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Brands Win Awards for Getting People to Talk, Then Get Another Occasion to Talk About It
· New York time
Adidas and Gamefam, Poppi and Walmart Connect are among the winners of the 2026 Digiday Awards. The awards recognize campaigns across a marketing landscape that Digiday describes as combining cultural relevance, audience participation and measurable business impact. The honorees include work ranging from immersive digital experiences to campaigns that turned social conversations into product launches. Their common thread is the effort to earn attention in places where audiences can respond, participate or move on. For marketers, a successful campaign is no longer just something people see. It is also something they can join, discuss and, ideally for the brand, connect to a business result. That makes an awards program a fitting second act. The campaign first asks people to participate, then the industry gathers to recognize the campaign for having inspired participation. The case study gets its own audience, and the audience becomes part of the case study. A trophy can celebrate inventive work without making every conversation a sales report. Still, it gives the winning teams another useful piece of material: proof that their effort to be discussed has itself become a subject of discussion. Marketing has found a way to make the applause part of the campaign.
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