Florida Realtors® Wins Top National Honor for Magazine

ORLANDO, Fla., July 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ragan Communications has announced that Florida Realtors won the top honor in Ragan's 2013 PR Daily Awards for Best External Publication (Online or Print) for Florida Realtor magazine.

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"To be recognized by Ragan Communications among so many outstanding winners is a stellar accomplishment for Florida Realtors and Florida Realtor magazine," said 2013 Florida Realtors President Dean Asher, broker-owner with Don Asher & Associates Inc. in Orlando. "The unique collaborative partnership of Realtor members, leadership and staff is what makes Florida Realtors so successful, and such national recognition even possible."

Judges for Ragan's PR Daily Awards said that Florida Realtor magazine is "as eye-catching as a consumer magazine," and "grabs reader interest with lively design, tip-heavy articles and a dynamic cover that leads readers to stories."

They also said: "Florida Realtor magazine offers a fresh take on its business, providing tip-heavy features its readers surely devour, clip, and pass around. … The cover also successfully uses the front-page real estate with teasers, bright design and topics that would make it at home on any bookstore or supermarket magazine rack. While many organizational publications waste their covers with vague headlines and minimal content, Florida Realtor shouts to be opened, read and shared."

In the words of Editor-in-Chief Doug Damerst, the goal is to "pack the magazine with peer-to-peer conversations about what's working and where business can be found."

To see the full article on Florida Realtor magazine's win, go to http://www.prdaily.com/awards/SpecialEdition/117.aspx.

Ragan Communications is a leading publisher of corporate communications, public relations and leadership development newsletters for 30 years, as well as a top producer of communications conferences. Ragan's award competitions are the most prestigious in the PR and corporate communications industry. Florida Realtors also was named a national finalist for Best PR Team, with its Communications Team receiving an honorable mention in that category for the 2013 PR Daily Awards.

The 2013 PR Daily Awards is an open competition, which means Florida Realtors has been recognized in the communications industry on the same national level as respected PR agencies, corporations, companies, government entities and nonprofit foundations.

For a list of all the winners, go to http://www.prdaily.com/Awards/PRDA2013.aspx. A digital graphic recognizing Florida Realtors' award can be downloaded at http://media.floridarealtors.org.

Florida Realtors®, formerly known as the Florida Association of Realtors®, serves as the voice for real estate in Florida. It provides programs, services, continuing education, research and legislative representation to its more than 118,000 members in 63 boards/associations. Florida Realtors® Media Center website is available at http://media.floridarealtors.org.

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