Digital & Technology

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: Online Press Room/Media Center

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Winner: Synapyic Digital – Rotary International Media Center Powered by Synaptic Digital:   To give journalists and other stakeholders around the world “at your fingertips” access to Rotary International materials, Synaptic Digital designed eight language- specific libraries… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Trade Show/Event PR

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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: 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: Speeches

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Winner: U.S. Postal Service – Purple Heart with Ribbon Forever Stamp Dedication In 2011, the USPS issued its Purple Heart postage stamp in a new Forever Stamp design. As one of the largest civilian employers of… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Marketing Communications

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Winner: AICPA – ThisWaytoCPA How do you make a 124-year-old organization of certified public accountants sexy to college kids? You create a recruiting Web site that appeals to budding accountants and market the heck out of it—and… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Twitter Campaign

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Co-Winner: American Airlines with Weber Shandwick – #AAGalaxy: American Airlines Socializes New In-Flight Entertainment Offering with Twitter Hashtag Promotion  To increase awareness of the news that the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 was being added to in-flight entertainment,… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Marketing Communications

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Winner: AICPA – ThisWaytoCPA How do you make a 124-year-old organization of certified public accountants sexy to college kids? You create a recruiting Web site that appeals to budding accountants and market the heck out of it—and… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Social Media 

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 Co-Winner: The Clorox Company – Check-in for Check Ups When Clorox wanted to create a program rewarding consumers for practicing healthy habits, it teamed up with the Children’s Health Fund to create Check-In for Checkups, a… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Satellite Media Tour

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Winner: RF|Binder and McGraw-Hill Education – Tablets and Devices: An Educational Frontier To support McGraw-Hill Education’s commitment to developing innovative digital education tools and take advantage of new tablets coming to market, R|F Binder used… Continued