sparks ELECTRICAL NEWS october 2015 16 contractors’ corner Successful events reward clients and send eight lucky rugby fans to Twickenham In June, Voltex launched a nationwide campaign, ‘Engage2Win ’, with eight coveted tickets to the 2015 RugbyWorld Cup at Twickenhamup for grabs. The campaign was mainly an‘incentive re- ward’ competition while the ultimate goal was to gather information from loyal customers about their experiences withVoltex and to encourage engagement onmultiple platforms such as social media, mobile, web, radio, in-store and customer events while simultaneously providingVoltex with tangible information to improve customer service. To support customer breakfast runs held at branch level over a month, Voltex enlisted the participation of valued suppliers: 3M; Aberd- are Cables; Bright Star Lighting; Cabstrut; CCG; VoltexWestern Cape Region The Gauteng region The Voltex Engage2Win Gauteng customer evening, held at the premises of the Atlas Group distributor in Alrode, Alberton on Thursday, 13 August, was a“great success”says Annie Storar, branchmanager for the Atlas Group and MC for the evening. She says that this success was due to“the capable leadership and guidance of Ahmed Baig, the Voltex Gaut- eng regional manager”. Annie Storar kept the hundreds of guests entertained throughout the evening with generous prizes, sponsored by Voltex suppliers, going to lucky ticket holders. The highlight of the evening was the draw for a trip to watch the RugbyWorld Cup in Twickenhamon 31 October. The lucky winner who will be at the game is Gavin Pearl. “The purpose of this event was to‘engage’with all our customers and reward them for their con- tinuous support,”says Baig. He says the event also gave all the Voltex national and regional suppliers an opportunity to showcase their products.”Stan Green, CEO of Voltex, thanked the company’s customers and suppliers for their ongoing support. “The Voltex footprint has most definitely grown since our first Engage campaign in 2012,”he says. There was dem- onstrated by the huge turnout for the event, which included hundreds of customers, sup- pliers andVoltex managers and sales staff from the Gauteng region. Voltex KwaZulu-Natal Region Crabtree; HellermannTyton; Hycon Marechal Technology; Impact Energy; Legrand; Major Tech; OSRAM; Voltex LSis; Phambili Interface; Philips; Schneider Electric; South Ocean; Radiant; Stone Stamcor; Waco; Three-D Agencies; andVoltex Lighting. During August, Voltex customer evenings were held in eight regions – Gauteng, North East, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Central and Southern Cape. A jubilant winner from the Western Cape, Kurt Maritz (Maritz Electrical), with his boarding pass. Voltex North East Region Voltex Eastern Cape Region Off to the World Cup final! Egbert Viljoen (Egbert Elektries) from the North East region with Peter Schuurman (Centurion branchmanager).