March 7 2013
Willis, a leading global risk advisor and insurance and reinsurance broker, took a bold step when they commissioned Resilience. But the global thought leadership magazine has paid off – in more ways than one. Read more →
April 24 2012
Launching your own client magazine or website isn’t easy, but with the help of an agency, you can emerge with a powerful product and great results. A ten-step process from the Association of Publishing Agencies can help you avoid the pitfalls. Read more →
February 15 2012
Selecting a custom publishing agency is a crucial decision for any professional services firm. Choosing wisely will bring tangible rewards for marketing teams and their firms. The wrong agency, however, will not only waste time and money, but also make working lives more difficult. Read more →
January 4 2012
There is an awful lot of money spent on content - in fact, marketers spend a quarter of their budget on it and 51% expect to increase their spend in the next 12 months, according to research released last year by MarketingProfs. But investing this money is not enough to ensure a return on it: you need to produce fascinating features that work for both your organisation and your readers. Read more →
December 20 2011
The marketing and communications teams of professional services firms understand branding: they produce highly effective, branded material every day. But designing a compelling client magazine requires a different skill-set, one that in-house designers do not tend to have since they rarely get to work on such publications. Read more →
November 17 2011
Getting the most out of social media channels like LinkedIn, Twitter and corporate blogs has less to do with digital technology than you might presume. As client magazines have proven over the years, it is quality content that engages your clients, develops relationship and builds trust. And so it is quality content that must lie at the heart of an integrated communications strategy which can power the social engine. Read more →
September 1 2011
Return on investment is now something no marketing manager can afford to ignore. No matter how well conceived and executed a project, how brilliant the design or the copy, the most pressing question will always be ‘Was it worth it?’ For client magazines, this has resulted in a drive towards reader research, investigating the effectiveness of publications in order to evaluate whether they represent a worthwhile investment. The results prove conclusively that they are. Read more →
June 6 2011
When ACE European Group, part of the global insurance and reinsurance brand, launched a European magazine and bespoke microsite for clients and prospects, engagement across the continent was vital to its success. Read more →
February 7 2011
DAC Beachcroft, one of the largest national commercial law firms in the UK, wanted to stand out from the crowd in the health sector. The result is a magazine so striking it has encouraged the company to rebrand all other client communications. Read more →
January 3 2011
The customer publishing industry has experienced incredible growth in the past few years and now has an estimated worth of £904 million in the UK alone. This is set to continue, with research commissioned through Mintel predicting that this will grow to £1.2 billion in 2012. This faith in the medium comes as more and more brands realise the power of customer magazines in engaging consumers, something which is especially important in the current economic climate. Read more →