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APMA Star Awards - July, 2010
The Australian Promotional Marketing Association (APMA) is soon to hold it's annual Star Awards 2010. APMA represents leading Promotional Marketing Agencies in Australia and New Zealand.
The award event is in it's 5th year and the quality of contestants are raising the bar. "Star Awards honour the year's most outstanding promotional marketing campaigns. Designed to generate both industry and public recognition of excellence in the area of promotional marketing".
Newsnet will be apart of the APMA star awards by sponsoring the category:
"Best Activity Generating Brand Awareness & Trial"
The winners will be announced at the Star Awards event to be held in Sydney on the 1st July, 2010.
Newsnet wishes all the entrants the best of luck for the awards! For more information on the awards please visit www.apma.com
Enterprise Connect - A Government Initiative
Enterprise Connect is a $50 Million a year Australian Government initiative backed by industry that offers comprehensive advice and support to eligible Australian small and medium sized businesses to help them transform and reach their full potential.
Enterprise Connect aims to assist eligible Australian small and medium businesses by connecting them to:
- Comprehensive, independent business advisory services;
- Tailored business support and;
- A network of resources that draws together the best available knowledge, technology and business practices.
Enterprise Connect offers support in the manufacturing, creative, mining, defence and clean energy industries irrespective of where your business is based in Australia.
Newsnet has registered as part of this initiative, offering our suite of Digital Messaging Services plus Consulting services on best practises for improving efficiencies and effectiveness of SMEs.
Further details are available from the Enterprise Connect Hotline on 131 791 or from the website www.enterpriseconnect.gov.au
Digital Messaging Information & Demonstration Event - March, 2010
You're invited to an information & demonstration event about Digital Messaging and Marketing! This event will cover how to save money & time for your business by using Fax, Email, Voice & SMS.
You will learn how to use Newsnet's Officestream for Debt Collections, Marketing, Appointment reminders & more. Our very own Richard O'Neill will be presenting this event.
When: Wednesday 3rd March at 6:00pm
Where: Blacktown Workers Club; 55 Campbell St, Blacktown
Cost: FREE of Charge (Finger Food Supplied & Drinks Available)
This is a Blacktown Business Network Event Sponsored by Newsnet Messaging Solutions.
You need to register ASAP at www.blacktownbusiness.net OR by phone :(02) 9853 3216
Happy New Year - January, 2010
The Newsnet team welcomes you back from the Christmas break!
We hope you have enjoyed your holidays and are ready for the new year ahead.
This new year promises to keep everybody on their toes and Newsnet is here to help. If you need any infomation about any of our services or have any questions about your current account, please feel free to call or email.
We are more then happy to provide training, answers to any questions or just to sit down with you to discuss your business needs.
Newsnet Mailmerge Platform available on Web Portal - November, 2009
Newsnet's New Mailmerge Platform previously only available for API and managed customers is now available for those using the Newsnet Web Portal.
The new platform boasts merging capabilities up to 8x faster than the previous platform and has more stability as a whole to ensure your messages are delivered without delay.
If you are interested in using the new mailmerge feature from the Web Portal, please contact us to find out how.
Newsnet's 4th Edition Newsletter - November, 2009
The last edition of Newsnet’s Newsletter for 2009 addresses PR and a few cost effective ways you yourself can improve publicity for your business.
We also outline some of our most recent improvements to the Newsnet platform and how they could be applied. Download the latest newsletter for these articles and more.
Newsnet Enhancements: Net Connect Web Service - October, 2009
We are pleased to announce that Newsnet has just released its new Web Service NetConnect.
Web services allow different applications from different sources to communicate with each other without time-consuming custom coding, and because all communication is in XML, Web services are not tied to any one operating system or programming language.
NetConnect will enable customers to connect their applications to our messaging platform quickly and securely, offering faster and more reliable deployment of solutions.
NetConnect will take advantage of the new Microsoft Azure Cloud, which means not only does it provide a highly fault tolerant platform, it also automatically scales up and down depending on usage.
For more information on NetConnect please feel free to contact us to find out how this solution can benefit your business.
Newsnet Enhancements: New Mailmerge Platform - August, 2009
New Mailmerge Platform has arrived and is now available to API and Managed customers.
Using mail merge allows you to personalize your campaigns for a more effective message to your target audience, which promises to capture the recipient's attention and generate a higher response rate.
The new mail merge platform has been completely rewritten from the ground up to encapsulate the latest technology and to merge documents up to 8 x faster than the previous mail merge platform.
This new service is currently only available to our API and Managed customers, but will soon be available to use from the Web Portal.
Be sure to ask us for more information about our new Mailmerge Platform.
Newsnet's 3rd Edition Newsletter - July, 2009
In the Winter edition of Newsnet's Newsletter we outline a new service that Newsnet will be offering. Also this quarter we have been busy trying to improve our technology and service so we let you know what to expect from Newsnet in the near future.
Download the Newsletter for more informaton, and please feel free to give us any feedback on the Newsletter or any of Newsnet's Services.
Newsnet Enhancements - 1st July 2009
We have made some exciting new changes to the Newsnet site which will be implemented from the 1st July 2009. When you log into your Newsnet account you will see considerable cosmetic changes to enhance the look and feel. All the usual functionality is still there and some new functionality changes have also been implemented making the site faster, cleaner and more intuitive.
For more information please download the new look 'Web Access Guide' by logging into your Newsnet account and clicking on the Help Section. Alternatively feel free to contact us to discuss the changes.
Newsnet's 2nd Edition Newsletter - April, 2009
Welcome to another edition of Newsnet's Quaterly Newsletter. In this edition we cover the difference between using an SMS Aggrigator and why Fax is still essential to business function.
We have also made some changes in line with the feedback we revieved. Download the Newsletter for more informaton.
Newsnet's 1st Edition Newsletter - February, 2009
Newsnet has started a quaterly Newsletter for our customers outlining: services, tips and improvements, so that you will be better informed on how to obtain more business value from our messaging platform.
If you'd like to subscribe to the Newsletter, or have any suggestions on something you'd like to hear about, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Newsnet Enhancements - November, 2008
As part of our ongoing Enhancement Program, Newsnet completed a relocation of it's messaging platform on Thursday November 27th. We have now relocated to a more robust hosting centre. We have also use this opportunity to replace some of our older equipment.
This change means that we will able to provide improved reliablibity and service.
Welcome to the new look Newsnet.com.au - October, 2008
Over the past few months we have been working hard to bring you a new, more informative and usuable website
We very much value the opnion of our customers, so if you have any comments or feedback about the site, please feel free to let us know
Pisces Group appoints John Hewson chairman - Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Pisces Group are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. John Hewson as Chairman. John brings a wealth of experience in the financial industry with previous roles such as founding director of Macquarie and Chairman of ABN Amro.