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The NZ Business Hub is a directory of NZ business articles filled with real and local NZ business case studies featuring top NZ businesses listed on 'The Kiwi Story'

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NZ Business News (10) NZ Business Events (1) Online Marketing (10) Business Marketing (2)
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Do you love the web and social media? Looking for a new opportunity in 2010?
 
Sunday, 7 February 2010
 

Opportunity - Business partner to grow exciting web and social media business

We are looking for a business partner to help us with some exciting projects in 2010. Our ideal candidate will have a strong marketing or journalism background with first class communication skills and who is passionate about the web and social...

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Do you have an email signature for your NZ Business?
 
Saturday, 6 February 2010
 

Email signatures are one of the first things we look at when we receive an email from a sender we don’t know. Why? Because it answers a lot of questions about the person and their business, where are they from, do they have a website, what’s their role (a manager, marketing or technical staff). Further, a good signature shows professionalism and more importantly trust.   

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New Zealand Artist Snapped up by American Jewellery Company
 
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
 

PRESS RELEASE - 12 January 2010

New Zealand Artist Snapped up by American Jewellery Company

An innovative opportunity launched via facebook by American based Jewellery Company, Bajidoo, has seen Auckland Artist Sophia Elise gain international exposure for her artwork...

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Honey Bar vs Sales St Bar – Online Marketing Comparison Case Study
 
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
 

If you’re a New Zealand business owner chances are you’ve come across many articles instructing you to improve your business website, optimise your website for search engines and jump onto social media to promote your business. But how many times do you see articles analysing real NZ businesses and practical steps you can take to make it happen. Hence we’ve written a very special article involving two well-known Auckland bars to see...

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Newcomer Salvare Estate picks up Gold medal for Chardonnay and prestigious trophy for Best Cellar Door
 
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
 

Since opening their tasting room at Bridge Pa just over twelve months ago, Hawke’s Bay winery Salvare Estate has become a “must visit” destination for visitors to the Bay. This was recognised on Wednesday night at the Hawkes Bay Wine Awards with Salvare winning the prestigious Hawkes Bay Cellar Door of the Year Trophy. To top the night off they also picked up a Gold Medal for their 2007 Salvare Hawkes Bay...

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‘The Kiwi Story’ launches new sister website - TopicShow
 
Monday, 2 November 2009
 

This month ‘The Kiwi Story’ is proud to launch our exciting new sister website TopicShow. TopicShow is a global website allowing you to find any topic displayed on a web photo show. Users can view a wide range of topics from news, entertainment, travel, arts, events & lots more. Each topic is displayed through a variety of photo shows including large photos, photo albums and photo collages. Users can join TopicShow for free...

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Heroes Battle It Out For Top Spot
 
Thursday, 24 September 2009
 

The finalists in The David Awards 2009: heroes in small business have been named.

 

The NZ Art Guild is proud to be one of 3 finalists named in the Most Community Minded Business Category.  This is a business which gives back to its community, e.g....

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KINA CELEBRATES WINNING ‘EMERGING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS AWARD’
 
Monday, 14 September 2009
 

KINA NZ Design + Art Space of New Plymouth have been awarded the category Winner for the ‘Emerging Small and Medium Business Award’ in the 2009 Waikato/Taranaki Sustainable Business Network Awards.

 

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5 useful Google tools to improve your NZ business
 
Saturday, 22 August 2009
 

5 useful Google tools to improve your NZ business

Beyond its search engine, Google offers many other web tools some of which are particularly useful for business.  Here are 5 useful and easy to use tools that can help your NZ Business:

1.      Google Alerts - Get the latest on...

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Building effective website links to your website
 
Sunday, 12 July 2009
 

Without links to your website your website is like an isolated island without any bridges thus no one can find you and your customers can’t reach you on the web. This NZ Business article gives an overview of website linking (aka inbound links or backlinks) so as a New Zealand business owner you will know the basics of how to make a link to your website and where to get links from.

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Young Auckland business owner receives prestigious leadership award
 
Sunday, 5 July 2009
 

23 year-old Aucklander Nigel Fowler has been selected as a recipient for the 2009 Rotary Young Leadership Awards. RYLA takes youth from Auckland and the Pacific Islands who show leadership potential into their 7-day programme held at Eastern Beach.  Nigel is being sponsored by the Newmarket Rotary Club to attend in July.

RYLA is an experiential live-in programme for 20 – 25 year olds.  It is designed to develop their team work and communication skills, ultimately fulfilling their potential as tomorrow’s leaders....

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Online Marketing Results on ‘The Kiwi Story’ Directory – Thunderpants Case Study
 
Sunday, 5 July 2009
 

Since the launch of ‘The Kiwi Story’ web directory ‘The Kiwi Story’ has helped many New Zealand businesses significantly enhance their web profile. This NZ Business hub article highlights the results we have achieved using top NZ clothing company Thunderpants as a New Zealand case study.

‘The Kiwi Story’ Overview

‘The Kiwi Story’ is a unique web directory showcasing the best...

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Business Trade Shows – Exhibiting at Trade Shows – Business Expo Case Study
 
Sunday, 24 May 2009
 

Business trade shows are a great way of finding new business opportunities and networking and for exhibitors a useful way of marketing your business. Being well into 2009 most of the major New Zealand wide trade shows are happening within the next few months including the popular Business Expo, Food Show and Craft Show. This article aims to help NZ businesses new to exhibiting at trade shows and how to make...

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Business Blogging - Part 3 - Blogging tips and top NZ business blogs
 
Saturday, 23 May 2009
 

Here are 3 important blogging tips that you can apply straight away when you start a blog

Top 3 Blogging tips:

1) Get your blog linked

Your blog is like your website the more links you get to it the more traffic and visitors you’ll get who will in turn visit your website. So in the same way you build traffic to your website do the same with your blog. List your blog on a blog...

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Business Blogging - Part 2 - How to blog with limited time and nothing to write
 
Saturday, 23 May 2009
 

The most common excuses for not blogging are I don't have the time or I don’t know what to write. What most people don't realise is the range of blogging options now available from micro-blogging, community blogging to even photo or video blogging. So we’ve put together a table that shows a range of different blogging tools and options to suit various types of business owners and illustrate by choosing the right tool any business...

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Business Blogging - Part 1 - Why should I start a blog for my business?
 
Friday, 22 May 2009
 

1. Blogs generate more traffic to your website

Having a business blog means your website visitors know there will be new content on your website which gives them a reason to return to your website. Provided you have good blog software, your blog post will also be published on search engines which means interested readers will come to your website based on your blog post.

2. Grab the attention of your customers and search engines

The more...

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Getting your NZ business found on Search Engines through good keywords and title bars
 
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
 

Keywords

It's important to know which keywords are leading your customers to your website particularly in search engines and ensure they are frequently included in your website content. Search terms can change over time, so to find the most popular keywords New Zealanders or the world are searching on, you can use Google's handy

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Microsoft BizSpark Programme – Free Microsoft Software for Technology Start-ups
 
Monday, 20 April 2009
 

The Microsoft BizSpark programme is a new programme recently launched by Microsoft by providing new start-ups (been in business less than 3 years) full access to Microsoft’s tools and technologies, as well as production licensing for hosted their software.

This is a significant step forward for Microsoft and start-ups since often...

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Why the NZ Business Hub?
 
Sunday, 19 April 2009
 

So why the NZ Business Hub and what relevance has it got to do with ‘The Kiwi Story’?

Well first of all, in the past year since we’ve launched ‘The Kiwi Story’ we have been all over the place on radio, press releases, magazines, web banners, blogs, trade shows, charity auctions the list goes on! One...

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Effective Email and Web Marketing Enterprise Training Workshop
 
Sunday, 19 April 2009
 

Earlier this year in February we attended an enterprise training workshop on “Effective Email and Web Marketing”. The workshop was fully funded by NZTE so it was free of charge for NZ business owners and run by WHK Business Growth in Auckland. What differentiated these workshops from others is they are industry specific (we...

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