What a company does is important, but how a company does it is even more important in 2022. Many companies have strong values and ethics, and storytelling around the human impact of this – the effect of these values on staff and the wider supply chain – is increasingly being seen across the sector. After all, it’s what makes your company unique!
People want to feel like they’re engaging with a person, not just a faceless business. Personality sells and humanising your business can have an impact on your entire customer experience, as well as how your brand is perceived by key stakeholders. From building your employer brand and instilling a positive culture that makes your team feel empowered to increasing engagement with relevant stakeholders, showcasing the people behind the business has several benefits and could set you apart from competitors. After all, it can ultimately drive revenue, and in turn profits, making activity tangible across the business.
Moreover, bringing a brand to life, championing the values and culture of an organisation – as well as what it does – is a brief PR agencies relish!
In this webinar, Laura Mashiter, MD, of award-winning PR and communications agency, Refresh, and Lucy Moore, Associate Director at Refresh, share insight on the way they’ve approached this exact challenge with some of their clients. They will be joined by head of marcomms (UK) at Etex Building Performance, Melanie Davies, who will discuss the ways in which Etex has started to employ this strategy in its business.
Bluebeam had two main campaign objectives: awareness and education.
First, they wanted to build awareness of their flagship software product, Revu®, with new AEC and SMB users who hadn’t yet switched to digital. They’d found the latter particularly hard to convince, as they tend to have set ways of working. Bluebeam measured brand awareness in terms of followers gained and increased engagement across Bluebeam social media channels, increased sign-ups for events, and free trial downloads. Read More
The Construction Products Association (CPA) tasked MRA Marketing with delivering a fully integrated marketing campaign to encourage the industry to participate in a consultation on the new Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI). Read More
As I type this, I’m in the middle of 7 drafted emails, viewing two screens with various pr spreadsheets, eking out half a cup of tea (and a biscuit!) staring at a very plank word document. It is at this moment I realise why I am a Senior Account Manager and not a copywriter, what would I do without the team behind me! Anyway, let me know what you think ….
December 2017, I arrived for my first interview at Fabrick Marketing Agency, four months post-graduation for an Account Executive role. Excited with nerves but very green to the working world, all I could do was be myself and hope that my preparation was enough to be offered the job. Read More
Following extensive market research, Tobermore positioned themselves to take advantage of market trends by developing ‘Artro’ – a linear paving product which is a concrete alternative to clay.
Now is the time to ensure you have included everything in your entry that the judges are looking for!!
A check list for your CMA entry
Remember to be efficient in your use of words and space, communicate your information quickly and efficiently. Take the time to point out the innovation in your work, show how the design has been tailored to the audience. Include supporting material that illustrate your entry. And most importantly demonstrate that the objectives were measurably achieved (or exceeded) and that the campaign tangibly succeeded.
Running the awards was an unknown but exciting move into awards management from a team previously focused solely on PR. Fast forward four years and the Heating Installers Awards has established itself as the award for installers across the UK to win, with a number of high profile organisations from across the industry signing up as sponsors year-on-year.
What to do when you don’t know the people who buy your stuff
When faced with two branded products, why would you buy the more expensive one? At Ridgemount we’re big believers in the value of brands, so we would answer: “because you believe in the brand”.
If that’s your starting point, then creating sales for a premium product is about understanding what your customers are looking for and telling them (repeatedly) how your brand meets those needs.
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