1. SME DIGITAL AWARDS 2014 NOMINATIONS SUBMISSION TEMPLATE

2. The dealine for campaign submission is April 23, 2014. Please supply the following: 1. Fill out the entry form and include all requested information and materials using this PowerPoint presentation, which if selected as a finalist, will be used for public presentation purposes. 2. The submitted entry package will be used for judging and for presentation purposes and no additional materials will be accepted afterwards. Make sure images and videos are imported into the document. 3. Participants should highlight what were the promotion’s or campaign goals, timing, strategy and results. Strongly Suggested: provide a screen shot of third party analytics reports. 4. Participating campaigns can only compete in up to 3 categories. Each category must have a different Power Point presentation emphasizing the execution and results for each category. 5. Participations must be emailed or sent to karina@smepr.org 6. The SME’s Digital Committee reserves the right to disqualify incomplete applications. Both the Nominating Committee and the Jury reserve the right to reassign a submission’s category if needed. 7. Campaign submissions can be in Spanish and should not exceed 20 slides ENTRY GUIDELINES & DEADLINE

3. Entry title: Category: Name of Brand: Industry of Brand: Entry Submitter: Credits: Dates: Media used: CAMPAIGN INFORMATION

4. In this slide explain: Was the target audience drawn from existing customers or new customers? What was the business problem that needed to be addressed? OBJECTIVE

5. In this slide explain: What was the strategy of the campaign? Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective with reference to the projected response rates and desired outcome. STRATEGY

6. Use the next slides to: Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective with reference to the projected response rates and desired outcome (100 words) – Include only the representative pieces that communicate the full extent of the idea, for the category that is being submitted – What is the strength of the idea on this specific category EXECUTION

7. Place artwork, ads or videos here. (They have to be embedded to this Presentation) EXECUTION

8. Place artwork, ads or videos here. (They have to be embedded to this Presentation) EXECUTION

9. Place artwork, ads or videos here. (They have to be embedded to this Presentation) EXECUTION

10. Please provide key insight to the post campaign results REACH: (no more than 30 words) Ex: The _______ campaign reached _____ people. Post campaign research: (no more than 30 words) Ex: The ___________ grew ___% due to _______. ANALYTICS: (no more than 40 words) Ex: Twitter gathered _____tweets in _____, ______ shared tweets and an average dwell time on the site of ___seconds. RESULTS

11. Use the next slides to: Explain why the creative execution was relevant to the product or service (100 words) – Explain the strength of the creative and originality – Describe why it is most appropriate to the brand RESULTS VS. OBJECTIVES

12. Use the next slides to: Describe the results in as much detail as possible with particular reference to the RESPONSE of the target audience, relationships built and overall return on investment (100 words max) Providing screenshots of third party analytics results is highly encouraged RESULTS VS. OBJECTIVES

13. Providing screenshots of third party analytics results is highly encouraged RESULTS VS. OBJECTIVES

14. Explain what makes your work an outstanding one, take into consideration: – Creativity, originality, innovation – Graphic design, functionality, usability – Copywriting content & message – Integration, consistency and best in class use of digital ** Both the nominating committee and the jury reserve the right to reassign a submissions category if needed ** WHY THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD WIN