Award Winning Interactive Agency Database Launched by Web Marketing Association

Finding an "award winning" interactive agency has justgotten easier. The Web Marketing Association has just launched a new website that brings together advertising agencies and interactiveagencies who have won recognition in major award programs. 燭his new searchable database of award winning interactive agencies is found atwww.AwardWinningInteractiveAgencies.com.(Logo:http://photos.prnewswire.com
"Each year, we are contacted by individuals looking for a reputable interactive agency to help with website development, online advertising or other forms of internet marketing.  Now they havea single source to find the right interactive agency for them," saidWilliam Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. "One of the major reasons advertising agencies enter award programs is to standout from the rest of the field and receive third party endorsement for their work. Entering takes time and money, butthe rewards when they win are worth the effort. The Web Marketing Association has created the AWAdb as a service to the online marketing community and tohelp bring together brand marketers and qualified interactive agencies."The Award Winning Agency Database, or AWAdb, allows users to search thousands of full service advertising agencies and interactiveagencies that been recognized by major award programs for their outstanding interactive work. The AWAdb can be searched by several fields that are cumulative in helping to narrow your search quickly. Visitors can search by:牋牋燗gency Name– Enter the agency name to find that agency牋牋燣ocation– Search by country and/or state to find agencies close to you.牋牋燣anguages– Need a specific language skills? Narrow your searchto 10 different牋牋爈anguages including English, Spanish, Turkish, German and Chinese.牋牋燬pecialty– Finding the right agency also means finding someonewho is an expert牋牋爄n your specific need. 53 specialties can be selected in areas include web development,牋牋爋nline marketing, mobile, social media and public relations.The site also offers anInteractive Agency Mapthat allows the user to click on the geographic area they are interested in and drill down to see the exact locations of various award winning agencies.To have great award winning interactive agencies, you need to have great interactive award programs for them to enter and win. AWAdb draws upon some of the major award programs that the online marketing community recognizes as significant awards for interactive marketers.  They include: Web Marketing Association WebAwards, Internet Advertising Competition and MobileWebAwards, Clio Awards, Cannes Cyber Lions, Ad Club of NewYork Andy Awards, Effie Awards, American Advertising Federation Addy Awards, The One Show Interactive, D&AD Pencil Awards, DMA Echo Awards, SXSW InteractiveAwards IAB Mixx Awards, PRSA Silver Anvils, BIMA Awards, Webby Awards, and the Stevie Awards to name a few.Rice added, "These are not all of the award programs out there, onlysome of the best. Many of these are awards are categories of long-standing advertising award programs. Others have been started specifically to recognize outstanding interactive advertising and great websites."Participation in the Award Winning Agency Database is free to all agencies who have won recognition in a recognized interactive award program. If your agency is not already listed and you've won awards, pleaseadd your agency to the AWAdb.About the Web Marketing AssociationTheWeb Marketing Associationis working to create a high standard ofexcellence for Web site development and marketing on theInternet. Staffed by volunteers, it ismade up of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design professionals who share an interestin improving the quality of Website development and marketing on theInternet. Since 1997, the Web Marketing Association's annualWebAward,Internet Advertising CompetitionandMobileWebAwardaward programs have been helpinginteractive professionals promote themselves, their companies, and their best work to the outside world. Now in its 17th year, the WebAward Competition has become the premier award event for Web developers and marketers worldwide.