{"id":336755,"date":"2026-03-19T03:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336755\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T03:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:25:12","slug":"calling-agency-founders-tell-us-your-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336755\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling agency founders: tell us your story"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Agency<\/p>\n

In our June 2026 issue, NZ Marketing is shining a spotlight on the intrepid individuals who took the leap and founded their own agency. Our special collector\u2019s issue will be a who\u2019s who of agency founders in Aotearoa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Are you a founder? Tell us your story. Why did you start out \u2013 was it time to leave a big corporate behind? Did you spot a gap that nobody else had seen? Or perhaps it was a work\/life thing. (Let us know how that\u2019s working out.)<\/p>\n

You probably had mentors, or at least a role model. What\u2019s the best piece of advice you\u2019ve received along the way\u2026 or given?<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re working at the kitchen table or running offices in three countries, we want to hear how it started and how it\u2019s going.<\/p>\n

This issue will be a celebration of the indies that are powering the New Zealand scene \u2013 and making waves overseas too.<\/p>\n

We know you\u2019re out there and we know the journey you took to get here has twists and turns. We also know that agencies and their founders go through different stages. Let us know if you:<\/p>\n

have started more than one agencyare still the founder, but have passed the day-to-day baton to someone elsehave expanded overseasmerged with another agency or were acquired<\/p>\n

Tell us your story and we\u2019ll share it with the wider world.<\/p>\n

Send us pictures<\/p>\n

Of course, we want the magazine to look great, too. That means we need pictures! The form below asks you for:<\/p>\n

your logosome high-res pictures of your worka headshot of you (and your fellow founder\/s, if there\u2019s more than one)Want to stand out?<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be covering dozens of agency founders in our June issue, and there are several ways you can stand out from the crowd. Call Dan Prestige on 021 478 944 or email\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a> to talk about a range of options.<\/p>\n

Do it now<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t hang about, we\u2019d love to hear from you by April 2 (that\u2019s the Thursday before Easter). So fill in the form above \u2013 or send this story to an agency founder you know \u2013 today.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You won\u2019t want to miss the Agency Founders Issue of NZ Marketing. Place your order for delivery mid-June.<\/p>\n

Essential marketing intelligence. Don\u2019t miss it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In our June 2026 issue, NZ Marketing is shining a spotlight on the intrepid individuals who took the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69,20962],"class_list":["post-336755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-online-exclusive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}