Marketing | Branding | Business Development

At Shimmer Creative we want to support you to achieve your vision, for your business.

By listening to you and gaining an understanding of what’s working and what’s not we are able to provide an objective perspective and recommend the tools and services relevant to your business to get you from where you are to where you want to be.

Whether you need more fluidity in your day to day operations, need to outsource your marketing and communications, or your business needs assistance managing a rapid growth spurt, we’re here to help.

If you’re not sure what you need, our intensive business development workshops are an excellent way to gain clarity and direction.

Need a sounding board for your ideas? Or an objective perspective on your business?

Give us a call and we’ll nut it all out over a cup of tea with our complimentary one hour business consultation.

This opportunity offers a great start if you need a bit of business guidance and self-evaluation but you are not yet sure if you are ready to enlist support services.

Business in a box – a lunchbox

Is it time to evolve your idea? Need a little creative inspiration or some process and structure to catapult you forward?

Take and extended lunch break and book in for a two hour business development workshop and you’ll walk away with a comprehensive road map, new contacts and a complete network to plug in to.

Post workshop ongoing support can be tailored as required and can include everything from media releases and public relations, to copywriting, sales and product advocacy.

Business redesign – It’s all about you

Join us for a fully immersive two day business redesign. We’ll talk about what’s working and what’s not, unpack any issues, and get to the bottom of the core obstacles holding you back from success.

Over the two days, we’ll work with you to devise solutions, create a road map and align you with the support required to see your business or idea flourish.

Business mini-break

A three day workshop combined with accommodation and entertainment.

Most people think more clearly when the pressure has been lifted.

This package offers the opportunity to combine a week long holiday with an intensive 3 day business workshop, with a view to refocus your business… so that you can have more holidays in future!

Get out of the city and combine sorting out your business in a stress-free environment with a mini break.

Includes a 3 day business workshop package, accommodation package and entertainment package (this will be tailored to your tastes and vary depending on what is happening in town at the time).

Post-workshop, we can also work with you to develop a fully comprehensive communications and marketing strategy that will give you a launchpad to take your idea to market – see the ‘Media’ page for examples of press releases.

Project Management

Post business restructure workshop – ongoing support package

• Crisis Management if needed
• PR and media packages delivered ASAP – see press release examples on our Media page
• Periodic task management – Individual business development, PR and marketing and project management tasks available on a case by case or project basis

Our plans are scalable to your budget, organisation’s needs, stage and size of business and industry. Enquire with us today and we’ll provide you with some recommendations on where to start.

Crisis Management

Something’s come up and you need an urgent hand? Need someone to drop everything and pull together some press releases and get them out there?

We are your marketing department and trusted media advisors. Both qualified journalists with an extensive media database, this is where we fire up and work at lightning speed to resuscitate the situation, writing press releases and getting distribution.

See our Media page for examples of our work.

Project Management

• Brand Identity Development
• Rebranding
• Establishing An Online Presence
• Product Development
• Relationship and Partnership Building
• Networking into Aligned Businesses
• Corporate Social Responsibility projects
• Marketing Plans
• Activity Calendars ​​
• Press Releases
• SEO and Website Copywriting
• Social Media Management
• E-Newsletter Campaigns
• Advertising Management
• Public Relations
• External Website Listings Dashboard Management
• Comprehensive communications and marketing engagement strategy
• Strategic Growth Planning
• Policy Development
• Standard Operating Processes Procedure Writing
• Change Management
• Market Analysis
• Contract Business Management
• Database Development
• Sales Coaching
• Staff Support and Training

Event Management

Event Management
Event creation
Launch events

• Create event series and roll out on behalf of businesses
• Coordinate regular support team meetings
• Coordinate and respond to all phone calls and emails during business hours pre and post event
• Build event/s and manage bookings and ticket sales using platforms such as eventbrite
• Manage and maintain attendee databases
• Manage all marketing and communications to attendees
• Prospect venues and source all quotes for events
• Arrange and coordinate event photography
• Prospect speaker/sponsor interest in participating in proposed events
• Work with stakeholders to collaborate on events
•  Coordinate the design of event marketing collateral and distribute
• Coordinate travel and accommodation for speakers if required and communicate itineraries
• Collate event supplies such as speaker presentations, attendee lists, name badges, wristbands/lanyards and  printed documents etc
• Be present on event day/s to check-in participants and work with venue, audio visual partners, speakers and participants to ensure a seamlessly run event

Social Media Made Simple

Social Media Starter Sessions

Set up/evaluate social media platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and other relevant sites

• Production of personal profile for LinkedIn
• 2 hour, one-on-one lesson in how to use these platforms.

Optional extra: Ongoing maintenance of your platforms including:

• 5 facebook posts a week
• 5 Instagram posts a week
• 1 LinkedIn post a week
• Maintenance of other platforms relevant to your business
• 2 hours a week of backend work and forming online relationships with various relevant organisations to build you following.

Give us a call!