The Milwaukee Digital Marketing Awards by MKE DMC
About the Awards
The Milwaukee Digital Marketing Awards honor individuals and teams who demonstrate exceptional skill, creativity, and impact in the digital marketing landscape. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or a promising newcomer, these awards provide a platform to showcase your accomplishments and gain well-deserved recognition within the Milwaukee digital marketing community.
Six Award Categories
We recognize excellence across six distinct categories:
Speaker of the Year recognizes the top-rated presenter, selected by our members for delivering high-impact content that energizes the audience and sparks new ideas. This individual stands out for offering practical value and inspiring lasting change, leaving a strong impression on everyone who attended their session.
Breakout Marketer of the Year recognizes a standout newcomer in Milwaukee’s digital marketing scene who brings fresh ideas and creativity. This award honors someone who shows strong initiative, solves problems with innovative solutions, and shapes the future of marketing with forward-thinking ideas.
The X-Factor Award goes to a marketer whose unique perspective creates a major impact on every project. This person brings an irreplaceable quality, turning good work into exceptional results, and is essential to the team’s success..
The McDill Marketing Innovation Award is for the marketer or marketing team who refuses to stick with the usual. They experiment, take risks, and lead the way with new tech and ideas. Their forward-thinking approach solves old problems in unexpected ways, or sometimes creates opportunities we hadn’t even considered. They remind us that in digital marketing, evolution is the only constant.
The Local Impact Award recognizes a person or team using digital marketing to make a difference in Milwaukee. Whether helping local businesses grow, supporting non-profits, or strengthening community ties, their work shows that marketing can be a force for good. They inspire us all by proving that giving back to our city is as important as success in business.
The Backbone Award honors those essential team members who keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes. They're the ones everyone relies on when challenges arise, always ready with the right answers and solutions. They don't look for recognition, but their steady support keeps us all going.
Milwaukee is home to 12K digital marketers.
MKE DMC (aka "Milwaukee DMC") is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that blends top-tier content and networking opportunities to keep Milwaukee digital marketers ahead of the curve. Our focus is building impactful relationships and advancing skills through in-person meetings
Monthly meetups happen at the Clubhouse, our dedicated community space in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.
All the information
Submission opens - September 19th, 2024
Submission closed - November 5th, 2024
Finalists announced live: November 13th, 2024
Winners announced live: December 18th, 2024
There are two ways to become a finalist/winner. Nominate yourself to be recognized for your work, or nominate someone else for the work they have achieved in 2024.
Speaker of the Year: no submission required, selected by MKE DMC member votes
- Application: must use STAR method some text
- Situation
- Task
- Action
- Result
- Must include visual evidence (with allowances for whitelabeling/blurring of sensitive information).
- Applications must showcase innovative methods that go beyond standard best practices.
- Campaigns or work submitted should not be older than 12 months.
- Ok to apply to more than one category.
- The panel cannot submit, however, the organizations they work for are valid (if other requirements are met)
- The primary entity (person/team) must be based in Southeast Wisconsin
- Submitters do not have to be current active members/attendees of MKE DMC events
- Submitters may nominate on behalf
- 50% of the vote is from panel
- 50% of the vote is from MKE DMC members
The panel will be Tyler Einberger (Momentic), Steve Kroll (Granular), Daryn Peterman (McDill), Renee Girard (Whitepages, Inc.), A member chosen via lottery
Submitters get a 1.5X multiplier if they have been to at least three MKE DMC events as of November 13th, 2024.
If you have been to at least three MKE DMC events in 2024, you are qualified to be a member. Talk to Tyler or Steve to confirm next steps. If you are a member, you have voting rights (even on your submissions)
- Spotlight/write-up on MKE DMC blog
- Homepage spotlight for 2025
- Permanent placement on the yearly awards page on the MKE DMC website
- Trophy
- Clout kit (AKA Digital badges)
- Co-marketing
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