Last Call: Don't Miss Your Chance to Enter The 2023 Bookmark Awards
(Cape Town, 8 May 2023): With a long-running legacy of benchmarking digital excellence, The Bookmark Awards is the most prestigious of digital marketing awards in South Africa. Each year, winning agencies, online publishers, brands, individual specialists and company projects not only walk away with bragging rights but their work is held up as examples to the broader industry and cited as success.
If you or your business are still on the fence about submitting work to the 2023 Bookmarks, here are even more reasons to enter.
1. SHOWCASE SUCCESS AND INNOVATION
The Bookmark Awards have always been a celebration of digital excellence. By entering the Awards, businesses can display their best works to their peers, benchmarking their innovation and prowess amongst industry heavyweights and newbies alike. It’s the perfect opportunity to submit work that’s cutting-edge, utilises the latest innovations or has a real impact on the world. From campaigns built on the foundations of yesteryear to those integrating online and offline and incorporating new technologies such as the metaverse and non-fungible tokents (NFTs), innovative and transformative work will be placed under the spotlight this year.
2. BUILD YOUR BRAND…
Over the years, the Bookmarks have helped agencies, online publishers and individual specialists build on their success and become the behemoths of the industry. And 2023 is no different. The Bookmarks are open to all and we’re excited to see what fledgling agencies, online publishers and specialists can bring to the table. This is your chance to show off your skills alongside the greats while building your brand presence within the market. Additionally, companies are urged to encourage their agencies, online publishers and specialists to submit projects they’ve been working on this past year.
3. AND ATTRACT BUSINESS
Bookmarks winners are selected against a strict set of criteria and judged by expert panels selected by industry peers. This is why winning a Bookmark is an indication of both success and excellence. Previous Bookmarks winners continue to showcase their awards to prospective clients to help attract business and indicate their excellent standing within the industry.
Late entries for the 2023 Bookmark Awards are open until Monday, 15 May at 5 pm. Click here to enter.
For more information on the 2023 Bookmark Awards, visit thebookmarks.co.za. Companies interested in sponsoring the 2023 Bookmark Awards categories, can view the sponsor pack here.
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Issued by Chimera Creative on behalf of IAB South Africa and The Bookmark Awards 2023.
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About The Bookmark Awards
The Bookmark Awards is an IAB South Africa initiative that celebrates innovation, creativity and effectiveness within the media and marketing industry. It is the unrivalled benchmark of local advertising excellence. While The Bookmarks have always stood for prestige digital work, it also aims to drive digital change. Winning a Bookmark Award is a recognition of work that helps move the industry forward. thebookmarks.co.za
About the IAB SA
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) South Africa, formerly known as the DMMA, is an independent, voluntary, non-profit association focused on growing and sustaining a vibrant and profitable digital industry within South Africa. The IAB South Africa empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy and comprises 150 leading media companies, brands and technology firms working in digital marketing and media. The non-profit, non-government trade group fields critical research on interactive advertising while also educating brands, agencies, publishers and the wider business community on the importance of digital marketing.
The IAB Global Network brings together 45 national IABs and three regional IABs to share challenges, develop global solutions and advance the digital advertising industry worldwide. IABs are located in North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Asia Pacific and Europe. Each association is independently owned and operated, functioning under bylaws consonant with local market needs. To subscribe to the IAB South Africa newsletter, click here or visit iabsa.net.