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                         Partner In                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     A Smooth                          Ever Evolving Medias               already started evolving during this



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             pandemic. However, it has a long way
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The three basics of marketing are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Transition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             to go! It’s very important for them to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          copywriting, writing good headlines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             digitize to be sustainable in the long
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Despite many companies being
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and having excellent CTAs for
            Communi-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    reluctant to accommodate digital   creating effective communication.   term, rather than seeing the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             pandemic as a passing phase,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        marketing into their marketing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          They have all evolved to become more
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             permanent and long lasting digital
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        budgets, Webable’s clientele were
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          crisp - People spend less and less time
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             measures need to be implemented in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        quick to adapt to the process due to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          reading. Thus, they expect to get
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             the education industry. This digital
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        their familiarity. In some cases,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ideas about a news or update from
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             transformation can change the way
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        clients who generally rely on heavy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          just a headline or a copy. This also
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             kids study and learn all over the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        offline activities rather quickly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          means the role of visuals have
            cation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      reached out to Webable to prioritize   evolved to become more powerful and   world.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        digital marketing first as a response
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          communicative.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The Disrupting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        to the pandemic. The marketing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        personnel in the brand ends have
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Trends Continue
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Future-proofing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        evolved intelligently over time which
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Digital space is a fast moving and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        made this transformation much
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        smoother than expected. Content
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Webable has taken the initiative to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             However, we can see more and more
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        marketing saw a marked rise.      Education                          fluid space. Trends keep shifting.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          drive the country’s digital ecosystem
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Webable’s content planning and    to the next level by effectively   audiences moving out of Facebook
                                                                                   pandemic that brought the whole                                                                                                                                                      execution are both data driven    catering to digital asset development   and into other new platforms such as
                                                                                   world to a halt and many companies                                                                                                                                                   making the process accurate and   and management needs of business,   Likee, TikTok, etc. More audiences are
                                                                                   lost their footing, Webable survived -                                                                                                                                               reliable.                         healthcare, education and other    adapting to video platforms, which
                                                                                   primarily because of the right blend                                                                                                                                                                                   sectors. The education industry has   we believe is a trend to stay.
                                                                                   of clients and internal team members.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Strength lies
                                                                                   Professional                                                                                                                                                                         in Stories
                                                                                   Solutions done                                                                                                                                                                       Storytelling is a powerful tool. It is
                                                                                   Innovatively                                                                                                                                                                         also one of those tools that is hard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        to navigate. One of the most
             By Marjiya Baktyer Ahmed                                              WebAble has provided professional                      campaign, it garnered 732,000+     new normal. WebAble went through a                                                         successful projects from WebAble
                                                                                   solutions to a wide range of clientele                 engagements on Facebook for IFAD   similar phase where they co-created                                                        was Made in Equality - A
                                                                                   including Kaspersky, Aarong, Dell,                     Autos. Within the first 6 months of   and restructured the plans to shift                                                     storytelling platform about RMG
                                                                                   Bay Developments, Rahimafrooz,                         launching the campaign for selling   fully to digital and make the most out                                                   workers in Bangladesh. This project
                                                                                   Bangladesh Brand Forum, British                        trucks online in Bangladesh, their   of it. To this end, collectively                                                         took two whole months to take off
                                                                                   American Tobacco, Bitdefender,                         sales have drastically increased. The   industry-wide, the digital shift saw                                                  because of how difficult it was to
                                                                                   Akhoni.com and other reputed                           effect of the online campaign had a   an acceleration which might have a                                                      get the stories off the ground. It
                                                                                   organisations. One of their                            spill-over effect on their offline sales   long term effect.                                                                  took a while to get it right - but
                                                                                   outstanding and successful                             too. They sold their first 50 trucks   Apart from limiting their                                                              once we did, it saw tremendous
                                                                                   campaigns has been done with IFAD                      worth about BDT 10 crore directly   responsibilities towards clients only,                                                    response! This single project
                                                                                   Autos - It’s such an unconventional                    from online channels.              WebAble also went a step further to                                                        reached 11 million people,
             ebAble was born in 2013. Since then                                   product to be expected to be sold                                                         help contain the economic blow of the
             Dhaka has seen many digital                                           through a digital platform! The                                                           pandemic. WebAble partnered with                                                           generating 4.5 million engagement
             marketing companies come and go                                       campaign began with mapping out                        The Digital Shift                  Innovision to develop PROSHAR -                                                            in its first year. The project was also
             but WebAble remains – steady and                                      IFAD Autos ideal customers and                         With the onset of the pandemic,    PROSHAR is an end-to-end relief                                                            featured at The Huffington Post,
             strong. From a small operation of 6                                   where they spend time online. Then                     digitization has exponentially     transfer system that ensures your                                                          The Buzzfeed, and several other
             people in its early days, WebAble has                                 extensive work was done to track                       accelerated. Yes, the pandemic has   donation reaches the underprivileged                                                     international media because of it’s
             grown to 70 people in less than five                                  behavioural patterns, likes, dislikes,                 disrupted the marketing &          households in minutes affected by                                                          strong storytelling approach to
             years. The recipe to their burgeoning                                 what colors people respond to more,                    communication industry overall     COVID-19 and AMPHAN cyclones in                                                            changing a global narrative.
             success has been the young agency’s                                   etch through a trial and error process.                briefly. Some problematic outcomes   minutes! You donate on proshar.org                                                       Storytelling is still an underrated
             tenacity for consistency. In a service                                Once backed by enough data, the                        were cancellation of many events and   and beneficiaries receive food &                                                       marketing tool. It’s definitely one of
             business, employees are at the core of                                content development activities began,                  offline activities which were tied with   essentials from a local grocery/micro                                               the most effective ways to engage
             the business. At Webable, the                                         which was paired with their media                      digital plans that many clients had   merchant/moodir dokandar. It's                                                          your audience as well as set a
             onboarding of the right people was                                    distribution for one quarter. The leads                lined up. Apart from that, several   transparent, fast, and easy. This is a                                                   narrative for brands and causes
             prioritised in order to help their                                    generated through online platforms                     campaigns had to be pushed back or   project of resilience and a matter of                                                    alike. At WebAble, they have
             clients achieve their goals                                           generated a positive and encouraging                   pivoted. This is where digital     pride that it was designed, developed                                                      developed an inhouse team of
             consistently. In context of the recent                                                                                       agencies played a vital role -                                                                                                experts in marketing through
                                                                                   response. Within six months of the                     Adapting the plans to cope with the   and executed in this pandemic.                                                          storytelling.



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