the Up Country series talks with some of New Zealand’s top regional newspaper editors about the performance of their titles in print and online, the role local news plays in regional communities, where they see the industry going and why advertisers should stick with them. Next up, Victoria Guild, editor of the Nelson Mail.