Archive for February, 2011

See you next year at Phare Conference

Feb 26 2011

The Phare Conference, which took place this Thursday 24, was a big success, speakers were all very inspirational. The event brought together renowned specialists from all over the world, presenting intriguing and surprising ideas on the future of the Internet. Brice Le Blévennec gave a presentation about trends regarding to e-commerce, media, marketing, agencies, the web ecosystem and the new mobile frontier. See you next year and thanks to The Reference for the support.

The Beauty and the Geek: Troy marries Emakina

Feb 14 2011

On 14 February, Valentine’s day, digital native agency Emakina and communication agency Troy are proud to announce their marriage. A marriage out of love and the birth of the future agency model.

This alliance is the result of Emakina’s commitment to reinforce the creativity that is at the heart of their offer in strategic, marketing and technical services. The alliance between Emakina and Troy will enrich the Emakina/Agency team and the existing brand activation services of the agency.

Since its foundation, Emakina has combined creativity, technologies and business. These last years, Emakina has invested more in digital tools (Search Marketing, Direct Marketing, Mobile Development, etc.). With the integration of Emakina/Agency, and the integration of Troy, Emakina invests in its creative and conceptual talents. It will offer a unique service on the Belgian market: the creative world will meet the digital world of tools and strategy… to live happily ever after.

The Beauty and the Geek

The traditional duo ‘creative director / client services director’ no longer matches the evolution of the market and the real needs of our clients. We are convinced that the best partner of a creative director is a digital native, an expert in digital strategy who knows everything about the latest trends, innovation and best practices in the market, who can offer creation the tools it needs to adapt and continuously optimize the message.

Towards a new type of creative dynamics: creactivity

Before, a creative developed a concept, followed the development and everything stopped once the campaign kicked off. The only thing he still had to do was to wait for the results of the post-test. Now, with the arrival of creactivity, the launch of the campaign is but the beginning of the creative work. Thanks to the union, the analyst will daily feed back on the results of the campaign in order to allow the creative to boost the performance by making the necessary changes.

No creative ideas, business ideas

The alliance between Emakina and Troy will also allow us to focus our creative energy on ideas that go beyond the communication strategy. Today, advertisers need campaigns but also and foremost, they need creative partners who can propose business ideas by developing tools and programmes in the long term. Ideas that give the marketing strategy a boost and that lead it to sales successes.

No Living Apart Together

In order to allow this new dynamic to come to life, the entire Troy team will move to the Emakina offices as of March. This includes Didier De Jaeger (the president of Troy, who becomes Executive Partner at Emakina), David Grunewald (the General Manager of Troy becomes responsible for Emakina/Agency), Xavier Bouillon (Creative Director at Emakina), Antoine Wellens (Creative Director at Emakina), and the entire Troy Agency team.

And yes… you can share the moment, and add to joy of the newly weds by leaving them a message…

Code Sprint at Emakina for the Drupal Dev Days Brussels

Feb 5 2011

This Friday, Emakina hosted this year’s Drupal Code Sprint. During the day, a group of international developers got together to get their hands dirty and work as a team on certain topics like Views 3, Services 3, Drupal 7 core, HTML 5, Glossary for D7, Sharepoint and Dita. Pictures by Didier Mission :

“Mon Hémophilie” wins at the IMA

Feb 3 2011

« Mon Hémophilie », the information website for haemophilia patients and their friends and family designed by Emakina for Baxter, took first prize at the latest Interactive Media Awards.

“Mon hémophilie” was designed as an information and support platform for haemophilia patients and their friends and family. The website contains clear and complete information about this hereditary illness and is adapted to the needs of patients and their specific situation in different phases of their life.

“Mon hémophilie” also offers video testimonials of patients talking about their experiences and interviews with specialists.

In addition, the website offers a handy “toolbox” with practical information cards to download, useful links and addresses, and answers to the questions most frequently asked by visitors.

“We are immensely proud of this award, which is the crowning of a project dedicated to offering high-quality information with respect for the patient,” says Vanessa Counaert, Senior Product Manager Haemophilia at Baxter. “With this website Baxter shows its dedication to the search for a better way to control and treat haemophilia.”

The international IMA jury gave the information platform 489 out of a possible 500 points and presented it with a “Best in Class Award” (equivalent of Gold). “Mon hémophilie” was chosen from among 65 contenders in the category “Pharmaceutical.” The jury based the score and its decision on five specific criteria: its content, its design, its functionalities, its usability, and its conformity to standards.

The Interactive Media Awards take place in the US every year; they reward the best creative campaigns on the Internet worldwide.

Emakina welcomes Drupal Code Sprint

Feb 2 2011

Emakina is very pleased to host this year’s Drupal Code Sprint this Friday February 4th. During a Code Sprint, a group of international developers get together to get their hands dirty and work as a team on certain topics. This year, the main sprint topics will be Views 3, Services 3, Drupal 7 core, HTML 5 for Drupal, Glossary for D7, Sharepoint (Drupal integration) and Dita documentation.

When?
Friday February 4th, 2011 – from 9:00 to 18:00 CET

Where?
@Emakina

For more information about this Code Sprint, the Drupal Dev Night and the Drupal Developer Days main event follow this one and only address.