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Firebrand Vol. 20

2018 - Where did you go?  How is it even possible that we are past mid year, let alone heading into Christmas?  

We have had a tremendously big year - both internally and client side. A strategic overhaul thanks to Callaghan for some support with funding and Blair Impey of Crowe Horwath who helped shape our mission, vision and values - and develop the work programme for 2019/2020. Firebrand is now clearly articulated - we Start, Build and Grow NZ Businesses with attitude....we hope you are aligned! 

Client side we have welcomed some fab new Firebrand Friends including Aotea, Silver Fern Farms, Maher Millions, Farra Engineering, Calder Stewart, Glowing Sky, J Fraser, Speedprint, Otago Community Trust and Vet South. Welcome to our friends list, all of your projects are at various stages and ages and we are excited about a 2019 together. 🚀

We have also seen some fantastic team building events (hook up to our Facebook if you aren't already), continued our support for community by sponsoring some amazing community initiatives including, Dunedin Marathon, Otago Community Hospice, Wild Dunedin, Westpac Otago Business Awards,  and Peka Peka (Audacious Winner 2017).  

2019 - What is in store? We become a tweenager of 10 years old and we have a birthday party bash like no other planned.

We will also see the launch of our very own Platform (aka Sticky) providing our clients with a single dashboard for all things marketing results, project management, education and communication. The other biggy is the expansion of our services to include an Education offering for Youth as a career pathway into our digital world and Organisations for personal development of teams and increasing internal capability.

We have a bunch of awesome new projects to begin after we have recharged.

BTW, we return Monday 14th January 2019.  For any urgent (business critical support) pls use one of:

email: hello@firebrand.nz
text/call: Bex on 021 876 200

Thank you for such a tremendous year and we wish you all the very best for a fantastic Christmas, New Year and Summer holiday.  See you on the flip side!

Love Team Firebrand 💓

Contents

2018 Christmas Party! 🎼🎤

by Emma Turner

Every year we get together and celebrate the years successes before taking a break, unplugging and enjoying some sunshine. This year was no different!

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Unplugged for the break! 🌞🎂🍾⏰

by Emma Turner

The low down on the close down....

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Little Paul 

Missing!

by Paul Twemlow

We lost Little Paul. Have you seen him?

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Maher Millions - Website

Maher Millions - Your Heart on your Sole 👢👞👟👠👣

by Rebekah McNutt

For the past few months our team's whole swag of services have been in full force to deliver an eCommerce solution and strategy of mammoth proportions.

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Human-Centred Service Design and IDEO

by Katy Miller

Services surround us, almost every customer experience has a service component, whether a trip to the mechanics, getting shoes repaired, buying coffee grinds or getting a website designed - it's all service and we can design it.

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Youth Employment Success

by Rosaleen Ward

5 new Dunedin Youth-friendly employers registered, 6 McDonald’s Open Sessions, 3 minister visits, 19 Eastern Southland Youth-friendly employers.

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Influencing through Brand Ambassadors 🤓😎🤠

by Rebekah McNutt

Adding an influential face to your brand has never been more important. Unlike other marketing channels it requires trust in an actual real-life human. We look at some tips to nailing your two-way relationship with a brand ambassador.

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Golden Centre Evening Editions

by Emma Turner

Our very own Golden Centre Mall has recently held late night shopping events and through our long partnership asked us to brand and design the collateral surrounding these. Evening Editions was born and two were held over the course of the past 4 months.

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Akash

Meet Akash!

by Emma Turner

Akash joins us as our front-end development intern. We met Akash through the Sexy Summer Jobs internship speed dating night.

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Glowing Sky's New Look

by Alex Murray

Glowing Sky - creating merino garments right here in the rugged environments of New Zealand. Garments that are perfect for any weather climate, activity and body shape.

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Server Upgrades for SilverStripe 3 Websites!

by Anton Smith

Earlier this month Firebrand had completed one of the largest internal projects to date, transferring approximately 100 SilverStripe 3 websites to a new server environment.

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Westpac Otago Business Awards

by Bex Twemlow

The Westpac Otago Business Awards are done and dusted....and the incredible array of amazing businesses, business leaders and community advocates recognised and in attendance of the grand finale was something to behold.

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Top Lunch Spots for Team Firebrand

by Louis Fiddy

A good workday take out lunch needs to be fast, reasonably priced and above all, tasty. Here are a few of our favourite lunch spots.

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Photoshop tips and tricks

by Katy Miller

I often get asked to touch up/photoshop the odd photo, remove a name tag, move a team member from the edge of the photo etc. Photoshop is massive and there are many different ways to achieve your desired look or effect, and it is truly hard to only select just a couple of favourites.

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Our Movember Campaign

by Emma Turner

This year we decided to pair up in teams of two in support of men's health. At the beginning of November, the males in the team shaved their faces in a bid to see how well they could grow a mo for the month of November.

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A picture says a thousand words

by Paul Twemlow

Let your story telling show through the lens.

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The New Reality of Marketing

by Akash Mokashi

Augmented Reality (AR) - the hype of today’s generation and the base for tomorrow's marketing.

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