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May 22, 2012

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1-day scores Trade Me daily deal coup

Trade Me is handing over its homepage daily deals to 1-day from next month. Craig Jordan, Trade Me’s head of marketplace, said there would be three offers every day powered by 1-day, running from 10am for 24 hours, or until sold out. But it’s business as usual for Trade Me’s own daily deals arm; Jordan said the Treat Me team would “continue to do the great things they’re already doing”.

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QR codes get the designer treatment

QR codes may be practical, but they’re sure as heck not pretty. The ugly little box is no more, however, as far as Kiwi company SET QR is concerned. From its tiny Wellington office and a flat in downtown Tokyo, the company takes standard QR codes and inflects them with individual, branded personalities.

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Christchurch fundraiser keeps it in the family

When it comes to the latest fundraising initiative for Christchurch, it’s a case of both what you know and who you know. Pixels for Christchurch involves turning artist Shane Hansen’s artwork ‘Arohanui Otautahi’ into 100,000 pixels that the public can purchase, raising $100,000 for Christchurch in the process.

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Win! Tickets to Social Media Club, the gamification edition!

Feeling lucky? You could win free entry to Social Media Club Auckland on Tuesday, where clever clogs from SmallWorlds, Microsoft, Snapr and more will gather to discuss all things gamification.

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DesignCrowd taps 20 burgeoning New Zealand startups

DesignCrowd, an online marketplace providing logo, website, print and graphic design services through freelancers from around the world, has just launched its New Zealand chapter. And to mark the occasion, it’s compiled a roundup of 20 ‘hot startups’ from down under.

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Not all innovation is created equal

Whether they deal in cars or cookies or computers, companies typically struggle with creating innovative products and services. Often, they discover that the greatest challenges aren’t in coming up with big ideas but in the organisational and management issues that follow.

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Pick the brains of talking heads at Digital Marketing Summit

Should you long for gold-plated wisdom in spades, MSN’s Digital Marketing Summit next month promises to offer a fresh range of talking heads: Digital luminary Dr Jeffrey Cole, director of the Centre for the Digital Future, USC Annenberg, LA, and Shubu Mitra, director of marketing communications effectiveness, The Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, head up the speaker list. It’s a free conference, capped at 300. 

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