The shortlist for the B2B Marketing Awards 2019 has been revealed.
Industry judges have chosen their favourite submissions from hundreds of entries across 28 categories. In total 95 organisations have made it onto this year’s shortlist of the 15th annual celebration of the best in B2B.
This year sees the introduction of a new category: Best use of account-based marketing. The new award will be hotly contested, with seven companies vying for the title. Digital Radish is shortlisted for two campaigns, while Atos, Agent3, MOI Global, MomentumABM, twogether and The Marketing Practice also make the shortlist in this category.
Gravity Global secures record 14 nominations
Following its 13 shortlisted entries last year, Gravity Global has gone one better in 2019, shortlisted 14 times across 11 categories including Best use of creative, Best international campaign, and B2B marketing communications agency of the year.
Harvard has garnered nine nominations across eight categories, including B2B PR agency of the year and best use of content marketing. Ogilvy UK also has nine nominations, followed by Really B2B and MOI Global with eight, and Stein IAS and The Crocodile with six nominations each.
A huge variety of client-side brands have made this year’s shortlist including HP, IBM, EY, Rolls-Royce, PwC and M&S Corporate Gifts.
The mavericks of B2B marketing
This year’s Awards ceremony will take place on 28 November at Exhibition London in Shepherd’s Bush. The host for the evening will be comedian Ellie Taylor. The evening will celebrate the ‘mavericks’ of B2B marketing.
Joel Harrison, editor-in-chief and co-founder of B2B Marketing, said: “This year has seen a record amount of shortlisted companies across 28 hugely competitive categories. The breadth and quality of the submissions has never been higher, making it an unbelievable feat for those shortlisted. We can’t wait to celebrate the juggernauts of B2B in November.”
