Trade show B2B marketing tactics – selling tech to the masses

Trade show stands are a strong component of most technology B2B marketing programmes and they are a great place to sweep up new leads for your service. Our client, FeedBlitz, briefed Creative Agency Secrets to deliver collateral, case studies and a slide deck for their stand at the New Media Expo NMX in Las Vegas, […]

How to find contact details on Linked In outside your network

You have read everything on our Resources page haven’t you? Readers, you are in biz dev, you want leads for your business and you need to get contact details of key personnel in target organisations:  Have you read the B2B Lead Generation slidedeck?  It’s linked right there on the Resources page – top of the […]

Facebook marketing for a drink brand on a small budget

Wests New Zealand is a Dunedin based manufacturer of Cordials and Soft drinks. Wests have been producing beverages since 1876 and are currently in the process of spicing up their branding.  This includes the purchase of a new bottling machine that allows them to customise their bottles. Creative Agency Secrets spoke with them to discuss […]

How a creative brand idea becomes a campaign

There is sometimes a bit of ‘black box’ magic that seems to happen when a creative brief turns into an executed campaign. Some would have you believe there’s ‘secret sauce’ but the reality is that expertise and years of experience are the best predictors of what will be a success and what will fail.   I am […]

How to use List.ly as a Marketing tool

What is List.ly? List.ly is a list building website that allows you to build and curate shareable lists. These  are then viewable by others. People can ‘like’, ‘dislike’, comment or even add items to the list.  This results in a list that re-organises items based on their popularity.  You can then embed these lists in […]

Agency uses a ‘reverse RFP’ to showcase services

How’s this for a neat idea? You pitch us in order to win our attention and get your marketing services free by reversing the traditional RFP process.  The Brand pitches the Agency. Well, I’m not offering it just now but Hart is inviting prospects to submit their ideas by 30th November, 2012.  could be the […]

Battle of the Brands – A Sporting Engagement

After the success of the first Battle of the Brands post, I thought I would revisit the subject, but this time use the heavy weight of New Zealand, in terms of social media engagement. The brand I am referring to, of course, is the All Blacks. With 1.87 million likes on Facebook and 170 thousand […]

Marketing agency structures and business models

There are many different ways to organise your creative agency.  Reading in the news from the Guardian where Lorraine Ruckstuhl thinks small agencies are getting the advantageover larger networks with many service offerings. This has to be balanced against what clients and brands want to get from their agency: New research from Avidan gives an assessment of what […]

Fan Engagement – has a real ring to it doesn’t it?

Following up to yesterdays post, I’m now going to look at the top NZ brands on Facebook and compare them to our most engaging brands, our most trusted brands and the most engaging brands on Facebook in the US.    Interesting side note: The All Blacks were left off this list despite have 1.8 million […]

Alexa Rank Demystified: Part 2 – How to interpret Alexa Rank

Alexa provides users with 7 different categories of information that can be used to get an idea of how their website ranks. This information can be extremely effective when trying to determine where the strengths and weaknesses of your website lie, and how to go about fixing any weakness. However at first glance, these tools […]