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A Smooth                           Ever Evolving Medias               already started evolving during this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                pandemic. However, it has a long way
                                                                                                                                          Transition                         The three basics of marketing are   to go! It’s very important for them to
                                                                                                                                                                             copywriting, writing good headlines
                                                                                                                                          Despite many companies being       and having excellent CTAs for      digitize to be sustainable in the long
                                                                                                                                          reluctant to accommodate digital   creating effective communication.   term, rather than seeing the
                                                                                                                                          marketing into their marketing     They have all evolved to become more   pandemic as a passing phase,
                                                                                                                                          budgets, Webable’s clientele were   crisp - People spend less and less time   permanent and long lasting digital
                                                                                                                                          quick to adapt to the process due to   reading. Thus, they expect to get   measures need to be implemented in
                                                                                                                                          their familiarity. In some cases,   ideas about a news or update from   the education industry. This digital
                                                                                                                                          clients who generally rely on heavy   just a headline or a copy. This also   transformation can change the way
                                                                                                                                          offline activities rather quickly   means the role of visuals have    kids study and learn all over the
                                                                                                                                          reached out to Webable to prioritize   evolved to become more powerful and   world.
                                                                                                                                          digital marketing first as a response   communicative.
                                                                                                                                          to the pandemic. The marketing                                        The Disrupting
                                                                                                                                          personnel in the brand ends have                                      Trends Continue
                                                                                                                                          evolved intelligently over time which   Future-proofing
                                                                                                                                          made this transformation much      Education                          Digital space is a fast moving and
                                                                                                                                          smoother than expected. Content    Webable has taken the initiative to   fluid space. Trends keep shifting.
                                                                                                                                          marketing saw a marked rise.       drive the country’s digital ecosystem   However, we can see more and more
                                                                                                                                          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
 WebAble has provided professional   campaign, it garnered 732,000+   new normal. WebAble went through a   Storytelling is still          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   an underrated           storytelling platform about RMG
 Bay Developments, Rahimafrooz,   launching the campaign for selling   fully to digital and make the most out   marketing tool. It’s      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   definitely one of the     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   most e ective ways             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   to engage your                           once we did, it saw tremendous
 campaigns has been done with IFAD   worth about BDT 10 crore directly   responsibilities towards clients only,   audience as well as     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   set a narrative for
 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 -   brands and causes   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   alike. At WebAble,   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   they have   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   developed an   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   inhouse team of   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   experts in   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   marketing through   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   storytelling.  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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