Econsultancy Innovation Awards 2009 - the Winners

Econsultancy has announced the winners of its 2009 Innovation Awards. The judges felt that the standard of the 400 or so entries was remarkably high, and that the winners represent innovation, which can be defined in pure technology or creative terms, but also in context to an organisation or sector.

Hearty congratulations to all the winners, and also to the shortlisted runners up, and particularly to the ‘highly commended’ runners up named below.

Innovation in Affiliate Marketing
· eBay Partner Network (WINNER)
· Skimlinks (Highly Commended)
Innovation in B2B Digital Marketing
· IBM (WINNER)
Innovation in E-commerce
· Glassesdirect.co.uk (WINNER)
· UpClick (Highly Commended)
Innovation in Email Marketing
· Tesco.com (WINNER)
· Silverpop (Highly Commended)
Innovation in Lead Generation Online
· European Directories and Skype (WINNER)
Innovation in Mobile Marketing
· Marvellous Ideas Ltd (WINNER)
· Incentivated (Highly Commended)
· KODIME Ltd (Highly Commended)
Innovation in Multichannel Marketing
· first direct (WINNER)
· DSB Danish Railways/Wunderman/Agillic (Highly Commended)
Innovation in Online Customer Service
· CACI (WINNER)
· BT (Highly Commended)
Innovation in Online Marketing Research or Customer Insight
· InSites Consulting UK (WINNER)
· Somatica Digital (Highly Commended)
Innovation in Online PR
· first direct (WINNER)
Innovation in Paid Search/PPC
· Summit Media and Comet (WINNER)
Innovation in Rich Media and Video
· Essence (WINNER)
Innovation in SEO/Natural Search
· Majestic-12 LTD (MajesticSEO.com) (WINNER)
Innovation in Social Media
· Storm Ideas (WINNER)
· Independents United (Highly Commended)
Innovation in User Experience
· Enhanced Editions Ltd (WINNER)
· MixMatchMe (Highly Commended)
Innovation in Web Analytics and Optimization
· Fresh Egg (WINNER)
Innovation in Web Content Management
· Aqueduct & Poke (WINNER)
Most Innovative Digital Agency
· Essence (WINNER)
Most Innovative Digital Marketing Team
· eSpares (WINNER)
Most Innovative Online Advertising Campaign
· first direct (WINNER)
· Tangent One (Highly Commended)
Most Innovative New Technology
· ipadio (WINNER)
· IBM (Highly Commended)

Kudos, glory and acclaim to all who triumphed.

Associated Link: Announcement in full: Econsultancy Innovation Awards Winners

Passwords that are Simple - and Safe
Source: MIT Technology Review, 29 July 2010
 
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Coercing people into a Brave New digital World
Source: Spiked, 27 July 2010
 
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iPhone 4 one month on – A user experience and functionality success, despite antenna issues
Source: Webcredible, 26 July 2010
 
Webcredible Senior Consultant, Abid Warsi suggests that the impressive functionality and user experience of the iPhone 4 is enough to overcome the widely reported technical issues, thus proclaiming the device a big success.

Darwin City Council Website - Australia’s Most Usable!
Source: Loop11, 24 July 2010
 
Darwin City Council came out on top in a recent website usability study of Australia's capital city councils. The aim was to discover which of the six council websites was the most user friendly and usable.

Digital Design Jobs first to experience Growth
Source: UN, 23 July 2010
 
The marketing and design industry in the UK is seeing strong signs of renewed confidence, according to the new European Market Eye report from the industry’s specialist recruitment consultancy, Aquent.

Usability at a Glance
Source: usability-ed, 22 July 2010
 
Something interesting and useful to print out and stick on your wall.

Google may know your Desires before You do
Source: New Scientist, 21 July 2010
 
In future, your Google account may know your birthday and anniversaries, consumer gadget preferences, preferred hobbies and pastimes, even favourite foods. It will also know where you are.

Closing the Usability Gap between Enterprise Applications and Consumer Web Applications
Source: Integrated Solutions for Retailers, 20 July 2010
 
New White Paper on Workforce Management and the increasingly ancient software which controls it.

Collect Words, not just Numbers with Feedback Analytics
Source: CMS Wire, 19 July 2010
 
Tracking visitors’ behaviors online can help us understand how customers use a site - but what if you could actually ask each individual a question? That’s what Kampyle aims to do with its feedback analytics tools.

Back to the Future...
Source: ZDNet, 17 July 2010
 
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