Welcome to BiteSize 23 August 2009 #23
 
In this issue:
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Bite 1: One million extra reasons to get creative with heraldsun.com.au | Bite 2: TSL bonds with Sunday Herald Sun | Bite 3: Herald Sun first with the footy at 4pm | Special Bite: National editorial coverage for Herald Sun sections | Last Bite: Herald Sun VCE results guide opportunity
Bite One
One million extra reasons to get creative with heraldsun.com.au
Over the past 12 months heraldsun.com.au gained one million more unique browsers and now averages 2.8 million* every month. That's a massive 56 per cent increase.

Herald Sun online editor Matthew Pinkney said: "We've made a huge effort to ensure that we break the news that matters first. We can now see that when a major story happens, readers come to heraldsun.com.au first. And having discovered us, many of them keep coming back. Our traffic figures are a tribute to a small, dedicated and highly-imaginative team."

Our creative team is always searching for new ways to connect your brand with our powerful audience. Recent creative advertisements to appear on heraldsun.com.au include the 'side kicker' for Nissan, 'half-page microsite' for Worksafe as well as interactive 'over the page' creatives for Boag's Draught and Holden.

For more information or ideas for your next heraldsun.com.au campaign please call Samantha Finnegan, Herald Sun Online Sales Manager, on 03 9292 1245 or email finnegans@hwt.com.au


*Source: Nielsen Online Market Intelligence July 09. Site Census July 08.
 
Bite Two
TSL bonds with Sunday Herald Sun
The TV Guide is one of the most popular liftouts within the Sunday Herald Sun with 80 per cent of readers reading the section. And it is retained on average for seven days giving advertisers multiple chances to promote their products and services.

Tiepermann Stores Limited (TSL), which sells iconic Australian fashion brands such as Bonds, recently ran a campaign in the Sunday Herald Sun TV Guide with outstanding results.

"TSL have found TV Guide instrumental in building brand awareness and have experienced exponential sales increases when advertising in this publication. The Sunday Herald Sun TV Guide is a cost-effective way of reaching our target audience and we are very satisfied with the results," said TSL marketing director Jacqueline Tiepermann.

For advertising opportunities please contact Andrew Van Eede, Sunday Herald Sun TV Guide Account Manager, on 03 9292 2336 or email vaneedea@hwt.com.au


Sources: Herald Sun Online Reader panel 2008-09; Herald Sun Sections 2007 pilot study.
 
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Bite Three
Herald Sun first with the footy at 4pm
The Herald Sun is kicking goals with its AFL coverage at superfooty.com.au, building on the phenomenal success of SuperCoach.

New innovations include Footy at 4, a daily footy news video hosted by Herald Sun sports writers each weekday at 4pm. This gives viewers their footy fix before they leave work and, crucially, beats the nightly TV news.

Footy coverage continues to ramp up next month - both in paper and online.

AFL online editor Finn Bradshaw said superfooty.com.au would deliver behind-the-scenes news via Twitter from the Brownlow Medal, training sessions and the AFL Grand Final.

"Our Brownlow reporting will be bigger than ever, with up-to-the-minute coverage of all the glamorous WAGs and live blogs and, for the first time, the Brownlow Medal form guide will be available online as well as in paper. It will be a massive month for footy" he said.

For online advertising opportunities please call Samantha Finnegan, Herald Sun Online Sales Manager, on 03 9292 1245 or email finnegans@hwt.com.au
 
Special Bite
National editorial coverage for Herald Sun sections
Relaunches are underway for the Herald Sun's hero sections - travel, finance, food, television, entertainment and lifestyle - to maintain relevance in a changing consumer marketplace. For the first time the sections will be produced by a national team geographically dispersed across the country, with each section maintaining ample scope for locally specific content and advertising.

The finance section Your Money was the first to be launched in Monday's Herald Sun followed by nationalisation of the Sunday Herald Sun's travel section Escape. Friday's travel section - which focuses on domestic holidays - has also been rebranded to Escape to give consistency across the category.

For further information or advertising opportunities please call Matthew Rainsford, Herald Sun Sections and Features Sales Manager, on 03 9292 1935 or email rainsfordm@hwt.com.au
 
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Last Bite
Herald Sun VCE results guide opportunity
On Monday, December 14, the Herald Sun will publish the VCE Results Guide. This 24-page essential guide will tell VCE students how to find out their results, interpret them, change their preferences, and offer other education options. Included in the report is a list of the ENTER scores required for entry to courses at universities, TAFE institutes and independent tertiary colleges, based on 2008 data from VTAC.

Herald Sun Learn editor Blanche Clarke said: "The VCE Results Guide contains inspirational stories of former students who have succeeded at university or through alternative pathways. It's one of our most popular education liftouts."

With 39 per cent of Victorian students aged 16-18 reading the Herald Sun (M-F), the release of the VCE results is an excellent time to speak to this audience.

For further information or advertising opportunities please call Ann Margaret Laidlaw, Herald Sun Account Manager Education, on 03 9292 1293 or email laidlawa@hwt.com.au

Booking deadline: Tuesday, December 1, 2009.


*Source: Roy Morgan, March 2009. Net M-F.
 
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