http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.launch.rocketspark.com en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:47:43 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/post/64464/launch-speaker-spotlight-liora-pine/ Originally born in California, Liora Pine, Creative Director of The Little Acre, spent years working in the graphic design industry before settling down in New Zealand in 2007. It was during her ‘design gypsy’ phase that she developed an understanding of what makes design work, not just aesthetically, but effectively. With hands-on experience across a range of design businesses, from small creative studios to large agencies, Liora brought all that experience together with The Little Acre.&nb... Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:52:31 +1200 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/#post64464 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/post/63769/local-and-international-good-works-dont-go-overlooked/ Mark Jackson, Founder of Creatipix, was nominated seven times for our Community Good Award.  When we rang Mark to let him know he was a finalist in the category, he was a bit surprised because he didn’t even know he’d entered it. “I did a bit of digging and found out my wife had emailed a number of our clients and let them know of the awards. She asked that if they felt I had provided them with help worthy of a nomination, to feel free to do so,” he said when we met with him to talk... Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/#post63769 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/post/63639/pharmacies-keep-community-engagement-during-covid/ When the country went into lockdown last year pharmacies were allowed to operate, but they weren’t allowed to let people into their stores. This caused a lot of issues, such as queuing and customers having to wait in their cars for a very long time. RPM Retail, a data analytics company whose job is to primarily collect sales data and stock information from retail stores, including Pharmacies, and repackage it by putting it in a way that non-technical people could understand, came up with a sol... Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:26:00 +1300 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/#post63639 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/post/62921/community-good-award-finalist-magic-fingers/ Our first Community Good Award finalist to be announced for 2021 is Natalie White, Owner and Creative Director of Magic Fingers Graphics. Nat strives to give back to her community every year and last year was no exception, in fact, Covid pushed her to give even more. Two of the bigger projects she worked on that provided an epic amount of community good saw a church be able to continue sharing messages throughout lockdown, and helped a humble & modest man biking the length of the country raise m... Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:19:38 +1300 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/#post62921 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/post/62460/previous-launch-award-winners-look-forward-to-this-years-event/ Our past award winners thrived at our inaugural Launch conference and can’t wait to head back this year. Tonia Hill, brand strategist and website designer started her business, Crisp Graphics, in 2003 and has never looked back. Rebranding to become Greenhouse Creative in 2020.  Tonia took out the Website of the year and Best ecommerce website awards at the 2018 Launch awards.“Winning an award (actually two awards that I’m really proud of) at Launch was huge for me. Overall, it validat... Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/#post62460 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/post/62713/launch-speaker-spotlight-monica-shepherd/ Monica Shepherd is the founder of Mark My Words. She’s a copywriter and messaging strategist who loves the power language has to connect, inspire, change, make people think, ignite emotions and take people on a journey.  With an understanding of SEO copywriting, compelling storytelling techniques, persuasion and buyer psychology, she helps purpose-driven brands craft digital content and brand stories that attract their ideal clients.  Since 2010, she has worked with a range of B2B an... Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:47:04 +1300 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/#post62713 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/post/62574/launch-speaker-spotlight-kendyl-haultain/ Why do some businesses seem to propel themselves online with social media whilst others struggle to gain traction? That’s the question that Make Social Click was founded on. Kendyl Haultain, Director of Make Social Click, is an entrepreneur with over 12 year's experience marketing businesses online. She works with brands to establish clever and unique marketing strategies that set them apart from their competitors. At Launch, Kendyl will be speaking about your social media presence and how to ... Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:58:23 +1300 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/#post62574 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/post/62462/launch-speaker-spotlight-grant-johnson/ As the least technical of Rocketspark’s founders, CEO Grant Johnson, is always looking for ways to make the complex simple. His career prior to Rocketspark spanned a broad range of industries which provides a great depth of business knowledge. With his wife, Grant launched, grew and sold an online store which provided him with deep insight into what it takes to grow an ecommerce business. At Launch, Grant will be speaking about business strategy, finding the right pieces to build a company and... Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:29:36 +1300 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/#post62462 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/post/62055/launch-speaker-spotlight-jeremy-johnson/ Jeremy Johnson is the Co-founder and Head of Product here at Rocketspark. Jeremy balances his time between product management, UI design and the marketing of Rocketspark. He's passionate about crafting user experiences that are beautifully simple and people love to use.  Before co-founding Rocketspark, Jeremy was a freelance graphic designer and experienced first-hand the frustrations of working with web developers and complicated content management systems when designing an overall brandin... Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:41:31 +1300 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/#post62055 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/post/62054/launch-speaker-spotlight-jo-jensen/ Jo Jensen, Founder of Strictly Savvy, is a rising female leader. For her outstanding leadership, entrepreneurship, creativity and vision for the future, Jo was awarded the Young Business Person of the Year 2015 at the Wellington Region Business Excellence Awards. Strictly Savvy was also honoured with the best Professional Services Business award in 2017. In true entrepreneur style, Jo has many ventures on the go and also runs Savvy School where she teaches other women how to create their own vir... Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:38:06 +1300 http://www.launch.rocketspark.com/blog/#post62054