Content Marketing Awards Now Accepting Entries

PHOENIX, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) announced today that the Content Marketing Awards program is now accepting entries. Sponsored by McMurry/TMG, award submissions will be accepted through May 24, 2013.

A combination of the Magnum Opus Awards and CMI's Orange Awards, the Content Marketing Awards program has been honoring the world's top content marketing efforts through media including print, Web and video since 2004.

"Content marketing is a business in revolution, and we are thrilled to be part of this award program that recognizes excellence in the business," says Joe Pulizzi, Founder and Executive Director of the Content Marketing Institute. "As our industry grows and becomes more competitive, the level of excellence in the submissions continues to impress us."

"In the burgeoning business of content marketing, everybody claims competence," says Program Chairman and ContentWise Editor David Murray. "The Content Marketing Awards separate the major leaguers from the me-toos."

The program offers entrants more than 100 categories for every element of every medium and strategic communication purpose in content marketing. Entries will be judged by an all-star panel of leading industry influencers and experts in content marketing.

Categories cover every aspect of content marketing, recognizing excellence in each element of editorial, design, production and management among digital, print, video, audio/visual, text and social media.

Some of the more exciting elements of the awards include the ability for industry members to nominate a content marketing firm for Agency of the Year and an individual practitioner for Content Marketer of the Year. The winners of these awards will be firms and professionals that serve as guiding examples for the entire industry. Many award winners will be recognized at Content Marketing World 2013, which is now open for registration and will be held Sept. 9-12, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Content Marketing Award entry forms are available here.

About Content Marketing Institute (CMI)
Content Marketing Institute is the leading global content marketing education and training organization. CMI teaches non-media brands how to attract and retain customers through compelling, multi-channel storytelling. CMI's Content Marketing World event is the largest content marketing-focused event. CMI also produces the quarterly magazine Chief Content Officer, and provides strategic consulting and content marketing research for some of the best-known brands in the world. CMI is a division of Z Squared Media LLC, a 2012 Inc. 500 company.

About McMurry/TMG
When McMurry and TMG Custom Media joined forces in December 2012, they created the largest content marketing agency in the world, with five offices in New York, Arizona and Washington, D.C. Its 270 staff members help clients achieve goals through powerful content that extends brands, drives engagement, builds community and delivers revenue. Its content marketing strategies are custom produced and delivered on every screen, page, platform and device, and clients include such industry leaders as WebMD, Amtrak, CBS, The Ritz-Carlton, CDW, Reed Exhibitions, Northwestern Mutual, 21st Century Insurance, Verizon, HP and Baylor Health. 

SOURCE Content Marketing Institute