2006
Marketing Excellence Awards – Grand Prix (Absa Cup 2006)
Marketing Excellence Awards – Gold (Absa Cup 2006)
Marketing Excellence Awards – Gold (Absa Cape Epic)
Marketing Excellence Awards – Silver (Absa KKNK)
*The Grand Prix is awarded for exceptional and outstanding work recognizing the highest standards in the sponsorship marketing
industry. These awards are far and few between and highly sought after. Exp Sponsorship is proud to be the recipient of the (only)
Grand Prix at the 2006 Marketing Excellence Awards.
2007
Marketing Excellence Awards 2007, Gold - Absa Cape Epic
Marketing Excellence Awards 2007, Gold - Absa KKNK
Marketing Excellence Awards 2007, Silver - Absa Cup
Mail & Guardian, Investing in the Future Award, Absa KKNK
BASA Business in Art – Absa KKNK
Absa Prestige Award – Absa KKNK
2008
AdFocus Sponsorship Agency of the Year
Marketing Excellence Awards Gold – Nestle Milo Champions Tournament: Medium Budget, Sport
Marketing Excellence Awards Gold – Absa KKNK, Large Budget, Arts & Culture
Marketing Excellence Awards Silver – Absa Design Indaba: Small Budget, Arts & Culture
2009
AdReview Marketing Services Company of the Year
Articles
Exp takes home Marketing Services Agency of the year awards at ADReview 2009
Exp Sponsorship scooped the prestigious Marketing Services Agency of the Year award at the 2009 AdReview Night of the Stars event on 23 April.
The glamourousglamorous black tie awards ceremony was held at the Theatre on the Track in Kyalami and attracted the cream of South Africa’s advertising crop.
Exp South Africa CEO Justin Sampson was delighted with the award and praised the Exp team for their hard work and excellent results. “We’re thrilled to be recognised for our work in the sponsorship arena,” he said. “We love what we do and we’re proud of what we’ve accomplished for our clients.”
According to AdReview: “Exp Sponsorship has already achieved significant awareness in the marketplace, so it comes as a surprise to discover that the company is it’s only four years old. In 2008 it Exp was listed by AdReview as the country’s best sponsorship company, based on its performance in the sponsorship section of the Marketing Excellence Awards. It Exp followed that with another strong showing in the 2009 awards, picking up another four awards.
Its The Exp client list is topped by some of the giants of sponsorship, such as MTN, Absa, and Toyota. During 2008, Exp picked up R18 million of new sponsorship activity business from Sasol, FIFA, SA Breweries (Castle) and MTN events.
The Marketing Services award category comprises a variety of different marketing companies, who handleing anything from promotions to sponsorships and direct marketing to events. Each entrant is evaluated on its own terms,merit - in other words measured for its success in its own category.”
Sandile Ndzekeli, MD of Exp South Africa, believes Exp’s success lies in its dedication to ensuring that the brand experiences it creates are relevant to clients’ target audiences and ownable by their those brands.