Testimonials
“We are really thrilled to be nominated – and win – Best Use of Social Media Award at 2010’s Drum Marketing Awards. It’s great to be recognised for the work we have done with first direct to leverage and draw upon the power of social media as part of their wider marketing campaign demonstrating why they are number one for client satisfaction.”
BJL - Team.
"We sponsored the Roses Advertising Awards and the Scottish Advertising Awards for the first time in 2009, this year we're doing it again, and adding The Drum Marketing Awards and the Cream Awards, which probably says more than any testimonial could. Royal Mail and the Mail Media Centre are supporters of the best marketing work in the UK, and that means everywhere in the UK, not just a few square miles of West London. What's more, our sponsorship and presence at these events gives us a great opportunity to speak to the highest calibre of people, and maybe even do a little business as a result. The final ingredient is the hard work of all those who make the events happen, and of course the chance to see a picture of myself in The Drum, which is what secretly motivates the whole thing."
Alex Ricketts, Business Development Manager, Royal Mail.
"To say we were surprised winners would be something of an understatement. We have never entered a marketing awards before, but because of the quality of the judging panel you had put together, we were desperate to impress.
To win a Gold was way beyond our wildest expectations, but we knew the BeWILDerwood project was strong and the figures that came from it, outstanding.
When the announcement started for the Grand Prix Winner, again, I had thought we didn’t have a chance but it was our name that came out.
Few awards we have ever won (and we have won 55 now in the last five years) have excited me more. Never has wining felt so personal and so direct. We’ll be entering again and we’ll be going all out to win big again."
John Lyle/Director of Brands, Purple Circle
“The launch of our new master brand The Co-operative, across our family of businesses from food retail to financial services represents the biggest re-brand in UK corporate history.
Therefore, it is highly satisfying for our design and re-brand strategy to be recognised by our fellow professionals. Although I was privileged to be chosen as the Drum Marketer of the year I see this as an award for the whole team which delivered a fully integrated campaign across our entire family of businesses which include not only food and financial services but also travel, pharmacy, funerals, on-line electricals and legal services.”
"The Drum Marketing Awards provide a particularly powerful insight into the quality and effectiveness of the year’s best marketing activities. We entered the Drum Awards because we were notably impressed by the quality of the judging and the emphasis that was placed in the judging criteria on what each nominated campaign actually delivered to the client’s the bottom line. As such, winning the Chairman’s Award for our work on ‘The Aldi Effect’ was a resounding and inspiring result for everyone at Kavanagh Communications. The campaign has netted a whole series of UK and European awards but hearing the result of the Drum Awards was undoubtedly one of the biggest highlights of our year.”
Anne Kavanagh, CEO, Kavanagh Communications.
"Quant Presky Maves is delighted to win a Drum Marketing Award in the Customer Loyalty Strategy category. I am minded of many long days and late nights, working with a number of colleagues, always with the conviction that we were building something special. Industry recognition, on such a prestigious scale makes every second worth it (but please don’t tell the wife!)."
Stuart Woodington,Business Development Director,Quant Presky Maves.
"We are absolutely delighted to win this very prestigious 2010 Drum award in such a competitive and topical category. We created this campaign entirely for the agency - it really showcases our creative talents and our understanding of social media"
Gail Dudleston, CEO, twentysix.
"Everyone who works in our business loves awards. Those who say they don¹t usually do so because they can't win them. We enter our work with confidence in all types of schemes and loving winning them all. But the ones which are most valuable to the business are awards entered in conjunction with clients and which are based on effectiveness. That¹s why we partied into the night after our success at The Drum Marketing Awards".
IASB2B - Team.
"What does winning the Drum’s Emerging Marketer of the Year 2010 mean to me? It’s brilliantly exciting and very humbling all at the same time.
I was overwhelmed when Principles Agency decided to put me forward in this category. The fact that the judges – representing some of the greatest marketers in the UK – then chose to give me the award is just incredible! This has given me more confidence in my own abilities, and shows that I’ve made the best possible start in the marketing world. There is much more still to learn though – and I am keen to learn it!
The best thing about the Drum Marketing Awards is that they are for the effectiveness of the work that they showcase. This just makes winning four awards at such a prestigious occasion an even more amazing accolade. Bring on the 2011 competition!".
Principles Agency, Sarah Wareham.
Patrick Allen, Director of Marketing, The Co-operative Group