Flip Media wins 3 Gold & 1 Bronze Awards

Flip Media, the region’s leading, interactive marketing agency, announced today that they have been awarded ‎an unprecedented total of four awards for various online creative campaigns, on behalf of their client Mercedes-‎Benz Middle East.‎

The Mercedes-Benz CLS - Class ‘Reveal’ campaign took first place in the ‘Outstanding Microsite / Landing ‎Page’ category of the Web Marketing Association’s 2005 Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards, an ‎annual competition designed to judge corporate websites against Internet standards and peer sites. In its ‎seventh year, the competition has become the premier event for web developers and marketers each year. The ‎microsite for the Mercedes-Benz CLS - Class also scooped a Gold award for the “Best Consumer Website ‎‎(Service)’ at the Summit Creative Awards 2005, one of the advertising industry’s premier arbiters of creative ‎excellence, judged by a global panel of senior advertising professionals. The 2004 International Automotive ‎Advertising Awards (IAAA) awarded Flip Media a Bronze trophy for the Mercedes CLS - Class launch in the ‎‎‘Interactive Media / Simple Banners’ category. Based in Michigan, USA, the IAAA holds the cream of the ‎automotive industry’s key decision makers and marketing professionals on its executive judging committee.‎

Additionally, Mercedes-Benz Worldwide awarded Flip Media with their prestigious ‘Internal Online Bronze ‎Star Award’ for the Mercedes-Benz Middle East Formula 1 microsite: http://www.mb-me.com/f1/. The ‎pioneering dual language site was developed for the inaugural 2004 Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix and features ‎information about the drivers and teams, a gallery and race results.‎

Dinesh Lalvani, Creative Director, Flip Media, said “The fact that Flip Media has been awarded no less than ‎four separate awards for our work with Mercedes-Benz is testimony to the high quality of creative work ‎produced and also of our excellent relationship with the client. To be informed of winning so many awards on ‎the same day was simply incredible. Every member of the Flip team has contributed to this outstanding ‎achievement.”‎

For further information about Flip Media, please visit www.flipcorp.com

For further information about the various awards, please visit the following sites:‎
Web Marketing Association 2005 IAC Awards: www.advertisingcompetition.org
Summit Creative Awards 2005: www.summitawards.com/2005gold.html
International Automotive Advertising Awards: www.iaaawards.com