Unident TODAY: 10 years together with the company’s clients
The XII annual international conference “The role of communications and corporate media in the strategic business management” took place in April. The Unident TODAY corporate magazine was represented by Marketing and PR Director Yana Klevtsova.
About Strategy, Faithfulness and Loyalty of Readers
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Yuri Pogorely (Interfax), Yana Klevtsova (UNIDENT), Olga Issa (Boehringer Ingelheim) |
In my opinion, having a corporate magazine is the most
evident proof that a company
Yes, there is the risk of becoming boring, repetitive and
tediously predictable. Here is it important to neatly balance between
specialized and entertaining topics, gaining our benefits (as a seller of
products and services) and keeping the reader interested. The magazine should
be interesting for the reader and, at the same time, promote the company’s
goals.
About Global Trends and Social Responsibility
We try to keep making headway and keep up with the world. The financial crisis and environmental depletion, instability of political systems and economies of many countries, the openness of borders, integration and, ultimately, the change of generations give rise to new trends and “tides” on consumer markets and our goal is to spotlight these trends and stay up-to-date.
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Vladimir Zmeyuschenko (Managing Director at LyudiPeople Group of Companies), Leonid Chaplygin (Vice President at Uralsib), Boris Kalatin (LyudiPeople Group) and Yana Klevtsova |
It is clear that how fast a certain trend develops or enters the market depends on the Internet access, the level of the population’s incomes and age. Yet, understanding the global trends surely helps capture the local changes that are inevitably taking place and will take place in Russia. This will lay the foundation for developing an effective strategy of the company’s development on the medical market. In our magazine we seek to feature global trends of the last decade such as formation of online professional communities, social responsibility of business, and the influence of Asian markets on Europe.
Fundamental cultural changes are observed worldwide; charity
initiatives and support of socially significant projects take on enormous
significance. This is what makes UNIDENT a unique company on the Russian
market. The company and its founders are no less, or may be even more known in
the cultural community of Moscow and Russia than in medicine. In our magazine
we write about our projects and report what has been done and invite our
clients, partners, friends and foreign colleagues to join our initiatives. They
feel they are in the centre of the cultural life of our country, they feel they
are contributing to the promotion
About Commitment to Hard Work
90% of foreign companies have their corporate media whereas here in Russia very few businesses, even among the largest and most renowned ones, can risk doing the same. It is a costly thing that takes a lot of time and effort. We have been making our magazine for ten years already – in Russia few companies can boast making a regular b2b medium. And it is clear why – it is not an easy thing to make a magazine that is targeted at a professional audience and aims, at the same time, to keep the reader updated and entertained.
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Ekaterina Kolyada, a member of the Management Board of the Russian Association of Communication Directors and Corporate Media |
The publisher itself should well know the subject it features because b2b media are read mainly by specialists. But all pays off if things are done in the right way. The magazine gains in authority and confidence of its readers who start considering the judgements and opinions they find in the magazine. Usually, such businesses are outsourced and, probably, for someone it is a good way out that has its benefits, for example, a fresh outside perspective. As for us, we are not ready to entrust our magazine to someone else, not because we think that others are not competent but because we trust our specialists and experts. The most fundamental thing in any business (and Unident TODAY is not an exception) is the team, the people who make the magazine. The internal mechanics of our work is equally tricky and exciting. And so far we surely enjoy the very process. By the way, each year the Russian corporate media market grows by 10 to 20% a year. I am certain that we will soon have tough rivals and it is sure to do us good. Unlike in commercial media, our small editorial staff does not have effective tools to assess our performance, such as the demand measured in exact figures showing payoff or sales volumes. There are no objective criteria to assess the usefulness and effectiveness of our magazine, so, dear friends, your feedback is always welcome. We are waiting for your letters, calls, critical and, especially, positive comments on our work.
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