Marketing gears up to unveil Agency of the Year 2012 winners
07 Dec 2012 | by Gemma Charles
In just a few days' time, Marketing will reveal the winners of its annual Agency of the Year awards.
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Nicola Kemp unveils the top marketing moments of the past 12 months.
In just a few days' time, Marketing will reveal the winners of its annual Agency of the Year awards.
Marketing is close to announcing the winners of its annual Agency of the Year awards, and for the first time we reveal the agencies to make each shortlist.
McDonald's secured the prestigious Grand Prix at the 2012 Marketing Society Awards for Excellence, held on Monday, for the role marketing has played in overhauling its UK business since 2006.
Unilever, ASOS, British Gas, McDonald's and John Lewis top the nominations shortlist for the 2012 Marketing Society Awards for excellence
The agency has posted its best-ever growth figures and worked with a host of fresh clients as well as winning plaudits for its imaginative staff development programmes, writes Kim Benjamin.
Contact centres continue to be on the receiving end of bad press for failing to sort out customers' enquiries at the first time of asking. Melanie May investigates the ways outsourced centre providers are helping brands to prevent their customers from entering phone-based hell.
Consumers may still view them with scorn, but outsourced contact centre providers are working hard to change their reputation and convince marketers of their experience and flexibility amid the downturn.
The backlash against overseas call centres has prompted a raft of brands, such as Lloyds TSB and Esure, to return their operations to the UK. The original move offshore may have cut costs, but fuelled complaints of poor service and left consumers frustrated. Investment in marketing activity is money...
Outsourcing abroad is slowly giving way to more personal services as contact centres to try to turn around a dire image.