News archive

27 December 2021 17:45

Happy holidays to all our friends and clients – and thank you for a great 2021!

Despite battling waves of covid, we are so grateful to report that 2021 has been a great year for Open Communications. But it's all thanks to the amazing support from our clients, friends, families and colleagues. Without you, we would be nothing. The positive feedback on our work and support in getting us moved into a fantastic new office has been amazing. Thank you and best wishes for 2022!

9 May 2021 14:55

Powering the cleantech revolution with Enequi

The demand for clean energy is on the rise. But simply adding more solar panels and electric cars is not the full answer. To conserve resources and avoid fuse blow-outs, consumers and businesses alike are realizing they need better tools and systems to monitor and control energy consumption. It feels inspiring to be working with Enequi, a Swedish cleantech company working to make this possible.

29 October 2020 12:36

Creating a new Africa inspired by colours with leading paint company

How exciting to be asked by Nigeria’s leading paint company, Chemical and Allied Products Plc (CAP), to support them with a strategic branding project and fly to the capital, Lagos, for hands-on workshops. With a new management team in place, CAP is intent on streamlining and strengthening its brand portfolio in line with its vision of “creating a new Africa inspired by colours.”

20 October 2020 16:23

New digital storytelling star to add creative magic for Open clients

Great news. We're super happy that Daniel Enervald, an expert in filmmaking, 3D motion graphic, AR and VR has joined the Open creative team in Stockholm to support our growing international client roster. Welcome aboard Daniel!

21 April 2020 11:44

Open teams up with Infront to challenge conventional thinking in financial services sector

We are delighted that Infront, a leading European provider of market data and solutions for financial professionals, has chosen to work with Open. The work covers everything from creating a new brand platform and creative concept to brand activation activities (internal and external) that help strengthen and unify the company following a recent merger with vwd of Germany

27 December 2019 19:12

Happy Holidays from Open Communications

Feeling grateful for all the good received during the year. One thing that running an international agency has taught us is to embrace differences all around the world. Whatever your holiday tradition (if it's even your holiday) we wanted to take this opportunity to send a big thanks to our friends, customers, partners and family for all the fantastic support and feedback during 2019.

10 December 2019 18:13

Supporting Sandvik to launch a new coiled tubing service in China

28 days. Not exactly Amazon shipping times. But when you’re delivering tons of stainless steel coiled tube products across China and the Asia Pacific region, it’s pretty fast. At least compared to waiting four to six months for longer length reels to arrive from abroad. Thrilled to help Sandvik launch this new service in the region with a host of digital tools – and now very successful sales!

12 November 2019 06:56

Targeting CFOs and CTOs with a digital campaign featuring sharks

Many companies today are under-licensed on their software and risk paying hefty fines to the big vendors. But top execs are not always aware of the problem. Together with Snow Software, providers of tools to track usage, we developed a LinkedIn and Facebook campaign to call attention to the problem. The aim was to capture the hearts and minds of hard-to-reach CFOs and CTOs – and generating leads.

30 September 2019 09:33

Turning trade shows into buzzy brand experiences

With B2B companies spending roughly one-fifth of their marketing budgets on trade shows, the value of these venues is sometimes questioned. Yet many brands still find significant value in the deeper customer engagement they offer. Together with Sandvik, we turned a key industry trade show into an interactive brand experience.

12 July 2019 15:18

Summer greetings from all of us at Open

Big thanks to all our clients and our staff for a fantastic spring season. Now it's time to grab a cold drink in the sun, find a good book and recharge the batteries. See you soon in early August.

18 February 2019 11:27

Move from promotion to emotion and win big

Emotions matter. Especially in B2B marketing. That applies to your selection of visual imagery for social media, ads, trade shows and more. Used effectively, high-impact images can grab attention, build your brand, differentiate your offering and drive sales, according to research from Google, CEB and Harvard.

25 January 2019 14:45

Ten tips for choosing an English-language copywriter

If you work internationally, you may have already solved many of your English communication needs. Perhaps you’ve got a writer or international agency that knows your business and tone of voice. Or you get by with translations. If so, great. However, if you have a sneaking feeling that your English content could be sharper and tighter and you need a writer, you may find these 10 tips useful.