awards and recognition
06.20.07
Best of Show Award
The Insurance Marketing and Communications Association (IMCA) awarded Converse Marketing its top honor for the RLI Corp.’s 2006 annual report—“Owners' Manual: The Principles that Drive our Success.”

06.06.07
Platinum Award
The League of American Communication Professionals named the RLI Corp. annual report— “Owners' Manual: The Principles that Drive our Success.”— the Number 1 report in its class and one of the Top 100 annual reports of 2006.

03.16.07
Gold Addy Awards
Converse earned Gold Addy Awards for a number of clients including Caterpillar Global Mining, PMAlliance, AH/After Hours, Renaissance Park and Junction City.

08.16.06
Outstanding Vendor of the Year
The Arizon Companies, a national manufacturer of air structures, named Converse Marketing its outstanding vendor of the year for 2005-2006.

First place, 2004
LACP Vision Awards Annual Report Competition—Equipment, Machinery & Instruments

First place, 2003
LACP Vision Awards Annual Report Competition

First place, 2003
ABC Annual Report Competition

Best Annual Report in its class, 2002
LACP Vision Awards

Citation of Excellence, 2000
AAF 6th District

Special Merit Award, 2002
AAF 6th District

Gold ADDY Awards,
1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003

AAF 6th District

Silver ADDY Awards,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

AAF 6th District

First Place, 1995, 1996
Best of NAMA Awards

Top 50 Annual Reports, 2003, 2004
Triad Awards

Parthenon Award, 2002, 2003
PRSA

Special Judges Award, 2004
Peoria Ad Club ADDY Awards

Best in Show, 1996, 2000, 2004
Peoria Ad Club ADDY Awards

Nearly 125 Gold and Silver ADDY Awards, 1991-2004
Peoria Ad Club

Award of Excellence, 2002
Peoria Ad Club

PARC Business of the Year, 2002

Richard H. Driehaus
Historic Preservation Award, 1999

Peoria Historical Society

Athena Award, 1997
Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce

The Outstanding Small Business Award, 1997
Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce

  news
09.20.07
Branding campaign
RLI Corp. has teamed with Converse for a new brand and advertising campaign.

05.24.07
International magazine
Converse has partnered with Caterpillar Global Mining to launch an international mining industry magazine.

04.15.07
Global tradeshows
Caterpillar teamed with Converse to develop booth graphics for customer tradeshows in Chicago, Ill., USA, and Panama City, Panama

06.24.06
Product launch
Converse helped launch AH After Hours brand, advertising and Web site.

11.03.05
New St. Louis client
Converse is pleased to announce it will be the consulting partner and agency of... more
Converse is pleased to announce it will be the consulting partner and agency of record for St. Louis-based AirStructures WorldWide (AWW) and its parent company, Johnson MarCraft, a national manufacturer of heating and air conditioning equipment. We recently hosted the companies' executives in an all-day strategy meeting at Converse' offices. "Thank you for your hospitality," wrote the Director of Marketing and Administration. "From the moment you step through the doors at Converse Marketing, the message is 'first class.' Visiting your facility was not only a mentally stimulating, motivational experience; but it was a visual feast for the eyes and the soul."

10.28.05
New Web design clients
Converse is writing, designing and programming Web sites for several... more
Converse is writing, designing and programming Web sites for several new clients, including sites for SouthBar Club on Harbour Island, Bahamas; The Library Channel, Champaign, Illinois; and Kickapoo Creek Winery in Central Illinois. It also congratulates employees for the launch of its new corporate site, www.conversemarketing.com, as well as www.discoverpeoria.com

10.26.05
Web launch
Converse announces the launch of a new Web site (asd.net) for Advanced... more
Converse announces the launch of a new Web site (asd.net) for Advanced System Designs (ASD), an information technology consulting firm headquartered in Central Illinois and serving clients around the country.

10.25.05
Minor league baseball team
wins for top marketing program
Congratulations to the Peoria Chiefs, a Converse client, for winning... more
Congratulations to the Peoria Chiefs, a Converse client, for winning the 2005 Midwest League Larry MacPhail Promotional Trophy, which recognizes top promotional and marketing programs for the past year and is judged by all the presidents and general managers in the Midwest League before advancing to national competition. The Chiefs also set franchise record attendance at O'Brien Field, producing the fourth largest attendance growth in all of Minor League Baseball, excluding the Mexican League.

08.19.05
Showcasing public art in Peoria
Dr. Peter Couri and Suzette Boulais of Peoria Arts Partners are working with... more
Dr. Peter Couri and Suzette Boulais of Peoria Arts Partners are working with Converse Marketing to launch a publication featuring public art in Peoria.

07.20.05
First place annual report for Caterpillar
Converse is proud to have worked with Caterpillar on its 2004 annual report... more
Converse is proud to have worked with Caterpillar on its 2004 annual report, which placed first in its category for the third consecutive year in LACP's annual report competition. Overall, the report placed 36th out of 1400 entries submitted from 17 countries.


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