The day started in the morning with mince pies, Christmas tunes, crazy hats and some office admin. At 1.45pm all staff were called together to be briefed by MD Mike Butler, put into teams, address a Challenge and head down to their awaiting limos. The teams were headed by MD’s Maeve McDonald and Mike Butler, as well as Operations Director Spencer Marlow with the objective to drive into central London to complete as many challenges in the allocated time as possible, gaining additional points for initiative and risk taking.

3 hours of hilarity ensued with the teams fighting for first prize. Challenges included, ‘Make a public address’ and ‘Take an embarrassing photo’, and even those shyer members of the team, let their hair down for the event, taking photographic evidence in some very compromising situations!

Once back at the office, the teams headed over to Doukan where they had the restaurant exclusively hired for the night. After a fantastic drinks and canapé reception and a sumptuous 3 course Moroccan dinner, the B2B marketing agency was treated to belly dancing, and karaoke.

Managing Director Mike Butler said ‘We wanted to say a massive thank you to the whole agency for their efforts this year. They are what makes the company what we are today and we felt they deserved a very special Christmas send off.’

The party went on into the early hours, with some very sore heads the next day. All agreed, it was a night to remember and a fantastic way to welcome in Christmas 2011.

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The technology marketing agency has had an exciting year with donations made to several of their key charities through fund raising events and other activities.

E-Marketing Manager Kate Baker said, “It is especially poignant at Christmas, knowing how lonely this time of year can be for some people who won’t be celebrating Christmas as we know it. Therefore we are delighted to be able to offer this
small gesture.”

As they close another successful year, one thing is for sure, this B2B marketing agency has a very big heart.

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‘Movember’, now a global charity event, is dedicated to raising money for the UK’s leading prostate cancer charity, each year receiving more and more supporters. Olly said ‘being the only team member up for the challenge this year was daunting, but soon overcome by the prospect of contributing to this great charity event’.

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Coupled with this, the agency was also delighted to welcome two exceptional new senior – and well recognised – personnel to the team; Spencer Marlow and Corinne Steer. Spencer joined the agency as ‘Client Services and Operations Director’, bringing with him 17 years experience in the service and enterprise technology industries with previous roles as Head of Marketing Demand Generation Operations for EMC, as well as Regional Marketing Manager for Sterling Commerce. Spencer’s extensive demand generation experience, coupled with his in-depth operational expertise, made him perfect to lead this area of McDonald Butler and take the agency to the next level.

Corinne Steer also joined the agency recently as ‘Sales and Marketing Director’. Corinne brings with her an incredible wealth of experience, with 25 years of European/Global software, hardware, services and cloud (SaaS, IaaS) marketing and management experience across the complete marketing mix. Corinne’s previous role was Chief Marketing Officer at Maxima. Prior to this she was Marketing Director at Computacenter and before this Corinne was Northern European Marketing Director of Hyperion/Oracle.

And the good news didn’t end there! Technology marketing agency McDonald Butler has also enjoyed several new client wins over the past quarter. The team celebrated by expanding their already established and impressive client base to include: Charteris, Torex, Manthan Systems, Kema, Logica, Gap Consulting, Intel, Microsoft Windows Embedded, Cognizant and Avnet – to name but a few.

Managing Director Mike Butler stated, ‘we have had an incredible quarter and are very proud of the team’s energy, drive and commitment to really make things happen. We are delighted to have Spencer and Corinne on board as two fantastic leaders to continue to develop the agency. McDonald Butler is a formidable force in the marketing agency world and we are working on more exciting plans for the near future to drive this even further.’

Judging by past form, we know we’ll be hearing more about this agency very soon.

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Named the ‘High Voltage Abseil’, the challenge was set to help raise awareness and funds for the UK’s third biggest killer, strokes, which affect 120,000 people every year in the UK.

Marisa Pugh who took part in the abseil said ‘it was one thing to discuss the abseil before the event, but quite another to see the task there in front of us! However, with the charity in mind, we all supported each other and with a bit of team encouragement – and the promise of a stiff drink at the end – we all completed it.’

It has been another dedicated year for this technology marketing where charity is concerned, and the challenges seem to be getting bigger and better. Seeing the energy and commitment this technology marketing agency puts everything it does, it’s no wonder they were awarded ‘Top 20 Marcomms Agency’ last month by B2B Marketing.

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Whilst many marcomms agencies have felt the heat of late with many slipping down the B2B Marketing league tables due to decreased sales and growth, technology marketing agency McDonald Butler pulled out all the stops and hit targets through reputation, determination and tireless ambition.

MD Mike Butler stated, ‘we love our clients, and they love us. We warmly welcome all of our new clients and are incredibly excited to have them on board. We have built a fantastic reputation in the market to deliver results – and that is what we will continue to do.’

If one thing is for sure, we know this agency won’t disappoint.

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Despite another tough year in the business world, technology marketing agency McDonald Butler did what it does best – delivered and delighted for its clients, and once again, it paid off. With a strategic internal reorganisation taking place earlier this year, the agency armed itself for further and sustained growth, with great results. From position 32 in 2009, McDonald Butler now stands at position 20, just behind the main B2B marketing players including Gravity, Mason Zimbler, IAS and MRM.

The league table positioning is based on agency’s gross income figures, staff numbers and general growth and development over the year.

CEO Maeve McDonald said ‘we are absolutely delighted with this news and the 2 exciting new accolades. The team has worked tirelessly to ensure our clients are continually delighted, and it is incredibly satisfying to be given recognition of that.’

For more information about the B2B marketing agency league table please click here ». The Benchmarking report will be published by the end of October.

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