Archive for June, 2011

Jun 20 2011

First Rate announced as finalists for 2011 IAB Awards

Today the IAB announced the list of finalists for the inaugral IAB awards. We’re proud to say that First Rate were named as finalists in the Search Marketing (Organic Search) category for our submission “The Power of Longtail: Focus Property”.

This is the first year that has seen the ‘Search’ category split into Paid vs Organic with the increase in entries for the category over recent years. This year also marks a jump in entries of 19% from the previous year, and with the awards ceremony already nearly at capacity, it’s proving to be a highly competitive event.

Our team devised a strategy that not only saw a significant increase in unique visits and visits from organic search but also an increase in ranking for head and secondary terms securing the head term as ranking number 1.

We’ll post a case study once winners are announced so stay tuned.

Congrats to the First rate Sydney team who worked on the project and to the other finalists!

Click here for the complete list of finalists

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Jun 20 2011

Top Daily Deals Sites – New Zealand Market Research

Published by NZ Editor under Industry Reports, Only NZ

Today we are featuring some primary research carried out by Great Research, a sister company to First Rate and also owned by the Q Group. Great Research has asked a panel of New Zealanders about Daily Deals websites. The research was carried out at the start of June 2011 and the total responses received were 1,122.

Which daily deal sites do you keep track of?

According to Great Research data, the top 3 daily deals sites New Zealanders keep track of are GrabOne, TreatMe and 1 Day.

On average, how regularly do you buy things from daily deal sites?

According to Great Research data, 23% of New Zealander’s buy a deal “at least once every few months” with 2% buying “at least once per week”.

On average, how much do you usually spend on a deal?

15% of New Zealanders spend between $11 and $20 on a deal whilst the majority (32%) spend between $51 to $100.

What do you prefer daily voucher sites to offer?

The 3 voucher types Kiwis most prefer are casual dining, flights and accommodation. The least preferred voucher types are sports, dentistry and hairdressing. Daily deals sites, please take note!

How do you feel about daily deal sites?

33.5% of New Zealanders think daily deals sites are “a good way to save money” but 7.4% feel that the sites “never have anything I want”. Finally 8.8% of us think that there are too many of them.

If you would like more information on the above or similar research, please contact us.

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Jun 17 2011

Marketing Association Digital Day Out 2011 #DDO11

Published by NZ Editor under First Rate News, Only NZ

Digital Day Out 2011 - Marketing Association

First Rate will be speaking at the New Zealand Marketing Association Digital Day Out 2011: “Digital Day Out brings together a world-class group of influential thinkers who have effectively integrated digital to drive unprecedented business results. Expert speakers include”:

Dave Audley, A/NZ Solutions Director & Regional Head of Professional Services, Experian Asia Pacific
Dave’s presentation will cover the vital importance of multi-channel marketing in today’s world:

  • Creating a single view of customer
  • Campaign integration across multiple channels
  • Real-time decisioning
  • In-house versus outsourced solutions

Matthew Davison, Product Specialist, Google
Matthew will share real examples how medium sized organisations can best use Analytics through three key areas:

  • Customer driven decision making
  • Intelligence reporting
  • The purchase funnel and multi-channel attribution

Kieren Cooney, Chief Marketing Officer, Telecom
Kieren will share the next big trends in global mobility and the effect on customer relationships.

Jasmine Griffin, Marketer, Whittaker’s
Jasmine’s presentation will focus on traditional marketing with a digital twist:

  • How Whittaker’s have been strategically successful in the digital world through a new website and social media platforms
  • The ‘Swear by the Slab’ campaign – incorporating digital platforms to complement TV advertising
  • Developing strategies that integrate all platforms, both online and offline, to ensure a strong and consistent brand message

Caroline Dewe, Managing Director, Alphero
Caroline’s presentation will look at how to launch marketing services that matter. She will discuss making digital innovation happen within complex corporate environments, providing an overview of evolving future customer landscape, including examples of pragmatic delivery of successful services that embrace the digital world.

Alexey Kojevnikov, Consulting Team Leader, First Rate and Cuan Gray, Business Manager, Fatso

Cuan and Alexey will speak about challenging the campaign mindset that existed at Fatso, and focusing on getting more results by improving existing assets through conversion optimisation, including:

  • What Fatso learned that changed how they market their services
  • How Fatso turned more visitors into customers, including practical advice:
    • Identify your conversion type: high-barrier vs low-barrier
    • Avoid common CRO myths
    • Find and address visitors’ objections
    • Always test changes using a CRO experiment tool
  • Short-term campaign thinking vs a lifetime view of the customer

To book your tickets, visit the Marketing Association site.

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Jun 01 2011

metservice.com SEO Case Study

SEO Case Study - MetService.com

MetService, together with their international commercial subsidiary, Metra, is a global leader in providing relevant, timely and accurate weather information services, benefitting billions of people throughout the world.

A decision was taken in 2009 to re-launch the MetService website to make it easier for Kiwis to find weather related information, as well as driving increased website engagement from users.

As New Zealand’s 6th most popular website (Nielsen NetRatings, April 2011), it was imperative to ensure a smooth website re-launch for metservice.com. Obviously this also included protecting the substantial amount of organic search traffic delivered to the website.

First Rate worked alongside MetService’s other partners to manage the search risks associated with a website re-launch, including the correct migration of site content from www.metservice.co.nz through to www.metservice.com.

First Rate provided best practice search consulting services including consumer keyword search trend analysis, website content recommendations, information architecture, URL naming conventions as well as project management and auditing of the SEO technical implementation.

Download the SEO case study.

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