Bajkowski + Partners WBE Certification Renewed for 2025

Posted on October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 by Bajkowski + Partners

Bajkowski + Partners LLC (B+P), a strategic marketing and agency resource management consultancy, is proud to announce its re-certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the New York Chapter of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

WBENC Certification is the gold standard for women-owned business certification in the United States.

Laura Bajkowski, principal and owner of B+P, finds that “WBE certification enhances our reputation among Fortune 500 clients that strive to provide smaller and independently owned consultancies with opportunities to work on key initiatives that have major impact on their business success.”

WBENC’s meticulous vetting process, which includes an in-depth review of a business structure, operations, policies and business plan, is designed to confirm the business is at least 51% owned, operated, and controlled by a woman or women.

By including women-owned businesses among their suppliers, corporations and government agencies demonstrate their commitment to fostering diversity and the continued development of their supplier diversity programs, which in turn empowers women as leaders and brings about a more diverse, balanced and sustainable economy.

WBENC Certification, combined with professional development and engagement in the WBENC network, provides unsurpassed opportunities year-round, both virtually and in-person, for women-owned businesses to grow and expand their business and innovation through events, programming and connections with major corporations and other WBEs

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About Bajkowski + Partners LLC:

Founded in 2007, Bajkowski + Partners is a New York limited liability company headquartered in New York City, with senior consultants across the U.S. and Canada, and partners in EMEA and APAC. B+P is a global consultancy with practices in Agency Search and Selection Management, Agency Performance and Relationship Management, Marketing Organization and Optimization, and Brand and Marcomm Management.

About WBENC:
Founded in 1997, WBENC is the nation’s leader in women’s business development and the leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women, with more than 18,000 certified Women’s Business Enterprises, 14 national Regional Partner Organizations, and more than 500 Corporate Members, most of which are Fortune 500. Thousands of corporations representing America’s most prestigious brands, as well as many states, cities, and other entities, look for and accept WBENC Certification. Through the Women Owned initiative, WBENC also is a leader in supporting consumer-oriented female entrepreneurs and those who do business with them by raising awareness for why, where and how to buy Women Owned. For more information, visit www.wbenc.org and www.buywomenowned.com.

Learning Care Group hires paid media agency Wpromote

Posted on April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 by Bajkowski + Partners

Learning Care Group, the second-largest childcare provider in North America, has named independent marketing agency Wpromote its US media agency of record, following a competitive RFP process. The partnership will span media strategy, paid social, paid search, programmatic, and SEO.

Wpromote will draw from its proven track record of accelerating growth at the local and national level for clients like Equinox and Jiffy Lube to elevate Learning Care Group’s omnichannel media strategy, building a full-funnel media plan across the brand’s more than 1,075 schools and 11 unique brands including Childtime and La Petite Academy. The approach will combine consumer trends, performance data, and first-party audience data to guide the full customer experience, from acquisition through retention, to reach national and hyper-local audiences.

Learning Care Group and Wpromote discovered mutual benefits as they pursued a technology-centric transformation together. The innovation that powers the brand’s education and communication efforts will fuel Wpromote’s brand strategy for the network of community-oriented schools. The agency’s proprietary marketing intelligence platform Polaris will power a diversified media strategy for Learning Care Group that builds stronger connections between families and educators.

“We were drawn to Wpromote’s experience, and more importantly, results, driving growth for multi-brand clients at both a national and hyper-local level,” noted Joanna Cline, CMO of Learning Care Group, “Community is the foundation of our network of schools and their team truly understands the importance of an integrated approach that invites families in at the very beginning of their childcare search and continues to nurture that relationship as their family grows with us.”

“Celebrating family and community is a major part of the Wpromote culture, so having Learning Care Group join our roster of clients was a perfect fit,” Wpromote’s CEO Michael Mothner explained. “In today’s landscape, transparency and authenticity are essential to growth and our team understands how those factors are even more vital when it comes to choosing child care.”

The win of the Learning Care Group AOR comes on the heels of a wave of growth for Wpromote, including the recent hire of seasoned sales executive David Gensler as SVP, head of sales, joining with over 25 years of revenue growth leadership, most recently at marketing enterprise software company Basis Technologies.

Consulting firm Bajkowski + Partners oversaw the agency review and search process.

72andSunny Lands United Global Creative Account

Posted on May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 by Bajkowski + Partners

Account moves to LA agency from incumbent of 10 years, dentsu | mcgarrybowen NY

After a fast-paced agency search that began this past February, United named 72andSunny Los Angeles as its new global creative agency of record.

According to a company statement, “We’ve spent the last year facing down the most disruptive crisis in our history by innovating at a record pace to better serve our customers under extraordinary circumstances – and our approach has set up United Airlines to emerge as the global leader in our industry.”

Launch date for the new campaign remains undisclosed at this time. However, creative duties for the upcoming Summer Olympics will remain with dentsu | mcgarrybowen.

The United agency search was managed by Bajkowski + Partners.

None of the agencies paid any fees to Bajkowski + Partners to either participate nor to win the United account.

Top 10 Most Innovative Ad Agencies in 2020

Posted on March 10, 2020February 10, 2021 by Bajkowski + Partners

Fast Company just released its pick for the 10 most innovative ad agencies in 2020.

Congratulations go out to BBDO NY, McCann Worldgroup, Giant Spoon, Anomaly, TBWA Worldwide, The&Partnership, VMLY&R, Observatory, and Droga5.

But let’s face it.

It takes a bold and courageous client to hire an innovative ad agency, and not be afraid. To be a strategic and collaborative partner with their agency.

And to keep the innovation team small – which sometimes requires keeping the rest of the C-suite out of the ideation sessions, and drawing upon the appropriate stakeholders for development and execution of the idea.

Agile and smart teams win the day.

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