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The marketing, advertising and PR industries in St Kitts and Nevis are well developed. Much of the population has access to newspapers, magazines and the internet which creates a sound market for the reception of advertising, marketing and PR.
Some regional firms are active within the country, with Phoenix Caribbean offering marketing, branding and strategy communications to companies in marine, industrial and consumer sectors.
Advertising companies operating at a local level include ExpatAds.com, which is a site providing free online advertising by allowing users to post and search.
Other national companies offer services spanning all three sectors of advertising, marketing and PR, for example Brisbane Productions which offers high quality video production, graphic design, web development, brand strategy and TV advertising.
St Kitts and Nevis also has a number advertising consultants, such as Nevis Pages based in Charlestown, and G2 Arts based in Basseterre.
In 2012 the St Kitts and Nevis Tourist Board launched an international campaign in the UK centred on advertising on a London taxi. The branded taxi was in circulation throughout the London 2012 Olympics and was expected to continue into 2013.
Print media and online versions of newspapers are important for both business and private classified advertisements. Technological developments and widespread access to the internet have made online and social media advertising a key element in many companies’ marketing and PR strategies. In 2012 around 45% of the population used the social media site Facebook of which the majority were under 35 years of age.
Commercial broadcast media offers an integrated advertising platform through an online version of radio and television advertisements on the stations’ website. In late 2012 4G technology became available in St Kitts and Nevis which means that advertising to mobile phones via the internet is becoming an increasingly important market.