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Ketchum Directory Advertising Honored at Yellow Pages Association Industry Excellence Awards

Posted on: Thursday, 30 April 2009, 13:26 CDT

SAN DIEGO, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ketchum Directory Advertising was honored at the 2009 Yellow Pages Association (YPA(TM)) Conference and Exhibition, held April 26-28 in San Diego, California, garnering three prestigious Industry Excellence Awards in the CMR (Certified Marketing Representative) classification. Presented each year by the Yellow Pages Association(TM), the Industry Excellence Awards recognize outstanding marketing strategies in several significant categories.

A Gold Industry Excellence Awards was presented to Ketchum in the "Community Service" category for City Union Mission. In the "National Advertiser Success Story - Print Product" category, Ketchum was acknowledged with a Silver Industry Excellence Award for their effective use of print Yellow Pages for DIRECTV. Ketchum was further honored with a Bronze Industry Excellence Award in the "Process Innovation" category for its FASTSIGNS(R) Internet Yellow Pages Solicitation Solution.

"It is truly gratifying to me --- and a testimonial to the quality of our people --- that these awards cited new and innovative approaches to ensure our clients achieve specific, measurable business objectives while reflecting our culture, which is to give our best to our community and our clients," said Michele Markham, President and CEO of Ketchum Directory Advertising.

"Every day millions of consumers engage with a growing pool of directive media choices for help. It is our role to ensure that our clients and their brands are effectively represented when consumers are actively making purchase decisions, regardless of their search preferences."

The Yellow Pages Association (YPA) is the trade organization of a print and electronic media industry valued at more than $31 billion worldwide.

About Ketchum Directory Advertising:

Ketchum Directory Advertising is a leading directive advertising agency with unique expertise in print and internet yellow pages, online search, wireless and mobile marketing as well as other emerging directional technologies. Headquartered in Kansas City with offices in Los Angeles, Louisville and Pittsburgh, they are an Omnicom agency (NYSE: OMC). The agency is headquartered in Kansas City, with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Louisville and Pittsburgh.

SOURCE Ketchum Directory Advertising

Source: PR Newswire

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