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  • Social media in business is spreading like hotcakes!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I love to read fresh local stats that show how advertising budgets are being spent and looking for the trends in the data. I know it sounds a little nerdy but I have always been interested in how businesses are communicating to their audiences and have seen over the last few years, huge changes. The…

  • MacBook is home safe thanks to social media

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    You’ve probably heard about the guy who had his MacBook stolen and used the Hidden application to take photos of his robber. Well his MacBook is home safe now and I thought we could all learn something about the power of social media from this story. In a nutshell, here’s the timeline: March 21 –…

  • Guitar baby viral video

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    We all love a good viral video campaign. And today it’s increasingly difficult to split true home videos from cleverly executed campaigns which appear to feature “home made videos”. This most recent example comes sporting a glimpse of a new guitar based music game called Rocksmith. The game was first announced by production company Ubisoft…

  • SpareTicket.com.au shortlisted for Qantm Create Awards

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Ok shameless plug here: we’re all very excited to have our website SpareTicket.com.au shortlisted for the Qantm Create Design Awards presented by Desktop! We’d love it if you ‘liked’ or tweeted us here: www.createawards.com.au/shortlisted/round-one/spareticket/ You can see all the round 1 finalists in the latest issue of Desktop magazine available at all good newsagents and…

  • Digital media budget? Let’s include YouTube marketing!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    If you’re working on your marketing budget for 2011/12 and trying to decide the value of including more digital media, in particular, YouTube productions and channels to that budget – new figures just released from the video giant in celebration of its 6th birthday may be of interest. YouTube announced that users from across the…

  • Slash your advertising spend with Facebook ads and DSPs

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    When it comes to media planning and buying we all want to reach our target market with little or no wastage. Media is expensive – it often outweighs creative by 5 to 1 – and must be measured in terms of ROI (Return On Investment). While we’re seeing more accountability with MOVE (Measurement of Outdoor Visibility…

  • Johnny Cupcakes: a lesson in brand equity

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Johnny Cupcakes is an inspiring fashion brand story. John Earl (aka Johnny) has managed to build amazing brand equity through a simple product offering. How so? Well, in essence by simply injecting his personality into every touchpoint of the brand and leveraging that through viral marketing techniques. One of Johnny’s latest campaigns was his suitcase…

  • Coca-Cola lights up its 125th Anniversary in 3D

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    3D outdoor advertising is very now. Before you think of Times Square, think again. To celebrate Coca-Cola’s 125th anniversary, the soft drink giants decked their headquarters in Atlanta with a magical 3D projection, giving a snapshot of some of the brand’s greatest campaigns. It stands out like a sore thumb in a sea of darkness!…

  • Come Together Brisbane TVC campaign

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I really love the new Brisbane City Council’s “Come Together Brisbane” TV Advertising campaign. It’s fun, energetic and fresh and sends the message that its business as usual in Brisbane and this is the place to see and to have fun. I also love the Hungry Kids of Hungary and Ball Park Music’s rendition of…