Yes, indeed. Celebrity endorsements do work for products and services. Ryan Reynolds has raised the bar on that – with his stake in the brand he purchased in 2018 (it was never disclosed what he paid), being sold in 2020 for US$610 million. He still does a little of their creative and ad work. Here’s […]
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Well that was quick!
The Queensland Government Business Basics Grants program opened this morning and closed within four- (4) hours. You had top be quick! The next part of the grants program is the Business Boost will support established small businesses – the key dates for these are: Guidelines FAQs/available – mid July 2021 Applications open – late July […]
Queensland Business Basics Grants Program
The Queensland Government’s Business Basics Grants Program opens on Monday – and you could score yourself $5,000. Here’s what you need to know: How much can you get? A single up-front fixed grant payment of $5,000 (excluding GST). What can you spend it on? Funded activities include: Website build or upgrades Website build or upgrade […]
Marketing matters for business
Here’s a graph of a client’s web site visitors over the past 8 years (they did 25% of their business in direct online sales). We started working with this client at the red dot. As you can tell, we know what we’re doing. The cost: Not much at all. The ROI: Massive. Find an ad […]
Cooly Eco for Gold Coast Whale Watching Tours
One of the many attractions on the Gold Coast is whale watching during their migration season. The whale watching on the Gold Coast started around late May and continues on until late October. Of course there are often a few stragglers either side of those times, but that’s the busiest parts of the year. One […]
Brilliant demo of how scammers operate
The heartlessness of these people has to be seen to be believed. But this is a brilliant video show just how they operate.
Managed IT services gurus join the list
We’re rather chuffed here in the office this week, after the long standing and trusted name in managed IT services in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, GCITS, joined as clients. The GCITS team have been providing world-class IT support for close on twenty- (20) years and for them to trust some of their marketing to […]
Said it a million times….
….experience matters. Just received this from a client for whom we market 1 of his web sites. “Since you came back from Holidays and sorted out www.websitenamewashere.com.au …I have had 31 enquiries/quote requests in the last 4 weeks and 14 bookings. In contrast I have had 1 enquiry in the same period from http://www.otherolderwebsite.net.au/ (editor’s […]
Fiverr ad capitalises on Trump snafu
Remember when, not so long ago, former US President Donald Trump called a media conference at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Pennsylvania instead of the Four Seasons hotel? Fiverr.com took that premise for their Super Bowl TV ad. Nice ad, but seems to be a missed opportunity that the ad wasn’t actually created by […]
Yep, organic search results can change your business
This chart below covers 2 years (from the red circle) when we started doing search engine optimisation work for this business. That red circle was at 91 organic visitors per month. 2 years later and they received 3,940 organic visitors per month. Yep, getting high Google rankings can change your business. Contact us if you […]