A cold pitch to the NZ Merino Chief Executive, John Brackenridge. He wanted 'outside the box' thinking... and in 2010 this was what we wrote.
Now in 2012, it still seems appropriate.
2. As noted We saw the opportunity as advertised.
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We thought where that could lead.
Value, opportunity, a challenge, our expertise, our speciality, our passion...we’re creative, we’re talented:
We can help.
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3. Initiative CreativeAgencySecrets.com
A proposal to deliver new thinking, new markets and new customers for
New Zealand Merino
Follow the thread.....
A proposal to New Zealand Merino Ltd from Creative Agency Secrets dot com.
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Commercial in Confidence
Creative Commons rights asserted
June 2010
4. Shift CreativeAgencySecrets.com
Move your brand communications from monologue to dialogue.
Using the internet, collaboration online, social media and open innovation we propose
to widen the awareness of New Zealand Merino as a product, as a brand and as a
leading innovator for primary sector products.
What if the thread can connect conversations between customers, between fashion
designers, between buyers and all lead directly back to New Zealand Merino.
Join the conversation, stimulate the debate, answer the questions,
fill in the gaps and learn.
Innovate
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Innovate again
5. Options
Unlock
Open up the threads and share them among global audiences.
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• Set a challenge,
• offer a bounty,
• run a contest,
• sponsor a desire,
• fast-track collaborative product development,
• host an un-conference.
What new ideas can bright people come up with for New Zealand Merino?
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6. Traditions
Talk
Follow the thread to new conversations.
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Recruit new people to the company database, find new opportunities to start
conversations with buyers, manufacturers and branders and engage them in
the dialogue you have already started.
Use the open innovation to gain "notoriety" as an innovative brand, set
yourselves apart and ahead of the competition.
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7. Meaning
Guild CreativeAgencySecrets.com
Follow the thread to new customers, new partners and new associations
It's all about selling more product - follow the conversations and start
talking samples, testing and buying quantities.
Use the sales team to make contact with new people interested in new ways of
using New Zealand Merino products.
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8. Doodle We are your new brand innovation team
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Let us take you into the world of business 2.0
where online, offline, Gen-Y and easy global
communications drive awareness of the
New Zealand Merino brand.
Show us your business plan, tell us your sales
targets and business development goals and let
us come up with innovative ways to spread your
brand around the globe.
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9. Dance We are your new brand innovation team
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Unconventional, maybe a little non-conformist and
energetic - we'll be your team to drive business
development, product innovation, new technologies
and marketing into the next five years.
We can work for you - a job -
or we can partner with you -
shared risk = shared reward -
or we can consult = fees for hours.
You choose.
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11. Team. Try us out.
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We invite you to gather your team for a one-day strategy workshop
where we will uncover:
• Tools for brand dialogue
• New technologies - widgets, mash-ups, twitter, social media
• Open innovation tools and decision making
• Building online customer relationships
This will be an interactive session between New Zealand Merino and
our team of experts.
We will listen to what you have to say, and we will present some of
our ideas for the future of New Zealand Merino.
This workshop is full of value.
You pay us afterwards based on the value we deliver.
Bottom line
No value = no cost.
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12. Seeing a moment
Consider it a gift from us to you to mark a very
special occasion: opportunity.
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Contact:
Rebecca Caroe
022 647 3993
rebecca@caroe.com
Jonathan Ewing
021 111 7989
jonathan@caroe.com
Dunedin, New Zealand.