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Branding awards return to MENA region

The Transform Awards MENA will continue to celebrate brand strategists in 2016London, 8/9/15 - The Transform Awards MENA, for branding work that demonstrate skilful application of strategy during a rebrand or brand development project, will return to Dubai in May 2016. Transform is now accepting entries from organisations in the Middle East and North Africa region.Transform encourages entries from individuals, agencies and brands who are able to demonstrate well-considered and well-implemented branding projects which helped...

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YouGov partners with DigitalMR to offer online communities for market research in Iraq

London/Erbil September 7th 2015: YouGov, a large well-known market research agency with operations around the world, has after careful evaluation decided to become a DigitalMR partner, providing ‘communities247’ to its clients in Iraq since October 2014.'communities247' is a private online communities platform by DigitalMR that allows companies anywhere in the world, including Iraq, to recruit consumers for the purposes of market insights, co-creation, activation, and customer advocacy. To find out more about communities247 click here:...

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Outfit7 and Bee7 appoint mobile industry veteran Mika Kuusisto to drive new growth phase

LONDON, UK - 3 September, 2015: Outfit7 Group has today announced the appointment of mobile expert Mika Kuusisto as Chief Revenue Officer for Outfit7 and Bee7. Kuusisto will be based out of the companies' Cyprus headquarters and will report to co-founder and CEO of Outfit7 and Bee7, Samo Login. In the newly formed role, Kuusisto is charged with spearheading growth for Outfit7, the global family entertainment company behind the successful Talking Tom and Friends franchise....

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Volker Smid joins Searchmetrics as new CEO

Experienced business manager joins after senior roles at HP, Novell and Holtzbrinck Publishing GroupSan Mateo, September 3, 2015 - Search and content performance leader Searchmetrics today announced that Volker Smid has been appointed CEO with immediate effect. Based on his senior management experience with HP and Novell and extensive knowledge of the online sector, Smid will help further drive the international growth of the company which has offices in Berlin, San Mateo, New York, London...

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Customer Growth, Industry Recognition and Acquisition Drive Exceptional First Half for Confirmit

Significant team and client development reflects market leadership and company momentum London, UK and Oslo, Norway and New York, NY: 19 August, 2015: Confirmit, the leading global solutions provider for Customer Experience, Voice of the Employee, and Market Research, today announced its H1 2015 highlights. After the biggest financial year in company history in 2014, Confirmit has continued its success with a strong first half of 2015, deepening its role as a trusted partner for...

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Calling all brand champions

The Transform Awards returns for its seventh year in the European region with brand new categories in the brand development space 12/8/15, London - Prestigious awards ceremonies provide brands and agencies with a way to reward their teams and showcase their best work. The Transform Awards Europe, the leading awards programme for the celebration of campaigns and projects that serve to further and develop a brand, is now accepting entries for its 2016 awards.Creative branding...

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Decision time for managed services

Leading vendors and Managed Service Providers to meet at summit in London next monthInitial sponsors announced[London, 12 August 2015] Which way forward for managed services in Europe? New research by IT Europa shows that Europe presents a patchy picture of managed services provision. Decisions on which cloud suppliers to work with, which services to use, the pace of expansion and the management of systems and users, particularly those on mobile links, are being debated; there...

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SDL Positioned as a Leader in Gartner's 2015 Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to ExecuteWakefield, MA and Maidenhead, UK - August 10, 2015 - SDL (LSE: SDL) today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management"[1] for the sixth time.According to the report, the Web Content Management (WCM) market continues to benefit from factors such as: highly mature technology, the ease with which non-IT professionals can access...

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The Voucher Shop releases whitepaper to help marketers improve engagement in customer rewards and loyalty schemes

… Exclusive survey findings to close the customer rewards and loyalty gap …Milton Keynes, UK - Monday 10th August 2015 - The Voucher Shop, a specialist provider of customer loyalty promotions, has released a whitepaper titled, ‘Personalising customer rewards and loyalty – what next for marketer?' The whitepaper includes exclusive survey findings which reveal the type of rewards customers want by age group and key factors marketers should consider when creating rewards and loyalty schemes....

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Havas Media Netherlands Is First Local Office Of A Global Partner To Achieve Searchmetrics Authorised Partner Status

Havas Media's Netherlands Office Sends Consultants Through Official Searchmetrics Training And CertificationLondon, July 22, 2015 - Search and content optimisation leader, Searchmetrics, has today announced that Havas Media Netherlands, part of the worldwide Havas Media agency, is the first local office of a global agency partner to become an Authorised Searchmetrics Partner, building on the existing global partner agreement between the two companies. Achieving authorised partner status required Havas Media Netherlands to send its SEO...

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