Mayo Magpie - Digital Creatives Mudgee

We're Mudgee's new face for Web Design, TV Commercials and Digital marketing. Have a look at our work.

Be Likeable.

Be Likeable. Mayo Magpie can help you market your business on social media. If you're not on Facebook and Twitter, your customers are!

Facebook isn't just what the cool kids are doing. The internet is transforming the way people do business. If you're not on Facebook and Twitter - your customers are!

Be Findable.

Search Engine Optimization and Marketing from Mayo Magpie. Be found on Google and search engines. If you want your customers finding you, it's a good thing you found Mayo.

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There's a lot of stuff on the internet. And it's all vying for the attention of your customers. If you want your customers finding you, it's a good thing you've found Mayo.

Be the Story.

Television Commercial production from Mayo Magpie. Have us create a TV ad for your business. Story is at the root of all social evolution, and we're all about story.

At the root of all social evolution is story. We're all about story. And we do it on the latest digital tech. It's smaller, faster and doesn't break the budget.

Australian Heritage Motor Inn

Website, Search Engine Marketing

The Australian Heritage Motor Inn Dubbo contacted us with a bit of a quandry. Their old website had been wiped out, and they needed a new one. Fast. Mayo Magpie was able to deliver a shiny new website from their exact specifications in a weekend.

Peter and the team at the AHMI then hired us to undertake some Search Engine Optimization. They had another problem - their old website had been ranked after 100 listings on Google - they were on page 11. They needed to be brought to page one for their market segement as fast as possible. Mayo was able to deliver this, and now the website is ranked on the first page for every important search term the motel required.

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The Mudgee Timelapse Project

YouTube Marketing, Social Media Marketing

The Mudgee Timelapse Project is an ongoing video and photography experiment. The productions serve as content for Social Media advertising, by providing interesting media experiences which are distrubuted online.

The first of these, the clock tower on Church Street, is available to watch on YouTube via the link below.

Church St Timelapse

Book Marketing from Mayo Magpie

T.V. Commercial, Digital Marketing, Print & Graphic Design

We've created marketing for publishers like PanMacmillan and authors like Australia's number 1 bestseller Matthew Reilly.

Mayo was hired to design online digital content for Reilly's Area 7, and we served as conceptual designers to create the T.V. Commercial for his range of action novels (production by OneZeroOne).

Additionally, we've provided marketing, print and graphic design services for books like the Horror High series and local author Judy Walker's debut Warts and All.
ISPA Kebab Television Commercial

Television Commercial

ISPA Kebab Bathurst hired us to create a 30 second T.V. Commercial. The store creates fine quality meals from the freshest ingredients, and they approached Mayo to emphasize this to the region.

It was important to maintain a high quality production, canvassing as many market segments as possible in a light hearted way. After conducting market research, we discovered the store had become renowned for the fresh ingredients, stacked in piles for all customers to see. And so these fresh "mountains" became the theme of the ad.

The ad was shot in a single afternoon, for a budget of less than $1,000. ISPA reported an increase in sales following the ad, as well increased brand recognition, with many customers mentioning the "Fresh from the Mountains" approach as memorable and entertaining.

Watch the ad now

After All, Tomorrow's a New Day

By The Retreat

Music Video

Mayo Magpie created the music video for The Retreat's After All, Tomorrow's a New Day.

With only a tiny budget and 3 man crew, the clip was shot in a weekend to promote the band's E.P. Catch it on Rage and Video Hits, or hit the link below to play it now.

Watch it now
Last Ride

Web Development, Production Assistance

Mayo Magpie crew served as consultants on the production of the horror feature film Last Ride, from director James Phillips. 9 mountain bike riders set off into the blue mountains. Weeks later, only their bikes, blood, and a helmet mounted camera are found.

The film is available for hire from its website, which was created by Mayo Magpie.

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Chifley Centre Opening

Video Production

When Prime Minister Julia Gillard opened the recently completed Chifley Centre in Bathurst, ahead of her Light on the Hill anniversary speech, Mayo Magpie was who they turned to document the historic moment.

Mayo Magpie was the official behind the scenes documentary crew for this event, becoming one of the first teams ever to document a world leader with a HDSLR video system. With our small footprint, we were capable of getting more footage, in higher quality, so that the event can be archived for future Australians to enjoy.
Got Game

Video Production, Graphic Design, Print Design

The Got Game project was funded by the Copyright Agency Limited, and was an insight into the creation of games development, focussing on story development and the importance of literacy in delivering a video game.

Mayo Magpie created an interactive DVD and full colour workbook, which was distributed to schools around Australia. Mayo took care of all aspects of development - from pre to post production. The project was written and presented by teen fiction author Paul Stafford.

Cineliteracy

Education Initiative, Digital Media Production

Cineliteracy campaigns are groundbreaking initiatives which encourage the promotion of literacy through a film making framework. Mayo Magpie crew were hired to present workshops and create short films with more than 100 schools around Australia.

The initiatives were created in conjunction with agencies like Arts Outwest, Outback Arts, the Australian Government Department of Water, Energy, Heritage and Resources, the Copyright Agency Limited and the N.S.W. Department of Education and Training.
Video Conferencing Masterclass

Video Production, Video Training

Presented by teen fiction author Paul Stafford and Penny Packham, this production explores successful video conferencing techniques for education professionals

Mayo produced the project from pre to post production, with filming taking place at the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum. It was edited and finished at Mayo Magpie studios and distributed digitally in 2011.

Muckraking

Short films, Parody productions

From time to time, our crew have created "just for fun" content including parody videos and short films.

These productions can provide viral marketing and social media content. But more than that - they're just good old fashioned fun, and a great way to flex our creative muscles.

Click the button below to watch one of these productions - a parody of the Anti-Plain Packaging T.V. Campaign. CAUTION: Contains strong language and rude references.

Watch a parody
Man Flu

Short Film

Every year, millions of men around the world are affected. They sniffle, they groan, they can't get off the lounge. They all suffer that same disastrous fate. That devil of a disease: Man Flu.

Watch the mockumetary via the link below. Written and Directed by Ben Lynch, this short film examines the all too common illness that plagues mankind.

Watch Man Flu now

Project CMD

Classified

Project CMD is our most ambitious project to date. Featuring complicated visual effects, the [REDACTED] spent 3 months in pre-production, despite being shot in a single day. It took many more months of post production to complete. It required collaboration with artists from Australia and the U.S.

Featuring performances from [REDACTED], and music by [REDACTED], the project remains a mystery, with good reason.

We can't say any more at this stage. Stay tuned.
Rusty Then Sam

Short Film

Not yet released.

A son, Sam, and his blind father, Rusty, go for a walk one day. Rusty asks Sam to describe to him what it is he sees. Only Sam lets his imagine run away with him a little.

"Throughout our association Ben has been impeccable in his service delivery and it is not possible to speak highly enough of his ability, attention to detail and meeting the specific needs of us as a client."

Stephen Champion

Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre

Did you know that more than half of Australians use Facebook? Or that 1 in 3 mobile searches are for local information?

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Source: Google Australia

Did you know that 89% of consumers research products online before they purchase them in store? It pays to have your business on the web.

Source: Google Australia

Mayo Magpie

Shop 4, 72 Church St Mudgee, N.S.W. 2850

Mayo Magpie Studios 1

Mayo Magpie Studios 2

Mayo Magpie Studios 3

Phone 02 6372 2773

Or 0404 466 236

We are mayomagpie

We reckon the Central West of N.S.W. has a greater digital potential than is currently being fulfilled. We use iPads and iPhones and like to use words like “innovation”, “winning” and phrases like “so’s your face”.

We love what we do, and that makes us better at it. Mayo is owned and operated by Ben Lynch, a Mudgee bloke with a film-making habit and experience in all things digital. He’s studied Screen, Psychology, I.T., Communications and a bunch of other impressive-sounding disciplines.

We have a studio in the heart of Mudgee, and shoot on the latest digital tech. But our footprint is small - like ninjas. Ninjas that have let themselves go perhaps, but still ninjas. High quality, emotionally engaging, low-profile productions that’ll knock your customer’s socks off.