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Lessons on Humanity, Culture, AI and Commercial Impact from Cannes 2024

Hannah Bay, Product Portfolio Owner - Brand, and Ally Young, Spark Game Arena Lead at Spark New...

Brand promise kept or brand promise broken?

Carolyn Schofield, Brand, Marketing and Creative Effectiveness consultant, explores the critical...

What is Brand Love? By Rosina Webb.

Rosina Webb, founder and Brand Director of Energise, explores the concept of Brand Love in this...

Brand Trust in the Age of Information Overload

We found this interesting survey on brand trust recently. Here is an edited version:

Cannes 2024 - A report from an ad nerd

In this engaging article, Brett Colliver, CCO at Dentsu Aotearoa, highlights his top picks from...

A Toast to the Greatest Campaigns of the Last 50 Years

In the latest issue of NZ Marketing Magazine, CEO John Miles of the Marketing Association reflects...

Carl Sarney: Cannes Lions and what marketers can learn from long-term brand platforms

The Marketing Association is excited to share an insightful article by Carl Sarney, Head of...

Does Your CX and EX Live Up to Your Brand Promise?

Over a hundred marketing professionals gathered at the MA's monthly meetup, hosted by the Brand and...

Marketing Overview 2024: Reflections from MA's Marketing Manager

This insightful blog was penned by Danielle, Marketing Manager at the Marketing Association. With...

The rise of Pinterest and why New Zealand brands should be moving to the powerful platform

In the dynamic world of digital marketing, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. While Facebook...

How to get ahead in B2B; tackling your top challenges and opportunities of 2024

Insider tips from the Marketing Association's Monthly Marketing Meetup. On April 30th, the...

Anubha Sahasrabuddhe's presentation at Brand Summit 2023

Anubha Sahasrabuddhe, a seasoned global consumer leader, currently holds the prestigious position...

Customer Journey - balancing what you say with what you do

Summary: This article explores the importance of aligning brand communication with customer...

Do Sweat The Small Stuff

It’s a common thing to be told ‘Don’t sweat the small stuff, concentrate on what really matters’....

Brainy Breakfast Recap: Designing Brand Communications

Lessons from the March 2024 Wellington Brainy Breakfast

MA Celebrates 50 Years of Helping Marketers Be Brilliant

The Marketing Association Celebrates 50 Years of Helping Marketers Be Brilliant 1974. The year ABBA...

Podcast: The Big Double 'D' Debate by BlueOcean - The B2B Agency

In this podcast by BlueOcean - The B2B Marketing Agency, Dale and Shannon explore the ongoing...

Brand Building is an Investment: Highlights from Brand Summit 2023

Josh Bosher, the Marketing Manager at BetterCo, recently attended the highly anticipated Brand...

The world isn’t waiting for more of the same: A wakeup call for brands at Marketing South 2023

Courtney Harrison, a first-year marketing student at the University of Canterbury and also the new...

Bravery, Branding and ‘Just F**king Post It’

A personal brand is your reputation at scale. It's key to achieving your business goals and shaping...

Marketing on a Small Budget: How to get gains for your campaigns with nothing but your brains.

Written by Danielle Chevriot, Marketing Manager at Marketing Association, this article highlights...

Challenger Marketing Part 5: Driving Success for Challenger Brands

The Art of Effective Measurement: How a strong culture of measurement will help you drive better...

Interview with Sobia Mughal, B2B Marketing Manager

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Sobia lives in Auckland and works as a B2B Marketing Manager at Trade Me....

Brainy Breakfast recap: A Q&A with Pals Co-Founder, Mat Croad

How a kiwi brand transformed the RTD category We have invited one of the founders behind one of New...

The Power of Brand and Strategy: Enhancing Digital Marketing Effectiveness

"As a digitally native marketer, I've recently been leaning more into brand and strategy from some...

Global Pulse Check 2022

Research highlights shifting global perceptions of New Zealand as the world grapples with...

Selling the Brand Inside

You tell customers what makes you great. Do your employees know? When you think of marketing, you...

How to Create Communications Materials Employees Will Actually Use

Internal communications materials are vital to energizing employees and helping them understand and...

New talent ready to ‘reactivate’ Public Trust

New Marketing and Digital GM at the Public Trust, Lyndsey Francis, is looking forward to building...

What's the Point of a Personal Brand?

To clearly differentiate your value and what you bring to the table. One of new my coaching...

Aotearoa New Zealand, Our Story

Te ao Māori features in New Zealand Story film to support Kiwi organisations reconnecting globally...

New Zealand brand comes out strong in global rankings post Covid-19

New Zealand’s brand value shot up 13% from 2021, according to global rankings released overnight....

Kicking off a global partnership with FIFA

How Xero grew its global brand exposure by aligning with FIFA’s Women’s World Cup 2023. Xero’s...

Game-changing techniques to build brands for athletes

The marketing strategy behind Naomi Osaka’s global success: Lessons from MA’s Game Changer 2022 A...

Serena Williams: The GOAT of Marketing Campaigns

Serena Williams is not retiring but ‘evolving’ out of tennis (as she put it) and signed off from...

“BIRGing” – the key to brand development in Sport

For those of you who don’t know I’m a sports nut. I used to play top level sport and when it came...

Why brand is a growth marketer’s best friend

How to use insights to get ahead of incumbents. Sunrise Session hosted by Tracksuit

NZ Marketers Are Dropping The Ball On Women's Sport

Aotearoa’s women’s sport sponsor mirage With the momentum women’s sport has gained since 1 billion...

Is your brand story focusing on the wrong hero?

I'm amazed that marketers are still putting themselves first in their brand story. Big mistake. As...

The B2B Likeability Gap is real

B2B brands have a problem: they’re not as likeable as B2C brands. There are many reasons for this....

How to differentiate your brand

How to Differentiate your Brand Including practical, real world examples that will inspire you to...

How to Align your Brand and Customer Experience

Customers aren’t just looking for products and services, they’re looking for an experience. The...

Six Marketing Lessons from Disney

Build the story first, then the product It's no secret that Disney is one of the most innovative...

MA Member NZ Aids Foundation rebrands

From NZAF and Ending HIV NZ to Burnett Foundation Aotearoa

Why every business needs a full-funnel marketing strategy

Full-funnel marketing is not just a campaign strategy; it’s a total shift in how marketing works....

Are virtual goods an untapped commerce opportunity for brands?

With spend on virtual goods outpacing mainstream industries, we explore why they could well be an...

Four brand lessons from the first Wellington Brainy Breakfast

The Marketing Association held its first-ever Brainy Breakfast event in Wellington on 25 May 2022...

Why we need to look at the whole brand puzzle, not just play with the pieces

Creating meaningful brands should be a holistic and considered process. However, all too frequently...

Brands' adoption of Te Reo Māori

We’ve seen some high-profile brands in the news of late on the topic of using Māori names and...

Five golden rules for brand building

The timeless power of getting the basics right. The S-curve graph visualises the way that...

MA Member Tracksuit on the Fast Track to Global Success

In just 12 months, Kiwi start-up Tracksuit, who provide beautiful, affordable and always-on brand...

Alex Whitcher on the responsibility of marketers, iconic brands and trend setting

Following the Marketing Association’s Brainy Breakfast on November 30, former Nike marketing exec...

How kiwi marketers can emulate the success of Gucci and Nike

Interview with Michael Grieve, Vice President Brand and Customer Engagement at Gucci Ahead of his...

How to rebrand: the story of Augen to CodeHQ

Whilst not as certain as taxes and death, it’s likely some companies will reach a turning point...

The four key drivers of brand authenticity

To be a truly authentic brand, you need a number of characteristics. For starters, you can't be an...

Just do it, and put your money where your mouth is.

Now we're in the wake of the aftermath. Many burnt socks, shoes, and even people's actual feet...

It takes a village to raise a brand: 3 wins to local marketing

Marketing has long depended on broadcast media to advertise and market products and services to...

Telling your brand story through radio

Radio is one of the oldest and longest standing mediums and the key to its success has been its...

Marketing Brand Across Multiple Locations

This presents somewhat of a conundrum. Do you let locations produce their own marketing material –...

Building Blocks for a Successful Brand

Having a brand that is on point for your target market helps build a strong base of loyal customers...

Questions to ask yourself with Building a Brand

Whether you’re an individual, a commercial icon, or an upcoming startup with vast entrepreneurial...

Branding vs Marketing

A brand is the promise that a company will deliver to or that is experienced by its customer. It’s...

Why is Brand Important?

The Toaster that won was the same brand as the toaster that made my toast when I was a kid. That...

It's not what we do. It's who we are.

However, in this blog post, New Zealand Story, shares some research and suggests that country of...

The grammar of brands

Language is important not just to convey commonly understood facts and ideas, but it also frames up...

Planning for Disaster: How to keep your brand safe online

It's more important than ever for companies to be aware of where their brands are going and what's...

Run through brick walls - allbirds

When you unlock the thing that stands for something more; you can run through brick walls.

How to evolve from a logo to a brand

When I joined realestate.co.nz we set out on a path to define our company DNA – the “why” behind...

The Allbirds story: a global brand with a NZ heart

It’s not often you hear about a successful start-up in the crowded footwear or athleisure markets....

To grow your business, now is the time to invest in personal branding and social selling

In the B2B space, the oldest rule has always been that people buy from people. This is absolutely...

Post-Covid, brands must reassess the power of programmatic marketing

Squeezed budgets mean marketers need to appreciate how programmatic can cost-effectively build...

Why use a Branding Agency? The big picture perspective

Why go to the trouble and expense of rebranding? The answer is simple and compelling. Your business...

The essentials of B2B branding

With the landscape more complicated for B2B brands than ever before, there’s much to consider when...

Lime scooters - Brand Alpha Survey findings

This week Lime e-scooters were withdrawn from the streets of Auckland. Principals’ Steve Main...

FMCG brands, is product packaging responsible for your brand's growth (or lack of it)?

In an increasingly environmentally conscious world, it’s not just effective packaging design but...

Branding in aged care: the value of people values

By putting a greater emphasis on talent, aged care facilities would better attract staff and new...

Improving and leveraging brand reputation

Rewards programmes are popular among consumers, but how can they help to improve and leverage a...

Taking BLUNT's "Village" approach to starting up

The MA held a Brainy Breakfast event earlier in the year that explored brand journeys and the...

The changing face of New Zealand and why it matters

With census data at their disposal, marketers should be able to answer two key questions – “are we...

What can Kiwi brands learn from Jacinda Ardern?

The PM has a strong brand that appeals to New Zealanders of all ages. So what can Kiwi businesses...

The secrets behind successful brands

Often, we only see the end results – a well-known brand with a product we love. But, what goes on...

How brands can appeal to lost generations

It would stand to reason that not all brands appeal to all generations. After all, the best brands...

The best marketers are farmers, not hunters: Marketing in a globalised world and how it's changing

Marketing has shifted from a one-way flow of information to a two-way dialogue - an engaging...

Esports: Brands, questions and examples.

Kia Ora Koutou, it was a pleasure to have been able to present the big, bold and exciting world of...

Are brand and innovation intrinsically linked?

Far from an indulgence, brand is an integral part of the innovation process. Principals’ Jo Hanson...

The rise and fall of brands

For more than a decade, we have been researching what makes great brands through the lens of...

The role of brand teams in the modern marketing mix

With many companies shrinking their brand teams and bolstering their CX, design and marketing...

Brand authenticity and how it differs between generations

Authenticity of a brand is crucial as it drives customer loyalty. Achieving this is a challenge...

The importance of brand building in the age of digital remarketing and audience based special offers

In the digital era, marketers have access to a treasure trove of data that can be used to guide...

Why start-ups are the masters of brand experience

With tiny media budgets at their disposal, many startups have instead chosen to focus on brand...

What I learned about branding in Nepal

Steve Main shares the tale of his family trek in Nepal which led to an unexpected branding lesson.

Brands take big leaps to revamp their loyalty programme offering.

Customers demand choice & brands are giving it to them. In the last 18 months, we’ve witnessed...

Looking at Kiwi brands through a generational lens

Our culture is shaped by a timeless tug of war between generations that each form their own values...

Balancing Brand and UX

While the practice of user experience speaks to familiarity and similarity, brand calls for...

Is your marketing function set up to maximise organisational value?

As organisations grow, the operating frameworks of marketing departments tend to become more...

Brand Authenticity Report 2019

New Zealand's most authentic brands in 2019 are revealed. The four drivers of Brand Authenticity;...

One brand voice - How can you make the language of your brand consistent across a variety of touchpoints?

Like people, brands have voices. Sometimes those voices can be serious, sometimes cheeky....

You've engaged a brand agency. Now what?

Firstly, congratulations on taking the leap to reposition your brand. It could be your most...

Why are more brands moving to in-house training?

Training and Professional Development can often be a tricky balance within organisations. On one...

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