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- Al-Khaleejiah reaps rewards of Dubai Lynx 2008 sponsorship
- New Gay and Lesbian Advertising Venue Features Pixel and Web-Tag…
- Indiantelevision.com’s Media, Advertising, Marketing Watch A…
- TBD wins multiple awards at northwest addys
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Al-Khaleejiah reaps rewards of Dubai Lynx 2008 sponsorship
Al-Bawaba – Apr 12, 2008
That is the verdict of Bander Asiri, Managing Director of Al-Khaleejiah Advertising & Public Relations, category sponsor at the recent Dubai Lynx advertising awards. Asiri said: “It’s the first time we’ve participated in the Dubai Lynx and we chose a great year to begin our relationship. The standard of entries was superb, the quality of attendees was excellent – and it was a valuable opportunity to reiterate our commitment to advertising creative excellence as one of the region’s most important ad sales companies… Reflecting its leading industry position, the print category was the strongest performer with 45 winners. The overall Print Grand Prix went to FP7 Doha, underlining Qatar’s growing commercial status. The UAE remains the regional advertising hub and more than 70 per cent of the awards went to UAE-based agencies, with JWT Dubai crowned ‘Agency of the Year’. Regional excellence, however, did not go unrewarded. The winning work at 2nd Dubai Lynx was judged by 29 top international creative and media experts from 17 countries. The jury for the print section of the awards was headed by Piysuh Pandey, Executive Chairman and National Creative Director for Ogilvy and Mather, India.

New Gay and Lesbian Advertising Venue Features Pixel and Web-Tag…
PR.com – PR.com (press release) – Apr 12, 2008
com)– The Gay Pixel Page and the Gay Tags Page offers the newest approach to providing affordable web-based advertising. The websites offer gay and lesbian friendly blogs, businesses and individuals to link themselves in a repository of similar content. The websites are designed to provide site visitors an opportunity to find businesses that are supportive of the respected community. Although there are an abundance of directories containing gay and lesbian content, the websites are hoping to encourage members to visit the advertisers listed on the sites by keeping the links valid and the content current. Most importantly, visitors will see tags that are related to the GLBT communities including the pageantry, ballroom, and circuit segments of the community.
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Indiantelevision.com’s Media, Advertising, Marketing Watch A…
Indiantelevision.com – Apr 12, 2008
com’s Media, Advertising, Marketing Watch A Chatterjee is NaiDunia’s sales chief & marketing officer Indiantelevision. com Team (12 April 2008 6:30 pm) MUMBAI: The NaiDunia Group has announced the appointment of Arpan Chatterjee as its sales chief and marketing officer. Chatterjee, who has had a distinguished sales and marketing career spanning over 12 years, worked with media companies in the print, new technology and internet space with the last one at CyberMedia’s Online Tech Job Portal as associate VP, marketing, sales and customer support.

TBD wins multiple awards at northwest addys
MediaSyndicate – MediaSyndicate (press release) – Apr 12, 2008
The firm won a total of 17 awards, with 7 in the gold category and 10 in the silver category. The closest runner-up received nine awards total. More than 700 entries from around the region were judged from participating agencies, including large agencies based in the Seattle and Portland metro areas. “Our entire team feels rewarded when we garner recognition like this in a highly competitive program like the Northwest ADDYs,” said Paul Evers, president and chief creative director for tbd… The winners at this competition have earned the right to proceed on to national judging which a national judging panel will hold in Washington D. About tbd
Advertising agency tbd doesn’t set much store in preconceived notions. In this firm, “to be determined” means just that-they constantly question the status quo and provide a passionate, unbounded approach to each project. tbd’s advertising campaigns address issues with a twist that captures the essence of their clients’ messages while providing quantitative results such as increased sales. The firm’s thought-provoking advertising and marketing pieces have won several awards, including recognition in Cannes International Advertising Festival, Communication Arts Design Annual, National ADDY

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