Best Use of Search – Retail / eCommerce (SEO)
Blurb – Creative Blog Content SEO Campaign
Go Fish Digital & MySpaCover – Triple Digit Traffic Growth and Increased Organic Revenue SEO Campaign
Hewlett Packard Enterprise & Back Azimuth Consulting – Store Migration
Merkle with Harry & David – Growing Non-Brand Traffic for Holiday 2018
Milestone – Schema Injection Campaign for Top-3 QSR chain
Milestone & Renault Eurofranceses de Mexico – How to Triple Automotive Website Traffic
Stella Rising & Drybar – Driving Brand Success
Stickyeyes & Kroger – Gifting a New Lease of Life for Kroger Gift Cards
TopHatRank & WineOnSale.com
Wpromote & Hibbett Sports – How Do You Spell ‘Octuple’?
Best Use of Search – Retail / eCommerce (PPC)
360i & Advance Auto Parts – Advancing Advance Auto
Adtaxi & National Coffee Retailer
Crealytics – Lands’ End Spikes New Customer Number by 33%
Logical Position & Cocofloss – eCommerce Campaign
Metric Theory & JG Edelen – Profitability PPC Tactics to Boost Business
TENSHI & A1 Supplements – Producing 1635% ROAS Through Bing SEM
The Media Image & Clarins – Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2018
Tombras & Great Clips – Data Flow for Incremental Store Visits
Best Use of Search – Finance (SEO)
1SEO Digital Agency & J.G. Wentworth – If You Buy Annuities and You Need Leads Now
360i & U.S. Bank – Growing Wealth with SEO
Milestone – How to Quadruple Search Impressions for a Top-5 Bank in the US
ROAST & Refinitiv – Collaboration is Key
Silverback Strategies & First Savings Mortgage – Loan Officer Visibility Campaign
Victorious & Early Growth Financial Services – Banking in the Bay
Victorious & Tithe.ly – Heavenly Riches
WebMechanix & StreetShares – Patience + Persistence = Performance
Best Use of Search – Finance (PPC)
Sponsored by 1seo
MediaCom & American Airlines / Citibank – AAdvantage Travel Cards: Family Page
Metric Theory & GoFundMe – Financing Peer to Peer Support Through Search
NMPi & Pets Best Insurance – Doing What’s Best for Pets Best Insurance
The Media Image & Refinitiv – Rebrand: Keep the High Calibre Consumers Coming
Best Use of Search – Travel / Leisure (SEO)
Arch RoamRight – RoamRight.com SEO Campaign
Milestone & The Evelyn Hotel – Triumph PPC Solutions
Victorious & Blueboard – Wild Rewards
Best Use of Search – Travel / Leisure (PPC)
Aimclear Proves Branding-Effect Revenue Gain; Manufacturing NEW Conversion-Fueling Brand Search
How Hanapin Marketing Achieved a 3,916% Increase in Branded Search Lift for Icelandair with Strategic YouTube Targeting
Marin Software & Kiwi.com – Arrives at 28% More Conversions with MarinOne Bidding
MediaCom & American Airlines – Buy, Gift, Share Miles: Making Limited Time Offers Work Harder
Best Local Campaign
1SEO Digital Agency & Junk Rescue – The Marvelous Marketing Adventures of Junk Rescue
360i & Roto-Rooter – Eliminating Media Waste
Adapt Partners Utilizes Utility Payment Locations for GMB Success
Apogee Results & The Bug Master – Content and Local SEO for the Win
C-4 Analytics & Planet Honda – Honda Dealer Breaks into Top-5 in National Sales
Nebo & Arrow Exterminators – Providing Geo-Specific Answers to Grow A Local Presence
How NordicClick Interactive Drove A 56% Increase In Productivity For Local Clinic
Pan Galactic Digital for Devereaux, Stokes, Fernandez, and Leonard Personal Injury Lawyers
Rise Interactive & Stanley Steemer – Hyper-Local Strategy Improves ROI 5X
Victorious & Saussy Burbank – Searching for the Right Home
Best Use of Search – Third Sector
1SEO Digital Agency & Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey – CCGNJ Hits the Jackpot
Red Door Interactive – “And, GO!” Scaling Paid Search from Scratch to Drive Leads Quickly
WebMechanix & Philanthropy University – Social Impact Optimization
Best Use of Search – Health
1SEO Digital Agency & Council – Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey CCGNJ Hits the Jackpot
Envisionit & Vein Clinics of America – Healthy Looks Good SEO Campaign
First Scribe & Park Dental – Creating Smiles for Less
Go Fish Digital & Bespoke Surgical – Quadruple Digit Growth
How NordicClick Interactive Drove A 56% Increase In Productivity For Local Clinic
Stella Rising & CCRM Fertility – Family Building SEO Campaign
Tandem Interactive & Banyan – Writing a New Recipe for Eat
Tombras & Atrium Health – Hyperlocal Search for Urgent Care…STAT!
Victorious & Blink Health – A Dose of SEO
Victorious & ShoulderMD – Just What the Doctor Ordered
Best Use of Search – FMCG
Carmichael Lynch & Red Baron – Getting a Bigger Slice of the Big Game Pie
Go Fish Digital & Leafly – Growing Traffic for the Cannabis Industry
Hello Products – SEO Campaign
Reprise Digital – Fast Moving Consumer Goods Need Fast Moving Content Ideas
How Reprise Digital increased Paid Search ROI by 6x for Keurig Dr Pepper
The Absolut Company – Global Searcher Intent Alignment
Best Use of Search – Real Estate & Property
1SEO & KickCharge – Corner the Florida HVAC Market
3Q Digital – Full-Funnel Scale and Performance for AppFolio Property Manager
Go Fish Digital & Homes.com – Best Cities for Each Generation Campaign
LOCALiQ & Pinnacle – Multi-Faceted Digital Marketing and Search Campaign to Create Lasting ROI
Mannix Marketing & Adirondack Mountain Land – Hunting for More Real Estate Leads
Best Low Budget Campaign
1SEO Digital Agency & Body Armor Megastore – A Bulletproof Shopping Strategy
Tandem Interactive – Big Success with Low Budgets
TopHatRank – WineOnSale.com SEO Campaign
Uberall – Kale Me Crazy Gains 52% in Organic Search
WordStream – Surf Camp San Diego
Best Use of PR in a Search Campaign
Fractl – Finance-Based Affiliate Site Engagement
Go Fish Digital & Simple. Thrifty. Living – 2019 Beer Study
SEO-PR & Rutgers – Generate Leads with Press Release & Duplicate Content
VMLY&R & Bridgestone Americas – Using Search to Empower a Corporate Digital Ecosystem
Best Use of Social Media in a Search Campaign
1SEO Digital Agency & Penn Masala – Worlds Apart, United By Music
Aimclear Proves Branding-Effect Revenue Gain Manufacturing NEW Conversion-Fueling Brand Search
Gruen Agency – Maui Jim Uses Full-Funnel Social Strategy To Drive Conversions
Marin Software & Kiwi.com Arrives at 28% More Conversions with MarinOne Bidding
MilliporeSigma – Project Fetch
Nebo Agency – FLOR Brand Authenticity with Integrated Search & Social Campaigns
Best Use of Video in a Search Campaign
1SEO Digital Agency & Penn Masala – Worlds Apart, United By Music
Assembly Media & Fox – Ask Deadpool
Reprise Digital & McCormick – Spicing Up Video Content
SalesX with Harney & Sons Fine Tea – This is Tea Video Campaign
Best Integrated Campaign
Sponsored by optmyzr
Aimclear – Give Us Our Restaurant Franchise BRAND BACK! Integrated Data Exposes Partners Brand Squatting Racket
Gruen Agency – Maui Jim Optimizes Conversions With Paid Social, Search, and Display
Metric Theory & Optimizely – Social & Search Fill the Funnel Top to Bottom
Neo Media World & CTU – Leveraging First-Party Data & Social Insights to Bolster SEO & SEM Through CTV
Nina Hale & Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota – Medicare Go-To-Market Integrated Media Campaign
NMPi & Pets Best Insurance – Doing Whats Best for Pets Best Insurance
Reprise Digital on behalf of Coca-Cola North America – New Coke & Stranger Things
SEM International & Altura Interactive – Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
SEO-PR Rutgers – Increase Familiarity & Generate Leads with Integrated Campaign
Statwax & Concorde Career College – Integrated PPC/SEO/CRO Strategy Drives All-Time Highs in Student Acquisition
Best Mobile Campaign
The judges have decided not to release a shortlist for this category. The winner will be announced at the award ceremony.
Best PPC Campaign
Sponsored by SpyFu
1SEO Digital Agency & The Law Offices of Darwin F. Johnson – A Peachy Paid Campaign
Brainlabs & OpenMarket – OpenMarket Leads the Way
DAC & Bridgestone – Driving 27% Growth in Revenue Through Paid Search Strategies & Coordinated Marketing Efforts
January Digital & Davids Bridal – Revamping Search Structure to Grow PPC YoY Revenue
MilliporeSigma – Double Digit Growth in Bing
Neo Media World & CEC – Harnessing Data & Machine Learning to Drive Historic Performance
Rakuten Marketing Search & Black Diamond – The DSA Expansion Campaign
Rise Interactive & Stanley Steemer – Hyper-Local Strategy Improves ROI 5X
SalesX & Aeroflow Healthcare – Breast Pump Campaign
Tombras & Great Clips – Cutting Edge Approach to Store Visits
Best SEO Campaign
Sponsored by SEMrush
1SEO Digital Agency & AutoHausAZ – The Drive to Survive
Adapt Partners Increases Organic Traffic & Conversions Through Topically Relevant Content
Go Fish Digital & Joybird Collaborative – SEO Campaign
Investis Digital & Groupon – Futureproof Content: Things To Do SEO Strategy Campaign
Path Interactive & Hello Products – SEO Campaign
Proofpoint – Wombat Security Merger SEO Campaign
Stella Rising & CCRM Fertility – Family Building Campaign
The Absolut Company – Global Searcher Intent Alignment
Ticketmaster – How Ticketmaster’s Site Migration Redesigned and Reindexed 1 Million URLs
Tombras & Orangetheory Fitness – More Than A Gym SEO
Best Use of Content Marketing
Go Fish Digital & Joybird – Game Of Thrones: House Sorting Quiz
Homes.com – Heartbreak Hotel: Why Adults REALLY Move Back Home
Investis Digital & Groupon – Futureproof Content: Things To Do SEO Strategy Campaign
OnCrawl – SEO in Orbit
Publicis Sapient & H&R Block Build the Tax Information Center
Reprise Digital & McCormick – The Recipe to Succesful Content Marketing
SEO Digital Group & Social Buddy – Content Drives 1745% Increase in Organic Traffic
Tandem Interactive – Igniting Organic Growth with Trending Blog Topics
Time4Learning
Most Innovative Campaign
Sponsored by DeepCrawl
Aimclear – Give Us Our Restaurant Franchise BRAND BACK! Integrated Data Exposes Partners Brand Squatting Racket
Assembly Media & Fox – Ask Deadpool
Better Collective & US-Bookies.com – Search in a Complex Legal Landscape
Go Fish Digital & EIG – Newsworthy Data & Maps
Hewlett Packard Enterprise & Back Azimuth Consulting – Store Migration
PMG – A Simple System to Optimize Global Promotions Management
Rise Interactive & Stanley Steemer – Hyper-Local Strategy Improves ROI 5X
SEM International & Altura Interactive – Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
The Absolut Company – Global Searcher Intent Alignment
Tombras & Great Clips – SEM Innovation with Data Flow
Best Software Innovation
Adalysis – Your PPC Recommendation Engine
Back Azimuth Consulting – HREFLang Builder
Brainlabs – The Shopping Hero
crawlOPTIMIZER.com – SEO-Tool for Automated Log File Analysis
DeepCrawl
OnCrawl – OnCrawl Rankings
Pacvue
Rise Interactive – Connex: Search Analytics & Automation by Rise Interactive
SEMrush – SEO Writing Assistant
Squared.io – Automation & Auditing for Google Ads
Best PPC Management Software Suite
Adalysis – Your PPC Recommendation Engine
Adlucent – Deep Search
Adzooma – Digital Advertising Platform
Kenshoo
Optmyzr – Comprehensive Search PPC Management Software Suite
Rise Interactive – Connex: Search Analytics & Automation by Rise Interactive
Spaceboost – The PPC automation software to democratize Automation in Paid Search Advertising
Squared.io – Automation & Auditing for Google Ads
Best SEO Software Suite
Botify
Conductor Searchlight
crawlOPTIMIZER.com – SEO-Tool for Automated Log File Analysis
OnCrawl Data³
SEMrush – Search Visibility Management
The MarketMuse Suite
Best Search Software Tool
AccuRanker – Keyword Rank Tracker
Botify – JavaScript Rendering
Brainlabs – The Shopping Hero
DeepCrawl
OnCrawl – Technical SEO Platform
Rise Interactive – Connex: Search Analytics & Automation
SEMrush SEO & SEM Solutions – One Tool for Both Worlds
SpyFu
Squared.io – Automation & Auditing for Google Ads
Swydo
Yext
Best In-House Team
Better Collective – US Organic Team
Comcast Corporation – Xfinity Digital Marketing Team
Hewlett Packard Enterprise – SEO Team
HomeToGo GmbH – Inbound Marketing Team
MilliporeSigma – Digital Customer Acquisition Team
Sears Home Services – SEM SEO Team
Sprint – Digital Marketing Team
Synergize – Toyota 2.5 Search Team
Time4Learning
Best Small PPC Agency
SalesX
Tandem Interactive
Best Large PPC Agency
1SEO Digital Agency
Adlucent
Brainlabs
Chacka Marketing
Logical Position
Metric Theory
Rise Interactive
The Media Image
Best Small Integrated Search Agency
Aimclear
Red Door Interactive
SSDM
The Tombras Group
Best Large Integrated Search Agency
Croud
Logical Position
Silverback Strategies
TopSpot Internet Marketing
VMLY&R
WebMechanix
Best Small SEO Agency
Adapt Partners
Hive Digital
Tandem Interactive
TopHatRank
Best Large SEO Agency
Sponsored by OnCrawl
1SEO Digital Agency
Digital Resource
Go Fish Digital
HigherVisibility
Merkle
Path Interactive
Publicis Sapient
Reprise Digital
Stella Rising
Victorious
US Search Diversity, Inclusion & Equality Award
Sponsored by bing
3Q Digital
Reprise Digital
Sara Resnick
Young Search Professional of the Year
Sponsored by Reprise
Rachel Bills, Lead PPC Digital Strategist – Intuitive Digital
Brennen Bliss, Founder CEO and SEO Lead – PixelCutLabs
Oliver Brantley, Paid Media Specialist – Nebo Agency
Nick Burdsall, SEO Specialist – 1SEO Digital Agency
Emily Christon, Senior SEO Analyst – Ovative Group
Regan Hamilton, Senior Account Associate, Paid Advertising – WordStream
Tyler Hendershot, Digital Marketing Strategist – Webspec Design
Erika Tapie, SEO Associate – Apogee Results
Joseph Woll, Associate Strategist – Path Interactive
US Search Personality of the Year
The winner of this award will be announced at the award ceremony.