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Property Hunter shortlisted in two categories at The Spark Awards 2014

Property Hunter has achieved
another milestone in its career by
being shortlisted as a finalist in two
categories of The Spark Awards for
Media Excellence 2014, a brand
new award introduced by Marketing
magazine to celebrate best practices
in media solutions, products and
services. The awards is the premier
platform for media owners in
every vertical to showcase their
innovation, effectiveness, and value
proposition to advertisers, agencies
and clients.
The award is open to any media
owner with an office in Southeast
Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
Vietnam) and who has worked for
markets that include any country in
this region.
Out of the 26 contestable
categories, Property Hunter was
shortlisted as one of the finalists in
the Best Subscription Strategy and
Best Content Team categories.
At the heart of any successful
media company today is a solid
subscription strategy. The Best

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Subscription Strategy award
recognises a subscription strategy
that delivers outstanding results
which can either be a single
campaign or part of an overall
strategy that can extend to online,
digital and mobile executions.The
other finalists include Astro, Star
Publications (M) and Dealguru
Holdings.
The Best Content Team award
recognises the outstanding
content team within a media owner
operation. It assesses how the
content team devises solutions
for clients and the team’s ability
to innovate and create powerful
content based on audience
and client needs. It also clearly
demonstrates the content team’s
excellent relationshipwith clients
and agencies and its professional
outlook. Property Hunter will be
up against Mongoose Publishing,
RAPPLER, simpleshow Asia and
SUMMIT Publishing Company for
this award.
Elson Kho, Director of Maxx Media
Sdn Bhd that publishes Property
Hunter expressed his feelings about
the nomination,” We are certainly

very proud to be nominated. That
alone is a great recognition of the
years of effort we have put in to
build the magazine.
We feel very honoured to be
listed alongside some of the most
established media brands in the
region. The nomination has certainly
encouraged us to continue to push
for innovation and excellence in all
aspects of our work, and I share
this joy and excitement with our
hardworking team and supportive
business associates without whom
we will not be what we are today.”
Heading some of the most
renowned media agencies across
Southeast Asia is a panel of judges
who bring with them decades of
experience in the media planning
and buying business. Their expertise
will be tapped upon as they look
for some of the most outstanding
media owners in the region, whom
will be assessed based on their
compelling content, innovative
solutions, products effectiveness
and standout team performances.

August, 2014 where representatives
from some of South East Asia’s
most prominent businesses will be
gathered to compete for bragging
rights and validation of their
offerings and achievements over the
past year.

Out of the 26
contestable
categories,
Property Hunter
was shortlisted
as one of the
finalists in the
Best Subscription
Strategy and Best
Content Team
categories.

Winners will be revealed at the
Spark Awards gala dinner on 28

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