UBM Electronics, a US-based provider of media and marketing solutions for the design engineering and the electronics industry, and the Electronics Components Industry Association (ECIA) have called for entries for the 2012 Electronics Choice Industry Awards (ECIA's). The awards celebrate excellence in marketing by honoring ECIA members who have displayed exceptional branding and marketing programmes in the past year.
The ECIA's feature an entry field of 12 award categories, including Best Brand/Image Advertising; Best Co-Op Advertising; Best Corporate Promotional Publication; Best Corporate Newsletter; Best Media Innovation – Product; Best Media Innovation — Special Promotion Video (non-product); Best Social Media Outreach; Best Special Web Promotion; Best Customer Engagement/Training Event; Best Online Campaign; Best Integrated Marketing; and Best Industry Testimony. In addition, judges will award a ‘Best of Show’ designation to the single entry with the highest score.
Entries will be reviewed by a panel of business-to-business marketing experts and award winners will be announced during a special session at the 2012 Executive Conference on October 29, 2012. The ECIA 2012 Executive Conference, which will take place October 28-30, 2012 at the InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel, is the premier networking and educational event for the electronics distribution industry.
The deadline for entry submission is Friday, August 31, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. PDT. Interested parties may visit www.eciawards.com to submit entries for the competition.
