The Web Marketing Association announces the winners of its annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards, an effort to honor excellence in online advertising and to recognize the individuals and organizations responsible for the best in Internet marketing. The IAC Awards are the first and only industry-based advertising award competition dedicated exclusively to online advertising.
2010 Best of Show Awards were awarded in each of the online medium categories. This year’s winners include:
e-Dialog for e-Dialog 2009 Holiday Card (Best of Show Email message)
Conde Nast Digital for Proctor & Gamble: Must Have Its (Best of Show Online campaign)
Dean Media Group for Platform Addict (Best of Show Ads the client did not pick)
Bridge Worldwide for Pasta Al Denta Banners (Best of Show Integrated ad campaign)
Biggs|Gilmore for Gliders (Best of Show Interactive application)
Biggs|Gilmore for Video Recipes (Best of Show Online Video)
Biggs|Gilmore for FrootLoops.com (Best of Show Website)
COSSETTEfor Living Breathless (Best of Show Rich media Online ad)
Y&R New York and VML for Give It A Ponder (Best of Show Rich media Online campaign)
imc2 for Pizza Hut iPhone App (Best of Show Mobile application)
PGATOUR.COM and Datran Media’s StormPostfor PGATOUR.COM Scores Hole in One with Video in Email (Best of Show Email message campaign)
Mattel & Razorfish for Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (Best of Show Online ad)
Miles Media for VISIT FLORIDA (Best of Show Online Newsletter campaign)
Biggs|Gilmore of Kalamazoo, MI was recognized for the second year in a row with the 2010 Top Agency Award, winning 16 IAC Awards. Their awards include 3 Best of Show awards, 9 Best of Industry awards and 7 Outstanding awards.
Other IAC Award winners who received at least five awards included:
AGENCY (number of award winning entries)
Biggs|Gilmore 16
Bridge Worldwide 10
VML 10
BlueRush 9
Conde Nast Digital 8
Organic, Inc. 7
USDM.net 7
Aristotle 6
BGT Partners 6
Disney Parks & Resorts Online 6
Hitchcock Fleming & Associates 6
COSSETTE 5
John Hancock 5
Leopard 5
Razorfish 5
The Kaplan Thaler Group 5
Y&R 5
The Competition web site with a complete list of winners is located at www.IACAward.org