Want to attend ad:tech San Francisco April 3-4 for free! The Web Marketing Association will give a way a Full Conference Pass to one lucky person who enters our drawing on our Facebook Contest Page.
This is always one of the top Internet marketing conferences of the year. One you do not want to miss. Enter by March 22 2012 for your chance to win!
To check out the conference or to register visit http://na.ad-tech.com/sf/
Social Media Success Summit 2012 is a special online conference designed to help you master social media marketing (brought to you by Social Media Examiner). Twenty-seven of the world’s leading social media pros will show you how. Instructors include Jeremiah Owyang (Altimeter Group), Chris Brogan (author, Google+ for Business), Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Brian Solis (author, Engage), Jay Baer (co-author, The Now Revolution), Jason Falls (author, No Bullshit Social Media), Frank Eliason (author, @YourService), Michael Stelzner (founder, Social Media Examiner), Mark Schaefer (author, The Tao of Twitter), Dave Kerpen (author, Likeable Social Media), Jesse Stay (author, Google+ for Dummies), C.C. Chapman (co-author, Content Rules), Kipp Bodnar (co-author, The B2B Social Media Book), Amy Porterfield (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies) and experts from LinkedIn, Dell, Ford, Citigroup and Citrix–just to mention a few. Fully online.
Click here to get complete information and to sign up
WHO: This event is ideal for any marketer or business owner focused on business-to-business OR business-to-consumer. You’ll recognize some of the organizations that attended Social Media Success Summit 2011: General Mills, Microsoft, Honda, IEEE, Junior Achievement, SAP, Tyco, 3M, LexisNexis, Mayo Clinic, Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo, Disney, Bruegger’s, Visa, Intuit, Warner Music Group, Party City, Constant Contact, Yahoo!, Cisco, Kraft Foods, Princeton Theological Seminary, Autodesk, ConAgra Foods, London Convention Centre, Stonyfield Farm, Rust-Oleum, Teradata, Four Seasons Hotels, Carnegie Mellon University, Cardinal Health, Comcast, Dole Food Company, Lexus, Monster Cable, Dow Chemical, Allstate, Siemens, Verizon Wireless, U.S. Army, Circus Circus Hotel & Casino, Henkel, Ritz-Carlton, SanDisk, Ashley Furniture, DuPont, Thomson Reuters, HP, Creative Memories, EMC, Yale University, Hostess Brands, T-Mobile, Fuddruckers, Albertsons, John Wiley & Sons and thousands of small businesses.
WHAT: This fully online summit will help you master social media marketing with how-to sessions from actual social media experts and book authors. Presentation topics include: developing a social media strategy, finding and engaging your target audience, measuring success, converting activities to sales, social customer service, Google+ marketing, business blogging, Facebook marketing, LinkedIn marketing, YouTube marketing, Twitter marketing, Pinterest marketing and much more! A certificate of achievement will be presented to attendees who successfully complete a post-summit exam.
WHERE: At your home or office! You attend this live event using your computer (no long-distance bill or travel expenses!).
WHEN: Starting May 1, 2012 (spread over four weeks to improve learning and accommodate your schedule; scroll down for the full schedule). Plus you’ll get recordings and transcripts of all live sessions.
WHY: You’ll be able to quickly implement effective social media marketing techniques, attract great customers and prospects and gain a unique competitive advantage. You’ll also discover how to best measure the effectiveness of your social media activities, how to sell with social media and the newest social media tactics. This event will help your business maximize the full potential of social media.
HOW: Registration is limited. NOTE: Our Social Media Success Summit 2011 sold out. Click here to save 50% (lock in your early-bird savings before they’re gone!) and secure your spot.
Social Media Success Summit 2012 is a special online conference designed to help you master social media marketing (brought to you by Social Media Examiner). Twenty-seven of the world’s leading social media pros will show you how. It’s entirely online so you don’t have to travel anywhere!
Twenty-seven of the world’s leading social media pros will show you how. Instructors include Jeremiah Owyang (Altimeter Group), Chris Brogan (author, Google+ for Business), Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Brian Solis (author, Engage), Jay Baer (co-author, The Now Revolution), Jason Falls (author, No Bullshit Social Media), Frank Eliason (author, @YourService), Michael Stelzner (founder, Social Media Examiner), Mark Schaefer (author, The Tao of Twitter), Dave Kerpen (author, Likeable Social Media), Jesse Stay (author, Google+ for Dummies), C.C. Chapman (co-author, Content Rules), Kipp Bodnar (co-author, The B2B Social Media Book), Amy Porterfield (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies) and experts from LinkedIn, Dell, Ford, Citigroup and Citrix–just to mention a few. Fully online.
Click on this link to get complete information and to sign up.
The Web Marketing Association’s new MobileWebAwards competition is currently accepting entries and is looking for qualified judges to help adjudicate this year’s award program. . This award program recognizes the individual and team achievements of Web professionals all over the world who create and maintain the best mobile Websites and the best mobile applications. The Competition Web site is located at http://www.mobile-webaward.org and the deadline for entry is March 31, 2012
To nominate yourself or someone within your organization, please complete the judge’s nomination form at http://www.mobile-webaward.org/mwa/judges.asp. Mobile development professionals selected as judges will be contacted during the first week of April.
“Since 1997, the WebAwards have helped define the standards for website development, now the MobileWebAwards will do the same for sites and apps designed for mobile devices,” said William Rice, president of the Web Marketing Association. “Smartphones and tablet computers are exploding and companies are racing to be allow users to connect and interact with them using mobile devices. We are looking for individuals who have direct experience developing for the expanding mobile platform. Our judges must have an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art in mobile development, an eye for a well-designed interface and the objectivity to score entries according to a predefined set of criteria”.
Judging for the MobileWebAwards will take place in April, 2012, and winners will be notified by e-mail one week prior to the general announcement of winners in May, 2012. Judges will consist of a select group of Internet advertising professionals with an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art in mobile website design and mobile application development. Past competition judges have included top executives from leading corporations, institutions and media organizations such as Ogilvy Interactive, R/GA , Saatchi & Saatchi, Blattner Brunner, Sun Microsystems, National Cable & Telecom Association, Refinery, Euro RSCG, A&E Television Networks , New York Post Interactive, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ernst & Young , J. Walter Thompson, Xerox, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and Aristotle.
Entries will be accepted in both the Mobile Website and the Mobile Application formats. Entries will be judged on seven criteria:
• Creativity
• Impact
• Design
• Content
• Interactivity
• Ease of Use
• Use of the medium
“Judging an award show like the MobileWebAwards is a great way to share your experience and expertise with the mobile development community, said Rice. “It is an honor and an important responsibility when you are chosen to participate as a judge. You are helping to set the standard for award winning advertising throughout the Web”.
The Web Marketing Association is giving away a free Full conference Pass to Interactive Local Media East March 26-28 in Boston.
BIA/Kelsey’s Interactive Local Media events are the number one place where “local” online and mobile executives get together. The industry standard since 1985, ILM remains the vital source for networking, innovation and practical takeways. Join us in Boston, March 26-28, for ILM East, where we’ll focus on channels, commerce and conversion – essential elements for winning in local.
Go to our Contest Page to register to win.
Deadline to enter is March 5, 2012.
Learn more about this great conference at http://www.biakelsey.com/ILMEast2012
This month we are giving a way a full conference pass to one of the top Internet Marketing conferences of the year – SES Conference New York (formerly known as Search Engine Strategies)! To enter, simply submit your name on our new Facebook Contest page and one lucky participant will be selected to attend this outstanding conference compliments of the Web Marketing Association. Deadline for entry is March 1st.
The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Call For Entries for its first annual international MobileWebAward competition. This award program recognizes the individual and team achievements of Web professionals all over the world who create and maintain the best mobile Websites and the best mobile applications. The deadline for entry in the 2012 MobileWebAwards is March 30, 2012. The entry form and complete information can be found at www.mobile-webaward.org.
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The MobileWebAwards will be judged on seven criteria seen as requirements for a success mobile website or mobile app. They include Creativity, Impact, Design, Content, Interactivity, Ease of use and Use of the medium. Each mobile website or mobile app entry is judged against other entries of the same format in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.
This year’s top awards will include:
• A “Best of Industry” MobileWebAward will be given in each of the 96 industry categories, including financial services, medical, small business, travel, advertising, transportation and government.
• The competition’s highest honor, the 2012 MobileWebAward “Best of Show,” will be given to the one best mobile website and one best mobile app that the judges believe represents the pinnacle of outstanding achievement in Web development.
• The Web Marketing Association will also recognize the interactive agency winning the most awards in the competition with the “Top Interactive Agency” WebAward.
• Each organization that wins 5 or more MobileWebAwards will be awarded an Outstanding Mobile Interactive Developer trophy.
Since 1997, the WebAwards have helped define the standards for website development, now the MobileWebAwards will do the same for sites and apps designed for mobile devices. Smartphones and tablet computers are exploding and companies are racing to be allow users to connect and interact with them using mobile devices. The goal of the MobileWebAwards is to both recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective mobile Web sites and mobile apps on the Internet.
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The Best of Industry winners statue is reminiscent of a personal digital device, it could be yesterday’s smart phone, today’s tablet, or tomorrow’s device. It is crafted of fine jet black crystal with the iconic “W” accent in 24kt plated gold and personalized with your award information. The award is entirely hand crafted by, Society Awards, the makers and designers of other notable award programs such as the Golden Globes, Emmys, MTV VMAs, and CLIOs to name a few, and presented in its own custom gift box.
Judging for the 2012 MobileWebAwards will take place in April and winners are expected to be announced in late May. Judges will consist of a select group of Internet professionals who have direct experience designing and managing mobile Websites,–including members of the media, interactive creative directors, site designers, content providers and webmasters – with an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art in Web site development and technology. Past WebAward judges have included top executives from leading organizations such as A&E Television Networks, Agency.com, BGT Partners, Worldwide, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Comedy Central, Disney, Euro RSCG, Ion Global, J. Walter Thompson, John Deere Company, New York Post Interactive, Organic, Inc., Refinery, R/GA, Saatchi & Saatchi, SAP, Starwood Hotels, Sun Microsystems, Warner Bros. Online, Xerox and Website Magazine.
Check out our Web Marketing Association Facebook Page and be sure to like us as we will be providing hints and tips on how to improve your chances on winning a top award though out March.
The 2012 MobileWebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: BGT Partners, PR Newswire, Burst Media, MycroBurst, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Internet World UK, SES Conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.
The deadline to enter the Web Marketing Association’s 10th annual Internet Advertising Competition has been extended to Feb 15th to allow current entries to be completed and new entries to be added. After that date, access to the nominator accounts will be closed and the judging phase will begin.
Visit www.iacaward.org to enter.
The final week before the deadline and now Tuesday, January 31th is the deadline to enter the Web Marketing Association’s 2012 Internet Advertising Competition Awards without paying a late fee.
Winning an award is a great way to get third party validation on the quality of your work and it certainly helps a new business pitch to be able to show your “Award-winning” work and having the awards to prove it!
Entering is easy. Entries are submitted online by logging in to your existing Nominator Account. If you are new to the IAC Awards, you can create a New Nominator Account here. Upload your creative onto a html page and you are ready to win. Entries will be judged on creativity, innovation, impact, design, copywriting, and use of the medium.Entering is easy. Entries are submitted online by logging in to your existing Nominator Account. If you are new to the IAC Awards, you can create a New Nominator Account here. Upload your creative onto a html page and you are ready to win. Entries will be judged on creativity, innovation, impact, design, copywriting, and use of the medium.
IAC Best of Industry winners will receive a custom-made IAC Award that uses high quality clear and black crystal, with a custom geometric hand cut shape, and the pieces of black and clear crystal seamlessly fused and polished together by hand. In between the clear and black, the IAC logo is etched on the bottom of the clear piece, creating a beautiful unique design. Personalization is added with a steel plate on the base. It will be an impressive addition to any display case and will make an extraordinary client gift.
Awards will be presented within each of the industry categories and advertising formats such as:
Social Media Campaign
Online Ad (including banner, pop-up or interstitial)
Rich Media Online Ad
Email Message
Online Newsletter Campaign
Website (including microsites and landing pages)
Integrated Ad Campaign
Moble Apps
Online video
Ads The Client Did Not Choose
Don’t wait! Enter your best online advertising and win the recognition you deserve! Enter today at www.IACAward.org
You can win a full conference pass to one of two different SES Conferences this month. Simply email your name, company and job title to the us and one lucky participant will be selected to attend each conference compliments of the Web Marketing Association. Deadline for entry is February 1st. Click on the name of the conference you wish to enter to submit your name.
SES London (February 20-24 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre) is the leading search marketing conference in Europe.
SES San Diego (March 19-23) is collaborating with the Online Marketing Summit to enable attendees to network and learn how to execute on the best practices in Online Marketing without the distraction of an exhibit floor or vendor sales pitches.
Again the deadline for entry is February 1st.
