Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Trophies Are Forever

Congratulations to HOSTPLUS for capturing two new trophies at this year’s AFSA awards ceremony held in Melbourne on Friday.

HOSTPLUS was awarded Excellence in Communication for their TFN Campaign and also a finalist with the One Super Pledge Campaign in the same category.

Both integrated campaigns were created and executed by trademarkDM and clickDM.

But, the award we and HOSTPLUS are most pleased about is the AFSA Super Innovator of the Year for The Pledge campaign.

It came as a super surprise since we had not entered this category but were given the title at the judges’ discretion.

Thursday, 24 June 2010

Is that your final answer Scott?

This week, Barefoot Investor Scott Pape unveiled his latest super presentation for HOSTPLUS members – Who Wants To Be A Superannuation Millionaire.

Scott’s presentation is part of the HOSTPLUS financial literacy program and focuses on simple strategies to help members make the most of their super.

trademarkDM’s Brandon Clark, Andy Harrison, Craig Hockley and new arrival Frank Franzese were invited to be part of the studio audience.

Our super team were happy to report they got the answers right (mostly) and didn’t even have to use any of their lifelines.

To find out more about being a superannuation millionaire, click here

Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Small steps, big gains

Yesterday, we told you about Olivia Passmore’s commitment to enter Run Melbourne to raise money for YMCA Open Doors.

At the time of writing, she’s $310 towards her modest $500 objective. But as YMCA Development Manager, Olivia, explains…

‘When you consider it costs $41 for a gym membership for an at-risk teen, $67 to provide aquatic lessons for a school kid from an disadvantaged family and $140 for a 2-day activity camp for a single dad and his kids, you can start to see how even a small donation will make a real difference to people on Victoria’s socio-economic fringe.’

Donate here.

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

Run, Olivia, Run!

Working with the YMCA we’ve come to realise just how much it does to help people of all backgrounds.

But like many community organisations, the Y needs help too.

Which is where YMCA Development Manager, Olivia Passmore, has taken a big step – one of about 10,000 to come.

That’s because Olivia has entered the Run Melbourne marathon to raise money for the YMCA Open Doors program.

Open Doors helps people doing it tough by subsidising 80% to 100% of the cost of YMCA health and wellness programs and services, like therapeutic camps for people with disabilities or aquatic education for kids from financially strapped families.

Olivia has a modest target – $500 – to run 10 long, long, long clicks.

(Believe us, looking at her, she ain’t no runner.)

But like us, you can help ease Olivia’s pain – and the financial pain of many Victorians – by making a donation.

Monday, 10 May 2010

Calling on the call centre

Last week, those of us from trademarkDM who work on HOSTPLUS spent some time hanging out at their call centre.

Known in the industry as one of the secrets of their success, the HOSTPLUS call centre has a reputation for delivering excellent service. So it was a real eye-opener for us to see them in action.

We also gained a deeper understanding of how things work at HOSTPLUS. All the better to keep producing great work for them.