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Editor's column

Brand intrinsics in the business-to-person space - 30 Nov 2015

By Leigh Andrews

Brand intrinsics in the business-to-person space - Mon, 30 Nov 2015Today sees the start of our Special Focus on OOH (Out of Home) advertising. It features exclusive interviews with the trendsetters in this field and pinpoints global out-of-home advertising trends as well as the importance of location.

In addition, get set for lots of tears in the traffic as KFM kicked off its annual Christmas Wish campaign today. I found out more about the importance of paying it forward from breakfast host Ryan O'Connor.

On the flipside of the coin, Rolf Akermann says, "If you've got it, flaunt it," referring to the fact that we now live in a world of parity products where finding differences between brands is near impossible and consumers are savvier than ever before.

Farren Roper also looks at how to shift the perception of your business from a service provider to a trusted advisor. This is especially tricky when it comes to managing relationships with customers as a business to business (B2B) company, as the rules of customer engagement have changed. In fact it's now a B2P (business to person) space, which requires digital, emotion and exceeding expectations...

One way of exceeding expectations is to start trampling our endless to-do lists with Task Monkey, a South African app, e-commerce task agency and 100% safe platform to earn extra cash. It's the perfect solution for time-strapped South Africans looking to get things done.

PS: If this has inspired you to promote your brand in a different light, remember that entries to the IAB Bookmarks 2016 close at midnight tonight!

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Leigh Andrews

Leigh Andrews

Andrews was on the inaugural Marketer of the Year (MOTY) jury for the 2019 Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) as well as an #Inspiring50 2018 nominee herself, and judged over 500 entries for the most recent Epica Awards - the only creative prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world. She's also serving on the IAB (SA)'s #Bookmarks2020 Publisher panel.

Responsible for keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest happenings in the marketing and media industry, this is an almost 24/7 role that involves keeping one eye on your inbox with the other on your social media feed, to write breaking news stories and interviewing key people in the B2B space.

All made easier by 15 years of working for companies such as Microsoft, Kagiso Media, Fleet Street Publications, the Mail & Guardian Online, Caxton Community Newspapers and Newsclip's media, marketing and PR publications.

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