BRUNNER Digital Honored Seven Times in Web Marketing Association’s International Awards Program
October 4, 2007
PITTSBURGH - Michael Brunner, CEO of Blattner Brunner, Inc., announced today that the agency’s digital marketing group, Brunner Digital, was honored seven times in the Web Marketing Association’s 2007 international WebAward Competition. bbdigital placed in the Top 25 of more than 800 participating organizations this year, keeping company with well-known interactive shops, such as Avenue A/Razorfish, Ogilvy, JWT, and Arnold Worldwide.
The Web Marketing Association honored bbdigital for Web campaigns for GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Eaton Corporation’s Golf Pride brand, Anderson Floors, international consulting firm Watson Wyatt, as well as an award for the agency’s own site, BlattnerBrunner.com. The honors included a Best in Category for Consumer Goods for Aquafresh White Trays (www.aquafreshwhitetrays.com) and a Best in Category for Sports for Golf Pride (www.golfpride.com). Past Best in Category winners in these two categories have included brands, such as Nestle, Gillette, Pampers, Nike, and Soloflex. The other winning bbdigital sites received “Gold Standard of Excellence” or “Standard of Excellence” honors.
“Winning awards is always great, but we are more thrilled to see our clients truly leveraging the online channel,” said Brunner. “What we find most exciting is seeing our clients treating online as an integral part of their overall marketing plans and embracing digital media well beyond great site design. Our clients are tapping into us for everything from developing mobile marketing programs to utilizing social networking for connecting with their customers and more.”
This is the fourth consecutive year that Brunner Digital (Formerly named bbdigital) has been honored with multiple awards. The 28 honors the agency has received since 2004, including four “Best in Category” awards, make it one of the most winning organizations in the history of the competition.
“We extend our congratulations to our clients and thank them for giving us the opportunity to do great Web work,” said Rick Gardiner. “We are most proud of the fact that we have been able to deliver strong results for them in the online space. As long as our clients continue to look to us to help them expand and enhance their online presence and explore other forms of digital media, we will remain committed to taking them innovative solutions.”
The annual WebAward Competition, produced by the Web Marketing Association, was founded in 1997 to set a high standard for Internet marketing and site development on the World Wide Web. WebAward entries are submitted by leading interactive agencies, website owners and in-house marketing and e-commerce departments from 40 countries. There are more than 96 industry categories, and each site goes head-to-head with other sites in its respective category.
Brunner, Inc. (www.brunnerworks.com) is a $200 million independent advertising agency with 185 employees and offices in Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. The agency provides a broad range of innovative services in business intelligence, branding, advertising, digital marketing, direct/one-to-one marketing, public relations, promotion and design services to clients such as GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, The DOW Chemical Company, Golfpride, GNC, Cub Cadet and Zippo. Brunner is ranked among the Top 100 U.S. advertising agencies.
Brunner Digital is the agency's digital marketing group, offering a broad range of services, including website design and development, online media planning and buying, creative development, mobile marketing, online promotion, and one-to-one marketing.
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