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Canon Middle East and Dollar Shave Club are among the winners at this year’s Corporate Social Media Awards

June 16, 2015

On Monday, June 15th 2015, over 120 of the world's leading social media experts gathered at Incite Group’s Corporate Social Media Awards ceremony in New York.

Nearly 150 entries were received this year, covering a range of sectors and industries from all over the world, in itself reiterating the fact that social media is becoming an integral part of business strategy.

The judges were looking for entries that clearly demonstrated how the company had incorporated social media into the heart of their operations and customer activities.

Opening up the Awards Ceremony Nick Johnson, founder of the Incite Group, said that the standard from this year’s entrants had been very high, and that it’s great to see and read about all the great work and achievements being made in corporate social media.

The results from the evening were as follows:

BEST SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

Shortlisted for this category:

  • Canon Summer Arabia - Canon Middle East

  • #BMOForward - BMO Financial Group

  • Best Buy Hinting Season - Best Buy

  • Cisco Global Cloud Index – Cisco

  • Celebrating the birthday with the fans — “Let your dream fly” campaign - TAP Portugal / Wingman

In this category, the judges were looking for the stand-out examples of campaigns that have engaged, entertained, driven results and set the standard that companies in both their industry and others look to emulate. Judges will be searching for the social media campaign that really sets the bar and has that Social Media X-Factor.

  • Winner - Canon Middle East

  • Highly Commended - BMO Financial Group

BEST SOCIAL CUSTOMER CARE

Shortlisted for this category:

  • Audi UK Social Customer Care strategy: 1. 100% coverage 2. Best-in-class response times - Audi UK

  • Best Buy - Best at Social Care - Best Buy

  • Utilizing Social Media to Enhance the One Ford Plan - Ford Motor Company

  • Empowering First-Class Social Media Customer Service - Dollar Shave Club

  • Best Social Customer Care - Thomas Cook

  • Driving Social Care through a Customer Centric Culture - General Motors

  • Connecting with customers in a socially savvy world - HP

  • Social Care at Liberty Mutual Insurance - Liberty Mutual Insurance

  • Qantas Airways Online Customer Care - Qantas Airways

Having perhaps, the longest list of nominees, this category was one of the hardest to choose from. The judges were looking for a company that’s gone above and beyond in their support of customers on social media. The winner has delivered a first-class approach to managing all kinds of customer complaints and queries.

  • Winner - Dollar Shave Club

  • Highly Commended - Thomas Cook

              

Speaking after the Awards ceremony, Janet Song, Senior Vice President of Member Services said, "We are thrilled and humbled to win the Corporate Social Media Award for Best Customer Care and to be recognized for our work in the company of such outstanding brands." 

"At Dollar Shave Club, we strive to provide first class service as well as create brand experiences for our members. Our high-touch social strategy is led by forward thinking team members, and this award is an acknowledgement of how passionate we are about our customers."

SOCIAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted for this category:

  • Wingman

  • ITDS

  • Ignite Social Media

The judges were looking to reward tan agency that has delivered multiple outstanding projects or results that have enabled clients to offer a first-class social media experience.

  • Winner - Wingman

  • Highly Commended - Ignite Social Media

MOST INNOVATIVE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Shortlisted for this category:

  • Cisco VNI Interactive Infographic - Cisco

  • Boehringer-Ingelheim: Breaking boundaries in healthcare social media - Boehringer Ingelheim

  • element14 DreamBoard - Premier Farnell

  • TAP’s Instagram strategy: We love walking on cloud 9! - TAP Portugal/Wingman

  • #NeweggLove Valentine's Day - Newegg

  • Canon Books 4 Cause - Canon Middle East

Judges were looking for a company that had gone beyond the norms and broken boundaries in their approach to social media. They were looking for that truly innovative use of social media.

  • Winner - Boehringer-Ingelheim

  • Highly Commended - Canon Middle East

PEOPLE’S CHOICE: CORPORATE SOCIAL MEDIA LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Shortlisted for this category:

  • Linda Rutherford – Southwest Airlines

  • Karen Quintos – Dell

  • Gina Debogovich - Best Buy (now AT&T)

  • Donato Montanaro – TradeKing Group

  • Monica Patterson – Canon USA, Inc

  • Natanya Anderson – Whole Foods

  • Laura Powers – Cisco

  • Alicia Montoya – Swiss Re

  • Renee Brown – Wells Fargo

This award was judged upon by Incite Group’s global community. Votes were sourced over a two week period. The community was asked to vote for a winner that they felt has done the most to drive social media forward in their company. The winner has clearly achieved positive and tangible results via social media. The Award was presented by Joshua March, CEO of Conversocial, sponsors of the Awards ceremony.

  • Winner - Natanya Anderson, Director of Social Media, CRM and Customer Care at Whole Foods

                                

On receiving the Award, Natanya Anderson said “Winning the Corporate Social Media Leader of the Year Award is a reflection of the exceptional work of the entire Whole Foods Market social media team. We’re fortunate to work in a company that is so customer-centric and supports our customer-first approach to social.“

“I was honored to be nominated with so many other exceptional social media professionals; as a group they are advancing social media practices and innovations every single day in businesses across all verticals, showing the ability of social media to transform a business.”

                                    

The Incite Group would like to thank the winners and all nominees in participating in this year’s Corporate Social Media Awards and serving as a great example of showing the value and opportunities that social media brings to business.

For more information about the awards, the shortlist or the dinner ceremony, contact Liam Dowd at liam@incite-group.com or call +44 (0)20 7375 7238.

 

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