Web Marketing Association Looking For Internet Experts To Judge WebAwards

The Web Marketing Association is expecting a record number of participants in its 17^th annual international WebAward competition, the standards-defining award program that sets industry benchmarks based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. They are looking for experienced Internet professionals who can help judge the Websites that are entered. Interested individuals can submit their names for consideration using the WebAward Judges Nomination Form.

The 2013 WebAward Competition for Website development is currently accepting entries until May 31, 2013. Judging will begin in mid-June and run through early August.

Judges will consist of a select group of Internet professionals who have direct experience designing and managing Web sites,–including members of the media, interactive creative directors, site designers, content providers and webmasters – with an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art in Web site development and technology. Past judges have included top executives from leading organizations such as A&E Television Networks, Agency.com, Blattner Brunner, Bridge Worldwide, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Comedy Central, Disney, Euro RSCG, Ion Global, J. Walter Thompson The-Futurist , John Deere Company, New York Post Interactive, Organic, Inc., Refinery, R/GA, Saatchi Geoff-Vuleta-Profile & Saatchi, SAP, Starwood Hotels , Sun Microsystems, Warner Bros. Online, Xerox and Zugara.

If you or someone some one in your organization would make a good judge, they can learn more and enter their name for consideration on the WebAwardJudges Nomination Form.

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Best Health Care Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best healthcare websites in the world as part of their 17th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including healthcare, healthcare provider, medical, medical equipment, biotechnology and pharmaceutical websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for Healthcare websites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2013.

“The healthcare industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and companies can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Healthcare web sites are typically strong in terms of content and copywriting due to their role of helping the organization become a trusted medical source. In past years, judges have also scored these sites well in ease of use, and design; however, they tend to lag in innovation and use of technology.”

Websites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the Health Care category is judged against other healthcare sites and then against an overall standard of excellence.

All healthcare entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific criteria scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

Winners of a WebAward in the health care category will also receive:

·         Handsome statue or certificate of achievement

·         Increased visibility for their company

·         Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media

·         Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO

·         A highlight for your resume.

·         Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

Each year, the Web Marketing Association names the Best of Industry for the various health care categories based on the score they receive from the WebAward judges.

 
Recent winners of the Best Health Care Web Site include:

§  2012 - Cyber-Duck Ltd for London Cardiovascular Clinic

§  2011 – Siren Interactive for Diagnosing Acute Intermittent Porphyria

§  2010 - Bridge Worldwide for Prilosec OTC - The Official Sponsor of You

§  2009 - Healthline Networks for Healthline

§  2008 - Global Beach for Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)

§  2007 - Rosetta for LIVE Outside the Bottle

§  2006 - Critical Mass for Kaiser Permanente Interactive Health Plan Advisor

§  2005 - DLC Solutions & Siteworx for Cochlear Website

§  2004 - Roche Diagnostics for Diabetes Assistant

§  2003 - Columbus Children’s Hospital for Columbus Children’s Hospital web site

§  2002 - Phoenix Children’s Hospital for Phoenix Children’s Hospital Web site

Recent winners of the Best Health Care Provider Web Site include:

§  2012 - Acodez IT Solutions for Mother Dental Super Speciality Clinic

§  2011 – St. Louis Children's Hospital for St. Louis Children's Hospital

§  2010 - Resurrection Health Care for Resurrection Health Care

§  2009 - Massachusetts General Hospital for Massachusetts General Hospital Redesign

§  2008 - Seena Rose Chettiveettil for Washington Hospital Center Website

§  2007 – eSiteful Corporation for The Methodist Hospital System

§  2006 – Clockwork Active Media Systems for J&D Dental

§  2005 – Twist Image for Mount Sinai Hospital Montreal

Recent winners of the Best Medical Web Site include:

§  2012 - Overdrive Interactive for Cold-EEZE Website

§  2011 – Nobel Biocare for Nobel Biocare Dental Professional Website

§  2010 - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for Cure4Kids

§  2009 – Fullhouse for GE’s Healthcare’s RSNA 2008 Microsite

§  2008 - Digitas Health for MerckMedicus

§  2007 – Centers for Disease Control an for CDC.gov

§  2006 - WebMD Health for WebMD

§  2005 – Mojo Interactive for LocateADoc.com

§  2004 – Roche Diagnostics for ACCU-CHEK Web Site

§  2003 – ASCO for ASCO.org

§  2002 – MayoClinic.com for mayoclinic.com

Recent winners of the Best Medial Equipment Web Site include:

§  2012 – pilot for ottobock. Living with Michelangelo.

§  2011 – Pixel Light Digital Media, Inc. for Empi Active product web site

§  2010 - Boston Interactive - Palomar Medical Technologies

§  2009 - Extractable for Thermage Doctors

§  2008 – Great Than One for Guardian REAL – Time Glucose Monitor Tutorial

§  2007 – Cynosure and Small Army for Cynosure Corporate Web Site

§  2006 – Guidant.com for Guidant.com

§  2005 – Roche Diagnostics for MyLabOnline

Recent winners of the Best Biotechnology Web Site include:

§  2012 - Bluetube Interactive for Kimberly Clark Product Selector

§  2011 – Phenomenex, Inc. for Phenomenex.com

§  2010 - Naturxan \ CreatiVerge for Naturxan.com

§  2009 – Amgen Oncology for Pioneering New Frontiers in Tumor Angiogenesis

§  2008 - Avenue A | Razorfish for Gene.com

§  2007 - Euro Life x2 for Prolastin

§  2006 - AxxiemCorp for Cara Therapeutics

§  2005 - Risdall Advertising Agency for Hutchinson Technology

§  2004 - Genzyme Corporation/Stellent for Genzyme Web Initiative

§  2003 - Alken-Murray Corporation for Alken-Murray

§  2002 - Hanley-Wood Integrated Marketing for whybiotech.com

Recent winners of theBest Pharmaceutical Web Site include:

§  2012 - Intouch Solutions for iBGStar Blood Glucose Monitoring System

§  2011 – Campbell-Ewald for McKesson BOP

§  2010 – Heartbeat Ideas and sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC. for Xyzal Website

§  2009 – Digitas Health for PulmicortRespules.com

§  2008 - Publicis Modem for RA Advisor Program

§  2007 – Biggs|Gilmore for Perrigo

§  2006 – Studiocom for CVS Medicare Expert

§  2005 – SimStar for BotoxCosmetic.com

§  2004 – Abdi Ibrahim Pharma – MagiClick Digital Solutions for Healthcare Portal – Morning After Pill

§  2003 – Insight Interactive Group for CrohnsResource.com Website

§  2002 – ivpcare, inc for ivpcare, inc website

Best Financial Services Websites to be Named by Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best legal websites in the world as part of their 17th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including bank, credit union, insurance, investment, mutual funds and financial services websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for Financial Services web sites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2013.

  

Websites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the Financial Services category is judged against other financial services entries and then against an overall standard of excellence.

All financial services entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific criteria scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

Winners of a WebAward in the financial services categories will also receive:

·         Handsome statue or certificate of achievement

·         Increased visibility for their company

·         Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media

·         Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO

·         A highlight for your resume.

·         Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

Each year, the Web Marketing Association names the Best of Industry for the various financial services categories based on the score they receive from the WebAward judges.

 
Recent winners of the Best Financial Services Website include:

§  2012 - InvestLab & Comrade for InvestLab Tradepop Branding & Design

§  2011 – Brightworks Interactive Marketing & RBC for RBC Better Student Life

§  2010 – Standard Chartered Bank and TBWA\TEQUILA\Hong Kong for The Standard Chartered Bank Homepage

§  2009 Standard Chartered Bank and TBWA\TEQUILA\Hong Kong for The Standard Chartered Private Bank Global Website

§  2008 Organic Inc for Bank of America Fees & Processes

§  2007 John Hancock Funds, LLC for Financial Professional Website

§  2006 T3 (The Think Tank) for Chase Card with Blink

§  2005 Merrill Lynch for Merrill Lynch Gateway Website

§  2004 Moving Minds, LLC for Trancentrix Corporate Payment Solutions Website

§  2003 Weber Shandwick Worldwide for CNBC on MSN Money

Recent winners of the Best Bank Website include:

§  2012 - Cleartag SAL for Audi Card Artist Website

§  2011 – Finn Digital on behalf of Johnson Financial Group for Johnson Bank Website Redesign

§  2010 – Standard Chartered Bank and TBWA\TEQUILA\Hong Kong for The Standard Chartered Bank Homepage

§  2009 - Organic, Inc. for Bank of America - Morris on Campus (2009 Best of Show Winner)

§  2008 - TBWA\TEQUILA\ HK for Standard Chartered Bank/People in Action

§  2007 - Organic, Inc. for Bank of America No Fee Mortgage Plus

§  2006 – Carat Fusion for Wachovia Championship 17

§  2005 – Agency.com for Sainsburysbank.co.uk

§  2004 – Ion Global Limited for HSBC Card Services HK

Recent winners of the Best Credit Union Website include:

§  2012 - Boston Interactive for IC Federal Credit Union

§  2011 – Extractable for Security Service Federal Credit Union

§  2010 – Extractable for Citizen's Equity

§  2009 – America First Credit Union for www.americafirst.com

§  2008 - Delta Community for CU Delta Community Credit Union

§  2007 - Extractable for SAFE credit union

§  2006 - Webnbeyond for Union America Mortgage

§  2005 - America First Credit Union for www.americafirst.com

§  2004 - Imirage, Inc for APCI Federal Credit Union

Recent winners of the Best Insurance Web site include:

·         2012 - The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies for The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, Agency

·         2011 – American Family Insurance for www.amfam.com

·         2010 – Liberty Mutual, Hill Holiday, and RED Interactive Agency for 2099 Online Racing Game, Presented by Liberty Mutual

·         2009 – AXA Equitable for www.axa-equitable.com

·         2008 - Blue Shield of California for blueshieldcachatbox.com

·         2007 – Progressive Insurance for Progressive Corp.

·         2006 – Blue Shield of California

·         2005 – Internet Communications for Medical Mutual – Ohio’s Get-Well Card TM

·         2004 – Graficalnter.active for Horizon Empire Blue Cross BlueShield

·         2003 – Empire BlueCross BlueShield for Empire BlueCross BlueShield web site

·         2002 – Progressive Insurance for progressive.com

Recent winners of the Best Investment Web site include:

·         2012 – Extractable for Motif Investing Website Redesign

·         2011 – John Hancock Funds, LLC for John Hancock Funds Financial Professional Website

·         2010 – Lending Club Corporation for Lending Club

·         2009 – Razorfish for Investor's Business Daily

·         2008 - John Hancock Annuities for  jhannuities.com

·         2007 - Frank Worldwide Inc. for 55 West Wacker- Cape Horn Group

·         2006 - i33 communications LLC for BetterInvesting web site redesign

·         2005 - BusinessWeek Online for BusinessWeek Online web site

·         2004 - Alliet Capital Corporation for Allied Capital Corporation web site

·         2003 - Summit Partners for Summit Partners web site

·         2002 - Frank Russell Company for Russell.com

Recent winners of the Best Mutual Fund Web site include:

·         2012 - John Hancock Funds, LLC for John Hancock Funds Public Website

·         2011 – John Hancock Funds, LLC for John Hancock Funds Financial Professional Website

·         2010 – John Hancock Funds, LLC for Mutual Fund Financial Professional Website

·         2009 - John Hancock Funds, LLC for John Hancock Funds Financial Professional Website

·         2008 - John Hancock Funds John for Hancock Funds Public Website

·         2007 – John Hancock Funds, LLC for John Hancock Funds Financial Professional Website

·         2006 - Cohen & Steers for Cohen & Steers website

·         2005 - Cohen & Steers for Cohen & Steers website

·         2004 - bbdigital/SEI Investments for HighMark Funds web site

·         2003 - Barclays Global Investors for iShares.com

·         2002 - Pioneer Investments for pioneerfunds.com