AVC Wins APEX Award of Excellence for MCS eBook
Aug. 15, 2025 — Active Voice Communications (AVC) is proud to announce that “Make Your Commercial Properties Shine,” an ebook we developed in collaboration with MCS, has won an APEX Award of Excellence for Electronic Media – Electronic Publications. The project was a collaborative effort between Stephanie Conner and Allison Thomas of AVC and John Bacon, chief marketing officer for MCS.
This is AVC’s sixth APEX Award since 2018. Last year, APEX recognized the AVC blog, and four earlier wins were for the AVC-produced podcast Kiddos in the Kitchen, hosted by Stephanie, and the companion Kiddos Cook blog. APEX Awards honor excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence. The 2025 contest had more than 1,000 entries.
“With a Presidential election year … the continuing sophistication and increased usage of AI … international events … wild stock market fluctuations … and the ever-changing world of new technology, there was no shortage of topics that our entrants addressed in 2024,” said APEX Awards Executive Editor Ken Turtoro. “The quality of all the entries continues to impress our judges year after year. In fact, each year, the judges find it harder and harder to select the winners because of the high caliber of so many entries, and 2025 was no exception.”
AVC Earns Gold at 2025 dotCOMM Awards
Aug. 1, 2025 — We are proud to share that the Active Voice Communications blog received a Gold Award in the 2025 dotCOMM Awards. This is our sixth win for Content Marketing/Blog Writing.
The dotCOMM Awards competition is unique as it reflects the role creatives play in how products and services are marketed on the web. The awards program honors excellence in digital communication and creativity from corporate communication departments, public relations firms, digital shops, advertising agencies and freelancers around the world. As such, the winning work is “among the best in the industry,” according to the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.
AMCP judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. Only about 21% of entries win Gold Awards; this year’s competition has received an estimated 2,500 entries from the United States, Canada and 16 other countries.
AVC Wins Gold in the Hermes Creative Awards
May 4, 2025 — We are excited to share that the Active Voice Communications blog received a Gold Award in the 2025 Hermes Creative Awards competition. This is our sixth year in a row placing and our third Gold Hermes Award.
The Hermes Creative Awards is an international creative competition administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). This organization includes several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, digital media production and freelance professionals. The awards program typically receives about 6,500 entries each year from around the world, and just 16% have won gold awards.
Hermes Creative Awards honors the messengers and creators of the information revolution. Armed with their imaginations and computers, Hermes winners bring their ideas to life through traditional and digital platforms. Judges are industry professionals who evaluate the best publications, branding collateral, websites, videos, and advertising, marketing and communication programs across the industry.