We did it. Or let’s rather say: you did it. Thanks to the public voting, “I Need To Go” (aka The First Toilet of The Internet) has been elected as the People Voice’s Winner in the “Rich Media Advertising : Business To Consumer” category at the 12th Webby Awards, probably the most prestigious distinction in the Internet world. Wow! Definitely a tremendous recognition (the 3rd one at these Webbies after our two special mentions for Wrangler Europe) for this campaign that has attracted more than 400.000 visitors so far.
Our special thanks to all of you who helped us receive this Award by giving their voice to this project.
If May 1st was Labor Day for everyone, May 2nd was a new award day for Emakina. We’re the proud recipients of eight distinctions at the Horizon Interactive Awards, an international competition that highlights every year the “best of the best” in interactive media production. The full list:
Our already world-famous I Need To Go has been selected by ours friends of Culture Buzz for the very first Viral Film Festival, a new section of the BE FILM Underground Festival that will be held this month in New York City.
If you’re located in the Tribeca area, don’t miss this event on Monday 28th April 2008 at The Dolby Screening Room. Practical info and registration for screening and cocktail on the festival website.
Remember: last October, Emakina improved the life of millions of Internet users by launching I Need To Go, the first website where you can relieve yourself without spending a penny (to coin a phrase). Gents or ladies, whatever your business, I Need To Go is always free and, on the way out, Madame Pipi has even a little surprise offered by ING bank…
Today, we have the pleasure to announce we’ve won the Best Bank Rich Media Online Campaign of 2007 at the IAC Awards. Organised by the Web Marketing Association in the United States, this competition rewards each year the best interactive campaigns of the last 12 months at a worldwide level. A huge distinction for the smallest room on the Internet ;).
Yesterday evening at the Advertising Festival of Méribel (no doubt there are worse places to organize such an event ;-)), we got the European Cyber Cristal of the Best Corporate Website in the Financial Sector for Join2Grow, the B2B social network for entrepreneurs we manage for banking institution Fortis. We’re all the more happy it was the very first time we submitted cases to this French competition. After the WebAward (B2B Standard of Excellence and Online Community Standard of Excellence) and the CMS Awards (Bronze Award in de Web 2.0 category), it’s already the fourth distinction garnered by this project this year. Just check out the trailer below to get an overview of it.
Yesterday evening at the CMS Awards (highlighting the best CMS-driven projects of the last 12 months), we garnered three new distinctions granted by a jury of industry professionals.
- Gold Award in Best Design category for Le Blog d’Elio.
- Silver Award in Web 2.0 category for EmocionTV.
- Bronze Award in Web 2.0 category for Join2Grow.
“Le Blog d’Elio… does it really work?” is the question we often get from journalists and bloggers. Well, nine months after the official launch, the first figures are quite positive: about 60.000 unique visitors, 167.000 visits, 150 posts and 2.500 comments published, which means an average of 17 comments per post. Which also means this blog is a real conversation starter between Elio and the visitors.
During the last seven days, Emakina Group network has received not less than 4 awards granted by juries of advertising industry professionals.
At the WebAward, Emakina got the following distinctions:
- “Outstanding Website” in the E-Zine / Magazine category for VW EscapeTV, the podcasting TV show we produce for Vokswagen. After the Night Of (e-Publisher of the Year), the CMS Awards (Best Design Gold) and the IAC Awards (Best Rich Media Campaign in the Automobile Sector), it’s already the fourth trophy garnered by this project.
- “B2B Standard of Excellence” and “Online Community Standard of Excellence” for Join2Grow, the entrepreneurship social network we manage for banking institution Fortis.
Last but not least: in The Netherlands, our friends of SunTzu have won a Gold at the Emma Awards. This prize highlights the weekly newsletter sent to the 150.000 registered users on the Life & Cooking platform. Check out this page on the SunTzu website to learn more about this loyalty programme our Dutch colleagues successfully manage for Unilever.
Brice Le Blévennec, President of Emakina, will be present in the interactive jury at the Eurobest 2007, a major award competition at the European level. More info on www.eurobest.com.
VW EscapeTV has been selected as “Best Automobile Rich media Online campaign” at the IAC Awards organised by the American Web Marketing Association. These industry-based distinctions honor excellence in online advertising as well as individuals and organizations responsible for the best in internet marketing.
After the Night Of (e-Publisher of The Year) and the CMS Awards (Best Design Gold), this is the third major achievement for our podcasted TV-channel.
Wrangler Europe has been selected to receive the FWA “Site Of The Day” Award for this Sunday 4th March. FWA is an “industry recognised award program, established in 2000, showcasing websites who use cutting edge technology, together with inspirational ideas, that lead the way for future generations”. This website, who already generated a lot of buzz on the web, will also enter the contest for Site Of The Month.
Good idea from IAB and RMB who give a second life (!) to the Cyber Lions Awards Belgium. Our Art Director Nicolas Jandrain has been selected as a member of the Jury along with other Belgian professionals.
These relaunched Cyber Lions aim to raise significantly the number of Belgian entries at the Cannes International Advertising Festival by offering free case submissions to the Belgian winners. Check out the official website for more information.
Yesterday evening at the Euronext Brussels Awards, we got “First Alternext Performer” (see picture below). This distinction emphasizes the excellent evolution of Emakina Group’s listing between 7th July and 31st December 2006, from 8.55 euros to 9.50 euros (+ 11,1%). Not too bad for a newcomer on stock markets ;-). We thank our stakeholders for their trust and hope to do even better this year.
Boek.be has been nominated for the “Site van het Jaar” award contest organized by Clickx magazine. Like our baby? Support us by voting on the official website.
Plan Poids Santé is a loyalty program that help you lose weight if you suffer from obesity. Once registered on the website, you will get a weekly newsletter that supports your efforts and sustains your motivation through recommendations or healthy recipes. Both website and e-mailing are driven by emagiC CMS.Net. Our developers team added a range of functionalities that did not originally exist in this CMS and that bring real added value to Roche:
- Body Mass Index calculation
- Weight evolution curve
- Extended datamining feature that allows our client to measure various parameters in determined users segments
A few significant figures about this project:
- 6 months of development needed
- Number of pages: 366
- Number of xforms: 461 items + 33 categories
- More than 2.000 users
Anita Lixel, one of the VW EscapeTV program hosts, is in quarter final of Puredemo TV for her first disc “In Your Game… Boy”. Support her by voting online on this page and don’t forget to watch our kitsch-electro-pop singer next Monday in D6BELS on La Deux channel.
By the way, Anita has been selected in the “young blood” series featured in the Dutch-speaking version of Elle magazine. Download the article here.
This year, Inside, one of our favorite magazines at Emakina, celebrates its 10th anniversary. To highlight this remarkable milestone, we have prepared a very special surprise for the 8th Night Of that has been held this Wednesday : a 3-minutes-short film shooted during the Customer First fair organized earlier on the same day.
The production planning was hectic : in 12 hours only, we had to shoot the pictures, digitalize the tape, edit the film, mix the sound in order to show the outcome at the Night Of gala. But we took on this challenge and we did it! Download the video or watch the video below:
Special thanks to all the Emakinians who worked really hard - and incredibly fast - to complete this performance in time and… Happy Birthday, Inside!
UPDATE : two surfers (here and here) have already put this video on YouTube.
Yesterday evening at the 8th Night Of The Internet, we have won a Gold Award for VW EscapeTV in the “e-Publisher of the year” category. Congratulations to the whole VW EscapeTV team who manages to deliver 20 minutes of fun and excitement every month. And very special thanks to our client D’Ieteren who trusted us to build this ambitious, never-seen-before project that reconnects the VW brand with the 18-35 segment.
UPDATE : Digimedia.be underlines the fact that, for the first time in the Night Of history, the E-Publisher Awards go to branded-entertainment projects instead of traditonal publishers. Read Digimedia analysis here.
