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This is a fantastic feel good campaign. I’d love to see how much this moved the dial on visitors. Great stuff. Promoted with interaction, utilized social channels, utilized PR, utilized paid media, and focused on building a fantastic permission marketing list. To read more and see the integrated campaign elements, check out http://www.ourawardentry.com.au/bestjob/index.html

RESULTS

    Figures at the end of the Wild Card voting:

  • 36,648 applicants from 201* countries created 610 hours of video content which promotes our product.
  • Over 450,000 votes for the Wild Card applicant.
  • In 56 days islandreefjob.com had 6,849,504 visits, 47,548,514 page views with an average of 8.62 minutes spent on the site.
  • A Google search for “best job in the world island” achieves about 52,500,000 listings, 231,355 blogs and 43,60 news stories.
  • Media coverage has been estimated at over $US100** million from a campaign budget of $US1.2 million.
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SAJE’s Business Brew for June 26

June 26, 2009

Garfield: Cannes Doesn't Matter Anymore - Advertising Age
Just crown Burger King and be done with it.

“Rational arguments enclosed in emotional envelopes.”
Great points here about the need for creativity to respond to the internet. It ain't all about click through's.

All media is going digital, says Ballmer
So then what's the model Mr. Ballmer? Micropayments supplemented [...]

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SAJE’s Business Brew for June 25

June 25, 2009

Stop Password Masking (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Interesting- I thought I was the only one that didn't get why companies do this. I'm suffering from "reduced usability" every time I see those stars.
(tags: usability webdesign design development)

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SAJE’s Business Brew for June 21st

June 21, 2009

Microsoft iPod
Just bringing it back. An Oldie but a Goodie
(tags: microsoft video design funny marketing advertising)

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SAJE’s Business Brew for June 20th

June 20, 2009

9 Proven Headline Formulas That Sell Like Crazy
Copywriters make note…these are great headlines because they work…Unless you're not trying to sell something…But then you just might be a "writer".
(tags: copywriting direct marketing headlines)

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Remessage Your “Hand Raisers” with Simple Site Retargeting

June 18, 2009

What’s your website’s sale or lead conversion rate? If you don’t know, then it’s probably 3% or under. If you do know, then it’s probably 3% or under. Ouch.
There’s many reasons someone doesn’t buy or become a lead on your site. The copy, the usability, the confidence instilling nature of the [...]

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SAJE’s Business Brew for June 17th

June 17, 2009

The decline of the click-through
Brand publishers and advertisers hate click through…

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SAJE’s Business Brew for June 16th

June 16, 2009

Advertising - Ads, Subtle and Less So, Grace Magazine Covers
I think this was a great value add for GE, and an example of what is possible when a publisher and media buyer lets their minds wonder away from Unit Based media buying
(tags: advertising technology)

LEADERSHIP VOICE PR: Why Pitch When You Can Pay
Mark Hass talks about [...]

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SAJE’s Business Brew for June 13

June 13, 2009

Fox in the Henhouse: Should You Trust Your Agency with Analytics? » Adotas
Best of breed analytic skills in your agency are a must
(tags: agencies analytics spin)

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