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Setup Agency Partners Continue to Shine Through a Cloudy 2020

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At Setup, we work with a number of outstanding and award-winning marketing agencies. Despite 2020 throwing hurdles at the world, our partners still managed to shine. Working with such impressive companies motivates us to continue to make connections, and they truly got us through the year. 

Although there are many highlights from this year, here are a few special moments and awards we wanted to celebrate from some of our established agency partners:

Dagger

Dagger is an agency all about insightful strategy that leads to breakthrough creative.

As they continued to grow and make waves within the advertising industry, 2020 was an exciting year for the marketing agency. Their nimble and reputable work was recognized locally and nationally, even scoring them a Silver Award for Ad Age’s Small Agency of the Year - Southeast.

Among the list of achievements, Dagger was recognized several times by Adweek for their growth:

In Atlanta, Dagger was locally recognized for their growth, culture, and CEO leadership:

Dagger’s work was also recognized at the local level by marketing associations AMA and the Atlanta Ad Club.

  • 2020 American Marketing Association Awards - AMY awards

    • Non-Profit Marketing Campaign: Boys & Girls Clubs of America, "What It Takes" campaign

  • 2020 American Advertising Awards - ADDY awards

    • Sound Design: Boys & Girls Clubs of America, “Listen”

    • Advertising – Regional/National: Boys & Girls Clubs of America, “Listen”

    • Social Media: Aflac, “Aflac Open Enrollment Campaign”

    • Social Media: Aflac, “Aflac College Football Campaign”

Other notable accolades include Dagger’s “Atlannapedia” work as a WEBBY honoree. Granted to only the top 20% of all work entered in the 24th Annual Webby Awards, earning the distinction of Webby Honoree, as recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, is a significant achievement. 

Modo Modo Agency

Modo Modo is known for putting the market and consumers before marketing. A frequent award winner, 2020 was no exception.

This year, Modo Modo brought home several awards:

Response Media 

Response Media, a marketing agency that focuses on creating value in relationships and integrating data through their email, digital media, social CRM offerings, ranked multiple times on Agency Spotter throughout 2020. 

Read their cases and client testimonials for the following:

The Shipyard 

The Shipyard is composed of talented individuals who deem themselves “Marketing Engineers” for their work in data science and creativity. 

Vanguard Award + Adweek - Podcasts of the Year 2020

For their efforts to change and expand the conversation around mental health, The Shipyard’s Voices of Resilience podcast was recognized by Vanguard Award and Adweek. Alongside other podcasts using audio to amplify important conversations surrounding race, economic turmoil and adaptation, Adweek, America’s leading marketing and communications publication, listed The Shipyard as the “Best Podcast Launched in the Pandemic” and “Best Podcast Hosted by an Agency.” 

The Shipyard Founder and CEO Rick Milenthal shares, “I am humbled by this accolade and grateful to our partners at The Elevate Group and CAS for helping us bring WonderBus to life. “None of this would have been possible without their commitment to mental health awareness. In these never-ending stressful and unsettling times, protecting and serving our mental health has never been more important.”

ANA Echo Award

The Shipyard received an “Echo Award” from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) for "Best Use of Data-Driven Technology" for their work on Weleda. The International ECHO Awards are considered by many the leading global award for today’s data-driven storytellers.  

Read more about the award winning case study here. 

Ad Exchangers The 2020 Programmatic Power Players

Hundreds of digital marketing agencies were evaluated for Ad Echangers’ 2020 Programmatic Power Players based on their offerings, case studies, and client references to determine a definitive list of top marketing agencies and strategic partners. 

The Variable 

The Variable, which prides itself on being a people-friendly business, combines the thinking of an innovation consultancy and the doing of an advertising agency. Notable awards from 2020 include:

Fast Company 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators 

The list of Best Workplaces for Innovators celebrates organizations that have fostered innovative thinking by investing in technology, research and development and their employees. The Variable’s culture is centered around innovation, believing that innovation can come from anywhere and turning out developments rapidly - including the creation of nine companies in the last three years.  

AdAge Small Agency of the Year

Winning AdAge’s Small Agency of the Year for the third time in addition to winning Fast Company’s 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators is no easy feat. In fact, The Variable is one of two companies to ever win both. Fast Company 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators

Read how The Variable won these awards by having a motto that centers around offering customized, cutting-edge, and affordable solutions here. 

Xpedition 

With a mission to tell the most authentic, unique, and diverse stories around the globe, Xpedition created some groundbreaking work during the pandemic with their Google Small Business Campaign. In an effort to highlight small businesses that were impacted at this time and the people who make up the businesses that spice up our communities and lives, Xpedition teamed up with Google to bring stories to life. 

Similarly, for Transgender Awareness Week, Xpedition celebrated the excellence of the trans community and trans-owned businesses in a heartfelt campaign. 

Looking back at 2020, we are proud and honored to work with esteemed partners who are driven to provide the utmost excellence to their clients (and the ones above are just a few of our many talented partners)! As 2021 approaches, we are excited to see how their passion will continue to make a dent to drive our ever-changing industry.

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