“It is no longer good enough to just rely on the outstanding quality of the wines and assume that they will sell themselves – which is why we’ve engaged Village, a strategically-minded, results-driven agency.  A recent Village-lead marketing campaign involving billboards, radio, print, public relations and ambient media resulted in Bird Wines exceeding its sales target by 45 percent, which in this economy is outstanding.”

Steve Bird, owner/winemaker of Steve Bird Winery & Vineyards Ltd.

“Village launched the e.l.f (eyes, lips, face) range into the New Zealand market with spectacular results.  Our products were featured in the top fashion and beauty magazines, on radio and online.  Every time I picked up a magazine, our product was in it.  Fantastic results Village!”

Miranda Cobb, owner of Evolution Clothing.

“Village was commissioned to deliver a comprehensive public relations strategy and communications plan for Food Bay of Plenty in November 2009.  Working closely with Village during the development process we found their passion, insight, professionalism and flexibility extremely valuable.”

The Executive Team, Food Bay of Plenty.

“Village recently held a media training workshop for a number of agencies responsible for economic development in the Bay of Plenty.  All those that took part were very impressed with the range of issues and situations Village covered in the workshop.  They were left infinitely better equipped to not only deal with media enquiries in a prepared manner to achieve their communications goals, but also learned valuable skills to enable them to build their organisation’s profile though well received press releases and other approaches to media.

The workshop provided simple but extremely effective tools to deal with every aspect of the media, including the value of public relations in the delivery of key messages to a variety of audiences.  The Village team was well prepared and understood the outcomes participants were seeking, and very much exceeded expectations.  They also made it a lot of fun!  Priority One has brought the Village team in on a number of other projects since and has been delighted with the outcomes each time.”

Andrew Coker, Chief Executive Officer at Priority One (Western Bay Economic Development Agency)