Spiro & Associates takes nine national awards

Spiro Spiro & Associates Marketing, Advertising & Public Relations won nine national awards from the Apogee Society, an independent organization of marketing firms.

Created to recognize the results small and mid-size agencies achieve for clients, the Apogee Awards recognized winners in 34 categories - including automotive, non-profits, the arts, retail, travel and tourism, public service and multi-cultural. The program received entries from nearly 100 agencies across the United States.

Spiro won for the following campaigns:

· First Place - Corporate Image/Reputation - "Spiro & Associates: Corporate Branding"

· First Place - Residential Real Estate -- "Engle Homes: The End is Near"

· First Place - Restaurants - "How Du You Crü?"

· First Place - Banking & Financial Services - "Community Bank of Cape Coral: Small is Strong"

· Second Place - Residential Real Estate - "Engle Homes: 50 in 5"

· Second Place - Non-Profit (Image) - "Engle Homes: Builder's Care"

· Second Place - Retail (Consumer Goods) - "Baby Butler"

· Second Place -- Restaurants - "850: Cape Coral's Most Tasteful Address"

· Second Place - Residential Real

Estate - "MarinaVillage Groundbreaking Event"

"It's an honor to be nationally recognized by a group of our peers," said Christopher Spiro, CEO of Spiro & Associates. "Especially for accomplishing results on based on the objectives of our clients."

This year's awards focused on campaigns and marketing communications programs that ran during 2007.

"We believe clients should demand more accountability from their agencies," said Jeff Hoffman, Founder of the Apogee Society. "Most awards focus solely on creative execution. We focus on the actual results achieved."

Members of the Apogee Society support each other by sharing best practices for achieving marketing and advertising results.

The awards are limited to firms with annual billings of less than $15 million or fewer than 25 staff members.

Spiro & Associates serves local, regional and national clients in the fields of automotive, land development, construction, tourism, retail, real estate, law, business and residential services, the arts, government, medicine and property management from its Fort Myers office.