mBLAST's Web-Based Awards Management System Replacing Internal Awards Platform

Haymarket Media, one of the world's premiere media companies, has signed a five-year license agreement with mBLAST for mBLAST's web-based awards management system. mBLAST will host several of Haymarket's industry awards programs, including those for industry-leading publications PRWeek and SC Magazine.

mBLAST's awards management solution is automating the entire awards process for Haymarket Media, replacing the media company's labor-intensive awards process with an end-to-end online platform that is available to entrants, judges, and award organizers 24/7. With the use of mBLAST, Haymarket's entire awards process is streamlined, freeing up valuable staff time for additional awards or other projects.

"Haymarket Media is one of the world's most respected media companies, with a stable of top-tier magazine, event and awards brands," said mBLAST CEO Danny Briere. "mBLAST's Awards Management solution will help Haymarket's event management staff automate their awards programs incredibly. We're very pleased to have them sign on."

Traditional Awards programs can require a lot of coordination: calls for entries need to be distributed, forms are filled out by entrants and paid for, judges have to review entries and submit their ratings, and someone has to review all the reviews, calculate scoring and determine a winner. These steps often take place via Excel spreadsheets, faxes, e-mail and even snail mail. The details are overwhelming.

The mBLAST Awards Management solution removes the pain and manual labor associated with Awards programs by providing:

• An entire Communications System that allows your customized messages to be sent to your audience overall ("Deadline Extended"), or specifically tailored to various groups ("All companies who started entries but have not yet submitted.")
• Customizable Forms that let you set up your awards based on your requirements, and copy those requirements from year to year.
• A complete Payment System that interfaces with all of the top payment gateways, and support multiple types of payment requirements, such as early bird, late fee, membership discount, exhibitor discount, multiple entry discounts, and many more.
• A complete Judging Portal that allows judges to easily register, view and rate entries, suggest re-assignments and disqualifications, and submit their final results quickly and easily.
• A robust Reporting System that automatically tallies results, and tracks various parameters, such as overall scores for individual entrants, total dollar amount of entrants, total number of entries, etc., that the awards administrator can export, slice and dice in several different ways.
• Complete Customer Support via online chat, e-mail and phone.
• Support for "the extras" awards programs may require, such as downloadable shipping forms, purchase of winner's logos, and more.