November 14, 2019 — Street Fight today officially announces the winners of its Innovator Awards. Spanning 12 categories that represent the top battlegrounds in local commerce, winners embody the best of innovation and achievement in these areas (full list below).
Examples include Foursquare, which takes home the award for Innovator of the Year. After reinventing its business into a location data powerhouse and acquiring attribution leader Placed this year, it has exhibited the qualities and criteria that caught the awards judges’ eyes.
Sproutloud takes home the award for Best Marketing Platform. Its distributed marketing platform runs across channels with an intuitive UX that reduces friction for brand marketers. Connected Travel likewise caught the judges’ attention for its work with Honda to implement an in-vehicle gamified experience to drive and track local commerce. It brings home the award for Most Innovative Local Search Site or Application
“Street Fight’s charter is to educate the world on the innovation and best practices in local media, advertising, and commerce,” said Mike Boland, Lead Analyst at Street Fight. “A key corollary to that mission is to recognize and award the innovators driving these sectors. We congratulate the winners and thank our panel of A-list judges for the tough job of evaluating such a strong, competitive field.”
The Innovator Awards kicked off in July and accepted invitations throughout the summer, after which a panel of five judges evaluated the submissions against pre-defined criteria within 12 categories. Winners include the above samples and the full list which can be seen below, along with more info on the judges.
Awards Categories and Winners
Best Marketing Platform: Sproutloud
Best Social Media Platform: SOCi
Best Analytics Platform: Semcasting
Best Ad Platform: Vistar Media
Best Local Campaign: Blis
Best Social Media Campaign: Tiger Pistol
Most Innovative Use of Geospatial Technology: Unacast
Most Innovative Use of Location Data: Location Sciences
Most Innovative Use of Consumer Data: Brandify
Most Innovative Use of Automation, AI, or Machine Learning: Reputation.com
Most Innovative Local Search Site or Application: Connected Travel
Innovator of the Year: Foursquare
Awards Judges
Gwen Morrison: CEO, The Americas, The Store | WPP
Jason Breazeale: Architecture and Technology Innovation, Denny’s
Dave Elliot: SVP, Marketing, True Value
Andrew Laudauto: EVP, CTO, The Vitamin Shoppe
Douglas Manning: Manager, Digital Experience, Chamberlain Group
More details and bios for the judges can be found here.
More details about the awards, winners, voting methodology, judges, submission criteria and other factors can be found below. Meanwhile, we’d like to thank all who participated and congratulate the winners. Stay tuned for lots more market coverage and innovation recognition from Street Fight.
Categories
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SF “Best” Championship
SF “Most Innovative” Championship
Title Champ
Application Preview
Exact Questions asked on the awards application
— Identifying information (name, title, email)
— About the company or product applying (250 words)
— Why do you believe the applicant deserves this award (250 words)
— Please provide quantifiable metrics to support the previous question (250 words)
— Additional links or file uploads to support or validate the above (optional)
Judging Criteria
The following criteria are what the Judges will use to evaluate each award candidates
Products
- Ease of use, as evidenced by product UI/UX design and detailed by client testimonials
- Efficacy in addressing known industry challenge
- Cost-efficiency: Does the solution deliver sufficient return on investment (ROI) or replace a more costly solution for the user?
- Long-term potential: does it integrate with other solutions or show potential to grow its product suite; and is there a long-term need in the marketplace for this specific solution?
- Innovation: For the “most innovative” categories, we’ll be looking for fresh thinking, risk-taking, and creative application of the latest technologies.
Campaigns
- Performance against articulated campaign goals
- ROI for client
- Execution of campaign creative
Official Rules
Binding Agreement
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Overview
No purchase, payment or donation beyond the entry fee is necessary to enter or win; an additional purchase, payment, or donation will not increase the chance of winning. By entering, entrant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges, which shall be final. The Contest starts at 8:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, June 10, 2019, and ends at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, July 12, 2019 (“Contest Period”). All entries must be received by that time
Who Can Enter
1. To be eligible to participate in the Contest, entrants must be age 18 or older. If the Contest winner is under age 21, contest prize may be awarded to the custodial parent(s) or legal guardian(s) pursuant to applicable law.
2. Employees of Street Fight, their subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate family members are ineligible. Independent contractors of Street Fight and their immediate family members are also ineligible. The term “immediate family member” includes spouses, grandparents, parents, siblings, children, and grandchildren.
3. The Contest’s judges and their affiliated companies are ineligible.
How to Enter
1. Qualified entrants will submit an entry form using the embedded forms on this page (the “Entry Portal”) that indicates acceptance of these rules as well as all items required for submission. In addition to submitting all required materials, an entry fee (“Entry Fee”) is required to be paid in full. No submission will be considered that is not paid for nor successfully completed. Responsibility for a completed submission lies with the entrant; no refunds will be issued under any circumstance.
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Disqualification
1. Any false information provided within the context of the contest by any participant concerning identity, mailing address, telephone number, email address, ownership of right or non-compliance with these Official Rules, or the like, may result in the immediate disqualification of the participant from the Contest.
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3. The Contest Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any entry that it believes in its sole and unfettered discretion infringes upon or violates the rights of any third party, otherwise does not comply with these Official Rules or violates U.S. or applicable state or local law.
Winner Selection
1. Up to three (3) Entrants per Product and Campaign categories shall be selected as Finalists (“Finalists”) by a panel of judges (“Judges”) appointed by Street Fight. The Judges will select one (1) Winner per category (“Winners”) from the pool of Finalists based on the criteria listed above. All decisions of the judges are final and binding.
2. The Finalists in each category will be notified during a period of weeks after the submission period ends and Winners will be announced at a date to be determined. Each Entrant agrees to be bound by the Official Rules, and the decisions of the Judges are final in all matters relating to this Contest.
1. One (1) Entrant Winner will be chosen for each Category. The Winner in each Category will receive a physical trophy. There is no monetary prize value associated with the Contest trophies.
2. All Finalists will be given an Innovator Awards badge icon that they will be authorized to display across their digital properties at their own discretion.
3. No substitutions for the prize will be allowed. Void where restricted or prohibited.
4. All Finalists will be listed on the Street Fight website www.streetfightmag.com and included in a press release after the awards have been announced.
5. Odds of winning depend on the number of entries received.
6. Winners are solely responsible for all taxes and/or fees that may be incurred.