Below are the finalists & winners for the 2006 AWARD awards. This is 90% of the nominees with some being submitted on CDROM and thus no live URL is available. If you do have a URL email me and I'll update this page. I'll refrain from casting my opinion on the nominees. There's a few that are worth checking out. Others are passable.

Website & Campaign Website
Client: McDonalds Agency: Tribal DDB WINNER: BRONZE PENCIL	Client: Yahoo! AU & NZ Agency: Host/Glue Society WINNER: BRONZE PENCIL
Client: BMF Agency: BMF	Client: Child Cancer Foundation Agency: Tribal DDB NZ
Client: Caltex Agency: George Patts Y&R	Client: Mitsubishi Motors Agency: Clemenger Proximity
Client: Staedtler Agency: Host WINNER: BRONZE PENCIL	Client: Lexus Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
Client: Propecia Agency: Insight NZ	Client: Canon Agency: Leo Burnett WINNER: BRONZE PENCIL
Client: Tourism NT Agency: Frost Design
Online Ad
Client: WWF Agency: Leo Burnett WINNER: BRONZE PENCIL	Client: IBM Agency: Ogilvy One Seoul WINNER: BRONZE PENCIL
Client: Nike Agency: Ogilvy One Seoul WINNER: BRONZE PENCIL	Client: Lion Nathan Agency: Tribal DDB NZ
Online Game
Client: 42 Below Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi NZ	Client: Warner Bros World Agency: Clemenger Proximity
Client: Echo Bridge Agency: Soap Creative WINNER: BRONZE PENCIL	Client: IAG Insurance Agency: M&C Saatchi
Viral
Client: Panasonic NZ Agency: Clemenger BBDO NZ	Client: British Council Agency: M&C Saatchi WINNER: BRONZE PENCIL
Client: Virgin Mobile Agency: NetX/Host/The Glue Society WINNER: BRONZE PENCIL	Client: Stadtler Agency: Host
Client: NetX Agency: NetX
Digital Campaign
Client: Nike Agency: M&C Saatchi	Client: Ferrit Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi NZ WINNER: SILVER PENCIL
Client: Virgin Mobile Agency: NetX/Host/The Glue Society WINNER: SILVER PENCIL	Client: British Council Agency: M&C Saatchi

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What better way to sell a $400 USD blender than show it blending all sorts of household items. Going back to the good old days of advertising where people actually demonstrated the products in the ads.

My fav is the bag of marbles into dust.

They've put together a site called Will it Blend (much more interesting than the Late Show's Will it Float) which contains all the videos and product information.

It's certainly entertaining and will put the Blendtec brand in front of millions of people without them having to spend millions on product placement, endorsements or traditional media. Great work.

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We'll be launching a new Jobs Board next week which is explained here.

We'll be posting the first 20 for FREE, so just mention this offer in your email :)

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Out of interest I went through the database and tallied what the breakdown of the countries is for all the banners posted on this site. The figures are not surprising. Note: this site started out as an Australia only site in the first 3-4 months so the Aussies had a major head start. Also with 100+ banners with the agency set as "Unknown" this could even up the stakes considerably.

With submissions increasing every week I see the Aussie's being out numbered in the next 3 months.

NOTE: I'm a dunce at Excel and that's why the graph is in reverse. Aus should be on top but I coudln't get it to go up there.

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We are happy to announce we have received the go ahead from Eyeblaster to sponsor the site for the next 3 months. (Insert sound of party popper)

This is great news for all those people who like the site. There should be minimal changes to the site and it's great to see a company like Eyeblaster see the worth in the resource we have worked so hard to maintain the last year.

It not only means we now have a little bit of money to help maintain the site it also means we have the capital to continue to enhance it.

Also we'll be donating 25% of all sponsorship money to Oxfam Australia. We reserve the right to change the charity during the next round of sponsorship.

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