The Buddy Group Adds Prestigious ad:tech Honor to List of Recent Accolades

Leading Digital Creative Agency Earns Best Business-To-Business Transaction Site of the Year Award for FurnishedQuarters.com

The Buddy Group (TBG), a Digital Creative Agency headquartered in Orange County, continues to garner rave reviews from the Advertising and Digital Industry. The most recent praise came in the form of the 10th Annual ad:tech Award for the Best Business-To-Business Transaction website created for their client Furnished Quarters (www.furnishedquarters.com). This follows the recent certification for five “Official Honoree” Webby awards from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) and its recently collected 13 awards from the OC Ad Club ADDY Awards.

Arming the largest provider of furnished apartments in Manhattan with a powerful, cutting-edge website that incorporates such leading technologies as SalesForce and Yahoo! Maps was no easy task. A combination of innovative programming and great design netted TBG’s victory over wide field of entries for the ad:tech honor.

“As our company continues to grow and reach new levels of creative development it makes both our team members and clients proud to receive such recognition from industry leaders,” Pete Deutschman, CEO and Chief Buddy of TBG, said. “It encourages us to continue to improve upon the level of work we deliver.”

Based on recent acknowledgements, including the certification for five “Official Honoree” Webby awards from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), The Buddy Group is clearly demonstrating its creative and technological strengths.

“The Webby Awards honors the outstanding work that is setting the standards for the Internet,” said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards. “The Buddy Group’s Official Honoree selections are a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators.”

The Buddy Group received Official Honors in the Professional Services category and the Corporate Communication categories for its corporate website (www.thebuddygroup.com). TBG also received Official Honoree awards for NBC Universal Digital in the Broadband category, Prom Queen in the Youth category, and WAMU Banking Consumer Demo in the Banking/Bill Paying category.

The 12th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states. Out of more than the 10,000 entries submitted, fewer than 15% received this honor and were deemed an Official Honoree.

These two latest rewards follow the achievement of garnering 13 awards, including 5 Gold Awards and a special Judge’s Award at the recent OC AdClub Addy Award event. (3/25/08)

The Buddy Group development of leading edge websites and rich media advertising continue to spur its rapid growth in the Digital Creative Community.

About The Buddy Group

Founded in July 2005, The Buddy Group is a leading edge Digital Creative Agency with a staff of 60 digital strategists, designers, developers, videographers and marketers. The company specializes in strategy and build-out of web sites, rich media, advertisements, video and games that are interactive, either online or mobile. The Buddy Group works with such clients as YouTube, NBCUniversal, League of American Theaters and Producers, AOL, Hansen Beverage Company, Old Navy and Warner Brothers. The Buddy Group is the home of the DotLot Digital Studios and the TBG Labs product development group. Detailed information is available at www.thebuddygroup.com.

For More Information Visit These Websites

ad:tech Awards (www.ad-tech.com/awards)

Webby Awards (www.webbyawards.com)

International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (www.iadas.net)

Contacts

The Buddy Group
Harold Weitzberg, 949-468-0813
Harold {at} thebuddygroup(.)com