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Digital Marketing: Google Ads + SEO

Boost your online visibility with this hands on, foundational digital marketing workshop. Designed for business owners, this session builds your understanding of two core channels that drive website traffic: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Google Ads. 

Goals: 

  • Understand how Google discovers, ranks, and displays websites.
  • Learn SEO fundamentals to improve your organic visibility.
  • Set up and manage Google Ads campaigns that attract quality traffic.
  • Spot quick wins and common issues across both channels.

SEO Fundamentals:

  • How Google ranks websites and what drives visibility.
  • Key onpage optimisation tactics: keywords, titles, meta descriptions, content structure.
  • Tools to audit your site’s SEO health.
  • Quick wins to lift your search rankings.

Google Ads Essentials:

  • How Google Ads works and key campaign types.
  •  Effective keyword selection and targeting.
  • Structuring campaigns that convert — without wasting budget.
  • Tracking success and understanding conversions.

Outcome: Deepen your understanding of how Google works and gain practical tools to optimise your website and manage effective ads — giving you the confidence to take control of your digital presence or direct with clarity.

What to Bring:
To get the most out of the workshop, participants are encouraged to bring a laptop and charger for the day. While this is not mandatory, having your own device will help you fully engage in the activities and make the most of the workshop experience.

Ticket $400+gst

This training is registered with the Regional Business Partner Network. To explore if your business is eligible for support, contact your local Regional Business Growth Advisor here: roz@tauranga.org.nz

Event Details

Date: October 21, 2026

Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Venue:
Tauranga Business Chamber - 58 Cross Road, Sulphur Point

TicketInvestment
Ticket$400 + GST

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Tracy Hayson

As Managing Director and owner of Hayson Knell, Tracy brings over 20 years’ experience building a successful Tauranga-based planning consultancy into a nationally respected firm.

Alongside her business leadership, Tracy is an accredited RMA Commissioner and brings broad governance experience, including the NZ Planning Institute’s BOP branch and the Otūmoetai Intermediate Board of Trustees.
Rochelle Lockley

Rochelle Lockley

Rochelle is the General Manager Communications for Port of Tauranga Limited, New Zealand’s largest port, joining the executive team in September 2020. Before that she spent 15 years operating her own strategic communications consultancy.

A former journalist, she has worked in communications in London, New York, Sydney, Auckland and Tauranga over the past 30 years.
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Rachel Withington

Rachel is an Associate in the Property and Commercial team at Holland Beckett. With more than a decade of legal experience in Tauranga, she has advised clients locally and nationally on a wide range of matters.

Rachel is passionate about supporting the growth of the Tauranga region and the success of its business community.
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Morgan Wynniatt

Morgan brings experience from both advisory and industry roles, including senior positions at BDO and financial accounting work with Seeka.

Her focus is on tax planning, financial reporting, and advisory support, with a particular interest in international tax and more complex structures. She works with clients across agribusiness, property, manufacturing, and Māori corporations.
Chad Wallace

Chad Wallace

Chad specialises in all things property: subdivisions, developments, horticulture and farm sales, retirement villages, and local authority work. He also acts for one of New Zealand’s largest group home builders, so he’s deeply familiar with the real-world pressures of getting deals over the line.

He helps clients untangle complexity, weigh up risks, and make sure what’s been agreed is actually reflected on paper.
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Brook Carrington

Brook is a Pre-Construction Manager at Livingstone Building. With over 20 years’ experience in the commercial construction sector, Brook brings proven leadership, strategic thinking, and practical problem-solving skills.

His career has been built around managing complex projects, working alongside diverse stakeholder groups, and delivering outcomes that balance vision with practicality.
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Stevan Chand

Treasurer

Stevan is a Chartered Accountant and strategic business advisor with extensive experience in external audit, business advisory, and commercial leadership across Fiji and New Zealand.

As a Partner at PKF Tauranga, he provides business coaching and strategic support, virtual CFO services, budgeting, forecasting and cashflow management, and tax compliance and planning.
Linda Finlay – Treasurer

Jamie Lunam

Vice Chair

Jamie has been a local SME business leader across several organisations and industries in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato for 15 years, with expertise predominantly in the primary and manufacturing sectors.

Being an active part of Chamber activities over the years, including head judge for the Tauranga Business Awards, has given Jamie great insight into the wider business ecosystem in Tauranga.
Rochelle Lockley

Debbie Ireland

Chair

For the past 16 years, Debbie has grown her Tauranga-based business Digital Workplace Results (formerly ShareThePoint Ltd), a premier Microsoft 365 Training Provider.

She enables businesses to understand that real change is achieved by empowering people and using technology as an enabling tool. Debbie is well known for “making things happen”, and her experience as a small business owner brings valued perspective.