{"id":73792,"date":"2019-09-12T18:11:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T15:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/?p=73792"},"modified":"2019-09-12T18:11:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T15:11:55","slug":"blu-advisory-nominated-for-best-awareness-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/blu-advisory-nominated-for-best-awareness-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu Advisory: Nominated for Best Awareness Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The year was 2018, the place, Plot M44 Ntinda Road, a bunch of young professionals in the Digital Marketing and Advertising field were seated around a black table talking about life, silly stuff mostly, like what life would be like if we went back 10,000 years and then\u2026 Marilyn yelled \u201cyou don\u2019t get it, it\u2019s like SEO nobody gets it!\u201d To this Charity responded, \u201cit\u2019s really not that serious,\u201d and then I said, \u201cwe should totally record these sessions!\u201d So Phionah said, \u201cyou know what would make people get it: a monthly VLOG that would provide information on business and all things digital we would call it Maintain the Blu or The Big Talk\u201d and then, Pam said, \u201chow about Blu Advisory?\u201d Fast forward in to the future, with the tagline \u201cHelpful Content\u201d we assigned various topics amongst the team and every first Friday of the month we shared our knowledge and discoveries online. This VLOG has reached over 1,000,000<br>people and they love it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are super excited to have been nominated under the \u201cBest Awareness Initiative\u201d in the Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital Impact Africa Awards this year is focusing on \u201cInteroperability and open APIs Hackathon.\u201d The project includes interoperability and open APIs Hackathon, an exhibition of innovations for products and services in the digital and financial services space and their application to the different economic sectors and industries such as education and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are delighted and proud of the nomination. In this competitive market, to be different and successful at what you do, you need to add value. You need to speak directly to the challenges that your ideal customer faces and help them solve these challenges- in turn, you become the go-to person for their business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The category for which \u201cBlu Advisory\u201d has been nominated focuses on Digital Awareness Initiative. 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