Web Marketing Association to Name Best Advocacy Website of 2005
The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 9th annual international WebAward Competition (2005webaward.org), the Internet’s premier award competition. Advocacy organizations represent an important category in the WebAward competition, and the Web Marketing Association will again be honoring the Best Advocacy Web site of 2005. The deadline for entry is June 1, 2005.
(PRWEB) April 6, 2005 -- The Web Marketing Association announces the call for
entries for its 9th annual international WebAward Competition (http://www.2005webaward.org), the Internet’s premier award
competition that judges website development against an ever increasing Internet
standard of excellence and against peer sites within an industry. Advocacy
organizations represent an important category in the WebAward competition, and
the Web Marketing Association will again be honoring the Best Advocacy Web site
of 2005. The deadline for entry is June 1, 2005.
“Advocacy organizations
are very competitive when it comes to Web development and they can benefit from
the independent evaluation of their online efforts that the award judges
provide,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “That
is the goal of the WebAward Competition - to provide a forum to recognize the
people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective
websites on the Net today. Winning a WebAward also provides a great opportunity
to market your success to the outside world.”
Here are some of the past
WebAwards Best Advocacy Website winners:
- 2004 Register and Vote 2004
-
2003 Protecting Animals and Their Environments Worldwide
- 2002 The Cato
Institute
A complete list of past winners and the entry for companies who
wish to compete for 2005 honors can be found at http://advocacy.webaward.org
Web sites are judged on
design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, navigation and ease of
use. Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in the category and
then against an overall standard of excellence. The Best of Industry WebAward, a
handsome plaque with the image of the winning site embossed, will be given in
each of the more than 90 industry categories, including non-profit, education,
small business, travel, advertising, transportation, and healthcare. The
competition’s highest honor, the 2005 WebAward Best of Show, will be given to
the one site that the judges believe represents outstanding achievement in Web
development. Last year’s Best of Show winner was Arc Worldwide (http://www.arcww.com) for their
work on Behr Paint Interactive. (http://www.behr.com)
The Web Marketing Association will
also recognize the interactive agency winning the most awards in the competition
with the Top Interactive Agency WebAward. The 2004 Top Agency award was
presented to Arnold Worldwide (http://www.arnoldworldwide.com) for their outstanding
achievements in Web site development.
Judging for the WebAwards will take
place in July and August, and winners will be announced in September, 2005.
Judges will consist of a select group of Internet professionals who have direct
experience designing and managing corporate web sites –including members of the
media, advertising executives, site designers, content providers and webmasters
– with an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art in Web site
design and technology. Past Web Marketing Association WebAward competition
judges have included top executives from leading corporations, institutions and
media organizations such as Ogilvy Interactive, Saatchi & Saatchi, Blattner
Brunner, Comedy Central, Sun Microsystems, Refinery, Euro RSCG, EPB Interactive,
New York Post Interactive, The Cincinnati Enquirer, J. Walter Thompson, Xerox,
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Modem Media, Answerthink, and Zentropy
Partners.
The 2005 WebAwards are sponsored by BURST! Media, PRWeb,
Burrelle’s/Luce, O’Dwyer’s PR Daily, VentureDirect Worldwide, NewsUSA, Small
Army Marketing Services, Perseus Software, Line56 Media , OddCast and AdTools,
Inc.
About the Web Marketing Association
The Web Marketing Association
is an organization working to create a high standard of excellence for Web site
development and marketing on the Internet. Staffed by volunteers, it is made up
of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design professionals who share an
interest in improving the quality of advertising, marketing and promotion used
to attract visitors to Web sites. Since 1997, the Web Marketing Association’s
annual WebAward Competition has been helping interactive professionals promote
themselves, their companies, and their best work to the outside world. Now in
its ninth year, the WebAward Competition has become the premier award event for
Web developers and marketers worldwide.
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