(L-R: David W Jones, OAM.FCA.AFAIM National Coordinator, 100 Year Water Grants Project, Scout Association of Australia, Stephen Webster, CEO, Storm Sustainability Ltd and Jon Dee, Founder of Planet Ark)
Crocmedia Australia client Storm Sustainability installed its 500th water tank for Scouts Australia in Sydney recently.
Storm is installing a water tank on every local Scout Hall across Australia to encourage water-saving efforts.
“This project is not just about saving water, it’s about educating 50,000 Scouts,” Jon Dee of Planet Ark said.
www.stormsustainabilty.com.au.
For further information on Storm, contact chris@crocmedia.com
Crocmedia’s New York office has signed Aussie company, Pet Loo, as a client. The “backyard in a box” innovation allows pets to relieve themselves hygienically inside the home. Wildly successful in Australia, Crocmedia has been retained to help launch and promote the product in New York City.
www.thepetloo.com
For further information on Pet Loo, contact alison@crocmedia.com
Crocmedia showcased property developer Knight Frank's luxurious New Zealand apartments, The Rees, to the Asian business community in Singapore last month.
The Rees apartments are based in Queenstown, New Zealand and offer stunning mountain views and natural beauty. Crocmedia’s Singapore office helped Knight Frank promote The Rees as a potential holiday home to invited guests at Singapore’s Hilton Hotel. Guest of honour New Zealand High Commissioner, His Excellency, Mr Martin Harvey spoke on all the unique benefits New Zealand has to offer.
www.kf.sg
For further information contact Ana Ismail on ana@crocmedia.com
On Monday 21 July, Melbourne’s Hisense Arena (formerly Vodafone Arena) was officially launched in in a multimillion-dollar, six year deal. Electronics and information company Hisense is a Crocmedia client. The naming of the arena in Melbourne’s Olympic Park precinct marks a new commitment in the sponsorship of Australian sports and entertainment.
www.hisense.com.au
For further information, contact rebecca@crocmedia.com
Crocmedia’s Los Angeles office continued to promote Wild Pacific Albacore along the west coast of America last month. The albacore was featured prominently in the LA Times newspaper’s food section and TV chef Gary Peutz – otherwise known as “The Seafood Steward” - showed Portland shoppers how to prepare and cook it in Whole Foods demonstrations.
For further information, contact brooke@crocmedia.com
The Crocmedia News agency in Los Angeles had a busy month with LA bureau chief, Sarah May, interviewing Hollywood stars Kiefer Sutherland, Wentworth Miller and Teri Hatcher. Reporter Sean Borg broke world exclusive stories about Madonna, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake while photographer Nick Stern continued to work with London newspapers, The Sun, Mail on Sunday and News Ltd Australia.
MyOutdoorTV.com and the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) have launched four Australian fishing shows to showcase the country’s unique fishing and waterways to a worldwide audience.
Crocmedia client Rex Hunt Fishing Adventures is one of the four programs that will air on MyOutdoorTV.com in North America and throughout the world.
“Rex is an iconic Australian identity and a pioneer of fishing entertainment and even more Americans will now be able to share in the fun of Rex Hunt Fishing Adventures,” said Crocmedia CEO, Craig Hutchison.
Crocmedia has given new life to the graveyard shift on Melbourne's only all-sport talk radio station, SEN, by launching a series of new programs on the midnight-dawn shift, including a hugely successful poker program, Bluff.
In partnership with Crown Casino and Bluff poker magazine, Australian’s can tune into Bluff every Wednesday morning on 1116 SEN for all the tips and hints on how to take home part of the 1million fortune at the 2008 Victorian Poker Champion at Crown Casino.
For entry details to the 2008 Victorian Poker Championship at Crown,
visit www.crownpoker.com.au
For further information on SEN overnights, contact brad@crocmedia.com
Scott Haywood of Haywood Financial Management is the latest Crocmedia client to undertake Frances Murphy’s Media Ready-Media Training program. Media Ready teaches clients how to appear confident and polished when interviewed by TV and print journalists.
“Having Frances's extensive media experience combined with an equivalent camera team gave me the chance to understand how the media can work to my advantage,” Haywood said.
“As a Managing Director of a financial planning firm I do a lot of public speaking and a lot of presentations - but the Media Ready Training has taken me to the next level and I now have tools that will help me perform at my best in front of the media.”
For further information on Crocmedia Media Ready-Media Training contact
frances@crocmedia.com
Congratulations to Crocmedia’s general manager of media sales, Nicole Costello, and her husband Andrew on the birth of a healthy baby girl, Charlie Rose on Friday, August 1.
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