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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 17 JULY 2009

Times may be a little tough so it’s easy to assume that your marketing budget is perhaps a little less available in this current climate. But if you haven’t the budget available then just how do you plan to promote your organisation this year?

Fame could be the answer!

We are not asking you to go and dig out your leg-warmers and start dancing on the top of taxis, but we are suggesting that an award or two to brag about is a good first step in the fight for notoriety.

The Fresh Digital Awards have continued to go from strength to strength and each year we adopt a format to keep the awards up to date and well....fresh.

This year is no exception with brand new categories and a newly combined format to incorporate the Fresh Media Awards so 2009 will be the best year yet.

Once again we have an easy on-line entry system, in addition to the same high standards of judging – which has always been impeccable.

Designed to make your budgets stretch just that little bit further too, we have also ditched the traditional sit down, black tie dinner for a new, less formal approach.

The awards will take place on Wednesday 30 September at the Odeon in The Printworks and will be followed by a huge party afterwards at Tiger Tiger.

With reduced entry fees, and ticket prices, the time to gain some much needed exposure and promotion is now – and what’s more – you have until July to start thinking up some truly Fresh ideas for entries.

And if you need any more inspiration for entering this year then a note from our Digital chair of the judges, James Hilton of AKQA

"Stock market crashes, record unemployment, knife-wielding 8 year olds, and swine flavored killer flu. The world has officially gone to shit. Thank the Lord then for the Fresh awards – that beacon of light shining forth with its promise of shiny things to adorn mantelpieces, or at the very least keep that door open. So enter now and be merry, for tomorrow you quite possibly will be penniless and jobless. And dead. With a cold."

Enough said!

Keep checking back for regular Fresh updates and news of Fresh 2009.