Digital is the oasis for marketers. It has become a crucial part of every marketing plan.
Brand and agencies are finding more innovative ways to communicate than ever before. And that’s because digital has the tools and platforms to handle and deliver the message.
From social platforms to virtual reality, digital is vast and growing.
Digies, an initiative by afaqs!, aims to celebrate creative marketing communication initiatives by Agencies, Brands, Production Houses, Design Studios, Creative Studios, and Content Creators, from exceptional use of social media to integrating multiple platforms, from use of hashtags to a 120-seconder video, and more.
There are 38 categories to participate in. Aspirants can submit their work in single or campaign categories.
Additionally, there are 2 special awards, namely: Brand of the Year and Agency of the Year.
Participants are advised to submit relevant information including stats, if any, to strengthen their entries.
Participants are advised to submit relevant information including stats, if any, to strengthen their entries.
Participants are advised to explain the various SEO/SEM tactics used to achieve the campaign's objective.
Participants are advised to submit how they used the features of a mobile to achieve the marketing objective along with engagement stats.
Participants are advised to submit how they integrated different online platforms to achieve the marketing objective.
Participants are advised to submit relevant information including stats, if any, to strengthen their entries.
Participants are advised to clearly explain the achieved targets through numbers in addition to the overall approach taken. They are advised to share Google Analytics or other analytics tool data. The jury will judge primarily on the basis of Spend vs ROI.
Participants are advised to submit relevant information including stats to strengthen their entries.
Participants are advised to submit engagement stats to highlight the virality of the marketing campaign.
Participants are advised to highlight how they successfully used podcast and its features to achieve the marketing objective.
Participants are advised to highlight how analysis of the insights, engagements, and number-crunching helped in optimising a campaign.
Participants are advised to explain how affiliate marketing helped the brand achieve its target along with stats.
Participants are advised to submit how they innovatively created and used hashtags. Engagement stats are mandatory.
Participants are advised to submit how they innovatively used digital platforms to launch the product along with stats, if any.
Participants are advised to submit how they innovatively used digital platforms to launch the service along with stats, if any.
Participants are advised to submit how they converted/created an interactive piece of content and the engagement stats.
Participants are advised to submit how they innovatively used the particular technology or a mix to achieve the objective.
Participants are advised to submit aim of the CSR initiative and its synergy with the brand along with any stats to help strengthen the entry.
Participants are advised to submit relevant information including stats, if any, to strengthen their entries.
Participants are advised to submit the design guidelines followed along with relevant information that can help explain how the new UI/UX is different from the previous version.
Participants are advised to submit the design guidelines followed along with relevant information that can help explain how the new UI/UX is different from the previous version.
Participants are advised to submit the features they used to achieve the marketing objectives along with engagement stats.
Participants are advised to submit the features they used to achieve the marketing objectives along with engagement stats.
Participants are advised to submit the features they used to achieve the marketing objectives along with engagement stats.
Participants are advised to submit the features they used to achieve the marketing objectives along with engagement stats.
Participants are advised to submit the features they used to achieve the marketing objectives along with engagement stats.
Participants are advised to submit the features they used to achieve the marketing objectives along with engagement stats.
Participants are advised to submit the features they used to achieve the marketing objectives along with engagement stats.
Participants are advised to submit the features they used for each platform to achieve the marketing objectives along with engagement stats.
Participants are advised to submit the concept, idea, and execution in the form of a case study along with any relevant stats.
Participants are advised to submit YouTube link of the video along with a PDF explaining the brief and execution of the video. Video views and engagements are mandatory pieces of information.
Participants are advised to submit the original time of the video being streamed along with any relevant information that could help strengthen the entry.
Participants are advised to submit the stats of the video.
Participants are advised to submit the brief and execution of the brand integration. The video link has to be on YouTube.
Participants are advised to submit the brief, idea, and execution along with stats, if any, to strengthen the entry. The video link submitted has to be on YouTube.
Participants are advised to submit the brief, idea, and execution along with stats, if any, to strengthen the entry. The video link submitted has to be on YouTube.
Participants will receive scores for metals won:
Gold: 30 points | Silver: 20 points | Bronze: 10 points
The participant that receives the highest number of points in its class will receive one of the following titles:
Brand of the Year
Agency of the Year
(Example, a participant that wins a Gold, a Silver and a Bronze will have scored 30 + 20 + 10 = 60 points)
All participants will be automatically considered for one of these titles. They do not have to pay an additional fee.
In the event of a tie where two participants receive the same number of points, the one that has received more gold awards will be declared the winner.
Note: The individual brand would be considered for the award and not the group.
When preparing your submission for DIGIES, please review the entry criteria carefully.
Please ensure that your submission contains sufficient information. Do include relevant facts and figures where possible. Kindly select those that best promote your expertise.
Once you register for the submission, login credentials for your entry account will be generated and emailed to you. You can use your entry account to add or delete your submissions for the awards and create a wishlist of entries and submit the final ones by adding those to the cart.
The contact details you provide in your entry form will be used throughout the awards process. If these details change after the form has been submitted, please send your new contact information by email to [email protected] or [email protected]
This entity name and address quoted in the registration form will be used for further correspondence relating to your entry, so please do cross-check this, particularly if your company has submitted more than one entry in any category.
Please note that we will use the company name rather than that of the project or team in our coverage.
Stick to the word limit - short & crisp fits the bill
Avoid PR jargon & back your words with relevant facts instead
For e.g. 'Synergies' were created or Integration was ‘seamless’ but 'How?'
Write persuasively
Include supporting evidence
Ensure the links you submit are accessible
Don't forget to take a thumbs up from your client
PROOFREAD & ensure there are no spelling and grammatical errors.
This award is open to agencies, brands, production houses, design studios, creative studios, and content creators.
All work submitted should have an approval from the client.
A single piece of work, if relevant, can be submitted in multiple categories.
The work submitted should have been released between June 01, 2018 to May 31, 2019.
Entries submitted should have beenr approved by the client before submission.
The afaqs! and Digies team reserve the right to use the submissions for promotions.
The decision of the jury would be final and binding without a scope of challenge.
There would be no shortlist of entries and winners would be announced at the venue itself.
The payment can be made online by credit/debit cards, net banking or via cheques.
Please make your Crossed Cheque or Bank Draft payable to "Banyan Netfaqs Pvt Ltd" in INR only, and mail the same at Banyan Netfaqs Pvt Ltd, B-3, Ground Floor, Sector 4, Noida 201301.
The entry will be considered accepted only when the entry fees has reached us (in case of net banking and cheques) For pricing details, kindly visit the Registration page.
The jury will include senior tech executives and marketers.
The jury would be judging the entries basis only the submitted material.
The jury will be advised to gauge entries on the basis of idea, content, design, engagement, and innovation.