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BEB TAKES HIGHEST HONOR

2014-05-01 HERMES PLATINUMWe are very excited to announce that Business Extension Bureau has earned the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) highest industry honor, The Platinum Hermes Award.  We proudly accept this honor for our entry of our quarterly newsletter, The Bureau.

This year’s competition was fierce, with over 5,500 entrants from all over the world vying for top honors.  The annual contest is for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional and emerging media. Entries came from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers.

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Click the photo above to see a video on our winning entry

The AMCP is an international organization that consists of several thousand marketing professionals.  The judges look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry.  Winners were selected from 195 categories and only 15% of the entries won top honors.

We are thrilled to receive this prestigious recognition, especially from the traditional media category and for a direct mail marketing piece.  Last year we received a Gold Hermes in the emerging markets category for our Twitter campaign, @BEB-Bob.  Click here to see last year’s winner.

BEB Wins Gold AVA Digital Award

AVA DIGITAL AWARDS LOGOWe are thrilled to share that BEB is the recipient of a distinguished 2014 Gold AVA Digital Award.  The award recognizes outstanding achievement by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design and production of media that is part of the evolution of digital communication.  Work ranges from audio and video productions-to websites and social media sites that present interactive components such as video, animation, blogs and podcasts.

Our winning entry was for the use of a QR Code.  We connected a video to our Holiday Cards (click here) which linked to a holiday message video (which can be seen by clicking here.)

This year’s competition received over 2,000 entries from across the globe.  The AVA Digital Awards is sponsored and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP).  This international organization consists of several thousand production, marketing, production, advertising, public relations, and free-lance professionals.

We are proud to have received this prestigious honor, and it is our first award for video marketing.  We thank all of our valued clients and partners for continued opportunities!

BEB is the proud recipient of a distinguished Gold AVA Digital Award!  The award recognizes outstanding achievement by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design and production of media that is part of the evolution of digital communication.  Our winning entry was for a company “seasons greetings” video connected to a QR Code included in our holiday cards.

The competition this year received over 2,000 entries from across the globe.  The AVA Digital Awards is sponsored and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP).  This international organization consists of several thousand production, marketing, advertising and free-lance professionals.  This is our first award for video marketing and we are very proud to receive this prestigious honor.  We thank all of our valued clients and partners for continued opportunities to serve them!

You can see our winning entry and how the QR Code was used by clicking here.

On A ROLL, From The Bureau

2013-03 WE WONWe have been on a roll and are so excited to have been honored six times in the past month!

April brought us an Award of Excellence from the Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast for our bi-monthly newsletter, The Bureau, and two Awards of Merit for our 2012 interactive company holiday cards.  

Our President, Ron Royall, received the President’s Award from the Southwest Chapter of the Association of Marketing Service Providers for his planning, execution and hosting of the annual industry conference held in Houston this year.2013 HERMES GOLD AWARD GRAPHIC FOR PS

In May, our Twitter campaign (@BEB_BOB) wasbob crystal awards honored (twice), with a Gold Hermes from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, (AMCP) and a Crystal Awards Certificate of Excellence from AMA Houston.

AMCP also awarded us with an Honorable Mention for The Bureau.

June brought us the distinguished honor of winning First Place for the National Association of Marketing Service Providers, Ed Sisk Excellence in Education Award for our PRC (Postal Regulation Certification) class; an internal postal training class for sales, client services and operations staff.

We were named in the Houston Business Journal’s 2013 Top Houston Printers for the first time, and were published 3 times in national publications!

It’s our customers and partners who give us the fuel to continue to improve and dive into the new media that is giving direct mail a resurgence.  We are honored to be the recipient of these distinguished awards and thank your for your patronage!