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2010 PRO Awards Finalists Are Announced!

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This year’s finalists are an elite collection of agencies and brands doing some of the best work in promotional marketing.


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Best Multidiscipline Campaign

Give A Day, Get A Disney Day
Agency: Disney Destinations, LLC
Client: In-House

LG US National Texting Championship
Agency: Fathom Communications
Client: LG MobileComm USA

Elf Yourself Invasion
Agency: Grand Central
Marketing, Inc.
Client: OfficeMax

Duracell Times Square SmartPower Lab
Agency: The Integer Group
Client: Procter & Gamble - Duracell

Best Use of Event Marketing (Five or Less Venues)

The Southwest Porch at Bryant Park
Agency: Civic Entertainment Group
Client: Southwest Airlines

Make-A-Messterpiece brought to you by Bounty
Agency: Gigunda Group, Inc.
Client: Bounty, a Procter & Gamble brand

Tide Mile of Clean Style
Agency: Gigunda Group, Inc.
Client: P&G

Insterstate Batteries Summer Snow Days
Agency: Inspira Marketing Group
Client: Interstate Batteries

Best Use of Event Marketing (More Than Five Venues)

Samsung 3D TV “Liberation Day”
Agency: Jack Morton/Weber Shandwick
Client: Samsung

Coke Happy Music
Agency: Momentum Worldwide
Client: Coca-Cola

Lunchable’s “Lunch Your Tummy Right” Program
Agency: Pierce
Client: Lunchables

The Cheesecake Factory® & Feeding America® “Drive Out Hunger Tour"
Agency: STAGE Active-Brand Marketing
Client: The Cheesecake Factory®

Best Vehicle-Based Experiential Campaign

alli & Wynonna-my story, my alli
Agency: Draftfcb
Client: GlaxoSmithKline

Little Debbie Share-a-thon
Agency: Luckie & Co.
Client: McKee Foods

Mobile RocPopShop
Agency: MRA
Client: Rocawear

Drive One 4 UR School
Agency: Team Detroit
Client: Ford Motor Company

Best Sampling Program or Trial Recruitment

Make-A-Messterpiece brought to you by Bounty
Agency: Gigunda Group, Inc.
Client: Bounty, a Procter & Gamble brand

Energi to Go
Agency: Pro Motion, Inc.
Client: Energizer

Ho Ho Hold the Lactose
Agency: The Zucconi IDEA Agency, Inc.
Client: Valio USA

Lunch is on Us
Agency: Wunderman Chicago
Client: Kraft DiGiorno

Best Cause-Based Promotion

The Recovery Project
Agency: Civic Entertainment Group
Client: A&E Television

Give A Day, Get A Disney Day
Agency: Disney Destinations, LLC
Client: In-House

New Balance 20th Anniversary Campaign
Agency: Marketing Drive / GMR
Client: New Balance

AT&T Team USA Soundtrack
Agency: The Marketing Arm
Client: AT&T

Best Sponsorship or Tie-In Campaign

Extra 3PM Snackdown Challenge
Agency: Ryan Partnership
Client: Wrigley’s Extra Gum

P&G Sponsors the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
Agency: Taylor Global, Inc.
Client: Procter & Gamble

Monster Director of Fandemonium
Agency: The Marketing Arm
Client: Monster

Chipping for Charity
Agency: Vitro Agency
Client: P.F. Chang’s

Best Campaign that Uses a Holiday Theme in its Promotion

Chocolate Milk: The Official Drink of Halloween
Agency: Draftfcb
Client: MilkPEP

Elf Yourself Invasion
Agency: Grand Central
Marketing, Inc.
Client: OfficeMax

“Con Kleenex® Expresa Tu Hispanidad” Art Contest
Agency: MASS Hispanic
Client: Kimberly-Clark: KLEENEX Brand

American Airlines: 2009 Digital Holiday Card
Agency: The Marketing Arm
Client: American Airlines

Best Use of Public Relations in a Promotion Campaign

The Up, Up. . . and Away Tour
Agency: GES
Client: Disney/Pixar

Charmin NYC Restrooms
Agency: Gigunda Group, Inc.
Client: Charmin, a Procter & Gamble brand

Elf Yourself Invasion
Agency: Grand Central Marketing, Inc.
Client: OfficeMax

Tostitos Salute the Troops Bowl
Agency: The Marketing Arm
Client: Frito-Lay

Best Use of Games, Contests, and Sweepstakes

“Mike’s Aluminum Anniversary”
Agency: Alcone Marketing Group
Client: Mike’s Hard Lemonade

“Con Kleenex® Expresa Tu Hispanidad” Art Contest
Agency: MASS Hispanic
Client: Kimberly-Clark: KLEENEX Brand

Ford & White Collar-’Chasing the Shadow’
Agency: Team Detroit
Client: Ford Motor Company

“Dude, Where’s my Bar?”
Agency: Threshold Interactive
Client: Nestle

Most Innovative Communication Strategy

The Southwest Porch at Bryant Park
Agency: Civic Entertainment Group
Client: Southwest Airlines

Make-A-Messterpiece brought to you by Bounty
Agency: Gigunda Group, Inc.
Client: Bounty, a Procter & Gamble brand

Charmin NYC Restrooms
Agency: Gigunda Group, Inc.
Client: Charmin, a Procter & Gamble brand

Fiesta Movement
Agency: Team Detroit
Client: Ford

Best Web-Based Promotion

Sprite NBA Slam Dunk Fan Face Off
Agency: George P. Johnson
Client: The Coca-Cola Company

Sprite Step Off
Agency: George P. Johnson
Client: The Coca-Cola Company

Zombie Singles
Agency: Noise Digital
Client: Nokia

Fiesta Movement
Agency: Team Detroit
Client: Ford

Best Mobile Marketing Campaign

“LG Transform To Something Better” Consumer Sweeps
Agency: Alcone Marketing Group
Client: LG

World’s Largest Cell Phone
Agency: Neverstop
Client: Cricket Wireless

GameStop Surprize Attack
Agency: The Marketing Arm
Client: GameStop

2009 Monopoly at McDonald’s
Agency: The Marketing Store
Client: McDonald’s

Best Multicultural/ Ethnic Campaign

Sprite Step Off
Agency: commonground
Client: The Coca-Cola Company

Pull-Ups® “El Baile de Pull-Ups®” Potty Dance
Agency: MASS Hispanic
Client: Kimberly-Clark: Huggies® Pull-Ups® Brand

“Con Kleenex® Expresa Tu Hispanidad” Art Contest
Agency: MASS Hispanic
Client: Kimberly-Clark: KLEENEX Brand

SCOTT® “Pasa el Buen Rollo de Costa a Costa”
Agency: MASS Hispanic
Client: Kimberly-Clark, SCOTT® Brand

Best Campaign Targeting a Micro Audience

Campus Buzz
Agency: Alcone Marketing Group
Client: Häagen-Dazs

G-Series Mobile Locker Room
Agency: Fathom Communications
Client: Gatorade

Make-A-Messterpiece brought to you by Bounty
Agency: Gigunda Group, Inc.
Client: Bounty, a Procter & Gamble brand

Best Campaign Generating Brand Awareness

Dream Big
Agency: Arnold Worldwide
Client: Carnival Cruise Lines

Littlest Pet Shop Pets on Parade
Agency: BARD Advertising
Client: Hasbro

Advertising Week Event Activation
Agency: Momentum Worldwide
Client: Microsoft Advertising

“Dude, Where’s my Bar?”
Agency: Threshold Interactive
Client: Nestle

Best Loyalty Program

California Lottery Replay Program
Agency: Alcone Marketing Group
Client: California Lottery

Know Your IBM
Agency: CiLoyalty, IBM Corporation & Merscient Inc.
Client: IBM Corporation

Screaming
Agency: Digitas
Client: InterContinental Hotels Group

MyCokeRewards
Agency: The Marketing Store
Client: Coca-Cola

Best Dealer, Sales Force or Business-to-Business Campaign

Know Your IBM
Agency: CiLoyalty, IBM Corporation & Merscient Inc.
Client: IBM Corporation

Cinemax High Def’n Awesome
Agency: Civic Entertainment Group
Client: Cinemax

U-Drive Regional Direct Response Program
Agency: Fathom Communications
Client: Navistar, Inc.

Advertising Week Event Activation
Agency: Momentum Worldwide
Client: Microsoft Advertising

Best Use of Viral Marketing in a Promotion Campaign

Hammertime Viral Video
Agency: A&E Television
Client: In-House

Killed Ideas (by Blurb)
Agency: Isobar/Ammo Marketing
Client: Blurb

Zombie Singles
Agency: Noise Digital
Client: Nokia

The White Rabbit Campaign
Agency: Fallon Worldwide
Client: Syfy

Best Retail/Co-Marketing Campaign

Littlest Pet Shop Pets on Parade
Agency: BARD Advertising
Client: Hasbro

LYSOL® NASCAR® Sponsorship at Target®
Agency: Catapult Action-Biased Marketing
Client: Reckitt Benckiser

GameStop Surprize Attack
Agency: The Marketing Arm
Client: GameStop

Lay’s Local
Agency: The Marketing Arm
Client: Frito-Lay

Best Campaign on a Budget (under $250,000)

The Singing Bee on CMT
Agency: CMT
Client: In-House

Zombie Singles
Agency: Noise Digital
Client: Nokia

River Monster’s Piranha Flash Mob
Agency: Pierce
Client: Animal Planet

Love your Team. Grow the Ivy.
Agency: TRIS3CT
Client: Old Style Beer (Pabst Brewing Company)

Best Idea or Concept

“Mike’s Aluminum Anniversary”
Agency: Alcone Marketing Group
Client: Mike’s Hard Lemonade

Make-A-Messterpiece brought to you by Bounty
Agency: Gigunda Group, Inc.
Client: Bounty, a Procter & Gamble brand

Love your Team. Grow the Ivy.
Agency: TRIS3CT
Client: Old Style Beer (Pabst Brewing Company)

Yahoo! Yodel Studio
Agency: Yahoo!
Client: In-House

Best Creative

Make-A-Messterpiece brought to you by Bounty
Agency: Gigunda Group, Inc.
Client: Bounty, a Procter & Gamble brand

The White Rabbit Campaign
Agency: Fallon Worldwide
Client: Syfy

Adult Swim & Kia Soul
Agency: Turner Broadcasting
Client: Kia

Yahoo! Yodel Studio
Agency: Yahoo!
Client: In-House

Past Winners

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