India: Zapr Media Labs, a Bangalore-based media-tech company, bagged four awards at the sixth edition of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) SMARTIES India Awards on Friday evening in New Delhi. The gala night, saw them pick up two Golds, one Silver as well as a coveted industry award for the ‘Best in Show’ category. These four awards are a reflection of Zapr’s innovative body of work and product offering, as well as a testament to the validation and recognition which the young company has received all quarters of the Indian media and advertising industry.
The Zapr entry – “Waltzing Across TV: How 300,000 people switched channels to Super Dancer” for Sony Entertainment Television Channel won a Gold in the Brand Awareness category, a Gold in the Product/Services Launch category and was awarded the ‘Best In Show’ industry award. The ‘Best in Show’ award was selected across the winners of each of the award categories, by an eminent panel of industry veterans. Furthermore, an entry in collaboration with Mindshare and Diageo won a Silver in the category – Cross Screen Advertising, for the entry “David vs. Goliath 2.0: When mobile out-muscled TV”.
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) aims to identify such pioneers and disruptors in mobile strategy and industry-focused categories. The SMARTIES is a celebration of innovation, creativity, and success across the mobile marketing ecosystem. Thus, Zapr’s success at the SMARTIES heralds not just a paradigm shift in the way we see mobile marketing but also recognizes the growing importance of new entrants with a sharp focus on innovative technologies.
On Zapr’s wins at the SMARTIES, Sandipan Mondal, Co-founder & CEO of ZAPR said, “Winning four awards at our first ever awards event, that too at the prestigious MMA Smarties, is incredibly humbling and further reinforces our commitment to providing the industry with disruptive technology solutions. Our singular focus has been to create tremendous value for our clients and these awards reflect our ability to do so. We are deeply grateful for all the support our brand, broadcast and agency partners.”
Zapr Media Labs has disrupted the way brands go about cross-channel audience identification and engagement. They provide tailor-made solutions to brand owners that help them leverage the offline behavioral patterns of consumers, for deeper insights as well as targeting across digital and mobile platforms.
