2023 Shortlist

BEST USE OF SEARCH – RETAIL / ECOMMERCE (SEO)

Logical Position & Cascade Health Care

— Improving Visibility & Traffic by 200%

Menerva Digital & Maisonette

— eCommerce SEO & Filter Rules

Perrill & Scales Plus

— Tipping the Scales with SEO

Tombras & PGA Tour Superstore

— A Hole-In-One SEO Partnership

Uproer & Willow

— SEO “Mom Journey” Campaign

Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics

— SEO Content Drives Revenue

Victorious & UnboxMe

— From 3 Keywords to Outranking Amazon

BEST USE OF SEARCH – RETAIL / ECOMMERCE (PPC)

Collective Measures & EVEREVE

— Transformative Paid Search Efforts Deliver Impressive Results

Croud x GE Appliances, a Haier Company

— Accelerating the modernization of search

DAC & Brooks

— Running the road to revenue

INTREN & Buenospa

— Small fish in the biggest pond
"Conquering the USA with a rented warehouse"

Intuitive Digital & Landry & Acari

— How Landry & Arcari’s Search Campaigns Were Stitched Together For Success

iProspect & Anthropologie

— Futureproofing Google Paid Search Efforts via AI-Driven Product Adoption

Mad Leads & Aroma360

— The Smell of Success: Scent-sational 325% YoY Growth

The Media Image & Kendo

— Fenty Paid Search Restructure

Tombras & Altar’d State

— ROAS Couture: Stitching Up Success in a Time of Consumer Uncertainty

BEST USE OF SEARCH – FINANCE (SEO)

CB/I Digital & First Citizens Bank

— Excellence in Enterprise SEO

Hennessey Digital

— Cashing In On Great SEO

iQuanti

— Winning a new audience and a 90% bump in traffic

LOCOMOTIVE & TIPALTI

— Pushing Boundaries of Creativity & Efficiency through AI-Powered Calculators

Milestone Inc & U.S. Bank

— Improving Digital Customers Interactions

North Star Inbound & Self

— Building credibility for the credit builder

NP Digital & Lantern by SoFi

— Leveraging SEO & content to help build a brand: How we increased organic search traffic by 561% for Lantern.

Reprise & Nationwide

— Increasing brand awareness with SEO in Auto Insurance

BEST USE OF SEARCH – FINANCE (PPC)

Intuitive Digital & Valley Credit Union

— Expanding Clientele In A Limited Customer Pool Through Customization and Service

Mad Leads + Tipalti

— Driving 20% Revenue Contribution in the EU

Tombras & Ent Credit Union

— Refresh & Restructure Towards App-solute Success

BEST USE OF SEARCH – TRAVEL / LEISURE (SEO)

1SEO Digital Agency

— Scubadelphia Diveseekers, Breaching the SEO Surface

DAC & Holland America Line

— A Cruise to Organic Performance

Milestone Inc & G6

— Bringing customers to the door, using search!

Minty Digital & iVisa

— Around the world in 130 links

BEST USE OF SEARCH – TRAVEL / LEISURE (PPC)

AIMCLEAR & Navigating Success

— A Social/Search Mashup Propelling Yacht Rental Revenue

Go Fish Digital & Seaside Vacations

— Competing With Enterprise Marketplaces For OBX Travel

Intuitive Digital & Alaska Seaplanes

— Paid Media Performance Soars To New Heights

iQuanti & A Cruise Company

Publicis Groupe & Marriott International

— Innovative Brand Awareness Campaign Drives More Than 2 Million Additional Clicks

Tandem Buzz & Everglades Holiday Park

— Everglades Performance Max Smart Test

Workshop Digital & Virginia Tourism Corporation

— LOVE campaign

BEST USE OF SEARCH – GAMING

Distinctly & Betting.com

— Bias in the Booth

North Star Inbound & Solitaire Bliss

— Stacking the deck with 1.2 million visits per month

BEST USE OF SEARCH – THIRD SECTOR / NOT FOR PROFIT

Go Fish Digital & United Way

— Strategic Synergy: The Collaborative Force of SEO and Digital PR

Tombras & American Cancer Society

— Search for the Cure

Victorious & NAACP

— Unique Challenges in a Niche Space

BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2B (SEO)

beMarketing, CCI Consulting

— Tried and True SEO Triumph

Critical Mass & Nissan Business & Fleet

— Helping Small Business Owners Find the Right Vehicle for the Job

FL Pixel & Chillibyte

— RxMile™ Pharmacy Software

Flow SEO & Betterworks

— SEO for Enterprise SaaS

Impressive & Base22

— Transformative Organic Growth

Logical Position & Globe Bag Company Inc

— Increasing First Page Keywords by over 240%

Menerva Digital & Proofpoint

— B2B Content Strategy

Milestone Inc & Hitachi Vantara

— Improving Search Visibility

Pan Galactic Digital + AEI Consultants

— SEO + CRO + SME + E-A-T = AEI B2B WIN

Thermo Fisher

— Applying the science of SEO in the Life Sciences industry

Uproer & IFTTT

— How an Overlooked SEO Tactic Drove 33% Traffic Growth

Victorious & Cloud Hosting

— Leveraging Content Doubles Organic Traffic

BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2B (PPC)

1SEO Digital Agency, LEM Products, Inc.

— Warning: High Voltage PPC Ahead!

Amsive Digital & Ansys

— Mastering the Art of Digital Engineering, Unleashing 43% Conversion Lift!

Comcast Paid Search Team (Comcast Business)

— Activating Results-Driven, AI-powered Search Campaigns with Value Based Bidding

Forthea & Cemex

— Concrete PPC Growth for Ready-Mix

LeadLab Media & RedRover

— Mahaffey Fabric Structures

Search Warrant & Kinaxis

— Persuading Planners in the USA

Semrush

— Localization and Geo Scaling in Paid Search

Stella Rising & Optimizely

— Driving DXP Globally

BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2C (SEO)

Deezer with Semrush

— Optimizing billions of pages to grow traffic by 100%

Forthea & Paul Davis

— Scalable SEO for Multi-Location Franchise

Intuitive Digital & Jacobs Heating and Air Conditioning

— Cool Strategy, Hot Results!

Logical Position & Cascade Health Care

— Improving Visibility & Increasing Traffic Over 200%

Logical Position & Jil Goorman Beauty

— Increasing New Users by almost 400%

Mannix Marketing, Haddad & Sherwin

— Best in Search B2C

Menerva Digital & Blurb

— B2C Blog Content Strategy

North Star Inbound & Preply

— Establishing category leadership in plain English

Razorfish & Grey Goose Vodka

— Strategic FAQs Answer Cocktail & Vodka Questions

Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics

— SEO Content Drives Revenue

Victorious & UnboxMe

— From 3 Keywords to Outranking Amazon

BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2C (PPC)

beMarketing, Raynor Services

— Electrical Wins in PPC Campaign

Block & Tam & Jean Dousset

— Leveraging Google’s full-funnel product suite to stimulate all consumer touch points and increase ecom sales during a major rebrand

Go Fish Digital & Hudson’s Furniture

— ZIP Code Targeting Drives Store Visits for Furniture Retailer

Intuitive Digital & Jacobs Heating and Air Conditioning

— Turning Up The Heat For Search Ads

Megethos & GoHealth Urgent Care

— Urgent Care Bookings Growth

Search Influence & Tulane School of Professional Advancement

— Google Paid Search for Graduate Certificates

Socium Media & Modern Age

— Driving Conversions for a Healthier Future

SSDM + SPG

— Consolidated Website + Search Campaign

Tandem Buzz & Odyssey Group LLC

— Porta Potty After Hours

Tombras & Altar’d State

— ROAS Couture: Stitching Up Success in a Time of Consumer Uncertainty

BEST USE OF SEARCH – HEALTH

AIMCLEAR & Action Behavior Centers

— Truly Serving Autistic Children & Generating $ Millions

CMI Media Group & ADC Therapeutics

— Utilizing Search Behavior to Optimize a Rx Campaign

EVERSANA INTOUCH & AUSTEDO® XR

— Organic Improvement for Secondary Indication

Forthea & Pure Dental Brands

— Rebuilding after a Pandemic

Growth Skills & BetterVet

— Dominating Mobile Veterinarian Searches with 2,230% increase in Google First Page Rankings

Hearts & Science & Reckitt

— Driving Sales Increases as Measured by New Closed Loop Solution

Incubeta, Squared.io & Healthcare Brand

— Pushing Performance for Healthcare Practices

Megethos & GoHealth Urgent Care

— Urgent Care Bookings Growth

Pan Galactic Digital + CompleteRx

— Growing Search Engine Visibility through Thought Leadership

Stella Rising & CCRM

— Expanding Incredible Fertility Care

The Loop Marketing & CORE Orthopedics

— “Resilience in Motion: Building E-A-T for a Small Healthcare Provider”

Tombras & Atrium Health

— The Right Prescription for Search Growth

BEST USE OF SEARCH – AUTOMOTIVE

Critical Mass & Nissan Business & Fleet

— Helping Small Business Owners Find the Right Vehicle for the Job

Milestone Inc & Nissan Mexicana

— Automotive Omnichannel Dealership Platform

Milestone Inc & Renault Americas

— Driving Digital Presence and Organic Growth on Search

Synergize & Gulf States Toyota

— Lead Form Integration

BEST USE OF SEARCH – REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY

Red Shark Digital & The Woodland Group

— Conquering Mountains of Search Results

Stella Rising & Coldwell Banker

— Dream Campaign

Verve Search & Online Mortgage Advisor

— Building authority with expertise and creativity

BEST USE OF SEARCH – FMCG

Go Fish Digital & Future Method

— Crafting A Consumer-Centric Approach To Search

J.M. Smucker & Digitas/Publicis

— Integrated FMCG Search Strategy Drove Omni-Channel Growth

Reprise & Zyrtec

— Scratching an Itch with Fresh Content in Partnership with Zyrtec

Stella Rising & MaryRuth Organics

— Maximizing Wellness Momentum

Stella Rising & Persil®

— Increasing Nonbrand Awareness with Creative Implementation

BEST USE OF SEARCH – FASHION

Accelerated Digital Media & johnnie-O

— Finding New Insights in PMax to Grow Revenue

Block & Tam & Veronica Beard

— Hybrid Standard Shopping + PMax approach delivering unprecedented results during BFCM 2022

Rise at Seven & PrettyLittleThing

— flying to the top of the SERPS

Stella Rising & Gudrun Sjödén

— Widening the World of Gudrun Sjödén

Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics

— SEO Content Drives Revenue

BEST LOCAL CAMPAIGN (SEO)

Acadia

Logical Position & Pershing Square Law Firm

— Increasing First Page Keywords by Over 450%

On the Map Marketing & Hipskind & McAninch, LLC

— Best Local Campaign (SEO)

Practice Cafe and Bethea Family Dentistry

— Local Dental SEO Campaign

SEM Dynamics

— Organic Search Campaign

Tandem Buzz & All My Sons

— Local SEO

Webspec & Springer Floor Care

— Website Content Refresh

Xfinity Residential SEO team

— Chris Countey, Eric Regan, Karen Ramon
"Xfinity Local SEO"

BEST LOCAL CAMPAIGN (PPC)

DAC & The Fresh Market

— the anti-inflation recipe

Go Fish Digital & ZIPS Dry Cleaners

— Creating Personalized Local Campaigns At Scale

Practice Cafe and Alder Trails Dental

— Local Dental PPC Campaign

Tandem Buzz & Executive One Catering

— Miami Dade

BEST LOW BUDGET CAMPAIGN (SEO)

1SEO Digital Agency

— EP Electric LLC, Shocking the SEO System

FL Pixel & Chillibyte

— RxMile™ Pharmacy Software

Go Fish Digital & Myriad

— Myriad <3’s NY

Logical Position & Jil Goorman Beauty

— Increasing First Page Keywords by over 2,800%

Menerva Digital & Intelligence of Nature

— People Also Ask

The Loop Marketing & CORE Orthopedics

— “Resilience in Motion: How to Conquer Pain and Resume the Activities that Ignite Your Soul”

BEST LOW BUDGET CAMPAIGN (PPC)

beMarketing, AREI

— Better Business on a Budget

On the Map Marketing & Angelika Film Center

— Best Low Budget Campaign (PPC)

The Loop Marketing & MARTOR USA

— “Safe Cuts, Trusted Knives”

BEST INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN

1SEO Digital Agency

— Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, A Winning Hand, No Matter the Odds

AIMCLEAR & Midsized Trucking Co.

— Integrated Driver Recruitment Earns High Double Digit Millions

Amsive Digital & Surgent

— From Ledger to Legend: Dominating International Accounting Day with 25% Higher ROAS

Digital Third Coast & Renowned Children’s Hospital

— Reaching the Right Audience

Flow SEO & ELM Learning

— High-Intent Content Hubs Across Paid and Organic Search

Hearts & Science & Reckitt

— Driving Sales Increases as Measured by New Closed Loop Solution

Impressive & Top Fitness

— Crushing Revenue Goals Together

Marketwake & LeaseCrunch

— Simplified Lease Accounting

Socium Media & TUSHY

— An Integrated Campaign for a Hole-iday Win

Stella Rising

Tombras & Orangetheory Fitness

— Revolutionizing Reach: Full-Funnel Success via Innovative Funding

Xfinity Residential SEO team

— Chris Countey, Eric Regan, Karen Ramon
"Xfinity 10G"

MOST INNOVATIVE CAMPAIGN (SEO)

Go Fish Digital & BroBible

— Technical SEO Results In Millions Of Clicks From Discover & Top Stories

LOCOMOTIVE and StreamSafely

— Redefining the Landscape of Safe Streaming

Thermo Fisher

— Applying the science of SEO in the Life Sciences industry

Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics

— SEO Content Drives Revenue

MOST INNOVATIVE CAMPAIGN (PPC)

Comcast Paid Search Team (Residential Internet)

— Delivering a Blockbuster Brand Moment for Xfinity 10G with Omni-Channel Media Strategies

Reprise & Ring (Amazon)

— Using Generative AI to Ideate Winning Ad Copy

Search Warrant & Kinaxis

— Persuading Planners in the USA

BEST PPC CAMPAIGN

AIMCLEAR & Action Behavior Centers

— Truly Serving Autistic Children & Generating $ Millions

Amsive Digital & Ansys

— Mastering the Art of Digital Engineering, Unleashing 43% Conversion Lift!

Amsive Digital & Surgent

— From Ledger to Legend: Dominating International Accounting Day with 25% Higher ROAS

Block & Tam & La Ligne

— Solving 2023’s Top PPC Challenge: Over-reliance on Automation

Forthea & Cemex

— Concrete PPC Growth for Ready-Mix

Forthea & Pure Dental Brands

— Rebuilding after a Pandemic

Megethos & GoHealth Urgent Care

— Urgent Care Bookings Growth

Publicis Media & Haleon

— Owning Click Growth: Delivering $22m In Incremental Click Value

Search Warrant & Kinaxis

— Persuading Planners in the USA

Tandem Buzz @ National Van Lines

— Long Distance Moving 01/2023

Tombras & Orangetheory Fitness

— Fiscal Fitness: New Year, New Strategy, New Approach

Wpromote & REEF

— Full-Funnel Paid Search & Performance Max

BEST SEO CAMPAIGN

1SEO Digital Agency

— Painting Pups, A Pawsitively Brilliant SEO Campaign

AIMCLEAR & Midsized Trucking Co.

— SEO Driver Recruitment Earns Double Digit Millions

Block & Tam & Oak Street Health

— Bringing ecommerce tactics to the health industry, to drive exponential SEO growth in under 12 months

Forthea & Paul Davis

— Scalable SEO for Multi-Location Franchise

Go Fish Digital & BroBible

— Technical SEO Results In Millions Of Clicks From Discover & Top Stories

HigherVisibility & HOTWORX

— Fueling the Fire to Organic Growth

Hive Digital & Octopart

— Crawl Budget Hurdles

Jan Kelley & Dörken Systems Inc.

— DELTA® ACADEMY SEO

North Star Inbound & Preply

— Establishing category leadership in plain English

Victorious & NAACP

— Unique Challenges in a Niche Space

Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics

— SEO Content Drives Revenue

Victorious & UnboxMe

— From 3 Keywords to Outranking Amazon

BEST USE OF CONTENT MARKETING

1SEO Digital Agency

— Colonial Marble & Granite, From Quarry to Countertop, to First Page Domination

DEPT® + Mailchimp

— Strategic Content Acceleration

Dreamscape Marketing & Harmony Hills

— Behavioral Healthcare Pivot Campaign

Flow SEO & MailCharts

— Scalable Product-led Content Marketing

Go Fish Digital & United Way NCA

— The State of Affordable Housing in Cities Across America

LOCOMOTIVE and StreamSafely

— Redefining the Landscape of Safe Streaming

North Star Inbound & Preply

— Establishing category leadership in plain English

On The Map Inc. & Simplex Group

— Content Marketing

Reprise & Zyrtec

— Scratching an Itch with Fresh Content in Partnership with Zyrtec

Tombras & RealTruck

— Truckin’ Along to Greatness through Content Marketing

Victorious & Cloud Hosting

— Leveraging Content Doubles Organic Traffic

Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics

— SEO Content Drives Revenue

BEST USE OF PR IN A SEARCH CAMPAIGN

Go Fish Digital & The Loupe

— Alleviating First Date Fears With Digital PR

GR0 & Winona

— Increasing Domain Authority to Boost Website Traffic

Legacy Communications & Ubiquitous

— “The Dream Job With Dream Results”

North Star Inbound & Preply

— Establishing category leadership in plain English

Verve Search & Online Mortgage Advisor

— Building authority with expertise and creativity

WhistleOut.com & Clearlink

— What Is My Phone Number?

BEST USE OF DATA (PPC)

Found Search Marketing & Healthcare Partner

— Integrating Paid Media and SEO to Generate High-Quality Leads

Horizon Media & United Healthcare

— Caliper Measures Up

Matterkind & Terminix

— Offline Sales Integrations Drive Revenue Growth

NP Digital & ConnectWise

— A mid-funnel mindshift: How ConnectWise and NP Digital increased ROAS of paid search by 100%.

BEST SOFTWARE INNOVATION

Adthena’s Brand Activator

— saving marketers up to 20% on brand search ads

Dragon Metrics

— Report Builder 2.0

Gddash by NewzDash

— Gddash Google Discover & Search Optimization

LinkGraph

— OTTO SEO AI by SearchAtlas

Lumar Monitor

NewzDash

— Innovation / NewzDash SEO Platform for News

Rio SEO

— Local Experience Platform

Semrush AI tools

Squared.Io

— Google Ads. Automated.

Trisolute News Dashboard

— Action View 2.0

TrueClicks

— Never miss an issue or opportunity again

Uberall

— Uberall Messages

BEST PPC MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SUITE

Adpulse

— adpulse.app

Adthena’s Brand Activator

— saving marketers up to 20% on brand search ads

Optmyzr: PPC Automation For All

Squared.Io

— Google Ads. Automated.

TrueClicks

— Never miss an issue or opportunity again

BEST SEO SOFTWARE SUITE

LinkGraph

— SearchAtlas Software Suite

Lumar Website Intelligence Platform

Milestone Inc.

— Milestone Presence Cloud

NewzDash

— NewzDash SEO Platform for News

SE Ranking

— the One-Stop Shop for SEO Pros and Agencies

Semrush

— Search Marketing Powerhouse, Enhanced by AI

BEST SEARCH SOFTWARE TOOL

Adpulse

— adpulse.app

Adthena’s Brand Activator

— saving marketers up to 20% on brand search ads

Gddash by NewzDash

— Gddash Google Discover & Search Optimization

LinkGraph

— SEO Content Assistant by SearchAtlas

Milestone Inc

— Schema Manager

NewzDash

— NewzDash SEO Platform for News

SE Ranking

— the One-Stop Shop for SEO Pros and Agencies

Semrush Local

— A Single Tool Empowering Agencies & SMBs to Get More Local Customers to the Door

Squared.Io

— Google Ads. Automated.

Swydo

— Swydo Reporting & Monitoring Platform

Trisolute News Dashboard

— The all-in-one powerful and innovative SEO tool for news publishers

TrueClicks

— Never miss an issue or opportunity again

BEST IN-HOUSE TEAM

Hive Digital

LeadLab Media, INC

Mad Leads

BEST LARGE PPC AGENCY

Block & Tam

Go Fish Digital

Stella Rising

Synergize

Tombras

BEST SMALL SEO AGENCY

Growth Skills

Hive Digital

LOCOMOTIVE Agency

North Star Inbound

Pan Galactic Digital

BEST LARGE SEO AGENCY

BluShark Digital LLC

EVERSANA INTOUCH

HigherVisibility

Razorfish

Reprise

Stella Rising

Tombras

Victorious

BEST SMALL INTEGRATED SEARCH AGENCY

AIMCLEAR

— Accomplished Humans Helping Clients Earn Truckloads of Money (SRSLY)

Digital Third Coast

Red Shark Digital

BEST LARGE INTEGRATED SEARCH AGENCY

1SEO Digital Agency

Croud

DAC

— driving transformational outcomes for 50 years

Digitas Integrated Search

NP Digital

The Media Image

Tombras

TopSpot Internet Marketing

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Wpromote

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