Our team has a whole range of experience and skills, practised around the world,  that can help businesses excel in all of growth stages and in all areas of operations.

We can help in every area of your business from:

• Refining your Identity
• Defining and growing your Brand
• Gaining and growing a strong online presence
• Marketing yourself effectively
• Utilising Social Media and Social Commerce
• Profiling and structuring your team
• Refining your processes
• Structuring your business for success

Kiwi Dreams was born out of the dreams of founders John  Owens and Pam Walton, both of whom have acted as consultants in and owned businesses on both sides of the globe.  They know through their own successes and failures, triumphs and tragedies, the special challenges

-       Entertainment Publications| Sydney, Australia

-       The Restaurant & Bar Show | Auckland, New Zealand

-       The Travel Brokers – Stella Travel Group | New Zealand

-       International Institute of Business Analysis |Tehran, Iran

-       Tourism Dunedin | Dunedin, New Zealand

-       Otago Chamber of Commerce | Dunedin, New Zealand

-       Dunedin Host Tourism Association | Dunedin , New Zealand

-       St Clair Beach Resort| Dunedin, New Zealand

-       Tourism Industry Blog | New Zealand

-       Otago Polytechnic | Dunedin, New Zealand

-       Department of Internal Affairs | Wellington, New Zealand

-       Bank of New Zealand | Dunedin, New Zealand

-       Data Quality Pro | London, UK

Subjects of our recent webinars, workshops & presentations include; 

Turning Social Media into Social Commerce

Effective Marketing through Facebook

Embracing the power of Linkedin

Building a Brand for Restaurants & Bars

Social Media Marketing for Tourism Businesses

Social Media Marketing for Small Businesses

An introduction to SEO

Understanding Property Management Systems

Getting to grips with Review Sites

Creative Content for Social Media

The basics of Search Engine Marketing

Structuring your business for success

Managing data quality

We provide a monthly consultancy package to the company, mostly used by Andrew Whiley for external opinions and expertise advice on his company’s online activities. Ways we have supported Whiley Golf so far have been;

-       Providing advice around personal online branding to Andrew Whiley.

-       Highlighting opportunities for online marketing of Andrew Whiley and his associated brands through social media, golf related websites and print publications also.

-       Project management, conceptual design and quality auditing of the New Zealand Golf Rankings website development project.

-       Recommending and quality referencing online service suppliers.

-       Connecting the company with potential brand partners and investors.

We will be supporting Whiley Golf with the choice and development of a new golf related system, currently being undertaken as a joint venture with a tourism related company in New Zealand.

Our work with Wanaka Lakehouse addressed this broad range of business areas;

-       Advising on and assisting in the selection of a booking engine, channel manager and third party sales sites.

-       Writing effective sales script for online accommodation booking and listing websites.

-       Conceptualisation of accommodation and activity packages, corporate retreats and themed events.

-       Building social media followers and encouragement of sharing content.

-       Implementing direct email marketing and follow up emails to encourage TripAdvisor reviews, resulting in the property maintaining #1 position for our six month programme.

-       Defining clear responsibilities and structure within the operation.

-       Recommendation of online service providers and photographers.