When it comes to our approach to ongoing marketing efforts for our clients we take a decidedly nautical approach. If you visualise your various marketing and advertising channels as boats in a harbour, we take the view that our work as your agency is to...
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90% of the time VA put out feelers across our network and our social channels to try to find people who are a good fit for...
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Hi all, Micah here. It’s been over a year since I started working at VA as a junior Video Content Creator and I thought I’d...
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I want you to go to the BOM Site and bask in its unapologetic beauty. I want you to minimise your window if you’re on...
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Where has the year gone? it feels like winter only started a few weeks ago and now we are staring down the arrival of summer...
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An exploration into the world of content creation in 2021. As much as I despise the expression "content is king", let's face it: content —...
ReadWe Are VA has a growing portfolio page https://www.weareva.com.au/work/. It’s an aggregate of client work that we feel represents our capabilities. However, there is a...
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We Are VA would like to welcome Daniel Roy to the team. Originally trained by our web aficionado Nik Nieuwenhuis back in 2008, Daniel has...
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Well, another month through 2021 and we’ve had our heads down as much as ever. For the first time ever we’ve got two new Beers...
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We Are VA would like to welcome Calvin Skinner to the team. Calvin joins us with a tonne of marketing and content expertise and is...
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We Are VA Helped the Noosa Festival of Surfing's Celebrate Their 30 Year Milestone! We Are VA proudly sponsored and orchestrated the 2021 Noosa Festival...
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When it comes to marketing, small businesses usually follow either of two paths. There is the option to have an in-house marketing “all-rounder” or businesses...
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So you’ve got your sights set on a fancy new website? Perhaps your existing website is out of date, it’s under-performing or just simply needs...
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Image is everything. Well almost. When creating visual branding, whether graphic design, distinct social media presence or a new marketing campaign, you need it to...
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What a month we’ve had! We have a huge amount of work on the go and a huge amount of work wrapping up. We launched...
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Google Analytics is a tool used daily, here at VA. It’s one of the first things we want to see when we welcome new clients...
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Digital marketing isn’t about long-winded word docs, spreadsheets, meetings and printed minutes. Oh no! It’s an adventure into the Wild West, it’s about walking into...
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You’ve probably heard the unkempt youth of today saying its name, perhaps you saw a viral video with it’s watermark in the corner. Well, we...
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We hear it all too often. The one where a business invested in social media-based advertising, just because they heard that if you aren’t doing...
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Events have been at the core of our DNA since 2010 when we opened our doors at the "Old Courthouse" in Maroochydore. Part underground bar,...
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Originally hailing from the UK, our Creative Director Erin Short comes to VA with experience working on international brands across an array of industries, including...
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Before you read further please understand that the headline above is total clickbait. The article that follows outlines my position (as of Feb 2021) and...
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VA is happy to announce that Josh Allen has joined our team as Project/Account Manager. The entire VA team has a longstanding relationship with Josh...
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A few weeks ago I published Part 1 of this series and you can find it here. It dealt with how/why sites are slow and...
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The Junior in the office but in no way a coffee lackey, Micah has grown to handle a lot of VA’s small format video work...
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Firstly lets define a few parameters for this discussion. Speed isn't EVERYTHING. There is always a trade off between beauty and speed.Google PageSpeed Insights is...
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It really isn't getting any easier and here is why : For most SMEs Digital marketing has not totally replaced your traditional marketing so now...
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These were handwritten HTML documents place on a web server so that internet users could access the content - the first one is still running...
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A few short years we all assumed that the future was one in which a business could create a website, pay the hosting bill and...
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They certainly wouldn't work for months to get everything "right" before launch. The goal is to try and avoid this scenario : Breaking that upfront...
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