Smarta 100 / Special Awards Nominees: Marketing

You don’t need a big budget to make a big noise. The five businesses on our shortlist have created a phenomenal hype around their brands, making the public sit up, take notice and buy their products or services. All this will have been done using smart thinking to make the most out of limited budgets

The prize

The special award for marketing is sponsored by Seven Hills. The winner in this category will get a three-hour PR and communications workshop worth £1,000 with Nick Giles and Michael Hayman, the founders of PR agency Seven Hills.

Who will win?

Our judges decide on the overall winner from the shortlist of five companies you can see above. The winner is announced on 8 November at the Smarta 100 Awards Ceremony.

The judges will keep an eye out for unusual, effective and innovative ways of marketing methods - this could be exquisite packaging, spot on social media engagement or a brilliantly produced video that has gone viral.

2011 winner

Last year Tutor2U, one of the world's most popular educational websites, won this category. The business used Facebook to grow a solid customer base on the social media channel - the site currently has more than 33,000 fans which encourages millions of visits to the website.

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