Monday, February 7, 2011

Nederlandse Rally
Het belangrijkste van de dag blijft toch de uitreiking van de awards.. Degene die een award hebben ontvangen tijdens de Nederlandse Rally van 2010, kun je hieronder lezen…
Zij hebben een award ontvangen:
Promotion to Owner: Jorik van Rossum
Promoting Owner: Dennis de Graaf
Promotion to Assistant Owner: Jorik van Rossum en Roschendra van der Linde
Marketing Company Achievement Award: Blackwater Advertising, TW Organisatie, Infinity Marketing, Wings Marketing en New Legends Marketing.
Best New Marketing Company of the Year: New Legends Marketing
Marketing Company of the Year: Infinity Marketing
Sales Champion Award:Energie: Rik Horeman Charity: Alfatih Abdulhalim
High Rolling Marketing Company: Infinity Marketing
Marketing Company with Best Quality: Infinity Marketing
Administrator of the Year: Lisa Elliott
Één van die winnaars is Jorik van Rossum van Infinity Marketing. Jorik was niet alleen gepromoot tot Assistant Owner maar ook tot Ownership! Ownerschip is al een hele tijd een wens van Jorik en dit is wat hij tijdens zijn ontvangst speech zei: “Ik sta hier letterlijk op mijn doel. Ik heb hier zo hard voor gewerkt en om dan de promotie tot Ownership te krijgen, is een ongelooflijk gevoel. Ik ben trots op mijn team, zonder hen was het absoluut niet gelukt. Ik wil mijn Promoting Owner, Dennis de Graaf, bedanken voor zijn geduld en dat hij altijd in mij is blijven geloven. Het is voor mij een mooie dag en ik ben ontzettend blij dat ik dit vandaag met mijn team en ouders, die hier ook vandaag aanwezig zijn, heb kunnen delen. Ik wil eindigen met: ‘elke finish is een nieuwe start’. En ik ben er klaar voor om mijn volgende doelen waar te maken.”

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Dutch IC's hit the road!

The Road Trips started in the Netherlands to kick start another year of quality sales. Each week in January and February another Marketing Company (MC) takes the country by storm. Different teams will challenge each other to conclude who is the high rolling team within the Netherlands

Last year saw the initial development of ‘Road Trip Culture’ within the MC’s and this is set to develop further in 2011: “We can look back on very successful Road Trips in 2010. We had acquired substantial more donors than average and we explored new territories. Road Trips are good for building teams because everyone wants to succeed and they work together.

In 2011 we have a lot of Road Trips planned due to the success of last years and the Independent Contractors (ICs) are ready to take over the Netherlands,” explained Moana Aaldering of Appco Group Nederland.

For the Dutch ICs the Road Trips really are something to look forward to. These trips with their MC give them the chance to try other fields and pitch their product across the country. Looking back on the start of the Road Trips in 2011 Chero Hamzai of Metamorfose Advertising said: “The start of the Road Trips was fantastic. What I like about Road Trips is that you have the chance to develop your team and get to know each other at the same time. It’s the best way to work on your teambuilding!”

The Road Trips are done by different MCs four weeks in a row. After Metamorfose Advertising, Infinity Marketing and Blackwater Advertising will be the next MCs that hit the highways of the Netherlands. TW Organisatie and New Legends Marketing will close the trip in the week of February 7th.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Dutch delegates visit Singapore

October saw twenty five delegates from around Europe fly into Singapore for a week to attend the Owners Meeting hosted by Vice President (VP) James Greaves. As the head of the region, James and his team at Appco Group Asia had 3 days of ‘Premier Club’, Owners meetings & Management Meetings organised which provided a mix of knowledge for all attending. With 5 countries now operating in South East Asia (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia & Philippines) the success can be attributed to many factors – the planning, accountability and enthusiasm of the Owners consistently stood out.

The Netherlands were represented by Country Head James O’Grady, Dennis de Graaf Owner of Infinity Marketing (Best MC of the Year 2010), New MC of the Year Owner Duane Stein of New Legends Marketing ( Best New MC of the year 2010), new Assistant Owner Rik Horeman and Owners Support Unit Manager Lauren O’Brien. Alongside the Dutch delegates were high rolling Owners from the UK, Ireland and Germany.

The meetings were held in the exquisite Marina Bay Sands conference centre with all delegates staying in the wonderful hotel attached. The surroundings and hospitality of the hosts only added to the education received. After visiting the Marketing Companies in Singapore the Dutch delegates were impressed with their high level of professionalism and enthusiasm. Their ‘no fear’ approach allows them to break comfort zones at all levels in the business.

James O’Grady commented; “At the Owners Meeting, Owners like Kunchada Sa-Ardphanchai inspired me so much. She is no.1 Owner in Thailand and her MC has grown from 7 to 55 ICs in one year! Also stories of new countries opening, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and China, amazed me. VP James Greaves really demonstrated what is possible when you and your team join forces and work together over the long term.”

Lauren O’Brien added: “This was a trip like no other, bringing together the ‘best of the best’ from Europe to watch and learn from superb examples within the Appco Group network, visit a wonderful part of the world and build business relationships that will continue to help The Netherlands grow well into the future.
Many thanks to VP Simon Murphy for organising this trip and to James Greaves, Joanne Ng and all involved in Appco Group Asia for an incredible experience.”

Check our gallery for the pictures of the Singapore trip: http://www.appcogroupnederland.nl/en/gallery

Appco's Christmas Convention

Appco Group Nederland organised a Christmas Convention for the Dutch Owners and Independent Contractors (ICs) to celebrate a year of success. Over 100 ICs came together on Saturday 18th December in the Regardz, Amsterdam, to be part of the final big event of 2010.

The day started with inspiring speeches of Dutch high rolling Assistant Owners and Owners. After the speeches, the newest Crew Leaders were promoted.
After the promotions, every attendee was looking forward to the biggest prize ever given away by Appco Group Nederland and the Marketing Companies; a Fiat 500! Everyone wondered; who is driving home in a new car? Over the last six months ICs could earn entries to go into the draw to win the car, entries were earned based on sales, quality, success of your team and many other factors. The better you were, the more entries you received.

Joni Dorssers of New Legends Marketing was the lucky IC who drove off in a brand new car. Joni couldn’t believe it when she heard her name. “I still couldn’t believe it when they repeated my name, it finally became real after I got in the car. I feel great, that’s all I can say. The funny thing is; my father took a picture of me and the car at the Dutch Rally 2010. The car was there on stage and I was hoping but didn’t think I would win it. But now I’m going to enlarge the picture,” Joni smiled.

However, the focus of the day was what everyone could do and learn to make 2011 an absolute success. After the speeches of the Dutch Owners, it was time to hear the guest speaker’s speech. Claire Ferriter, an Irish high roller and Owner of Clearwater Advertising, talked about ‘running a great sector and being part of a great sector’. “It’s important to set standards and make them clear to your team. Everyone should know that they have to earn their place and meet your expectation,” Claire explained.

The Dutch Christmas Convention was to celebrate 2010, to reward great achievements and to make sure everyone understood what was expected of them for2011. Appco Group Nederland and the Dutch MCs got the chance to share their goals for next year. It was an inspiring day and the perfect way to close 2010.