The Florida Public Relations Association honored Priority Marketing with six awards at the organization’s annual Golden Image Awards ceremony to recognize the firm’s outstanding public relations campaigns.

Launched in 1957, FPRA’s Golden Image Awards celebrate campaigns that reflect a high standard of excellence and serve as the best examples of innovation, planning and design. In addition to the Golden Image Awards, Priority Marketing also earned a Silver Pinnacle Award as Florida’s medium-sized Agency of the Year.

“The Golden Image Awards honor the state’s most successful campaigns, and I’m extremely proud of the creativity, ingenuity and commitment to excellence that our team demonstrates year after year,” said President and Chief Creative Officer Teri Hansen, APR.

Priority Marketing earned three Golden Image Awards, two Awards of Distinction and one Judges’ Creativity Award that recognize outstanding work completed on behalf of five clients. Priority Marketing’s 2024 awards include:

• Golden Image Award and Judges’ Creativity Award – Southwest Florida Community Prayer Breakfast: The 2024 Community Prayer Breakfast attracted nearly 3,000 attendees to hear a message of faith from keynote speakers Tim and Demi-Leigh Tebow while exceeding event registration and sponsorship goals.
• Golden Image Award – India Association of Fort Myers: India Fest 2024, a public relations and social media campaign to raise awareness and attendance at a community event that generates revenue for cultural programs and scholarships.
• Golden Image Award – Lee County Legal Aid Society: Roadmap to Resiliency, a public service campaign to facilitate legal citizenship pathways for abused, neglected and abandoned immigrant minors under 18.
• Award of Distinction – Early Learning Coalition of Southwest Florida: Easy as 1, 2, 3, a campaign to build greater awareness and understanding of the coalition’s services and Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) program to drive student enrollment.
• Award of Distinction – Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: Butts in the Seats, an integrated marketing campaign to increase attendance at baseball games to increase revenue from tickets, parking, concessions and merchandise sales.

FPRA launched the Pinnacle Awards in 2024 to recognize the top agencies, individuals, nonprofits, corporate teams and government agencies in Florida that produce outstanding, ongoing strategic work in public relations and communications. Founded in 1992, Priority Marketing has grown to 65 team members and is the region’s largest full-service public relations and marketing firm.

FPRA presented Golden Image Awards and Pinnacle Awards at its annual PR & Comms Summit, which was held Aug. 6 in Tampa.

About Priority Marketing

Founded in 1992 by Teri Hansen, APR, Priority Marketing’s portfolio of professional services includes public relations, brand development, web services, social media, creative services, media buying, video production, digital marketing, event planning and more. As Southwest Florida’s largest full-service firm, Priority Marketing has grown to include more than 65 savvy creatives and mastermind strategists who partner with clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including hospitality and tourism, retail, health care, senior living, construction, legal, aviation, financial, education and government, as well as charitable organizations. The firm has been honored at the local, state, national and international levels with prestigious awards while providing nearly $6 million in discounted and pro-bono services to local nonprofits. For more information, please call 239-267-2638 or visit PriorityMarketing.com.