Pets Add Life Wins 2014 PR Daily Award for "Best Viral Campaign"
Greenwich, CT (PRWEB) July 14, 2014 -- Bob Vetere, American Pet Products Association (APPA) President & CEO, is pleased to announce that APPA’s non-profit public awareness campaign, Pets Add Life (PAL), is the recipient of the 2014 PR Daily Award for “Best Viral Campaign,” and is amid an exclusive group of winners across other categories of nationally recognized campaigns and brands.
“We are thrilled to receive this honor in recognition of the campaign’s viral videos and their effectiveness,” said Vetere. “The main goal of PAL and the entire video series is to spread awareness of the joys of pet ownership and to ultimately help deserving pets find loving homes, and we are so proud to receive this honor for our efforts.”
Sweeping the “Best Viral Campaign” category, PAL was recognized for its strategic communications through multiple social media platforms including YouTube and Facebook to promote the benefits of owning pets of all types and to ultimately increase multiple-pet ownership. Strategically promoting pet ownership in an entertaining way, PAL partners with Andrew Grantham, creator of the wildly popular “Ultimate Dog Tease” video and Talking Animals YouTube channel, to produce a series of viral videos in which he takes user-generated footage of pets moving their mouths and edits them into hilarious banter. PAL’s latest video, “Dogs HATE the Internet,” has received nearly a quarter-million views since its debut, and past videos from the popular series have been featured in top outlets including Huffington Post, Yahoo, MSN, and Chicago Tribune among others.
For more information on PAL’s win, visit http://www.prdaily.com/awards/specialedition/339.aspx or to view the entire list of 2014 PR Daily Award winners, visit http://www.prdaily.com/Awards/PRDailyAwardsWinners2014.aspx.
Founded by APPA, PAL is a nonprofit campaign dedicated to sharing information about how pet ownership benefits animals and people alike. PAL’s mission is to increase awareness of the bonds and other rewards associated with pets of all types. Primarily through social media with YouTube Videos, an active Facebook campaign, celebrity endorsements and contests, PAL spreads the joys of pets, encourages pet adoption and promotes responsible pet ownership.
For more information on PAL, visit PetsAddLife.org, YouTube.com/PetsAddLife, Facebook.com/PetsAddLife, or contact Brooke Gersich at 775-322-4022 or Brooke(at)theimpetusagency(dot)com.
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About APPA:
The American Pet Products Association (APPA) is the leading not-for-profit trade association serving the interests of the pet products industry since 1958. APPA membership includes more than 1,000 pet product manufacturers, their representatives, importers and livestock suppliers representing both large corporations and growing business enterprises. APPA's mission is to promote, develop and advance pet ownership and the pet product industry and to provide the services necessary to help its members prosper. Visit http://www.americanpetproducts.org for more information.
Julie Rowe or Jamie Baxter, American Pet Products Association, +1 (775) 322-4022, [email protected]
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