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The Online Banking Industry

Market share of the top four banks in Australia.
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The New Zealand Online DVD Market

A comprehensive report on Fatso, DVD Unlimited & Movieshack.
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Alcohol Online

Liquor King Vs Blackmarket. This report investigates why Liquor King are failing to be the market leader online.
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Books Online

Whitcoulls Vs Fishpond. Examines why one of NZs most well-known stores is struggling to compete online.
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Pizza Online

Pizza Hut Vs Hell Pizza. Examines how Hell consistently ranks as the online leader in this market dominated by big brand names such as Pizza Hut & Dominos.
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Loyalty Programmes Online

Fly Buys Vs SmileCity. This report examines why SmileCity is so successful online.
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First Rate Services Brochure

Review First Rate's unique website marketing methodology, products, and services.
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SEO Strategies for Data Driven Sites

How to drive traffic to database driven sites through SEO.
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Top Tips for Link Building

Top tips and strategies for building legitimate links to a website.
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How to Plan & Implement a Paid Search Campaign

Practical tips on defining your objectives, running campaigns and measuring success.
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Website Marketing & Sales

Filled with essential statistics, charts and advice about marketing websites online.
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Customer Life Cycle Analysis "Learning From The Masters"

Discover how your marketing tactics and site features can be enhanced to drive increased sales and revenue.
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ING - Case Study

ING Australia is one of Australia's leading fund managers, life insurers and superannuation providers.
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Bridge Climb - Case Study

Sydney's top tourist arraction.
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Torpedo 7 - Case Study

NZ's most popular sports shopping site
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Appliances Online - Case Study

Australia's leading online appliance retailer
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Trade Me - Case Study

A fascinating insight into First Rate & New Zealand's most popular web site
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First Rate Case Studies

TradeMe - New Zealand Online Auctions and Classifieds

Discover how Search Engine Optimisation & Advertising drove targeted traffic to ING’s website

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First Rate has been working with some of Australia's most successful internet entrepreneurs and corporations since 1999 and has always been at the forefront of contemporary online marketing and web development trends. Drawing on this knowledge and experience, along with proven methodologies, First Rate drives its clients to leadership positions online.

First Rate offers a full service online marketing service and can also assist with strategy development for large website builds as well as smaller online concept development projects.

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Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) have evolved to become fundamental to the way in which sites are marketed online. Over 40% of online advertising is now spent on Paid Search.

First Rate is well known for its work in the Search Engine Marketing industry, its Founder, Jon Ostler, is an international writer and speaker on the subject of Search Engine Optimisation, Link Building and Search Engine Marketing.

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Email is fundamental to the way in which people communicate across the internet and forms an essential part of any site's online marketing strategy.

First Rate has years of experience managing client's email campaigns sent to 3rd party lists or to their own in-house subscriber database.

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First Rate offers a range of intelligent contemporary online advertising options,
all selected and managed to drive the highest return on advertising spend possible.

In addition to simple banner ad media planning, First Rate utilises its knowledge of what works online to deploy performance marketing campaigns utilising a wide range of online channels and tactics. First Rate even operates its own Australia Ad Network, "The Performance Network". First Rate also offers creative services and full banner ad design.

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The easiest way to increase the effectiveness of an online marketing campaign is to increase the conversion rate of the site. First Rate offers extensive landing page design and multivariate testing, or off the shelf landing page systems designed to immediately increase a site's conversions.

First Rates Blog Marketing service can be used to support many online marketing initiatives. First Rate can even offer e-commerce site development, all built on a foundation of online marketing and conversion principles. Finally, First Rate will fully install, configure and manage Google Analytics reporting to ensure that all marketing and site activities are tracked.

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