2023 Shortlist

Congratulations to our 2023 UK Digital Excellence Awards finalists.

Finalist Assets

 

B2B WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

blubolt eCommerce – blubolt.com

Octopus Group & ChartHop – ChartHop.com

 

B2C WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

All human & Fáilte Ireland – Discoverireland.ie

Rainy City Agency & Darts Corner – dartscorner.co.uk

 

ECOMMERCE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

AYKO Digital Ltd – Ribble Cycles

Rainy City Agency & Lee Stafford – leestafford.com

The Bottle Club – thebottleclub.com

 

TRAVEL & LEISURE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

 The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.

 

PUBLIC SECTOR / NOT FOR PROFIT / CHARITY WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

Hallam & Rainbows Hospice – A New Site for Staff, Service Users and Supporters Alike

Rocketmakers and Hearts & Minds Partnership

 

PPC CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2B

BrightBid & Moneypenny – Smart blend of human insight and AI to drive a 21% increase in Return on Advertising Spend and 29% reduction in Cost per Lead in Google Search for Moneypenny

TMI & LSEG – Doing More with Less at a Global Scale

 

PPC CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2C

Absolute Digital Media & Stelrad – A Hot Partnership

Anything is Possible and Higher Ed Partners: Making trends happen across PPC

AYKO Digital Ltd – Direct Vacuums – Performance Max

Global Search Marketing & Micro Scooters – Taking Performance to the Max

Laser Red & Solar Power NI – Solar Panels

Spark Foundry & Asda – Location, Automation, Personalisation

Spark Foundry & Clarins – Tackling the Menopause Taboo

The SEO Works & Jessops – Picture Perfect Results

Venture Stream & Direct 4 Baby – Using Product Margin Data To Scale Google Ads

Venture Stream & The Panel Company – Monumental Growth Through Google Ads

WeDiscover & DirectlyApply – Using Hexagonal Plotting and Dynamic Inventories to Increase Revenue by 84%

 

INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2B

Gravity Global & Embraer – The Tech Shark

Shooting Star & Coveris – The Coveris Challenge: Showcasing an International Brand at Home.

The Think Tank & Asendia – Apparel and Beauty Campaign

The Think Tank & BSI – Promoting Standards

The Think Tank & IRIS Software Group – Time to Grow Campaign

Weknow Media Ltd. & Gurobi Optimization, LLC. – Demand Generation, Marketing and Webinar campaign

 

INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2C

Absolute Digital Media & Stelrad – A Hot Partnership

CHS and HSBC UK – How HSBC UK encouraged the nation to start investing

Click Consult & Chums – Sustained Growth After the Pandemic

Creative ideaz & Este Medical Group – Hair transplant Turkey

 

SEO CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2B

accelerate agency & Dialpad – Dialing up Dialpad by 2,385%

AlgoRhythm & ANNA Money – On The Money with SEO taking on Xero and HMRC… easy, right?

FSE Digital and Horton & Garton

Merkle & Aggreko – Powering Cost Efficiencies Through Total Search

Tacomi & BMJ Careers – Recruitment Road to Recovery

Yard Digital – Just Plane Wrong

 

SEO CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2C

Absolute Digital Media & QuidMarket – Conquering The Short Term Loan Market

AYKO Digital Ltd – G Johns – Site Strategy & Audit

Bird Marketing & Beyond Print – Bird and Beyond

GA Agency & Calzedonia Group – 12 Countries, 4 Brands: Skyrocketing SEO

Global Search Marketing & OlPro – Site Migration Troubleshooting

Spark Foundry & George at ASDA – A Story of SEO Success for Men’s Clothing

Yard Digital & Wealthify – Breaking Dad (and Mum)

 

ORGANIC CONTENT CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR 

Crafted & Eurotunnel – Keeping on the right track when the travel landscape changes.

Yard Digital & VisitScotland – Braw Beginnings

 

PAID CONTENT CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.

 

ORGANIC SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

8original & Babylon Park – Opening Babylon

Nonsensical – Urban Tandoor – Biggest Indian Restaurant on TikTok

Swwim Social & Jude’s – We All Scream for Ice Cream

 

PAID SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

8original & Finding Abraham – Finding Abraham: The Film

Hallam & Lattice – Testing for growth, building for success

Noise Media & TaskRabbit – #DDIY – Don’t do it yourself

Nonsensical – CarCloud – Paid TikTok

 

BEST USE OF FACEBOOK / INSTAGRAM

The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.

 

BEST DIGITAL PR CAMPAIGN

Receptional & Casumo – Creativity Builds a Casino Brand with Female Consumers

Richmond & Towers and Alpro – RoyalTEA for National Tea Day

The Bottle Club x JBH – Espresso Martini Taste Tester Campaign

Yard Digital – Just Plane Wrong

 

BEST AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN

Brandnation & Columbia Sportswear – The Hike Society’s Annual General Hike

Gravity Global & Embraer – The Tech Shark

Mark Brown – Buckle & Band – TikTok Campaign 0 to 1 Million views

Shooting Star & Coveris – The Coveris Challenge: Showcasing an International Brand at Home.

Yard Digital – Just Plane Wrong

 

BEST OUTREACH CAMPAIGN

accelerate agency & Dialpad – Dialing up Dialpad by 2,385%

Yard Digital & VisitScotland – Braw Beginnings

Yard Digital & Wealthify – Breaking Dad (and Mum)

 

BEST LOW BUDGET CAMPAIGN

The SEO Works & UKSKIN – Achieving SKINcredible results

TLMT® & Essex Garden Studios – SEO Campaign

Venture Stream & Aquacadabra – Generating Profit From Google Shopping

Yard Digital – Just Plane Wrong

 

BEST CHARITY / NOT FOR PROFIT CAMPAIGN

CPOPC – #elaeiswomen for our smallholders

Crafted, borne & the Mental Health Foundation – Letting 7.8 million people know they are not alone.

Shooting Star & Carers First – Lightening the Load for unpaid carers across the UK.

 

ROI CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Bird Marketing and Beyond Print (Bird and Beyond)

Creative ideaz & Este Medical Group – Hair transplant Turkey

Gravity Global & Embraer – The Tech Shark

Tacomi & BMJ Careers – Medical Job Board Makes Full Recovery & Healthy Growth

The Think Tank & Asendia – Apparel and Beauty Campaign

The Think Tank & IRIS Software Group – Time to Grow

Virgin Pure – Helping busy families reduce plastic waste

WeDiscover & TourRadar – Kickstarting Adventure Travel In 2022

 

BEST USE OF DATA

Adnami x Lumen – Best Use of Data

GlobalData – Chevron, Best Use of Data

Level 5 – Using Data to enhance security within the public sector

The Bottle Club

TMI & LSEG – Doing More with Less at a Global Scale

WeDiscover & Adelante Shoe Co. – Leveraging Cohort Maturity To Increase ROAS By 49%

Yard Digital – Just Plane Wrong

 

BEST USE OF PERSONALIZATION

The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.

 

BEST USE OF RESEARCH

The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.

 

BEST PLATFORM / TECHNOLOGY / TOOL

Babel PR – RUMA: AN ANALYSIS TOOL TO DELIVER TRUE INSIGHT

Bannerflow – an idea in the morning and powerful digital campaigns live by the afternoon

BrightBid – Revolutionary AI engine driving 52% improved performance in Google Search for B2B marketing teams

Canal & River Trust & Warwick University – Rate This Scene

impact.com’s – Partnership Cloud™

Quintessence – Pro Interactive Site Plan

Rocketmakers – Beam

Squared.io – Google Ads. Automated.

Theorem Inc

Virtualstock – The Virtualstock Platform

 

SOFTWARE INNOVATION AWARD

BrightBid – Revolutionary AI engine driving 52% improved performance in Google Search for B2B marketing teams

Level 5 – Development of digital services to support people and businesses during COVID-19

Talk Think Do – CodeNative

Rocketmakers – Orbit

Squared.io – Google Ads. Automated.

 

CONTENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR

The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.

 

IN-HOUSE DIGITAL TEAM OF THE YEAR

The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.

 

PPC AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Circus PPC Agency

The Evergreen Agency

 

SEO AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Absolute Digital Media

accelerate agency

Merkle

The Evergreen Agency

 

INTEGRATED DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Click Consult

Hallam

The Evergreen Agency 

The Media Image

The SEO Works

Unity Online