2017 is voor team NIMA Examens goed begonnen door een explosieve groei van het aantal examenkandidaten ten opzichte van 2016. Deze toename is vooral te zien in het regulier onderwijs op zowel VO,  MBO en HBO niveau. Steeds meer onderwijsinstellingen in het regulier onderwijs geven te kennen de toegevoegde waarde van het NIMA Diploma op het CV in te …

Having launched and sold several successful brands including Powwownow, Andrew Pearce is turning his sights to the online greetings card market with new brand Thortful. Andrew Pearce is proud to put his money where his mouth is. A serial entrepreneur who has founded four companies, including conference call brand Powwownow, he has seen the value …

This year’s Mobile World Congress agenda has seen a rise in talks about content but it comes at a time where advertisers have numerous platforms to choose from and Vice’s chief executive, Shane Smith, believes that there’s too much investment in the latter. He said: “If you embrace new technologies you are going to need …

Let’s start with a story. To analyze the effectiveness of its TV commercial storyboard, Makro, an international digital and in-store retailer, asked neuroscience research firm Neurensics to conduct an f-MRI study to determine people’s reactions. The experiments showed that the storyboard scored lower than average in effectiveness: “It activated more negative than positive emotions. In …

WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell says short-termism is the biggest threat to future growth; he believes President Trump’s pro-business agenda will help solve the problem.Sir Martin Sorrell’s greatest worry and what he believes will have the greatest negative impact on future growth is short-termism. Speaking this morning (2 March) at Deloitte’s Media and Telecoms conference, the WPP boss said: “It’s not three-month-old …

The A World To Win Conference is being organised from 20-24 March 2017 by the Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization (EHERO) and the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE), which are celebrating their 5th and 20th anniversary respectively.  NIMA has accredited the programme for Monday March 20th with 6 PE points for accredited Marketeers.

Boxing for ideas As marketers, creativity needs to be second nature to us. But how do we boost our creativity? In this series of blogs, I want to share my experience and learnings that I personally apply on a daily basis. Like many people, when we are struggling for ideas we force ourselves to get …

Museum content development and content marketing have one important principle in common: creating memorable experiences. Think back to the last time you visited a museum. Did you realize that you were walking through a three-dimensional version of the user experience you’re trying to create as a content marketer? Because that’s exactly what you were doing. …

Door Marieke Heesakkers SMP Het delen van drie zorgvideo’s, opgenomen met de meest toonaangevende architectenbureaus van Nederland, leverde Limburgia veel merkbare en ook meetbare resultaten op. Brand awareness, goodwill, 25 procent meer offerte-aanvragen, 23 procent meer verkeer naar de website, waarde(n)volle interacties op social media, maar vooral goede gesprekken. Dat het ertoe geleid heeft dat …