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SEATTLE - Sept. 28, 2010 - Advertising agency WONGDOODY scored top honors at the Radio Mercury Awards last night for its documentary-style campaign for the Washington State Department of Health titled, "Dear Me." As the co-Grand Prize winner, WONGDOODY takes home half of the $100,000 prize.

With the college football season underway, Wongdoody is launching a series of ads for ESPN to promote College GameDay. For millions of fans, College GameDay is not just a show, it’s the first tradition they take part in on Saturdays. The 2010 campaign, features show hosts Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and Desmond Howard. The campaign theme focuses on traditions, ranging from high-profile coaches' rituals, to GameDay talent habits to school customs. The campaign includes a total of 11 new spots that will roll out between now and December 4. The spots will air on the ESPN networks.

LOS ANGELES - Aug. 9, 2010 - Advertising agency WONGDOODY ranked No. 7 on the Los Angeles Business Journal's Best Places to Work in Los Angeles list in the medium-sized companies category. The list is an annual awards program that recognizes the region's best employers based on their various employee benefit offerings, culture and work/life balance philosophies, among others. This is the agency's fourth year on the list, appearing every year since its inception in 2007.

Los Angeles – July 29, 2010 – Advertising agency WONGDOODY has added Activate Drinks, a unique beverage which stores its vitamins in the cap, to its client roster following a competitive pitch for the business. The agency is charged with creating a retail, trade and consumer campaign that will include print and online advertising, as well as in-store, packaging design, social media and digital initiatives. Activate is currently sold in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Nevada, and plans to roll out nationally by the end of the year. Estimated billings will be $7 – 10 million.

SEATTLE - June 10, 2010 - Helping position the company for growth, marketing ideas agency WONGDOODY promoted Knox Duncan to managing director. In this new position, Duncan assumes responsibility and leadership for the agency's Seattle account management, brand strategy, connection planning and creative services (print and broadcast production, and traffic).

SEATTLE - May 5, 2010 - Convince Pacific Northwest residents to trade a few hours of glorious early summer weather for a dark movie theatre? Just remind them that a good film has the power to emotionally transport them somewhere else, beyond their everyday lives in Seattle to a new, uncharted time and place.