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2012 Platinum PR Awards: Podcast and/or Videocast

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Winner: American Chemical Society – Bytesize Science Originally launched in 2010, the Bytesize Science video series—designed to help the public discover chemistry in an educational and entertaining way—was relaunched in 2011 in an effort to gain more… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Crisis Management

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Winner: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company – MassMutual’s Tornado Relief Efforts When an EF3 tornado hit Springfield, Mass., the headquarters community of MassMutual, the Fortune 500 life insurance company immediately stepped up to the plate. MassMutual… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Word of Mouth/Viral 

September 15th, 2012 by

Winner: Marina Maher Communications – Head & Shoulders’ Mane Man Delivers Legendary Results by Scaring ‘Guy’s Guys’ All Over the World  The team at Marina Maher and P&G’s Head & Shoulders joined forces to develop a partnership… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Online Communications

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Winner: Cohn & Wolfe with Valvoline – Guaranteeing a New Era in Polling: Valvoline & SportingNews.com Team to Empower Fans  Faced with the challenge of reinvigorating the Valvoline Engine Guarantee program, Cohn & Wolfe decided to go… Continued

2012 Platinum PR awards: Branding

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 Winner: Hanna Lee Communications – Campari’s ‘Year of the Negroni’   To position Campari as a cocktail category leader and stir things up, Hanna Lee set three objectives: make Campari drinks the choice of the foodie and… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Web Site Marketing

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Winner: Home Front Communications – Freight Rail Works The Association of American Railroads (AAR) was looking to create an online destination where users could come and learn about the freight rail system. But not just any user,… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Multicultural Campaign

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 Winner: Hilton Hotels & Resort – Announcing an Authentic Experience For Chinese Travelers In the past decade, the number of Chinese citizens traveling abroad has grown from virtually zero to an estimated 56 million in 2011. Thus,… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Annual Report

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Co-Winner: Entergy Corp. – Entergy Corporation’s Low-Income Customer Progress Report Showcasing its Low Income Customer Assistance Program, this creative annual report puts a face on Entergy’s struggling, low-income customers while building trust and transparency regarding Entergy’s… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Trade Show/Event PR

September 15th, 2012 by

Winner: Hill+Knowlton Strategies Ford Motor Company at CES 2012: We are a Technology Company Ford, looking to lead the technology conversations—not with GM or Chrysler, but with Google, IBM and Apple—looked to the 2012 International Consumer… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Media Relations

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Co-Winner: General Motors Corp. with Weber Shandwick – Closing the Perception Gap: Compelling Content Helps Drive More Consumers to GM’s Revamped Vehicles   Working with Weber Shandwick, GM created the GM News Bureau, a centralized news and… Continued