Marketer of the Year: A Glance Back
and Forward
It's that time of the year, again. We're well into our plans for Marketer of the Year, more fondly known at MOY, here in Rochester.
Before we move into 2008, and the announcements, let's look BACK...at 2007, and remember that exciting day we awarded this outstanding disctinction to several local companies.
The 2007 Marketer of the Year Finalists included:
- Advertising Council of Rochester / Roberts Communications/The Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning
- Eastman Kodak Company–Corporate Brand Group
- Eastman Kodak Company–Graphic Communications Group
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Hillside Family of Agencies with The Verdi Group
- Home Properties
- Miss Betty’s Slammin’ Sauce
- Roberts Wesleyan College
- St. Joseph’s Villa of Rochester with Kraus Creative
And, the winners of last year's MOY (which was attended by over 200 of Rochester's finest, and featured in our own RBJ) were:
Marketer of the Year: Home Properties Inc.
Non-profit Marketer of the Year: Hillside Family of Agencies
Turnaround (or Startup) Marketer of the Year: Miss Betty's Slamming Sauce(tm)
Keynote speaker Laura Sadowski, vice president for marketing and development at Strong National Museum of Play, rocked the room with her with, her story-telling, and her inside look at how Strong National Museum of Play is not only the ONLY museum focused on play, but they have the world's largest butterfly building -- which is even shaped like a butterfly!
Stay tuned for pics of the 2007 event.
More details on THIS YEAR'S UP and COMING Marketer of the Year 2008 will be posted on Friday, September 28th. Tune in for your chance to be a part of this gala Rochester event that gets bigger and better every year.
