2013 Hermes Awards Deadline Today!

Calling all marketing and communication professionals. It’s time to spend a few minutes to get the recognition you so richly deserve. Enter your best work by the end of the day today and you’ll know shortly how you stack up to the rest of the industry. You don’t have to pay a fortune and wait forever for the results. - 188 Categories under Print Media, Public Relations/Communications, Electronic/Social/Interactive Media - Timely, fair, credible judging by the Association of Marketing & Communication Professionals. - 175,000 entries judged over the last 19... Read The Rest →

2012 MarCom Awards Winners Announced

2012 MarCom Receives over 6,000 Entries After about two months of daily judging and many days of processing results, winners are now listed on our website and information packets are in the mail. U.S. entrants should have their results by Wednesday; Canadians by the end of the week; and entrants outside the U.S. whenever the stars are in alignment. Check out our Platinum and Gold winners on our website. The database is searchable for cities, states and categories. So, you can find out who else won in your area or... Read The Rest →

2013 AVA DIGITAL AWARDS NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

AVA Awards gets a face lift! The 2013 AVA Digital Awards competition is set to open this Thursday, November 1st! We are pleased to introduce some new and exciting branding, new categories, as well as a new website and online entry / registration system. The creative convergence of digital arts, technology and information is changing the way we market, communicate and socially interact. The advent of digital media allows audio, video and electronic text to work together to enhance the speed and flow of information. Show off your best work... Read The Rest →

Communitas Winner

Winner: Acadian Home Builders Association Location: Lafayette, LA Business Type: Nonprofit Trade Association Nomination Title: Home for the Holidays Category: Philanthropy Throughout its 51 year history, the Acadian Home Builders Association in Lafayette, Louisiana, has donated nearly a million dollars to various shelter related agencies and construction related education programs. AHBA members have made this continuing commitment to their community, even though AHBA is itself a non-profit trade association, which depends upon member dues and yearly projects to fund its own operations. In November, 2005, the Acadian Home Builders Association... Read The Rest →

A Sweet Year

Winner: DuFour Advertising LLC Located: Sheboygan, WI Client: Acuity Insurance Title: Acuity A Sweet Year 2011 Category: Publications/Annual Report The digital world now makes it convenient to receive entries online, but we still have several thousand that come through the door. Some entries just don’t have the desired effect when they are submitted digitally. When the post office and delivery services make their drops, we have several people who open the packages and process the contents. It is actually a very interesting job. Many of the entries are unusual ….... Read The Rest →

Hermes Winner

Winner: The Axis Agency Location: Los Angeles, CA Client: Degree Men Title: Unión-Garra-Pasión Category: Video for the Web This 1:35 video pays homage to the Mexican National Soccer Team and the 100 million fans that stand behind it. It was shown to 74,000 people during halftime on May 13 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, when Mexico defeated Angola 1-0. It’s in Spanish, but you don’t need an interpreter to appreciate the music, editing, narration and especially the directing and videography. The piece is sponsored by Degree Men, an antiperspirant. The... Read The Rest →

THOSE DARN RED BALLS

Winner: DAR, Inc. Located: Anaheim, CA Client: Self Title: DARn Red Ball Promotion Category: Direct Mail Piece We all get direct mail pieces every day. The challenge is obviously to stand out among the competition. In 18 years of marketing and communication competitions, nothing has stood out more than DAR, Inc.’s self marketing piece. It arrived in a square box that was three-feet tall by three-feet wide. Inside was the DARn Red Ball along with an oversized marketing piece that on one side details creative uses for the ball and... Read The Rest →

Reliv Foundation Builds Home for Orphans in Haiti

2012 Communitas Award Winner Reliv Kalogris Foundation Location: Petite-Anse, Haiti Business Type: Nonprofit provides nutrition for those in need Nomination Title: Reliv Foundation Builds Home for Orphans in Haiti Category: Making A Difference   Sixty children orphaned by the January 2010 earthquake in central Haiti, are living in a new home courtesy of Reliv International’s charitable arm, Reliv Kalogris Foundation. The Reliv Kalogris Foundation provided funds to build the children’s home and is also providing free nutritional supplements to the residents. The home is built in the Petite-Anse neighborhood near... Read The Rest →

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