PR is More Powerful than Ads for High Engagement Brands

Our international partner Text 100 and its research arm Context Analytics have just released their Media Prominence Study (download PDF here). The study suggests that public relations/media relations may have a greater impact than advertising on brand value – especially for companies with complex products and high-involvement sales processes. For technology and computing brands (eg, Apple,[…]

Crossing the Chasm

The latest KEA (Kiwi Expat Association) newsletter mentions that Auckland-founded Right Hemisphere has won an American Business Awards ‘Stevie’ for outstanding sales achievement. The ‘Stevie Awards’ have been described as “the Oscars of the business world”, so this is a great endorsement not just of  five good quarters of sales growth but of building a[…]