The Officially Award Winning ScLoHo

On a whim last month I decided to enter a competition. It was the 2015 Digital Marketing Awards for Northeastern Indiana, presented by KPC Media.  Last week I was notified that I was one of the winners.

Actually what won is this website/blog that you are reading right now.  http://www.scotthoward.me/ is the link if you are reading this on Facebook or Google+

Here’s the press release they sent Monday:

2015 Digital Marketing Award winners announced
FORT WAYNE, IN (June 8, 2015) – Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly announces the winners of the 2015 Digital Marketing Awards, honoring outstanding businesses in northeast Indiana using digital marketing strategies to expand their reach, tell their stories and engage their customers.

 

The competition was open to all businesses in northeast Indiana. A panel of out-of-state judges with digital marketing expertise chose 41 category winners which were differentiated by agency designed and developed and those done in-house by businesses. From all category winners an overall Digital Marketer of the Year winner was determined in both in-house and agency. The judges, noted the impressive quality of entries and expressed that while not all 131 entries received an award, they all showed strength in their storytelling and visual presentation.

 

The winners will learn their winning categories and who will receive the prestigious Digital Marketer of the Year Awards at a cocktail reception on Thursday, June 18th, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Lounge. Tickets are available at fwbusiness.com under Events.

 

The winners are as follows:

 

AGENCY DESIGNED/DEVELOPED

 

Aptera

Britton Marketing & Design Group

Downtown Improvement District of Fort Wayne

Ignite

Marry Me in Fort Wayne

Waiter on the Way

 

IN-HOUSE DESIGNED/DEVELOPED

 

Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

86 Creative

3Rivers Federal Credit Union

Better Business Bureau serving Northern Indiana

Black Pine Animal Sanctuary

Indiana Tech

Manchester University

The Genuine Scott Howard aka ScLoHo

The Summit City

Visit Fort Wayne

 

“We were blown away by not only the number, but the caliber of the entries. They were really all quite remarkable,” said Terry Ward, CEO, KPC Media Group, publisher of Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly. “The skill and creativity was incredibly impressive which tell us the businesses in this community know the value of digital marketing and invest significant resources in making sure it is effective and of the highest quality. We could not be more proud to present these awards on June 18th.”

 

​More information about the winners will be printed in the June 19th edition of Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly.​ For more information about event sponsorships and tickets contact events@kpcmedia.com.

I have been nominated in years past for other social media awards and quoted in some national publications on the subject of content marketing and social media.

The reason I write is not for awards.  I am driven to write and share.  It’s fun, it’s a creative outlet and I hear from others that often the information is helpful.  That’s why I write. 

I learned about this years awards a couple days before the entry deadline in a tweet and had no expectations.

But as someone once said, you never hit the ball you didn’t swing at.

If you are at the awards next Thursday, be sure to say hi and introduce yourself.  I’ll be doing a follow up story later this month.