Thursday, May 7, 2009

WON FIVE ADDY® AWARDS

SPARK ADVERTISING WINS FIVE ADDY® AWARDS IN 2008 COMPETITION
NEENAH, WI (April 8, 2009) – SPARK Advertising, an advertising and public relations agency in Neenah, won five ADDY® awards at the 2008 AAF-Fox River Ad Club Awards on March 6, 2009.
SPARK was honored with two Gold ADDY® awards in the ad industry self-promotion and interactive categories for its redesign of the agency’s Web site and START A SPARK cards marketing campaign. The START A SPARK cards also won "Peoples Choice" as the best of the evening from their peers. Silver ADDY® awards were also presented to the agency in the category of sales promotion for a product or service the Press-Ganey Medical Sales Kits, and in the category of self-promotion for an ad club or marketing club the BE Brochure and BRANDED Poster for AAF-Fox River Ad Club.
The ADDY® Awards, sponsored by the American Advertising Federation, recognize companies that demonstrate excellence in advertising and represent the true spirit of creative excellence in all forms of advertising from media of all types, creative by all sizes and entrants of all levels. Winners are chosen from approximately 60,000 entries at the local, regional and national ADDY® competition.

Monday, May 4, 2009

SPARK wins National Telly Award

SPARK ADVERTISING WINS PRESTIGIOUS TELLY AWARD FOR TV COMMERCIAL

Neenah, WI (March 11, 2009) -- SPARK Advertising recently received a coveted Bronze Telly Award for the TV commercial they developed for Lakeland College. The 30-second spot highlights the school’s BlendEd® adult education program that offers students the convenience of-both classroom and online learning. Designed by the same firm that makes the Oscar® and Emmy® statuettes and weighing 4-1/2 pounds, the Telly Award has been the symbol of creative excellence for over a quarter of century. The judging panel represents top advertising and video production professionals that are past winners of a Silver Telly, the highest honor, and have been chosen for membership based on their professional accomplishments.

“We are thrilled to be a Telly Award winner for our work on the Lakeland College commercial. Since this competition represents the top ad agencies in the U.S., it is a privilege to be recognized with this distinguished award,” said Mark Elliott, president of SPARK Advertising.

Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online film and video. The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, interactive agencies, and corporate and video departments in the world. The competition receives over 13,000 entries annually from all 50 states and foreign countries.