CREATIVE BUSINESS EXCELLENCE DRUM

SECTION CREATIVE BUSINESS EXCELLENCE DRUM

The CREATIVE BUSINESS EXCELLENCE section celebrates the creative business solutions that have made an impact on brands, projects, or customer experiences. This group is intended to show business excellence in a creative way, and to award the works that demonstrate exceptional solutions that have reshaped the business industry and achieved quantifiable business results. During judging, the following criteria will be considered: creative idea & strategy, experience & implementation, data showing concrete business results. Entries lacking business results will not be considered for awards in this section. 

This section has 8 groups each with multiple categories: Brand Building; Creative Effectiveness; e/mCommerce, Community & Use of Experience; Sustainable Business Solutions; Activation; Content; Innovation and B2B.

GROUP
A

BRAND BUILDING

BRAND BUILDING group is intended for best practices in managing referential and influential brands. Entries should demonstrate how their brand generated awareness, established brand image and created value to customers. How the value proposition, mission and brand re-positioning was achieved, and led to renewed interest, higher brand affinity and success. This group has the following categories:

CATEGORIES:

  1. Brand Introduction
    Includes brands entering the market for the first time. Entries must show the creation of a new brand for any product, service or organisation.
  2. Brand Reinvention
    Recognizes brands being successful building new story(s)/reposition. Entries include rebranding/refreshing of an existing brand identity for any product, service or organisation.
  3. Brand Vitality
    Recognises brands with consistent communication longer than 2 years.
  4. Brand Strategy and Experience
    Strategic innovative solutions to solving brand problems and challenges that have a tangible effect on customer experience. 

DETAILED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR GROUP A: BRAND BUILDING

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GROUP
B

CREATIVE EFFECTIVENESS

CREATIVE EFFECTIVENESS group is intended to measure the influences of creativity. Entries will need to demonstrate how their work drove tangible business results, and how integral it was for the achievement of a brand’s overall purpose. This group has the following categories:

CATEGORIES:

  1. Profit
    Work that produced measurable results and was integral to achieving a brand’s marketing goals.
  2. Non-profit
    Work that brought measurable results and was an integral part of realizing the goals and purpose of the organization.

DETAILED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR GROUP B: CREATIVE EFFECTIVENESS

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GROUP
C

e/mCOMMERCE, COMMUNITY & USE OF EXPERIENCE

e/mCOMMERCE, COMMUNITY & USE OF EXPERIENCE group is intended for entries that demonstrate the best use of e/mCommerce, community, and/or experience to reach improved business engagement with brand users.

This group has no sub-categories. 

DETAILED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR GROUP C: e/mCOMMERCE, COMMUNITY & USE OF EXPERIENCE

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GROUP
D

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS group welcomes solutions created by brands and businesses that focus on the sustainability of the environment, of social groups, businesses, partners…

This group has no sub-categories. 

DETAILED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR GROUP D: SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

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GROUP
E

ACTIVATION

ACTIVATION group includes campaigns with communications channels or media, which can be both offline or online. This group is intended for campaigns, which directly address and/or activate the audience (consumers or other businesses) to prompt participant action, emotional engagement and response towards a brand, product or service. This group has the following categories:

CATEGORIES:

  1. Technology-led Activation
    Creative application of AR / VR, mixed reality, voice activation and usage of digital footage or online video in creating or enhancing brand experience or activation. Branded games and activations leveraging a space or other permanent special features driving customer engagement while building a positive brand experience can also be included in this category. Entries should demonstrate how the use of new or existing technology enriched a brand experience or activation.
  2. Social Media Engagement
    Demonstrations of how integration of social media was used to enhance a live experience or activation.
  3. Website & Mobile Activation
    Includes mobile apps, portable devices, branded websites, microsites or mobile technology created to enhance the interaction with customers at a brand experience or activation.
  4. Cross-Platform Activation
    Various digital platforms and devices that enhanced a brand experience or developed and amplified meaningful consumer engagement.
  5. Live Activation
    Includes activations (sales point, on site activation…) that reached and engaged consumers without the primary use of technology.

DETAILED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR GROUP E: ACTIVATION

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GROUP
F

CONTENT

In CONTENT group entries must show creative use of content and delivery of message in a business context. Entries will be judged through business perspective and must include results and outcomes that were generated. This group has the following categories:

CATEGORIES:

  1. Storytelling & Experience
    Personalized and custom content or experience created for special audiences on digital platforms.
  2. Real-Time Action Content
    Branded content that was created to immediately respond to world events, public affairs and other real-time activity in a meaningful and immediate way.

DETAILED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR GROUP F: CONTENT

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GROUP
G

INNOVATION

The INNOVATION group welcomes new breakthrough ideas, revolutionary technology, and forward-thinking methods that stem from finding solutions to brand problems on digital platforms and increase business results. Unique uses of media, new media / platforms / technologies (at prototype/pre-mass production stage), innovative digital communication forms and any breakthrough work that reaches beyond others. This group has the following categories:

CATEGORIES:

  1. Communication and Media Innovation
    Innovation in communication and media that help develop a brand image and consumer experience. 
  2. Product or Service Innovation
    Use of innovative solutions for product and service communication.
  3. Innovative use of Technology
    Use of new or existing technology and technology solutions that affects and enriches customer experience. 

 

DETAILED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR GROUP G: INNOVATION

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GROUP
H

B2B

The B2B group is intended to showcase innovative and effective practices within the B2B sector. Entries should demonstrate the use of creative strategies leading to business growth through unique and inventive approaches. This group has the following categories:

CATEGORIES:

  1. B2B Customer Events and Interface
    Events and interfaces (trade fairs) organized to strengthen the brand’s presence in the B2B sector by engaging with customers and building relationships.
  2. B2B Storytelling
    Emphasizes the use of compelling narrative to authentically connect and amplify the brand’s message within the B2B landscape.
  3. B2B Employer branding and recruitment
    Work that demonstrates a creative way of promoting and strengthening the employer brand and highlights creative communication in the recruitment process.
  4. B2B Brand Strategy & Experience
    Strategic innovative solutions to solving brand problems and challenges that have a tangible effect on customer experience.
  5. B2B Brand Re:Fresh
    Recognizes brands entering the market for the first time or that successfully build new story(s)/reposition. Entries must show the creation of a new brand for any product, service or organisation or include rebranding/refreshing of an existing brand identity
  6. B2B Brand Vitality
    Recognises brands with consistent communication longer than 2 years.
  7. B2B Sustainability business solutions
    Solutions created by brands and businesses that focus on promoting and communicating environmentally and socially responsible products, services, and practices within the B2B context.

DETAILED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR GROUP H: B2B

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