The Custom Publishing Council's fifth annual Pearl Awards ceremony took place Nov. 13 in New York City, honoring the best in "design, digital, editorial and strategic initiatives for B2B and consumer custom publications". Bronze, silver and gold awards were presented to 53 companies from more than 600 entries. Two of those awards -- one gold and one bronze -- went to Hammock Inc.

DIGITAL | Best Use of Alternative Media or Multimedia Technology
Gold: National Small Business Summit Website, Hammock Inc. (NFIB)

EDITORIAL | Best Overall | Less Than 50,000
Bronze: American Spirit, Hammock, Inc. (DAR)

For a close-up look at how we developed the winning website, read this recent post on Custom Media Craft.

See a full list of winners and learn more about the Custom Publishing Council.

We were delighted to have two websites we created receive "Standard of Excellence" recognition in this year's WebAward competition. The Hammock.com site and the NFIB National Small Business Summit site both received this honor, announced last week by the Web Marketing Association, the WebAward sponsor.

The Web Marketing Association is a long-term player in recognizing excellence online -- this year's competition was the 12th annual. Sites are judged against other sites in their industry, on design, copy writing, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation and use of technology.

We're proud of the honor!