2020 KCDMA AMBIT WINNERS
Couldn’t make it to the KCDMA virtual AMBIT Awards this year? We’ve recapped the night of Oscar-worthy marketing campaigns below. Enjoy the video above of the virtual night!
KCDMA Special Award Winners
Young Direct Marketer of the Year
Eva Gregory, CBIZ
Bob Stone Direct Marketer of the Year
Angela Ridpath, EAG
The 2020 AMBIT Award Winners
Business-to-Business Digital Media
Gold Winner:
- emfluence – Pacejet Paid Media Campaign
Business-to-Business Email
Bronze Winners:
- ER Marketing – Huttig Drive to Win
- ER Marketing – Huttig Masonite Livingston Video Email Campaign
- ER Marketing – Huttig Therma-Tru Spring Refresh
Business-to-Business Integrated Marketing
Silver Winner:
- Sprint – Sprint B2B-Chromebook Direct Mail
Bronze Winners:
- ER Marketing – Gallagher Content Bundle Masterpiece
- Sizewise – Sizewise/Instant Comfort Sleep Lab Bed Campaign
Business-to-Consumer Digital Media
Silver Winners:
- Leverage Lab – Brandweek by AdWeek
- Voltage – Dordt Social Media
- Spectrum Reach -Union Membership Recruitment Campaign
Bronze Winner:
- Propaganda3 – Planet Comicon Kansas City
Business-to-Consumer Direct Mail
Gold Winner:
- Sprint – Sprint Consumer Base- LG G8 ThinQ
Silver Winners:
- MEDiAHEAD – Kemper Gala
- Sprint – Sprint Consumer Base- Samsung/ DaVinci Note 10
Business-to-Consumer Email
Gold Winner:
- Barkley – IHOP Steak Burger Email Dynamic Poll
Silver Winner:
- Signal Theory – Rumba Meats B2C Email Launch
Bronze Winners:
- DEG – PepsiCo 2019 CRM Customer Engagement
- Summit Marketing – The Salvation Army Florida Division – Holiday Email Campaign
Business-to-Consumer Integrated Marketing
Gold Winners:
- Signal Theory – Can’t Wait to Read
- Barkley – Dairy Queen Box of Happy Launch
- Barkley – Planet Fitness Teen Summer Challenge
Silver Winners:
- Signal Theory – Prairie Fresh B2C Integrated Marketing
- MBB – Igniting Curiosity with the Cosmosphere
- Barkley – Winnebago Horizon Campaign
- DEG – The Salvation Army Rock the Red Kettle
- MBB – Emergency Department Influencer Campaign
Bronze Winner:
- DEG – DRI DUCK 2019 Influencer Campaign
Email Marketing: Automated or Triggered Series
Gold Winner:
- Barkley – NOVA Lead Nurture Email Series
Bronze Winners:
- DEG – Heritage Parts Ecommerce Journey
- DEG – Renewal by Andersen Lead Nurture Journey
Non-Profit Email
Gold Winner:
- DEG – The Salvation Army Giving Tuesday Campaign
Silver Winner:
- Summit Marketing – The Salvation Army Florida Division – Holiday Email Campaign – Non-Profit Email
Bronze Winner:
- Summit Marketing – The Salvation Army Florida Division – Year-End Email – Non-Profit Email
Non-Profit Fundraising Direct Mail
Gold Winner:
- Reactor – KVC Gala
Silver Winner:
- Summit Marketing – The Salvation Army Eastern Michigan – Circle of Grace Annual Report
Bronze Winners:
- Summit Marketing – The Salvation Army Tampa Area Command Urgent Appeal
- Summit Marketing – The Salvation Army Eastern Michigan – Gift Summary Statement
Organic Search Engine Marketing (SEO)
Gold Winners:
- emfluence – Tension Corporation Organic Search Campaign
- VMLY&R – How Miami Tourism Increased Traffic and Engagement In Key Travel Period
- VMLY&R – United Rentals: Using Local Search to Drive a Seven-figure Revenue Increase
- Voltage – Cullum & Brown 2019 SEO Campaign
- Voltage – RedesignKC 2019 SEO Campaign
- ER Marketing – Overhead Door SEO
Silver Winners:
- VMLY&R – Tableau Builds Content Hub to Own Business Intelligence
- Voltage – Kicksite 2019 SEO Campaign
- VMLY&R – Targeted Organic Search Strategies Regain Tom’s Product Portfolio Awareness
Bronze Winners:
- emfluence – Centriq Training Local Service Search Intent Campaign
- Red Fuse – Hill’s Pet Nutrition: How Content Globalization Helped Pet Food Powerhouse Regain Prominence in Japan
Paid Search Marketing (PPC/SEM)
Gold Winners:
- emfluence – Nazdar SourceOne Shopping Campaign
- Voltage – RedesignKC 2019 Pay-Per-Click Advertising Campaign
Silver Winners:
- Signal Theory – Tide Cleaners Paid Search
- Education Dynamics – ACU Paid Search
- Reactor – NCSC Display/Geofencing Campaign
Bronze Winner:
- ER – NationServe PPC
Print Only
Gold Winners:
- Signal Theory – Signal Theory Holiday Mailer
- Reactor – KVC Gala Invitations – PRINT
- Sprint – Sprint Consumer Base- LG G8 ThinQ
- Sprint – Sprint B2B-Chromebook Direct Mail
Silver Winner:
- Sprint – Sprint Consumer Base- Samsung/ DaVinci Note 10
Bronze Winner:
- Sprint – Sprint Consumer Base- Samsung Holiday
Response-Driven Web
Gold Winner:
- Voltage – Cullum & Brown 2019 Response-Driven Web
Silver Winners:
- Leverage Lab – Brandweek by AdWeek – Response-Driven Web
- AdFarm – CNH Aftermarket Solutions – Response-Driven Web
Bronze Winner:
- Education Dynamics – MSU Response-Driven Web
Social Media
Gold Winners:
- Barkley – Dairy Queen Fall Blizzard Candle Collection
- VMLY&R – VMLY&R International Women’s Day
Silver Winners:
- MBB Agency – New Customer Acquisition Paid Social Media Campaign
- Signal Theory – Promoting FoodThink Following a Rebrand
- Propaganda3 – Sensatia Cirque Cabaret
- MBB Agency – My Health KC Social Campaign
- DEG – HUB International Employee Advocacy Campaign
- AdFarm – CNH Aftermarket Solutions – Social Media
- Leverage Lab – Brandweek by AdWeek – Social Media
Bronze Winner:
- Education Dynamics – Dream Big