GOLD WINNER Showdown Displays PPAI 254687, S11 Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Website: my.matterport.com/show/?m=8HA4iNVd6W6 The Unbranded Virtual Showroom by Showdown Displays is intended to provide an immersive and interactive product experience for distributor partners and their clients. Initially conceived as a method to address the transportation and presentation of physically large and cumbersome products, this initiative was accelerated by the challenges of remote presentations created by the pandemic. The elimination of in-person events and presentations evolved into an opportunity to reimagine product presentations and experiences. This comprehensive virtual showroom platform unites a virtual environment with multiple informational efforts into a single experience provides users with swift and easy access to product education and information. All points within the environment were conceived as enduser friendly, giving Showdown Displays reseller partners the freedom and ability to share this environment with their clients. PPAI Pyramid Award in Technology | Must Read SILVER WINNER Eight Legged Media PPAI 348394, A1 Park Ridge, Illinois Website: dash.eightlegged.media DASH is designed to bring a simple, cost-effective marketing platform to the promotional products industry, with the following tools as part of its core set: email marketing, social media marketing, design tools, digital catalogs and statistics. During the initial setup of DASH, distributors can choose to automate all, part or none of their marketing. When automating email and social media marketing, users select the suppliers or product categories they would like to send to their lists and how many they would like to send/post per month. After that, the system takes over and searches Eight Legged Media’s archive of supplier flyers and supplier social media accounts for content. It places the art files into a preselected email template and messages the user’s client list. For social media, it schedules the files to be posted to the selected social media accounts. These services make digital marketing easy and accessible for even the smallest distributorships. PPAI • OCTOBER 2023 • 43
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