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Announcing the U.S. Social Media Communications Awards 2020

The 2020 U.S. Social Media Communications Awards has officially launched and is accepting entries until November 29. Get your submissions in now!

US Social Media Communications Awards

This promotion is in partnership with the U.S. Search Awards.

The 2020 U.S. Social Media Communications Awards has officially launched and is accepting entries until November 29. Hurry – get your submissions in now!

The awards are open to all corporate, creative, design, digital, marketing, advertising, media and public relations organizations that are based in the U.S. or completing work for the U.S. market.

The awards ceremony will take place on March 25, 2020 at the Kovens Conference Center, North Miami as part of Pubcon Florida.

The 2020 U.S. Social Media Awards

The U.S. Social Media Communications Awards celebrate the best in U.S. social media communications and reward the individuals, companies, and organizations who are using online platforms to communicate in fresh and innovative ways.

The 2020 judging panel will be announced shortly.

2020 Categories

Here is the full list of categories for the 2020 U.S. Social Media Awards:

  • Best Use of Twitter
  • Best Use of Facebook and Instagram
  • Best Use of YouTube
  • Best Use of SnapChat
  • Best Blog
  • Best Audience Engagement Campaign
  • Best Social Influencer Campaign
  • Best Use of Search and Evaluation
  • Best Use of Social Media in a Crisis
  • Innovation
  • Low Budget Campaign
  • Best Use of Social Media – Entertainment
  • Best Use of Social Media – Finance
  • Best Use of Social Media – Retail
  • Charity / Not-for-Profit Campaign
  • Best Social Media Campaign
  • Best Strategic Use of Social Media
  • Best Integrated Campaign
  • Best Use of Paid Social
  • Best In-house Team
  • Best In-Agency Team
  • Best Small Agency
  • Best Large Agency

The U.S. Social Media Communications Awards are brought to you by British events agency, Don’t Panic – the team behind the successful U.S. Search Awards series and more.

2019 U.S. Search Awards Big Winners

US Search AwardsSEMrush takes home the Best SEO Software Suite award at the U.S. Search Awards 2019 on October 10 at the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

This year’s big winner include 1SEO Digital Agency for “Best Use of Search – Third Sector” and “Best Mobile Campaign”; Purna Virji was named “U.S. Search Personality of the Year”.

Purna Virji, Sr. Manager, Global Engagement, Microsoft wins the U.S. Search Personality of the Year at the U.S. Search Awards 2019.

Here’s the complete list of 2019 winners:

  • BEST USE OF SEARCH – RETAIL / E-COMMERCE – SEO: Hewlett Packard Enterprise & Back Azimuth Consulting – Store Migration
  • BEST USE OF SEARCH – RETAIL / E-COMMERCE – PPC: Tombras & Great Clips – Data Flow for Incremental Store Visits
  • BEST USE OF SEARCH – FINANCE – SEO: Milestone – How to Quadruple Search Impressions for a Top-5 Bank in the US
  • BEST USE OF SEARCH – FINANCE – PPC: Metric Theory & GoFundMe – Financing Peer to Peer Support Through Search
  • BEST USE OF SEARCH – TRAVEL / LEISURE – SEO: Victorious & Blueboard – Wild Rewards
  • BEST USE OF SEARCH – TRAVEL / LEISURE – PPC: Aimclear® Proves Branding-Effect Revenue Gain; Manufacturing NEW, Conversion-Fueling Brand Search
  • BEST LOCAL CAMPAIGN: Apogee Results & The Bug Master – Local SEO for the Win
  • BEST USE OF SEARCH – THIRD SECTOR: 1SEO Digital Agency & Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey – CCGNJ Hits the Jackpot
  • BEST USE OF SEARCH – HEALTH: Go Fish Digital & Bespoke Surgical – Quadruple Digit Growth
  • BEST USE OF SEARCH – FMCG: Hello Products – SEO Campaign
  • BEST USE OF SEARCH – REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY: Mannix Marketing & Adirondack Mountain Land – Hunting for More Real Estate Leads
  • BEST LOW BUDGET CAMPAIGN: Tandem Interactive – Big Success with Low Budgets
  • BEST USE OF PR IN A SEARCH CAMPAIGN: SEO-PR & Rutgers – Generate Leads with Press Release & Duplicate Content
  • BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN A SEARCH CAMPAIGN: Aimclear® Proves Branding-Effect Revenue Gain; Manufacturing NEW, Conversion-Fueling Brand Search
  • BEST USE OF VIDEO IN A SEARCH CAMPAIGN: Assembly Media & Fox – Ask Deadpool
  • BEST INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN: SEM International & Altura Interactive – Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
  • BEST MOBILE CAMPAIGN: 1SEO Digital Agency & Buy4lesstuxedo.com – A Campaign Dressed For Success
  • BEST PPC CAMPAIGN: Rise Interactive & Stanley Steemer – Hyper-Local Strategy Improves ROI 5X
  • BEST SEO CAMPAIGN: Stella Rising & CCRM Fertility – Family Building Campaign
  • BEST USE OF CONTENT MARKETING: Go Fish Digital & Joybird – Game Of Thrones: House Sorting Quiz
  • MOST INNOVATIVE CAMPAIGN: SEM International & Altura Interactive – Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
  • BEST SOFTWARE INNOVATION: Back Azimuth Consulting – HREFLang Builder
  • BEST PPC MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SUITE: Squared.io – Automation & Auditing for Google Ads
  • BEST SEO SOFTWARE SUITE: SEMrush – Search Visibility Management
  • BEST SEARCH SOFTWARE TOOL: OnCrawl – Technical SEO Platform
Members of the OnCrawl team accept the Best Search Software Tool award at the U.S. Search Awards 2019.
  • BEST IN-HOUSE TEAM: Sears Home Services – SEM SEO Team
  • BEST SMALL PPC AGENCY: SalesX
  • BEST LARGE PPC AGENCY: Brainlabs
  • BEST SMALL INTEGRATED SEARCH AGENCY: Aimclear
  • BEST LARGE INTEGRATED SEARCH AGENCY: WebMechanix
  • BEST SMALL SEO AGENCY: Adapt Partners
  • BEST LARGE SEO AGENCY: Reprise Digital
  • US SEARCH DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & EQUALITY AWARD: 3Q Digital
  • YOUNG SEARCH PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR: Brennen Bliss, Founder CEO and SEO Lead – PixelCutLabs
  • US SEARCH PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR: Purna Virji, Sr. Manager, Global Engagement, Microsoft

Image Credits

Featured Image: Paulo Bobita
In-post Images: Adam Shane of CorporatePhotographers.com/Don’t Panic Events

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