Congratulations to the 2018 TIAK Marketing Award Winners!
TIAK Marketing Awards focus on overall marketing initiatives and recognize state-level winners only.
People’s Choice
Wamego Area Chamber of Commerce was honored for its Meeting Totos Around Town project, featuring artwork from Kansas Artists on Toto statues located throughout Wamego. Each Toto was “adopted” by a local business, organization, or individuals.
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Best in Show
eXplore Lawrence was awarded the first-ever Best in Show award for its Block-by-Block campaign, presenting stories of local buildings and bringing them to life with interactive timelines and audio stories/podcasts.
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Visitor Guide (designed in-house)
Sherman County Convention & Visitors Bureau won in the small budget category for its Sherman County Visitor Guide, providing fun facts and a look behind the scenes.
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Merriam Visitors Bureau received bragging rights in the medium budget category with its eye-catching Merriam Visitor Guide.
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Visit Topeka was the large budget winner for its attention-grabbing Topeka Visitor Guide.
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Visitor Guide (outsourced)
Kansas Sampler Foundation was awarded the small budget win for its Big Kansas Road Trip Guide, which incorporated a scavenger hunt.
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Emporia Convention & Visitors Bureau received the medium budget trophy for their Emporia Visitor Guide with its magazine-style layout.
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Visit Manhattan won in the large budget for their rearranged and photo-driven Manhattan Visitor Guide.
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Online Marketing
Wamego Area Chamber of Commerce was recognized in the small budget category for its Wamego becomes Boomtown USA website.
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Kansas City Kansas Convention & Visitors Bureau received recognition in the large budget category for its Facebook Live Series, engaging with stakeholders creatively.
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Integrated Campaign
Kansas Sampler Foundation was honored in the small budget category for its promotion of the Big Kansas Road Trip campaign.
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Emporia Convention & Visitors Bureau received the medium budget win for their Disc Golf campaign.
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Merriam Visitors Bureau garnered Honorable Mention in the medium budget category for their Tour Merriam campaign.
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eXplore Lawrence received large budget honors for its Block-by-Block campaign, highlighting all of its historical real estate.
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Print Marketing
Marysville Convention & Tourism won in the small budget category for its newspaper advertisement that included strong photography.
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Emporia Convention & Visitors Bureau was the medium budget winner for their cleverly-headlined magazine ads.
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Visit Manhattan received the large budget win for their Oh Manhattan! print ads.
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Community Awareness
Wamego Area Chamber of Commerce was honored in the small budget category for its Totos Around Town project.
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Hays Convention & Visitor Bureau won in the medium budget category for its welcome banners on Vine Street.
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eXplore Lawrence received the large budget category win for their videos on weekly things-to-do.
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Thank you to all of our participants for sharing their creativity, and to all our judges who diligently reviewed each entry. Will you be the next TIAK Marketing Award winner?