Shareholder & Managing Director at Ogilvy Namibia. Transforming brands for success, one business at a time.
As the dynamic landscape of advertising continues to evolve, so do the challenges faced by advertising agencies, particularly when it comes to pitching for business. Ogilvy Namibia Advantage Advertising Namibia adforce Namibia O&L BrandX #agencylife #advertisingagency #advertisingindustry #namibianbusiness #industrystandards #creativepitching
The current ad agency tender process can be frustrating for both agencies and clients. "The exhaustive documents and submissions that advertising agencies must navigate to achieve an arbitrary technical score, unregulated by any governing body in our country, can feel like a bit of a sham." - Rozanne van der Merwe Let's work together for a more transparent and efficient pitch process in Namibia. Read more below. 👇 #Pitching #OgilvyNamibia
Shareholder & Managing Director at Ogilvy Namibia. Transforming brands for success, one business at a time.
As the dynamic landscape of advertising continues to evolve, so do the challenges faced by advertising agencies, particularly when it comes to pitching for business. Ogilvy Namibia Advantage Advertising Namibia adforce Namibia O&L BrandX #agencylife #advertisingagency #advertisingindustry #namibianbusiness #industrystandards #creativepitching
While having your subjects or your sources as friends is one of the most welcome upsides of being a journalist, it is not the main reason I do this job. I might have upset, annoyed or even angered some people with the topics of my columns, but then again, you just can’t please everyone. Someone or some people will still have something to say, whether reasonable or based on facts is totally a different matter, on almost anything. Some will raise definite concerns. Others para mema lang. But one will be lucky indeed if the argument came from logic and not just because of a phrase in the column that someone just quoted without the full context or worse, drawing a conclusion from just a screenshot. Being a journalist is a hard job. But at the end of the day, our loyalty belongs first with the public. We are here, I think this applies to most of us, to find out the truth and help our readers or our audience make informed choices that will impact their future. We are here not to make friends. For the complete kuwento, and not just the screenshot, please get a copy of today's issue of the Manila Standard and check The Designated Kit Man or simply click the link below. Stay safe. Stay happy peeps!
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From reputation management to stakeholder relations, the PR bow has many strings. In an interview with NZ Entrepreneur Magazine, our general manager Max Burt highlights the value of PR in driving awareness and business growth. Here's the full interview below 👇
"It’s up to you to show your thinking AND to show what you’re like to work with." Pitching is one of the most important skills a PR should master. To help you stay on top of every scenario, we spoke to Jacinda Thorn (Thorn PR), Gaynor Reid (Catalyst Communications) and Susan Redden Makatoa, FCPRA, GAICD (Stratagem Corporate Advisory), and got them to share their top tips and tricks on pitching. Read on Telum - https://lnkd.in/gZn5HS3c #creatingconnections #prandcomms #pitchingtips
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6moVery insightful, Rozanne. Thank you for sharing the perspective from the other side of the boardroom table. Often, Marketing and Brand Managers are executors of the brainwaves of senior execs who suddenly realize something needs to be done to save the business or the brand. When things go well, it’s never the great marketing campaigns that get the credit. When things go bad, the first budget to cut is marketing and brand, and magic needs to be made with the bare minimum. This puts Marketing and Brand Managers in a position of throwing the proverbial bone out and seeing who comes back with the best plan. It’s all wrong. It doesn’t consider the agency’s perspective, nor does it take into account what the brand or its customers really want or need. It also fails to address the need for senior leadership to invest in giving Marketing, Brand, and Communications a more respected seat at the table. This would enable purposeful engagement and ensure the business brand is leveraged appropriately and cost-effectively for all stakeholders. The current tender process lacks fairness and respect for the time and intellectual property of agencies. Not compensating agencies for their efforts in the pitching process undermines their efforts.