This is your last opportunity to enter the 2006 Internet Advertising Competition, the first and only industry-based advertising award competition dedicated exclusively to online advertising produced by the Web Marketing Association.

Winning would be a great way to show your clients and your boss your expertise in online advertising. Entering is easy and will make you feel good about yourself (winning will make you feel even better!)

The Competition Web site is located at www.iacaward.org. The deadline for entry is January 31, 2006. Don't wait - Enter today!

The 2006 Internet Advertising Competition is sponsored by BURST!Media, ExactTarget, Small Army, PRWeb, Macworld Expo, SimpleFeed, and AdTools.

Posted by Catherine G at 10:26 AM

MarketingSherpa Fame, an online marketing and PR newsletter that we at the Web Marketing Association read every week, this week featured the Internet Advertising Competition Awards. See the newsletter at http://www.marketingsherpa.com/1et/fame-01-20-06.htm

Posted by Catherine G at 08:29 AM

As we prepare for the 2006 WebAward competition for website development, The Web Marketing Association would like recommendations on any new industries that should be added to this year’s awards.

The WebAwards selects the Best Website in 95 different industries and we will be potentially adding several new categories this year. If you know of an industry category that is not currently included, please contact us and suggest an industry and tell us why you think it should be added and how we can attract sites from that industry to the award program. Send your suggestions to industry@webaward.org

Current WebAward industry categories include:

Advertising | Advocacy | Airline | Application Service Provider | Arts | Associations | Auction | Automobile | B2B | Bank | Beverage | Biotechnology | Broadcasting | Brokerage | Catalog | Computer: Hardware | Computer: Retailer | Computer: Software | Construction | Consulting | Consumer Goods | Credit Union | Design | Directory or Search Engine | Diversified Business | Education | Email | Employment | Energy | Entertainment | Events | E-Zine | Faith-based | Family | Fashion | Financial Services | Food Industry | Game Site | General Interest | Government | Health Care | Healthcare Provider | Home Building | Hotel and Lodging | Information Services | Institutional Services | Insurance | Interactive Services | International Business | Internet Service Provider | Intranet | Investor Relations | Investment | Legal | Leisure | Magazine | Marketing | Manufacturing | Media | Medical | Medical Equipment | Military | Movie | Music | Mutual Fund | News | Newspaper | Non-Profit | Online Community | Other | Pharmaceuticals | Portal | Professional Services | Public Relations | Publishing | Radio | Real Estate | Regional | Restaurant | Retail | School | Shopping | Small Business | Sports | Technology | Telecommunication | Toy & Hobby | Transportation | Travel | TV | University

Posted by Catherine G at 10:30 AM

The IAC Awards were developed to evaluate and recognize innovation and excellence in online advertising which includes a category for microsites/landing pages. The WebAwards focus on the entire Web site, with particular emphasis on the creativity and functionality of the overall interactive experience. Websites entered into the microsite category of the IAC Awards will be judged based on their advertising merit.

A site can be entered in both the IAC Awards and the WebAward Competition.

Posted by Catherine G at 11:10 AM