DMi Partners Receives Five 'Awards of Excellence' From the International Academy of the Visual Arts' 16th Annual Communicators Awards


PHILADELPHIA, PA--(Marketwire - June 7, 2010) -  DMi Partners, a full-service interactive performance marketing agency, today announced that it won five Awards of Excellence in the 16th Annual Communicators Awards. The awards, announced on May 28, are judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), a 550+-member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media.

The Award of Excellence, IAVA's highest honor, is given to those entries whose ability to communicate puts them among the best in the field. The Communicator Awards receives over 9,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.

DMi Partners' winning entries in IAVA's Interactive category were for the DMi Partners website and work done for two major clients, the Tastykake Flyers Sweepstakes landing page and e-mail marketing for Mitchell & Ness. Winning entries in IAVA's Print/Design category were for DMi Partners' tradeshow T-shirts and business cards.

"It is always an honor to be recognized by your peers for creative excellence," said Patrick McKenna, CEO of DMi Partners. "We are particularly proud of the client work cited by the IAVA, which demonstrate the power of interactive marketing and design in advancing companies' business strategies."

The IAVA awards followed DMi Partners' recent winning of an AGDA Award from the American Graphic Design & Advertising competition for its designs for promotional T-shirts.

About the Communicators Awards
The Communicator Awards program is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. IAVA members include executives from organizations such as Alloy, Brandweek, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Fry Hammond Barr, HBO, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Victoria's Secret, Wired, and Yahoo! To learn more about the IAVA please visit www.iavisarts.org.

About DMi Partners
DMi Partners is a full-service interactive marketing agency that connects clients with their target customer demographic through services such as search engine marketing, media planning, customer acquisition and retention, and relationship management programs.

Founded in 2003 with offices in Philadelphia, PA, Boca Raton, FL and San Francisco, CA, DMi Partners delivers dramatic results for clients across a wide range of industries including education, retail, telecom, and financial services. Through a diverse knowledge base and commitment to service, DMi Partners creates innovative, cost effective and results-driven solutions for each client's individual needs.

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