Presented at the DMA2013 Conference, Inaugural Award Honors Search Marketing Innovators
LOS ANGELES – The Search Agency, a global online marketing firm and the largest independent U.S. search marketing agency, announced the first annual Stars of Search Award, recognizing excellence and innovation in search marketing. Winners will be honored at the Direct Marketing Association annual conference, DMA2013.
“From testing new strategies, implementing new technology, or driving better results through new advertising formats, we want to bring the industry’s best and brightest to the forefront and acknowledge the work they’ve done to break new ground in search marketing.”
“Search marketing isn’t just SEO or paid search anymore, and we have seen incredible innovation come out of the industry. This innovation should be recognized,” said Alec Green, vice president of marketing, The Search Agency. “From testing new strategies, implementing new technology, or driving better results through new advertising formats, we want to bring the industry’s best and brightest to the forefront and acknowledge the work they’ve done to break new ground in search marketing.”
Stars of Search 2013 honors search marketers who uphold and exemplify overall excellence and innovation in the fields of paid search, search engine optimization (SEO), social media marketing, mobile marketing, comparison shopping and search retargeting. Nominees will undergo review by a panel of search marketing experts, from The Search Agency, the DMA, and other industry influencers.
Further details of Stars of Search 2013:
- Eligibility – Starting today, Stars of Search 2013 is open to any level of client-side and brand marketers. Nominees must have overall responsibility for the brand’s search marketing campaigns. Consultants, agency employees or employees at marketing services firms are ineligible but are encouraged to nominate clients for consideration.
- Nominations – All nominations are due by July 26 and will be reviewed by a judging panel of search marketing experts. Three winners will be notified by Aug. 7.
- Winners and the prize – Stars of Search 2013 winners will receive a full conference pass to the DMA2013 conference in Chicago, in addition to recognition at the Monday afternoon keynote. All winners will be profiled on the Stars of Search award page and interviewed on The Search Agents blog.
For additional information and to nominate a search marketer, visit http://www.thesearchagency.com/stars-of-search/.
About The Search Agency
The Search Agency is a global online marketing firm that combines high-tech and high-touch strategies to help clients engage their customers online and measure ROI beyond a reasonable doubt. With a deep-rooted history in paid search and SEO, The Search Agency understands how activity on the web intersects at search, and executes smart digital marketing strategies that drive measurable results across multiple platforms. Services include Paid Search, SEO, Landing Page Optimization, Display Media, Social Media and Comparison Shopping Management, which are strategically leveraged to maximize the efficacy of clients’ integrated marketing campaigns. The company is one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing search marketing firms – named the largest independent U.S. search marketing agency by Advertising Age and among Deloitte’s 2011 Technology Fast 500™. Founded in 2002, The Search Agency has grown to more than 180 employees worldwide with headquarters in Los Angeles, CA, and additional offices in San Francisco, East Greenwich, Baltimore,, London, Sydney, Toronto and Bangalore. For more information, go to http://www.thesearchagency.com.
