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14/02/2012 by Charis Kumpula
So, you’ve decided to branch out into social media? Too right, it’s one of the hottest areas of marketing, communications and sales online right now. There are plenty of sites, tools and apps out there that should make it easy for you to make your...
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14/02/2012 by Reece Witters
Our ears have been burning and it turns out it's all good stuff. Tiger Beer - a key member of the DB family we're closely connected with - was chosen as a finalist in the Kentico Site of the Year 2011 Awards."...it’s fair to say we’re pretty chuffed...
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2/02/2012 by Laura Wilson
Pinterest! The new social media phenomenon sweeping the globe (and particularly the design community). Our design team are avid pinners, and there’s no question why. Pinterest is an easy-to-use image sharing, virtual pinboard site, which functions a...
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31/01/2012 by Laura Wilson
Co-written with Louise Sinnaduray.Tiger Beer has been one of 2011’s most enjoyable and exciting projects for our design team due to the open brief, easy-going client relationship and creative license we were given. Federation Media has submitted a...
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27/01/2012 by Reece Witters
It is with great pleasure I welcome our newest addition to the Federation Media team, Yann Jourdan. Yann initially joined FM as a contractor the day after the Rugby World Cup Final - a brave move considering he’s a Frenchie, but he made it...
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11/01/2012 by Charis Kumpula
Seeing as we’re all easing our way into 2012 we thought it would be a good time to catch up on some interesting reads across the interwebs. Check out our selection below. Enjoy!Social media predictions for...
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11/01/2012 by Charis Kumpula
In 2011 we had the pleasure to partner with development specialists Provoke to deliver a new website for our super client Kensington Swan, one of the premier law firms in New Zealand. Together we have submitted an entry into the Kentico Web Awards...
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22/12/2011 by Reece Witters
That time of year where a certain jolly ol' fellow prepares for his descent down our chimneys has rolled 'round, once again.We’ll be raising a glass over what's been another fantastic year working with - and alongside – an array of wonderful...
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13/12/2011 by Richard Wright
Kentico CMS has recently released Version 6 which is a long awaited release for the FM dev team.There are a lot of enhancements in V6 and we are currently rolling them out for new sites that we have running on the platform.One of the major new...
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29/11/2011 by Laura Wilson
There has been much ado about User Experience (UX) in the digital space lately, and rightly so, it’s extremely important in what we do. Perhaps most important. The classic story of modernist design theory - form follows function – certainly applies....
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1/09/2011 by Reece Witters
Organise your social in one tidy dashboard - what a hoot!
For this edition of Social Bunny, I felt it was time to put
the spotlight on a web based program that I / we (Federation Media) use on a
regular basis to manage our many social media...
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19/08/2011 by Laura Wilson
Send from Someone – Right from the top line of your email newsletter, you need to be thinking like a reader. No-reply email addresses are not welcoming; they put across the idea that you might not be listening and you’re unavailable (and might get...
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17/08/2011 by Reece Witters
Having grown up in gumboots on the dairy farms of the
Waikato, attending primary schools with fewer children than your local Auckland
dairy, I’m very pleased to announce that I’ve joined the fast-moving world of Federation
Media and the amazing...
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27/07/2011 by Reece Witters
Square Peg, Round Hole - Circles, Squares
and Bandwagons
Our lead developer,
Rich Wright, has been warning people about this for a long time now: “Don’t put
all your eggs in the Facebook basket”. While The Book’s rise has been well
documented...
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13/07/2011 by Laura Wilson
Recently we had to say goodbye to one of our most loved and dearest employee’s - unfortunately the lure of the windy city had just too much pull. This event, alongside the burgeoning workload and natural growth of the company has meant that we have...
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28/04/2011 by Reece Witters
"In a nutshell, it’s a ‘private’ share. Because some things are private."
The world is changing and social media has the bull by the horns so to speak. If you’re ready to strap in for the ride too, we’ve created ‘Social Bunny Tips’ right here...
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17/04/2011 by Richard Wright
I have done a lot of thinking, reading and listening about web and social media analytics over the last few weeks. This has been part of the development of a website analysis product that is being developed to assist our clients to better...
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16/03/2011 by Reece Witters
“Make a commitment to clean water.”
Stormwater360 came to us late last year with a view to update their existing website. The site, of interest to the engineering and construction industry, specialises in engineering products e.g. filters,...
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10/03/2011 by Reece Witters
Exclusive: adjective - Admitting only members of a socially restricted or very carefully selected group e.g. an exclusive club.
Although Deep Purple Day is a very small project comparatively, it’s hugely significant in terms of what it means...
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9/03/2011 by Laura Wilson
Get off your Heiney and take a peek at this!
As good as it gets. A trip to Sydney, on the company! Mark was the lucky one going this time, to learn all about the new Heineken site and how it would fit into the global brand sites. He came back...
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9/03/2011 by Laura Wilson
"Throw your hands up in the air and say paaaaar-tay"
In February 2011 VnC named Emma van Tuyl as the winner of the VnC VIP competition. Our baby from start to finish, we pitched the idea for the competition after VnC came to us wanting a new,...
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9/03/2011 by Laura Wilson
"Rachel Hunter, eat your heart out!"
We’ve kicked off the Miss Tui competition for 2011, and it’s taken off! Bigger and better than the previous years, we’ve given each girl their own profile, where they can share their photos, videos and...
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6/03/2011 by Richard Wright
Have I imagined the perfect user experience, when considering building a micro-site, and strived to provide it?What is a micro-site?A micro-site is a stand alone appendage that bears little resemblance to and has little structural...
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1/03/2011 by Reece Witters
"Not just a face for radio"
Introducing the new kid on the Federation Media block - yours truly, Reece Witters. Perhaps it’s a bit game labeling myself a kid but a noticeable lack of moustache at 27 somewhat helps. Well, today’s my first day...
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21/02/2011 by Charis Kumpula
The evolution of both the web and mobile technology is taking place in the form of applications (apps). Apps have the ability to create consistent user experiences between computers and hand held devices as well as improve productivity and serve...
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16/02/2011 by Matt Townsend
Re-post from the Wildfire Apps Blog
Similar to the design changes implemented to personal Facebook profiles several months back, on Friday February 11, Facebook announced a similar redesign for business Pages.
The new look of business pages is...
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2/02/2011 by Richard Wright
Richard's most useful Apps: Runkeeper - Running application which is changed my training and frankly my enjoyment of training for the March 12 Motutapu Offroad Marathon. It has coaching and calls out 5 minute splits with distance, total...
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1/02/2011 by Matt Townsend
But first the numbers - born 22:23, weighing 7:11
It is with great pleasure that we welcome our newest and youngest member of the Federation Media team - Miss Philippa Jennifer Louise Wordsworth, born to our Producer extraordinaire and all...
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30/01/2011 by Richard Wright
I have just returned from the Super 15 rugby game between the Hurricanes and the Cheifs. I am in Palmy killing time before flying back to Auckland and reflecting on a great day and nursing a bit of a sore head. As the great Colin Meads said at...
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30/01/2011 by Richard Wright
Nigel Parker - Web Development Advisor for Microsoft NZ has written a good article about the use of Kentico CMS in NZ featuring a few of FM's websites.We have been developing Kentico CMS websites for some time now and really have only good things to...
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30/01/2011 by Reece Witters
"We like quality websites, you like quality wine...lets talk."
Anyone and anything that comes from New Zealand’s Central Otago has a touch of magic. Pasquale Winery is no different.
Pasquale is all about a brand that has different levels...
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26/01/2011 by Matt Townsend
It is with great pleasure that we kick off the New Year with a full brand refresh.
Federation Media has a genuine client-first mentality. Every day we crank it, getting campaigns and projects live, improving our client's comms, and...
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18/01/2011 by Laura Wilson
Dominion Breweries asked us to rebuild the DB Export website with the help of Colenso BBDO’s creative team. We accepted the challenge and the site is now one of our biggest success stories. We had a great crew, the build process was smooth and the...
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3/01/2011 by Admin
Our multi-talented producer Mark Wordsworth directed this ad for Volkswagen UK. We think it's rather lovely.
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20/12/2010 by Richard Wright
This is a presentation that I did for Barcamp Auckland. This comes from our experience with building Facebook applications for Tui Blond, and the challenges that we faced in doing this.
The presentation also touches on Social Object Theory...
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1/12/2010 by Richard Wright
A Tui, FM, and POCKETvoucher (PV) built campaign has won runner up in the 2010 Global Mobile Marketing Awards announced on 17th November (see all of the winners, with case studies, here...
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10/10/2010 by Richard Wright
One of the proponents of Kentico in NZ - Keith Patton of Marker Studio faces off against two open source CMS systems - Umbraco and N2 (http://www.msteched.com/2010/NewZealand/KEY001 - requires Silverlight [well it is Microsoft!]).We went...
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4/10/2010 by Matt Townsend
Craggy Range, one of New Zealand's best known premium single vineyard wineries came to us with an interesting challenge ~ build a site that combines a beautiful brand experience with a highly usable and content rich site.
Using...
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1/11/2009 by Reece Witters
‘lets lock horns to produce a website as awesome as their product’ was the common theme around the FM water-cooler.
When Magma Art came to us in late 2009 we were literally attracted to the pulling power of their awesome magnetic art products...
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17/08/2009 by Richard Wright
Website security should be a core consideration when building any website. In New Zealand there are no clear guidelines for this. Web Development in NZ is largely the wild west when it comes to security.Website security is very difficult. Staying...
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9/08/2009 by Richard Wright
I have been watching as a spate of recent high profile website launches have turned into full blown PR disasters, I can only guess what actually led to the disastrous launches but some important lessons can be learned. This is not to say that we...
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6/06/2009 by Reece Witters
'We don't (only) build websites for awesome Kiwi wines companies because of their great wine - it's because they're bold, hardworking and ambitious'
We initially, engaged with Craggy Range - one of NZ’s premier wineries based in Havelock...