Blue Wheel Wins Three More Stevie Awards in 2019

Apparently, April showers don’t just bring May flowers – they also bring Stevie Awards to Blue Wheel! With great pleasure, we announce that we are once again the recipients of multiple Stevie Awards.

This year, we welcome two Gold Stevies for success with our clients in the beauty and home improvement industries. Better still, our very own Director of Strategy & Planning Jon McGraw was recognized as Marketer of the Year. This is a tremendous accomplishment, but we’re not too surprised – Jon brings his thoughtful insights and extremely hard-working attitude to the table every single day. We’re honored to have him leading our team!

Two Gold Stevies

    • Marketing Campaign of the Year – Beauty: Erno Laszlo
    • Marketing Campaign of the Year – Home Furnishings & Appliances: Marygrove Awnings

Silver Stevie

    • Marketer of the Year: Jon McGraw, Director of Strategy & Planning

Winning Stevie Awards is always thrilling, as they are the world’s premier business awards. The Stevies were created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide and are judged by many of the world’s most respected executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and business educators.

Needless to say, their recognition of our achievements only further validates our dedication to our clients. Many congratulations to everyone who was involved in these efforts!

Blue Wheel Wins 3x Marketing Campaign of the Year 2018

Blue Wheel Media is the proud recipient of three Gold Stevie Awards for Marketing Campaign of the Year in 2018! These wins reflect the company’s efforts in two major industries they have developed a strong foothold in: beauty with Grande Cosmetics and home furnishings with Monark Home and Marygrove Awnings.

Blue Wheel’s three Stevie Awards this year bring the company’s total amount of wins to eighteen awards across various digital categories, including last year’s prestigious Grand Stevie Award for Most Honored Interactive Agency!

The Stevie Awards are the world’s leading business awards, formed in 2002 to acknowledge and generate public recognition of the achievements and contributions of organizations and working professionals across the world. Among Stevie Award judges you will find many of the world’s most respected executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and business educators.Grande Cosmetics is a company that specializes in engineering beauty products that enhance natural beauty and provide both short-term and long-term benefits. Since July 2017, Blue Wheel Media significantly grew their brand awareness, allowing them to dig themselves out from under the mountain of niche cosmetics brands to become a fan-favorite product featured and sold at Sephora.Monark Premium Home Appliances is a large home appliance dealer that sells luxury kitchen appliances and high-end accessories from notable brands. Prior to their relationship with Blue Wheel, Monark had essentially executed zero digital advertising efforts.

Among many other marketing achievements, Blue Wheel’s work enhanced Monark’s visibility for desktop organically over 370% and mobile over 346% and obtained a 13% lift in leads year-over-year as well as a 105% increase in showroom web traffic.

Marygrove Awnings has been providing high-quality retractable awnings in Michigan for over 80 years. Through a robust series of marketing efforts, in 2017 Blue Wheel was able to increase online sales by 80%, contributing to Marygrove’s highest sales figures in their 80+year history that same year.

A heartfelt congratulations to everyone who was involved in the success of these campaigns!

Blue Wheel Wins Grand Stevie Award: Most Honored Interactive Agency 2017

Blue Wheel Media accepts The Grand Stevie Award for Most Honored Interactive Agency 2017! In addition, Blue Wheel was awarded three Gold Stevie Awards, including Small Company of the Year 2017, Online Marketing Campaign of the Year 2017, and Small-Budget Marketing Campaign of the Year 2017! The company also scored two Silver and four Bronze Stevie Awards.

The Stevie Awards are the world’s premier business awards, created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide. Stevie Award judges include many of the world’s most respected executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and business educators.

The Grand Stevie Award is the highest honor by the American Business Awards and cannot be applied for directly. Winners are determined by a points system based on the total number of awards won in the American Business Awards, with a Gold Stevie win counting for 3 points, a Silver Stevie for 2 points, and a Bronze Stevie counting for 1.5. In order to be recognized, the winners must have significant achievements to proclaim by capturing the interest and appreciation of those achievements by the judges in their nominations. “Interactive Agency” is defined as an agency offering a mix of Web design/development, Internet advertising/marketing, or E-Business/E-Commerce consulting.

Blue Wheel Media’s Gold Stevie Award for Company of the Year in the Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations, Small categories is also a significant win, demonstrating the company’s success and expansion in 2016, including the following: doubling company revenue; adding two dozen new clients; expanding to an NYC office; accounting for significant growth in new and current client campaigns; receiving awards in multiple Platinum and Gold categories by Hermes Creative Awards and MarCom Awards; and giving back to the community through pro-bono work and donations.

The other two Gold Stevie Awards involve Blue Wheel’s work with a leading bedding company claimed both the Online Marketing Campaign of the Year and Small-Budget (<$3M) Marketing Campaign of the Year by bringing their core value proposition to the forefront. The campaign ultimately increased conversion rates and revenue while driving significant traffic to the website: unique site visitors increased by 500%+ with top-line revenue increasing by 300%+ into 2017.

The full list of Steve 2017 awards include:

  • Gold: Company of the Year, Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations,Small – Blue Wheel Media
  • Gold: Online Marketing Campaign of the Year
  • Gold: Small-Budget Marketing Campaign of the Year (<$3 million)
  • Silver: Marketing Campaign of the Year, RetailSilver: Website, Retail
  • Bronze: Website, Financial Services – Billhighway
  • Bronze: Website, Non-Profit Organizations – Motor City Open
  • Bronze: Website, Consumer Products, Durables
  • Bronze: Website, Business Services – WellNet

Congratulations to everyone who was involved in these efforts!