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<br /> 	36     Describe your marketing strategy for    CDWG understands and appreciates Sourcewell's vision to 'provide leading solutions that
<br /> 		promoting this contract opportunity.      empower community success.' CDWG has dedicated marketing teams that align with our
<br /> 		Upload representative samples of your  public sector business units that develop and execute demand-generation marketing
<br /> 		marketing materials (if applicable) in    strategies and programs. The marketing team leverages marketing technologies to create
<br /> 		the document upload section of your    virtual events, emails, and digital campaigns designed to build awareness, develop
<br /> 		response. 				customer engagement, and generate demand for products and services by nurturing leads
<br />    							to conversation.
<br />    							With contract-specific targeted strategies, combined with industry-standard best practices,
<br />    							actions, and activities, CDWG delivers a comprehensive contract marketing and support
<br />    							plan positioning us to serve Sourcewell Members across the U.S. and Canada.
<br />    							Actions already in place for our current Sourcewell Technology Catalog Contract will
<br />    							continue uninterrupted, for compounding benefit. Our contract marketing strategy includes
<br />    							advertising and cobranding efforts, event attendance and support, publications and social
<br />    							media, purposeful contract launch, and focused contract growth and success efforts, each
<br />    							of which are detailed below.
<br /> 								Advertising and Cobranding. A holistic marketing strategy focuses on the solution
<br />    							capabilities of CDWG's Sourcewell portfolio of products and services. We work with
<br />    							internal and external marketing teams to profile CDWG and partner-delivered technology
<br />    							products, services, and solutions. Custom contract and portfolio flyers are created for all
<br />    							business units and include detailed contract benefits and CDWG contact information.
<br /> 								Event Attendance and Support. CDWG sponsors, attends, and presents at national,
<br />    							statewide, and local events focused across the Public Sector— Federal Government, State
<br />    							and Local Government, K-12 and Higher Education, and Public Safety, with audience-
<br />    							specific messaging, training, and education opportunities. We proudly display our
<br />    							Sourcewell materials and engage with customers to help them see the value of our
<br />    							contract solutions. A representative sample of large events where we market Sourcewell
<br />    							includes:
<br /> 								Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC); EDUCAUSE; National
<br />    							Association of Education Procurement (NAEP) — National and Regional, State-based
<br />    							Digital Government Summits; National Sheriffs Association (NSA); National Police
<br />    							Association (NPA); and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
<br /> 								Publications and Social Media. CDWG partners with industry experts to publish
<br />    							sector-specific online and hardcopy magazines for State Government (StateTech), K-12
<br />    							(EdTech Focus on K-12), and Higher Education (EdTech Focus on Higher Education).
<br />    							These publications deliver relevant content via print, blog, video case studies, and e-
<br />    							newsletters on topics including classroom, cloud, data center, hardware, software, security,
<br />    							and services. Working with our marketing teams, we will identify opportunities to profile
<br />    							Sourcewell Members' path to success with current challenges and solutions.
<br /> 								Focused Contract Growth and Success Efforts. Dedicated resources from CDWG
<br />    							Strategic Programs oversee outcome-based actions and activities to support continued
<br />    							growth and success for our Sourcewell portfolio. Actions and impact are tracked across
<br />    							sales and customer engagement. CDWG Strategic Programs is actively engaged with
<br />    							developing and delivering customer-facing webinars on myriad topics, including by not
<br />    							limited to cyber and physical security, esports, professional services, wireless solutions,
<br />    							and more. The team also develops topical marketing campaigns across business units,
<br />    							analyzes customer spend (high, midrange, and low) to tailor customer outreach messages,
<br />    							and works with internal teams to ensure the CDWG Sourcewell Member webpages are
<br />    							maximized.
<br />       Bid Number: RFP 121923       									Vendor Name: CDW Government LLC
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