O2
New Product/New Market Award
O2 is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telefónica SA. one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. It is a leading telecommunications company in Ireland, offering communications solutions to over 1.7 million customers. Headquartered in Dublin’s Docklands, and with a dedicated Customer Care Centre in Limerick, O2 has a total workforce of over 1,100 employees. The company has won accolades as the best company to work for in Ireland and one of the 10 best companies to work for in Europe. O2 has been a driver of innovative new services and ground-breaking marketing initiatives, from service enhancements through to successful sponsorships. O2 has won several AIM awards and won the 2009 Marketing Team of the Year.

» See www.o2.ie

FORAS NA GAEILGE
Gnó as Gaeilge
(Marketing Through Irish Award)
Foras na Gaeilge is the all-Ireland body which promotes and supports the use of the national language, and it has a designated business support team which engages directly with marketing people. As part of its ongoing campaign, 'Gnó Means Business', Foras na Gaeilge offers a range of practical support services to marketing professionals in private sector business, including assistance for firms wishing to develop their usage use of Irish as a marketing tool. There is an emerging trend towards integrating Irish into marketing communications to enhance brand differentiation, and Foras na Gaeilge is pleased to support the development of this trend through sponsorship of this award.

Is comhlacht forfheidhmithe trasteorann é Foras na Gaeilge a bhfuil tacaíocht agus forbairt na Gaeilge mar aidhm aige. Mar chuid de sin, tá rannóg tacaíochta faoi leith a oibríonn go díreach leis an earnáil ghnó agus leis an earnáil mhargaíochta ach go háirithe. Mar chuid dár bhfeachtas reatha, solráthraíonn Foras na Gaeilge réimse leathan de sheirbhísí tacaíochta d'fheidhmeannaigh san earnáil mhargaíochta, chomh le tacaíocht airgeadais do chomhlachtaí de gach saghas gur mhian leo Gaeilge a úsáid mar uirlis mhargaíochta. Is mó ár mbród bheith mar urraitheoir ar an chatagóir seo lena gceiliúrtar an borradh úr atá tagtha ar úsáid na Gaeilge mar bhuntáiste margaíochta.

» See www.gaeilge.ie/gno
BORD GÁIS ENERGY
CRM / Customer Care Award
Bord Gáis Energy is Ireland’s first dual-fuel energy provider supplying gas and electricity to over 900,000 customers. Bord Gáis Energy entered the residential electricity market just over a year ago and has already gained over 300,000 new customers. Bord Gáis Energy also serves the business community with over 40,000 gas and electricity customers. Bord Gáis Energy is a progressive company with a reputation for experience and expertise in the energy market. It is committed to driving forward the energy market, investing in sustainable energy assets to support their growth objectives and ensuring that all activity is aimed at benefiting and serving customers.

» See www.bordgaisenergy.ie

METEOR
Brand Campaign Award
Meteor Mobile Communications was established in 2001 having been awarded the third mobile licence. Meteor brings real competition, and its benefits, to the Irish mobile market. The operator is in business to deliver consistently simple, effective, hassle free, value for money communications for people on the move. Meteor has enjoyed unprecedented growth in recent years and now has over one million customers, 20% market share and 97% national coverage. Meteor won ‘Company of the Year’ and Best Business Growth award by the Retail Excellence In Ireland Awards 2009 and ‘Contact Center of the Year Award’ by the Contact Center Management Association. The operator has 39 retail stores and over 7,000 top up outlets across the country.

» See www.meteor.ie

AN POST
Direct Marketing Award
An Post’s Mail Media Unit delivers more to Ireland’s Marketers and Agencies through top class thinking and clear-eyed research into how Direct Marketing works. We’re here to inspire you and your teams through Irish and worldwide case studies, along with samples of the award winning work that yielded such measurable results. We are committed to helping you grow and to building your business or brand through the smart, effective and strategic use of Direct Mail alone, or as an integral part of your media mix. In 2010, if you are hungry for new ways to increase revenue, while keeping your brand healthy, why not engage with us here at the Mail Media Unit. You can call us, register at anpost.ie/mailmedia for lots of exclusive research, tools and information to help your business, or simply start the process by coming along to one of our industry events. Join us now at anpost.ie/mailmedia.

» See www.anpost.ie

Market Research Award
GLANBIA
Marketing Team Award
Glanbia Consumer Foods is the second largest supplier into the Grocery sector in Ireland. The company has 7 brands in Checkout's Top 100 and competes in Ireland's most widely consumed food and beverage categories, e.g. milk, juice, yogurts, cheese, soups and spreads. It’s brands include household names such as Avonmore, Premier, Yoplait, Kilmeaden, Snowcream, Petits Filous, CMP and Innocent. The company has won many awards for its marketing and innovation programmes and employs almost 700 people in 10 locations across the country.

» See www.glanbia.ie

Sponsorship Management Award
Public Relations Campaign Award
SONY ERICSSON
International Marketing Award
Sony Ericsson is a top, global industry player with sales of around 97 million phones in 2008. Diversity is one of the core strengths of the company, with operations in over 80 countries including manufacturing in China and R&D sites in China, Europe, India, Japan and North America. Sony Ericsson was established as a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, with global corporate functions located in London. Sony Ericsson has had a presence in Ireland since 2004. There is a team of seven people employed in marketing, sales, technical and PR roles. During its four years in the Irish marketplace, Sony Ericsson has grown its market share significantly.

» See www.sonyericsson.com

VODAFONE
Marketing Innovation Award
Vodafone is Ireland's leading total communications provider with 2.29 million customers using our mobile, fixed line and broadband services. Our vision is to be the communications leader in an increasingly connected world, enabling new opportunities for our customers. We are at the forefront of innovation and are committed to delivering best in class, customer centric products and services.

» See www.vodafone.ie


NOKIA
Integrated Marketing Award
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia’s future depends on delivering great experiences to customers by creating products and solutions that work seamlessly and are appealing, and its strong growth it testimony to its success. Nokia Ireland is proud sponsor of the Integrated Marketing award category and wishes all entrants the best of luck!

» See www.nokia.ie

Corporate Social Responsibility Award
ULSTER BANK
Small Business Marketing Award
Ulster Bank was founded in 1836 and has a well established all island network presence. As four times winner of the KPMG Business Bank of the Year Awards Ulster Bank is a leading player in the Irish SME marketplace. Serving personal and small business customers, Ulster Bank Retail Markets provides Branch Banking and Direct Banking throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Ulster Bank Corporate Markets caters for the banking needs of business and corporate customers, treasury and money market activities, asset financing, wealth management, ebanking and international services, with a continued focus on providing customer choice and value.

» See www.ulsterbank.ie

UPC BROADBAND
eMarketing Award
UPC Broadband (UPC) is the European division of Liberty Global, Inc., the world’s leading international cable operator. UPC brings television, broadband internet and telephone services to approximately 13 million customers throughout 10 European countries. The company is driven by its vision that 'this amazing but often complex digital world should be for everyone'. UPC's employees throughout Europe strive to make this happen by bringing simplicity and a real human touch to everything they do.

» See www.upc.ie

NEWSTALK
Advertising Campaign Award
Newstalk 106-108 fm is Ireland’s independent national talk radio broadcaster and brings the very best in opinions, analysis, entertainment and sport to 551,000 listeners weekly. Newstalk is wittier, sharper and more controversial than any other broadcaster. It’s never afraid to try something new and provides more relevant content for a modern Ireland. It has top quality broadcasters such as George Hook, Claire Byrne, Sean Moncrieff, Ivan Yates, Tom Dunne and Eamon Keane. Over the years, the station has scooped several accolades at the PPI Awards, the Irish radio Oscars including being the current National Station of the Year.

» See www.newstalk.ie

Export Marketing Skills Award
THE IRISH INDEPENDENT
All Ireland Marketing Champion 2010
The Irish Independent holds the unique and undisputed position as Ireland’s largest and best read daily newspaper. It remains the only truly mass circulation paper in the daily market with sales of 152,204 copies per day and a readership of 555,000. Circulation and readership continues to be very evenly spread geographically, and with its dual compact broadsheet format, it is a newspaper designed for the modern age, marrying authority and incisiveness with optimum readability. The paper has an unrivalled array of writing talent including news specialists, and its extensive range of columnists and feature writers remains unrivalled in the quality daily newspaper market. Its expanded business coverage under Maeve Dineen, with Economics Editor Brendan Keenan, is the most comprehensive and authoritative in the daily market.

» See www.independent.ie




The Marketing Institute of Ireland is delighted to once again welcome the Irish Independent as media partner to the Awards.

The All-Ireland Marketing Awards programme encompasses a range of awards reflecting the various major marketing disciplines, and each is commercially sponsored by excellent organisations who understand the true value of professional marketing in business.

See List of Awards.

Sponsorship of an award category delivers a set of extensive valuable benefits of association, from the prestige of involvement with a major all-island business event, to exposure to major marketing budget-holders, to extensive PR and networking opportunities, to contact lists of decision makers. Sponsors also gain an ideal corporate hospitality opportunity at the Awards Gala Dinner.

All enquiries on sponsorship should be directed to:

Marie Therese Campbell
T: 00 353 1 2160150
E: mtc@mii.ie

 

About the Irish Independent


The Irish Independent holds the unique and undisputed position as Ireland’s largest and best read daily newspaper. It remains the only truly mass circulation paper in the daily market with sales of 152,204 copies per day and a readership of 555,000. Circulation and readership continues to be very evenly spread geographically, and with its dual compact broadsheet format, it is a newspaper designed for the modern age, marrying authority and incisiveness with optimum readability. The paper has an unrivalled array of writing talent including news specialists, and its extensive range of columnists and feature writers remains unrivalled in the quality daily newspaper market. Its expanded business coverage under Maeve Dineen, with Economics Editor Brendan Keenan, is the most comprehensive and authoritative in the daily market.

» Visit Independent.ie for more information

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