Shiny Future

CLIENT: NATURAL SOLAR | SOLAR AC/DC | 1KOMMA5

OUTLET: NINE NEWS NATIONALLY

The household search for cheaper energy bills has intensified with electricity prices set to soar again next year. Now, new solar products are promising to not only slash bills, but get rid of them altogether. 9 NEWS prime time 6pm news bulletin featured two DL COMMS solar clients and their innovative technology.

Heartbeat by 1komma5 is a new device that independently decides when to charge vehicles, or turn on the air conditioning, and when there’s an excess amount of energy – decreases a household’s dependability on the grid. 

Meanwhile, Solar ACDC’s first in Australia solar powered air conditioning and pool heating pumps will make a seriously big dent in to your electricity bill. Free AC all summer long – who doesn’t want that!

Melbourne mum creates Emotions toilet paper to make $300k

CLIENT: EMOTIONS

OUTLET: NEWS.COM.AU

A mum’s life was ‘thrown upside down’ when her niece took her own life during the height of the city’s first lockdown when the pandemic hit but it led to a business idea that she hopes will change lives. Rochelle Rich was faced with explaining the tragedy to her son and wanted to find a visual chart that would help him understand emotions and feelings. It led to her working with a graphic designer to create a simple emotions chart for people going through similar circumstances and she realize it wasn’t only her son that would benefit from it. 

The 36-year-old then created her business called Emotions where she decided to place the chart on the packaging of toilet paper and sell it. Launched in March 2021, Emotions has now clocked up 5000 individual sales, are on track for 800 subscribers next month and have an average spend of $92 per order.

Anna Baker can make $55,000 in a month putting celebrity babies to sleep, now she's spilling her secrets

CLIENT: SLEEPBAKER

OUTLET: 9 HONEY

Anna Baker can make $55, 000 in a month putting celebrity babies to sleep, now she’s spilling her secrets. Anna is Australia’s foremost sleep training expert for babies and children, Baker has worked with the likes of Russel Crowe and Danielle Spencer, Camilla Franks and more.

Some of her most profitable jobs have seen Baker come home with five-figure pay checks, like the time she spent five weeks abroad with a family at a rate of $1, 450 per day. Now, she shares this highly rated advice with tips on room set-up and sleep schedules.

A celebrity baby whisperer reveals her tips and tricks!

CLIENT: SLEEPBAKER

OUTLET: THE MORNING SHOW

DL COMMS client, Anna Baker, has helped the likes of fashion designer, Camilla Franks and even Russel Crowe and Daniel Spencer in putting their babies to sleep. Her gift for setting healthy night time patterns for infants has now made her a successful business woman and a known ‘celebrity baby whisperer’.

Watch as she explains to hosts, Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies of the Morning Show, how parents can get their babies a good night’s sleep.

Spencer Tunick reveals all about his Bondi Beach nude installation

CLIENT: SKIN CHECK CHAMPIONS

OUTLET: 9 NEWS, 7 NEWS, 10 NEWS, FITZY & WIPPA ON NOVA, JONESY & AMANDA ON WSFM, ABC RN BREAKFAST, DAILY TELEGRAPH, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, THE AUSTRALIAN

Spencer Tunick had his first full day of media interviews on Australian soil where he talked about his historic shoot photographing thousands of nude on Bondi Beach. We have seen blanket coverage across all media outlets including Channel 7, 9, 10 and the ABC where he discussed the important work he is doing with Skin Check Champions in raising awareness of skin cancer checks. This is now the fourth time Spencer Tunick has worked with DL COMMS, and his works continue to garner the most media attention of any client we have worked with. Check out all of this top tier coverage (and there was plenty more too).

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Founded by four mums, Kindship has just raised $1 million to help parents navigate the complex NDIS system

CLIENT: KINDSHIP

OUTLET: SMART COMPANT

Four mums, raising children with disabilities have cracked $1 million in funding through a Birchal equity crowdfunding campaign for their startup that provides parents with tools to navigate the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). 

Founders Summer Petrosius, Sandy Golder, Steph WIcks and Tara Thomspon have made it their mission to unshackle parents just like them from the complexity of the NDIS infrastructure. 

You can read about their great work here in Smart Company here.

Empowering parents: social network app Kindship raises $1m to tackle NDIS planning

CLIENT: KINDSHIP

OUTLET: BUSINESS NEWS AUSTRALIA

An Adelaide-based social networking app designed for parents raising children with a disability has raised more than $1 million via equity crowdfunding platform Birchal as it looks to launch a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) budget management tool for its 2,000-plus users.

Founded this year by mothers Summer Petrosius, Sandy Golder, Steph Wicks and Tara Thompson, Kindship’s latest round of funding comes a month after the company secured $360,000 under the state government’s Seed-Start program to scale the business.

 You can read the great work of Kindship here.

Melbourne mum turns her grief into a toilet paper business worth more than $300K

CLIENT: EMOTIONS

OUTLET: KIDSPOT

A Melbourne mum who struggled to explain her toddler the complexities of emotions after they were rocked by a sudden loss of family member has created a product that is making a difference in thousands of households. Émotions is a premium four ply toilet paper brand that has 19 different characters of emotions and feelings to open up discussions surrounding the fluctuating emotions of sadness, tragedy, disappointment, happiness and more. 

DL COMMS client, Rochelle Rich talked to Josephine Agostino of Kidspot about her journey – from a lightbulb moment to a $300,000 business.

Kindship gives parents of disabled children a chance to return to their careers

CLIENT: KINDSHIP

OUTLET: KIDSPOT

Parents who have had to give up their careers to concentrate on raising their children, now have an opportunity to return to the workforce – on their terms. Kindship, the first social networking app built by and exclusively for parents raising children with disabilities, delays, and neurodiversity, is able to give parents the support and advice they need in juggling the complexities of life.

Amanda Kenny, Head of Community Wellbeing and Meetups for Kindship, who has lived experience, talked to Josephine Agostino of Kidspot, Australia’s leading online publication for parents. Amanda explained how Kindship has been the best thing to have happened to her and other parents like her.

Dog food start-up Lyka locks in $30m

CLIENT: LYKA

OUTLET: AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Pet food start-up Lyka has closed one of the largest Series B funding rounds so far this quarter, banking $30 million as people increasingly seek alternatives to processed foods for their pooches. The company, which is predicted to change the multi-billion pet food industry by providing fresh food alternatives, has delivered more than 10 million freshly prepared, lightly cooked meals for Australian dogs.

Lyka co-founder and DL COMMS client, Anna Podolsky, spoke to Australian Financial Review’s Yolanda Redrup about Lyka’s new growth push.