Promotion

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  2012 PRO Award Finalist: The Marketing Store for Coca-Cola

  2012 PRO Award Finalist: The Marketing Store for Coca-Cola and the “My Coke Rewards Million Point Giveaway” incentive promotion.

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  2012 PRO Award Finalist: The Marketing Arm for Doritos

  2012 PRO Award Finalist: The Marketing Arm for Doritos and the “Crash the Super Bowl” Best Sponsorship or Tie-in Promotion.

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  2012 PRO Award Winner: The Marketing Arm for Nintendo

  2012 PRO Award Finalist: The Marketing Arm for Nintendo for the “Super Mario 3D Land Launch” event marketing promotion.

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  2012 PRO Award Finalist: Wunderman3 for Hostess Brands

  2012 PRO Award Finalist: Wunderman3 for Hostess Brands and the “7 Wonders of the U.S.A. Teacher Tour” for Best Cause-based Marketing promotion.

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  2012 PRO Award Finalist: PGW Experience for PepsiCo

  2012 PRO Award Finalist: PGW Experience for PepsiCo and the “Pepsi X Factor Sponsorship Activation.”

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  2012 PRO Award Finalist: George P. Johnson for Cisco

  Cisco’s 2011 Global Sales Experience conference put social, mobile and interactive tools into the hands of some 22,000 company sales staff from 95 countries. Attendees could manage their agenda via mobile apps, unlock badges for consuming content, attend virtual sessions and even take part in an educational role-playing game, “A Matter of Time”.

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  Ryan Partnership Knows the View from the Aisles

  In-store marketing has grown up into a more impactful, data-driven proposition: shopper marketing. And that means a greater involvement by promotional agencies in designing, activating and analyzing campaigns brands run inside retail outlets, says Karen Gebhart, senior vice president of Ryan Partnership, one of this year’s Top 10 in-store/shopper marketing specialist agencies.

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  2012 PRO Award Finalist: Arnold Worldwide for Vertex Pharmaceuticals

  Four million people in the U.S. have hepatitis C and 3 million don’t know it. The unbranded hepatitis C awareness movement was created by Vertex Pharmaceuticals to help spread awareness and understanding of the disease, provide education and encourage individuals who may be at risk to get tested.

  New York City was selected as a target market because it is has the highest concentration of individuals infected with hepatitis C in the nation. Hispanics and African Americans were targeted because they have the highest prevalence numbers.

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  Mobile Looms Large as Facebook Fights Branding Medium Label

  There’s a lot more news in Facebook-land than just its recently announced financial performance. Nestled within the company’s very first earning report and related management call are a number of gems regarding how marketers can best make use of changes the social network is planning. Want a hint? Think mobile, and think it a lot.

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  Revolution Targets the Sporting Life

  Athletes work constantly to strengthen their bodies. In a similar fashion, Chicago-based Revolution uses sports to help brands strengthen customer relationships.