Welcome to our Sound Bite series - shorty episodes that cover off on one little thought, idea or FAQ that’s been on our minds.

.au is here!

All current owners of .com.au domains have been offered their new .au domains first, so it’s a good idea to grab yours before they all go public. Contact your IT or web developer or you – if you manage your own domains – to purchase it and point the new domain at your current website.

For example, as well as rebelnation.com.au – we also have rebelnation.au

HELPFUL TIP: If you don’t know who manages your current domain/s, now is the time to find out!

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If you haven’t already, listen to Part 1 and 2 of our Making of a Marketing Strategy series – which is all about researching yourself, your audience, determining your key messaging and then creating the marketing activity plan.

In this week’s episode, we discuss the implementation of your marking plan (yayyy).

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Welcome to our Sound Bite series - shorty episodes that covers off on one little thought, idea or FAQ that’s been on our minds.

In this soundbite episode, Jade fills us in on her very best piece of marketing advice for businesses.

Before you continue reading - no, we aren’t giving this hot tip away here, you will have to tune in and listen for yourself.

HELPFUL TIP: Go back and listen to episode 38 on how to find your brand values. 

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Your brand is how people view your business - it’s the personality, the tone, the values that make you different from the next guy. Hmmm brand values, what a great topic - let’s look at that one some more!

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Having a plan of where you want to go and how you are going to get there is so important for businesses to have in place. Over the next three episodes, we are going to give you some helpful points to create your marketing strategy to help achieve your big business goals.

Helpful resources

Download our FREE Marketing Strategy template to start creating your strategy from www.Rebelnation.com.au

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Recruitment is soooo tough right now - especially in the industrial sector. No matter what industry you’re in though, we think you’re going to find this chat with Brad Eveleigh from Frontline Equipment Maintenance super useful, insightful and a bit of a laugh - enjoy!

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SHOUT OUT

Thank you to Mackay Regional Council for allowing us access to use the new Creative Studio at the Gordon White Library – you should definitely check it out.

Shout out to Jemma Carey from the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre (The MECC) for joining us on this week’s Marketing + Margarita’s episode!

MARKETING EVENTS

You know that friend you have, the one who organises the group to attend events?

Event marketing targets that one friend of yours to gather the troupe and buy the tickets. Because let’s be real, without that organised friend we would never make it to anything.

Event marketing varies depending on the type of event you are creating and the people you are bringing together. From conferences and large-scale exhibitions to business meetings and training, the marketing platforms changes depending on the target audience.

Marketing styles have evolved over the years to connect with a niche audience, while also continuing with brand awareness through everyday marketing. Finding where your intended audience “lives” and what content they’re looking for is so important, events can no longer just push out marketing without having a strategic plan in place.

Two of Jemma’s current favourite event marketing tools include:

·         High touch engagement – going out into the community and connecting with our audiences face-to-face

·         Social media – particularly Facebook for all event information

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Branding products with your company’s logo is a bigger deal than you think, from materials and colours to the feel of it in your hands, it all makes a difference to your clients. Think about who you are giving the gift to, why you’re giving it, and what they would enjoy receiving. The merch you order may just generate some unsuspected leads.

Jade and Alanna team up with Jenelle from Brandfactor to discuss some tips and tricks for your next merchandise order.

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Lead gen is simply creating leads for your business, and leads are persons interested in your company’s product or service in any form. To strategically plan leads, we discuss the steps to generate the interest of your audience and convert them into your new favourite client.

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