Best Use of Search – Retail/eCommerce
1SEO – Rewires Nassau National Cable for Online Relevance
Crealytics & Urban Outfitters – All Devices PPC Campaign for Cyber Weekend 2017
Infront Webworks & Del-Immune – Ecommerce SEO Campaign
MediaCom & Bose – From Google to Amazon – Bose 360 Degree E-commerce Search Strategy
Merkle & Nespresso – Fulfilling the Funnel – How Merkle and Nespresso Tackled the Purchase Process
PMX Agency – How Fingerhut’s Non-Brand Campaign Drove 2100% Incremental YOY Revenue
Rise Interactive & Follett Higher Education – Fall Rush PPC Campaign
Stone Temple (now Perficient Digital) – Grows Search Visibility and Traffic for Comcast Xfinity Home
Webspec Design – “Lifts Up” Kelderman Air Suspension Search Campaign
Best use of Search – Finance
1SEO – Trading Up: How 1SEO Helped Lightspeed Capitalize on Prime Opportunities
3Q Digital – Huge Account Growth through Advanced Audience Segmentation
Catalyst & UPS Capital – US Paid Search
Conductor & John Hancock Investments – The Voice of the Customer Campaign
Go Fish Digital and Simple. Thrifty. Living. – Disney Princesses Reimagined as Modern Career Women
Position2 & FinTech Client – Cost Reduction Through Effective Use of Audience Segments
Reprise Digital – Voice Search Optimization
The Media Image & FOREX.com – A Profitable PPC Restructuring
Best use of Search – Travel / Leisure
1SEO – The Road Ahead: How 1SEO Set Up Kevin Smith Transportation Group for Lasting Success Online
Acronym & Luxury Hotel Group
Catalyst & Tauck – Connecting SEM & Offline Conversions
From The Future & Sandals Resorts – All Inclusive US SEO Campaign
Media Storm & Celebrity Cruises – Campaign Tune-Up 2018
PMG – SEM Innovation Leads to Business Transformation
TopSpot & You First Limousine Services – Data Driven Results
Touchdown for Croud & TickPick – Increasing Super Bowl ticket sales by 323%
Victorious & Exceptional Villas – SEO Without Borders
Wheelhouse & DMG Clipper Vacations – Seattle SEM Campaign
Best Use of Search – Third Sector
1SEO – Driving Donations: How 1SEO Helped the American Childrens Society Excel During Its “Season of Giving”
Bad Penny Factory & Central Oklahoma – Habitat for Humanity SEO Campaign
Conductor & St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Dream Home Campaign
Victorious & Ethnos360 – The Land of Milk and Honey
Best Use of Search – Health
1SEO & CCGNJ – Online Campaign
Barefoot Proximity & Cincinnati Children’s
Digital Third Coast – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago
Go Fish Digital & Bespoke Surgical – Healthy Branding Equals Healthy Rankings
Infront Webworks – Del-Immune SEO Campaign
Johns Hopkins Medicine – Building a Search Friendly Content Powerhouse for the Patient Journey
LSEO & Cawley PT Local NEPA – SEO Campaign
Memorial Hermann Health System – Hurricane Harvey Digital Marketing Urgent Care Campaign
Path Interactive & Buoy – AI Health Assistant SEO Campaign
Tandem Interactive & Treatment Centres – Come Clean Stay Clean
Best Use of Search – Real Estate & Property
1SEO – Making Moves: How 1SEO Helped MK Management Group Become a First Choice in College Apartment Hunting
Bozzuto & Hanapin – Using Ad Customizers To Lower CPL and Garner Higher Quality Leads
Conductor & WeWork – Hypergrowth with Search
Go Fish Digital & Homes.com – The Cities Making the Most Off of Airbnb Campaign
ReachLocal & Pinnacle ReachLocal – Leverages Strategic Search Marketing Plan to Create Lasting ROI for Pinnacle
Search Discovery & Starlight Homes – Search Campaign
Best Use of Search – FMCG
Absolut Drinks – Searcher Interests Drives eCRM Signups
Catalyst & Brawny – Winning Amazon Search
Reprise Digital on behalf of Coca-Cola North America – Coke Zero Sugar Launch
Best Local Campaign
Avalaunch Media & Brighton Resort – Tier 2 Season Pass
Infront Webworks & Garden of the Gods Storage – Local SEO Campaign
January Digital & Peapod – NYC Geo-Targeted Campaigns Increase Grocery Orders by 262%
Jellyfish & Total Wine & More – Utilizing In-Store Attribution to Drive eCommerce & In-Store Revenue
Location3 & Mountain Mike’s Pizza – Innovative Use of DoubleClick to Help Franchisees Increase Online Conversions by 532%
PMG – SEM Innovation Leads to Business Transformation
TENSHI Delivers an Over 7X ROAS for Local Moving Through SEM
Victorious & Tailors’ Keep – Bursting at the Seams
WebMechanix & Keane – Local SEO Leads to Explosive Growth
Wheelhouse DMG & Providence Medical Group – Local SEO in Healthcare
Best Low Budget Campaign
AdEdge Digital Marketing – The Tile Solution Search Campaign
Milestone & Lacroix Restaurant – GMB campaign
Portent & RPM Truck Repair – Small Business PPC Campaign
TopSpot & You First Limousine – Data Driven Results
Best Use of PR in a Search Campaign
Sponsored by
Acronym & Luxury Hotel Group
Go Fish Digital & Simple. Thrifty. Living. – Disney Princesses Reimagined as Modern Career Women
Stone Temple (now Perficient Digital) – Data-Based Research Studies Create Significant Media Attention and SEO Value
Best Use of Social Media in a Search Campaign
1SEO – How 1SEO Drove Conversions for CollegeBound Saver through Social Media
Assembly & FX – Marketing Campaign of Fear
Barefoot Proximity & Cincinnati Children’s
Nebo Agency & Brookdale Senior Living – Availing Social Media to Revamp Brookdale’s Paid Search Campaigns
Qiigo & Soccer Shots – High Scoring Quality Leads with Search and Social
Tandem Interactive & Deer Creek – The Grass is Greener
Webspec Design – “Soars” With Des Moines Feed Facebook Campaign
Wheelhouse DMG & Play Impossible – The Impossible Viral Campaign
Best use of Video in a Search Campaign
1SEO – “Wines of Tuscany” Reaches Thousands of Wine Lovers Nationwide
NordicClick Interactive – Computer Graphics Software: New Product Launch
Best Integrated Campaign
Sponsored by
Absolut Drinks – Searcher Interests Drives eCRM Signups
Apogee Results & Capson Physicians Insurance – Marketing Integration from 0 to 60
Barefoot Proximity & Gallup – Custom Workplace Solutions
Barefoot Proximity & Cincinnati Children’s – Heart Institute
DAC & TaxSlayer – Maximizing Your Return One KPI at a Time.
Location3 & Anytime Fitness – How Integrated Search Marketing Generated 50000 New Membership Leads & 127% ROI in 30 Days for Franchisees
Merkle & Classic Brands – Using Amazon Stores to Support an Integrated Search Program
Nebo Agency & FLOR – Bringing Personalization to Integrated Digital
Rakuten Marketing & Safe Step Walk-In Tubs – Message Extensions
Stickyeyes & Kroger – Money Services
Best Mobile Campaign
1SEO – Embracing Change: How 1SEO Continuously Improved Mobile Performance for Centre City Emergency Dentist
Edible, An Edelman Company – Hey Google, What’s in my Orange Juice?
Gruen Agency & Pest Control Company – Mobile Campaign
Mediahub & Chipotle Mexican Grill – Tap Your Appetite Mobile App Launch
Reprise – SEO & McCormick AMP Recipes Mobile Campaign
Best PPC Campaign
1SEO – Meeting the Mark: How 1SEO Helped One of Pennsylvania’s Top Charter Schools Make the PPC Honor Roll
Aimclear & Iconic Transportation Client – Perpetual Creative Optimization Scripting for Enduring PPC Savings
January Digital & Peapod – NYC Geo-Targeted Campaigns Increase Grocery Orders by 262%
MediaCom & Bose – From Google to Amazon – Bose 360 Degree E-commerce Search Strategy
MilliporeSigma PPC Team – Exponential Growth Through Scale and Targeting
Nebo & Gas South – Turn Up the Heat with Weather-Triggered Ads
Nina Hale & TRX Training – US Paid Search & Shopping Campaign
Rise Interactive & Follett Higher Education – Fall Rush PPC Campaign
SalesX Inc & Aeroflow Healthcare
Search Laboratory & Staar Surgical – Localized strategy producing profound results
Best SEO Campaign
Sponsored by
1SEO – Building Trust: Certifying the Management and Strategy Institute’s Online Visibility
Croud & Insureon – A strategy for long-term SEO success
Go Fish Digital & Simple. Thrifty. Living. – Disney Princesses Reimagined as Modern
Marie Haynes Consulting & RetractableAwnings.com – How good SEO resulted in phenomenal growth
Path Interactive & Buoy – SEO Campaign
Portent & Star Rapid – Site Relaunch & Global SEO Campaign
Qiigo – British Swim School Sees Pools of New Business Growth through Organic Search
Search Laboratory & a Footwear Retailer – Technical SEO wizardry ensures a competitive edge
Victorious & Felix Gray – Love at First Sight
Women’s Marketing – Jane Iredale SEO Campaign
Best Use of Content Marketing
1SEO – Thinking Outside the Catalog: How Digital Content and Social Media Marketing Creativity Led to an Increase in Sales for Harriet Carter
Apogee Results & Capson Physicians Insurance – Content Marketing from 0 to 60
Digital Third Coast & Shorr Packaging – Protecting Packages
Go Fish Digital & Elite Fixtures – The Cost of Mining a Bitcoin Campaign
Mannix Marketing & American Heating Company – Content Marketing Campaign
Red Door Interactive & Bridgepoint Education – Content Gap Analysis
Resolution Media & McDonald’s – Search Demand Data Informs Sauce Content Marketing Campaign
Stone Temple (now Perficient Digital) – Attracts Major Clients Through Authority-Building Content
The Media Image & Air Charter Service – “Private Jets of World Leaders” SEO Campaign
Wpromote & Sheex – Bed and Bracket Sleep Challenge
Most Innovative Campaign
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Assembly & FX – Marketing Campaign of Fear
Barefoot Proximity & Gallup – Custom Workplace Solutions
Elite SEM & Shopko – Driving In-Store Sales Campaign
Go Fish Digital & Phillips & Cohen – Dramatic Organic Traffic Recovery
Gruen Agency – Development of Zone Controlling Software for Home Services Client
Jellyfish & Walden University – Leveraging Dynamic Search Ads to Drive Lead and Enrollment Growth
Katana – UC APU
Location3 & Mountain Mike’s Pizza – Innovative Use of DoubleClick to Help Franchisees Increase Online Conversions by 532%
MediaCom & Bose – From Google to Amazon – Bose 360 Degree E-commerce Search Strategy
Mediative – AI driven PPC campaign
Best Software Innovation
Sponsored by
Adalysis – PPC Recommendation Engine
Adthena – AI Driven Machine Learned Search Intelligence
Botify
Clever ecommerce – AdWords Automation Software
OnCrawl – Rankings
PR Hunters – Project Crockett
SEMrush – Keyword Magic Tool
Sitebulb – Crawl Maps
Search Squared – Audit & Automation for AdWords
Trisolute Software GmbH – News Dashboard for Mobile and Desktop
Best PPC Management Software Suite
Adalysis – PPC Recommendation Engine
Adlucent – Deep Search
Optmyzr – Comprehensive Search PPC Management Software Suite
Best SEO Software Suite
Botify – Botify Software Suite
Conductor – Searchlight
MarketMuse & The MarketMuse Suite
OnCrawl – SEO Data Platform
SEMrush – SEO & Content Workflow
Best Search Software Tool
Adthena – AI Driven Machine Learned Search Intelligence
Back Azimuth – HREFLang Builder
Botify
DeepCrawl
Milestone – CMS Module Voice-search friendly Content Management System
OnCrawl – SEO Crawler & Log Analyzer
Search Squared – Audit & Automation for AdWords
SEMrush – Keyword Magic Tool
Sitebulb – Website & SEO Auditor
Swydo
Best In-House Team
Sponsored by
CallRail
Fanatics – SEO team
Group Nine Media – Thrillist
HomeToGo – SEO Team
MilliporeSigma – Customer Acquisition and Channel Marketing Team
Best Small Integrated Search Agency
Aimclear – Next-Gen Digital Marketing
Croud
Digital Third Coast
SS Digital Media
Best Large Integrated Search Agency
Barefoot Proximity
Elite SEM
Gruen Agency
Search Laboratory
TopSpot
Best Small PPC Agency
AdEdge Digital Marketing
Marketing Mojo
Tandem Interactive
Best Large PPC Agency
1SEO I.T. Support & Digital Marketing
3Q Digital
Adlucent
Logical Position
Merkle Inc
Metric Theory
Rise Interactive
Search Laboratory
Wpromote
Best Small SEO Agency
Bad Penny Factory
Hive Digital Inc.
LSEO – A Digital Marketing Agency
Marie Haynes Consulting Inc.
Marketing Mojo
Red Door Interactive
Tandem Interactive
Victorious
Best Large SEO Agency
1SEO I.T. Support & Digital Marketing
Go Fish Digital
HigherVisibility
Merkle Inc
Search Laboratory
Stone Temple (now Perficient Digital)
Women’s Marketing SEO Team
Wpromote
Young Search Professional
Sponsored by
Brennen Bliss, Founder & CEO, PixelCutLabs
S. Angeolyn Dayrit, SEO Manager, Reprise Digital
Colby Dimock, SEO Specialist, Nebo Agency
Drew Dyer, PPC Specialist, Jellyfish
Elise Hubel, Search Strategist, SS Digital Media
Leigh McKenzie, Senior SEO Strategist, From The Future
Kelsey Russo, Social Media Specialist, 1SEO
Maddi Salmon, Senior Content Associate, Go Fish Digital
Kevin Schroeder, Paid Media Analyst, Nebo Agency
Ashley Spotts, Digital Marketing Analyst, Search Discovery
US Search Personality
The winner of US Search Personality will be announced on the night of the awards ceremony.