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Momentum Advertising & Design Again Receives Aster Award for Excellence in Medical Marketing


Momentum Advertising & Design has once again been honored for their advertising excellence in medical marketing with a 2012 Aster Award.  Momentum Advertising & Design earned a silver award in the Cardiac/Vascular service category for hospitals in the 150-299 beds group. The entry name for the campaign was “Caring from the Heart” and was developed on behalf of their client St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital.


“We are extremely proud to have been selected for this distinguished award again,” said Steve Mayhew, President of Momentum Advertising & Design. “It is particularly gratifying to earn these awards in conjunction with our client St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, who is intimately involved in the creative process with us. These awards help illustrate how having a symbiotic working relationship with a client can result in the development of a highly successful marketing campaign,” continued Mr. Mayhew.

The Aster Awards is an annual medical marketing contest allowing healthcare organizations and advertising agencies to compete against competitors from across the nation and world. This elite national program recognizes outstanding healthcare professionals for excellence in their advertising/marketing efforts. Momentum Advertising & Design scored in the top twelve percent of all submissions nationwide. 

The 2012 Aster Awards consisted of approximately 3,000 entries from across the United States as well as Canada and South America.  Judging criteria includes creativity, layout and design, functionality, message effectiveness, production quality and overall appeal. The 2012 Aster Awards program contained some of the best advertising, arguably, in the world.  “The judge’s expectations were again surpassed,” said Melinda Lucas, Aster Awards Program Coordinator.

The Aster Awards were hosted by Marketing Healthcare Today magazine, as well as, Creative Images, Inc.  Creative Images, Inc. is an internationally recognized firm that has specialized in strategic healthcare marketing for over 17 years.

Entries in the Aster Awards were judged by a diverse panel of healthcare marketing experts.  All winners are posted on the Aster Awards’ website (www.AsterAwards.com), as well as published in Marketing Healthcare Today, a national healthcare marketing magazine.