Strengthening Reputation And Brand Recognition For Local Growth

Challenge

Multi-national business services provider and digital printing company Xerox was looking to reposition itself in the Egyptian market as a document management and technology solutions company, strengthening their reputation and brand amongst the business and technology community.

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Approach

Over our 13-year partnership of ongoing PR and marketing communications consulting, we employed a multi-faceted marketing and communications strategy designed to maintain Xerox’s position as a market leader while building strong relations with the national media through educating them about the company’s state-of-the-art solutions and services. Our suite of support consisted of devising a robust marketing strategy; events planning and execution; arranging media education sessions and interviews with national reporters for two of the most influential women in world business; annual media training to Xerox’s first liners; ongoing press office support; planning and execution of the corporation’s 25th anniversary.

Results

Following our work with Xerox, the company saw a steady growth rate in its print and online media exposure from an average of 100 clippings/annually 800 clippings/Annually seven years later, raising the PR value from an average of 1 million Egyptian pounds to more than 5.5 million/annually and contributing to a paid media spend saving of over 44 million in ten years. This initial piece of work was the genesis of a long-standing relationship between CID and Xerox which has lasted 13 years.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Plan International has been working very intensively with a very high qualified and motivated team of professionals from CID, to develop a new communication strategy. In our efforts to raise our profile and be better place to advocate for children’s rights in Egypt, CID has help us identify the level of awareness there is in Egypt and develop specific communication messages and tactics for our target audiences.CID managed to develop an excellent strategy ensuring full staff participation and Plan's ownership of the process, which is something very difficult to get when outsourcing external consultancies.

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E. Mac Abbey
Global Advisors Team Senior Manager, Plan International

Citibank Egypt would like to express its deep appreciation of CID’s dedicated team for their support, passion, integrity, and high quality work that was demonstrated over the last year. From downturn to crisis, CID has challenged every misperception on the bank with guided impactful communication strategies that were taken to action towards transforming the downs to up, and adversary to ally.

Having CID as our partner, advising us in unpredictable times has helped us maintain trust and transparency with the media and our clients, which has helped secure Citi’s stand in the market and ensured positive brand perception and coverage worth of millions.

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Lamise Negm
Vice Chairman, Citibank Egypt