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What's in a name?

The name of your business is more often than not the first thing anyone will see or hear when finding out about your brand. Important things you want your name to do:Reflect your businessBe authenticResonate with your potential customerBe memorable...

The Story of Creating South Space - Free Coworking for Creatives

South Space is our new coworking venture. It is a free coworking space for creatives in Tari 1 at Nathan Homestead Pukepuke, Manurewa.It is a place for creatives to thrive: providing opportunities for collaboration, networking, access to industry experts & more.Check out southspace.co.nz to find out more & to hear about how we got here, read on!...

Wāhine in Business - Maaru Senthil, Vive Financial Advisers

We're back with another inspiring and awesome wāhine toa. This week we welcome Maaru Senthil. She joined her husband as co-owner of Vive Financial Advisers two years ago, and hasn't looked back! She has a story that many are familiar with - being let go during Covid. She turned something that happened to her work for her, and found it a blessing in disguise.  We hope you find her interview as insightful as we did!...

Wāhine in Business: Sherry Lunjevich, Empire Training Box

Welcome back to the wāhine in business series, this time featuring Sherry Lunjevich. Mum, wife, athlete, health coach, trainer... and since 2021 she can now add business owner to the list!  Read about her journey into co-owning Empire Training Box, and what she has learnt so far....

Wāhine in Business: Holly Ensor, The Flower Bar

Welcome to our wāhine in business series - where we interview some incredible women we have been privileged to work with. Read on to hear all about Holly Ensor, owner of The Flower Bar, and her journey as a business owner....

Wāhine in Business: Maddi Parker, Live Well

Welcome to our wāhine in business series - where we interview some incredible women we have been privileged to work with. Maddi Parker is the first up and we're so excited to share her journey with you......

Why Paying it Forward Pays Off!

The Pay it forward expression is used for describing the idea of giving without the expectation of receiving. It's more about the good deed being repaid by the receiver to others, not the original benefactor.  The concept is old, and was generally used in people's personal lives. However, nowadays, businesses have caught on with the movement! With the help of GoGenerosity, who are all about paying it forward, we can all do our bit to help make the world a little bit brighter.  We ...

Helping the community help you - one website at a time!

Having worked alongside the team behind Empire Training Box in previous projects before & fully aligning with the values that they hold themselves to - it was a no brainer when we were asked to work with them on their website design!  Websites these days are one of the most important digital tools that a business can have, and Empire is one of our favourite gyms (yes, a couple of us have been members here!) We knew how important having a website was going to be for the future of the Empire...

2 Years of Renew!

Can you believe that The Renew Room is 2 years old? What a rollercoaster the last 2 years have been. From navigating a pandemic, opening a successful business, hiring staff & having a baby – The Renew Room has done it ALL!...

Top 10 Tips / Learnings of Owning a Business!

Are you wanting to start a business but are a bit apprehensive as to what might be ahead for you?...

Marketing Jargon you need to know in 2022!

Ahhhh, Marketing jargon. Honestly, we get it - it can all be a bit of a headache. With new lingo popping up left, right and centre it gets a bit confusing. As soon as you start getting your head around something, a new ‘term’ comes into play. We’re going to try and debunk a few industry terms for you, so in that next meeting you aren’t just nodding your head smiling, pretending to know what everyone is talking about. (Do you wanna be in on a little secret?… we are all still learni...

Learn to Let Go — Why Outsourcing Your Marketing Isn't a Bad Thing.

Learning to let go & put trust in other people can be hard. Giving someone else the opportunity to do something that you know you can do is something we all need to do more of - especially to advance your companies growth.  Working in the marketing, advertising & design industry we've heard it all too many times, "Why would I pay you to do that, when I can do that myself?".Which can be said about anything! We don’t doubt it at all, that you could do what we do. Anyone can learn anything&h...

The Power of a Rebrand!

It is happening all the time, with all businesses (sometimes without you even realising). It can be as simple as changing a logo, updating a font, or adding a colour to your palette. It doesn’t even have to be visual, it could be a change of values, or even just a slight change in tone of voice.  If a business is a well-known company, and they dramatically re-brand - they will let you know. Otherwise it will happen before your eyes and you won’t even notice. It doesn’t have to be a ma...

Why Design?

You don't get a second chance to make a first impression....

The New Age of Insurance Advice is Here - Website ReDesign

We absolutely vibed with Vive and this website design. It definitely brightened up our lockdown seeing this one come to life.  Vive are the people you NEED to go to for insurance and financial advice. Epic humans who can explain all that 'stuff' that we should have been taught in schools.  When they came to us they wanted a big of a re-vamp on their current website. They had a lot of good info, but it didn't POP how they wanted to. ...

We Found our Soulmate in Click Up

Disclaimer: this is not a paid article - but @ClickUp if you’re reading this - feel free to get in touch......

The Big Social Media Breakdown of 2021 For Small Businesses

Facebook, Instagram, Messenger & Whatsapp all go down at once!On Wednesday morning NZ time, we all woke up to four of the most used apps in the world not working: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Whatsapp. If you have whānau overseas, or work in social media (like us), you would have noticed this pretty much straight away. While others, who aren’t so reliant on it, may not have noticed it at all!  It soon became apparent that it wasn’t the internet that was down. And it wasn’t just...

The Newest Wedding Venue in Ramarama: Te Piringa Gardens!

Planning a wedding in the past two years has probably been a brides biggest nightmare. You mix a bowl with uncertainty, business closures, money down the drain and a sprinkle of Covid and it seems to be a recipe for disaster when planning any event. But never fear, the newest wedding venue in Ramarama is here! And if the wedding planning goes as smoothly as working with these guys on their branding and marketing, it is sure to be an absolute breeze. Morgan and Francis are the dream tea...