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Launch for The Life edition 7

It’s our party and we do what we want.

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Market South wins at Business Excellence Awards

You're [Market South] a winner, baby - RuPaul

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Let's get people staying, eating and spending in Invercargill

Every year information centres and tourist hotspots throughout New Zealand receive their much-anticipated annual stock of the Official Invercargill Visitor Guide.

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​Crafting your brand story

A brand story is the core of any business; have you got yours right?

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Managing social media

Social media is a wonderful tool for reaching your target audience and having genuine dialogue with your consumers.

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​Even design has rules

Good design conveys information and ideas, whereas poor design will be weak and simply will not work.

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Embracing customer feedback

Feedback from consumers is a great way to refine your services and make your business practices better all round.

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Got news? Release it!

Media releases are a great way to shout about your business or product and can make for fantastic organic advertising.

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Small business starter package

Market South has always been a big advocate of supporting business in Southland and its latest business offering is no different.

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Beating the social media algorithms

We’re seeing an increasing number of people trying to make a name for themselves in the social media sphere, or even just boosting advertising on social media.

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Print partnership bringing business south

Southland’s largest marketing consultancy, Market South, continues to champion local business and regional growth with the announcement of its partnership with a local printing company.

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​Integrated marketing campaigns

Isn’t it great when you know exactly what a business is about, and can recognise their “voice”? That’s largely down to what we call integrated marketing campaigns.

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Content is king

It’s all very well to have words on your website, advertisements and marketing materials, but are they the right words?

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​The importance of great imagery

Have you ever stumbled across a website and just fawned over how pretty it is, even if you don’t really have a reason to be on the site?

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​Is your website secure?

While online, you might have noticed a small green padlock next to the URL of a website. This is good – it means the information you send to the site is secure, because the website has what is called an SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate.