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2016 Social Media Awards: YouTube | PR or Marketing Campaign

June 6th, 2016 by

Winner: MasterCard Worldwide Communications – MasterCard EMV Makeover Video Series With the October 2015 fraud liability shift looming, there was a growing concern in the industry that small and local businesses were being left out… Continued

2016 Social Media Awards: YouTube | Content

June 6th, 2016 by

Winners: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Shake It Off and SheKnows Media – #HatchKids Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Shake It Off Every year, the flu virus leads to 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000… Continued

2016 Social Media Awards: Twitter | Use of Hashtags

June 6th, 2016 by

Winner: Mars, Incorporated – M&M’S Red Nose Day Campaign Social media—and hashtags specifically—were king in this campaign, as M&M’S partnered with a wide array of influencers to share its messaging and #MakeMLaugh. The objective was… Continued

2016 Social Media Awards: Use of Images

June 6th, 2016 by

Winner: EC Hispanic Media – Pinterest Case Study 70 million people are searching every day on Pinterest for inspiration. Catching people when they’re most receptive to new products is an advertiser’s dream. One of the greatest… Continued

2016 Social Media Awards: Instagram | Marketing Campaign

June 6th, 2016 by

Winner: Prudential – #20StoriesOfStrength Prudential was founded 140 years ago in Newark, NJ with a social purpose at its core: making life insurance affordable for working class families. Since then, the company and the city… Continued

2016 Social Media Awards: Facebook | Community Engagement

June 6th, 2016 by

Winners: Aflac – What Does a Duck Say? Aflac! and Dixon Schwabl – Faces of Freedom Aflac – What Does a Duck Say? Aflac! What does a duck say? 15 years ago, the answer might have… Continued

2016 Social Media Awards: Social Media Team

June 6th, 2016 by

Winners: The Motherhood Inc. and UN Foundation – Public Affairs The Motherhood Inc. The Motherhood executed over 80 social media campaigns last year on behalf of the nation’s top consumer brands, generating more than 1.5… Continued

2016 Social Media Awards: Blog

June 6th, 2016 by

Winner: McMurry/TMG – Health Essentials From Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials is a blog that includes medical, health and wellness news, information and insights from Cleveland Clinic’s experts. Thanks to the efforts of McMURRY/TMG, a leading… Continued

2016 Social Media Awards: App

June 6th, 2016 by

Winner: The Honest Company – #HonestLovesMax With September being Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Honest was inspired to support the cause, and it partnered with The MaxLove Project to provide empowering health resources to children and… Continued

The Week in PR

June 2nd, 2016 by

Never Mind: As PR pros know, when you refuse to tell your brand’s story, chances are decent that someone else will do it for you, accurately or not. That’s been the story with Theranos, which… Continued