Bigmouthmedia and Netsociety sign strategic partnership

05 Nov 2009

Bigmouthmedia has announced that it has formed a partnership with the Dutch search marketing agency Netsociety.

In a move that extends Europe's biggest independent digital marketing agency's reach into the Benelux region, bigmouthmedia and Netsociety have reached an agreement that will see the companies collaborate on a range of projects for international clients. Already working together on several key campaigns, the arrangement effectively extends both firms' geographical footprint at a stroke.

"We're delighted to have formed such a close working relationship with Netsociety. The two companies are very closely matched in terms of ethos, approach to market and customer base, so after working together on a number of extremely successful ventures in the past, forming a partnership made sound business sense," said Lyndsay Menzies, Group Chief Operations Officer at bigmouthmedia.

"While Netsociety's regional expertise will afford bigmouthmedia's clients improved access to the Dutch and Belgian markets, our extensive global operations will allow our partners to provide their existing clients with an expanded international offering."

Netsociety's view of the cooperation is similar. Managing Director Maurice Pothof said: "We have found an appropriate partner in bigmouthmedia. During the initial discussions we quickly discovered how similar bigmouthmedia's DNA was to Netsociety's, and realized that a strategic partnership would create opportunities for our current and potential Dutch clients with international ambitions.”

"We deliberately do not aspire to the European expansion of our company but unlike our competitors, continuously deepen our focus on our home market in the Benelux region. Our cooperation with BMM makes Netsociety one of the few search engine marketing agencies in the Netherlands that has full European coverage," he continued.

The newly formed partnership, which will see Netsociety offer clients in Holland and Belgium the extended range of digital marketing services available from bigmouthmedia's operations in 10 countries, is already off to a flying start. Having previously co-operated on several client campaigns, the duo were recently selected to run the paid search strategy of leading Dutch travel agency transavia.com across seven markets, while other campaigns where both companies work together include Hotels.com, TW steel and Spil Games.

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About Netsociety:
Founded in 2007, Netsociety is one of the leading Search Engine Marketing Agencies in the Benelux. Netsociety combines result driven online marketing expertise with the in-house development of new technologies. Netsociety has offices in Amsterdam and Brussels, the company's clients include Thomas Cook, ING, Dixons, Bookit / Weekendjeweg.nl, Brunel, Santander and UPC.

About bigmouthmedia:
Founded in 1997, bigmouthmedia is Europe's largest and most experienced digital marketing agency and was rated the UK's #1 Search agency for Search Engine Optimisation and PPC in the 2009 NMA Marketing Services Guide.

Bigmouthmedia's 200+ online marketing experts across 12 international offices maximise online brand exposure for our clients by means of integrated digital strategies incorporating SEO, PPC, Social Media Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Display Advertising, Online PR and Copywriting.

Bigmouthmedia's multilingual digital solutions deliver outstanding ROI for over 300 world leading brands including British Airways, Tesco, ebay, Sky, Cisco, BT, Comic Relief, Barclaycard and Europcar.

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