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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Intrepid Marble and Granite Wins MIA Rocky Award and Certificate at StonExpo 2008The company is recognized in both Website, Business to Business and Business to Consumer categories.PORTLAND, Ore. — November 04, 2008 — Intrepid Marble & Granite today announced that the company received a Marble Institute of America (MIA) Rocky Award and Certificate at the fourth annual Rocky Award ceremony held during StonExpo in Las Vegas, October 17, 2008. The company was recognized for both entries within two categories, including Website: Business to Consumer and Website: Business to Business.
The Intrepid website received high marks for a clean, professional design that was simple to navigate and find information. While judges were impressed with the website's overall elegant design and photography, they also recognized the website's content for both its comprehensive and educational presentation. Intrepid worked closely with Sockeye Creative of Portland, Oregon, to design the website, and InSite Dynamics, also of Portland, to develop and implement web applications to easily maintain the site.
“This project took a lot of effort from many individuals so we truly appreciate the recognition from the MIA and the panel of experts who selected our site” said Drew Brandt, President and CEO of Intrepid Marble & Granite.
The purpose of the competition is to honor superior efforts by member stone industry companies and their creative vendors for print advertising, collateral material, broadcast, point of sale material, and websites for business to business and business to consumer. Judging is done by a panel of advertising experts with no connection to the stone industry or MIA. The competition is open to all MIA members around the world, including directors and officers.
This year's Rocky Advertising Awards Competition was sponsored by Salem Stone of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The next competition will be offered in 2010. About Intrepid Marble and Granite Intrepid Marble and Granite is a leading importer and distributor of natural stone tiles and slabs in the Pacific Northwest. About Marble Institute of America For over 60 years the Marble Institute of America (MIA) has been the world's leading information resource and advocate for the natural dimension stone industry. MIA members include marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and other natural stone producers and quarriers, fabricators, installers, distributors, and contractors around the world. http://www.marble-institute.com/ About Sockeye Creative Sockeye Creative is a full-service brand agency founded in Portland in 1997 by Andy Fraser, Peter Metz and Tom Sloan. The company's roots are steeped in graphic design and film/video production but the firm quickly grew into a $2 million a year business by offering clients well-executed brand strategies and original creative work. http://www.sockeyecreative.com About InSite Dynamics InSite Dynamics, LLC is a Portland, Oregon-based web services company focusing on website design, development, and implementation. The company develops website content management applications that enable customers to add content through a web browser to key pages of their website. Content can be organized, stored, and dynamically delivered from a database to such pages as Products, Portfolio, Jobs or News with no HTML knowledge being required. http://www.insitedynamics.com # # #
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