2009 National Sales and Marketing Award Winners

In an industry where marketing and advertising budgets are often the first to go in hard times, The National Sales and Marketing Award gold winners — sales and marketing professionals; home builders and associates; and sales and marketing councils — took the lemons they were thrown and made some lemon twists in regard to marketing programs that will bring their companies accolades, publicity and ultimately sales.The creative fires still burn. This year zoo animals were used for branding; an online "matchmaking" service was created for home buyers; and one team reused a slick, urban agricultural structure (no, it's not a barn!). Plus, Baltimore — a market you don't normally see a lot from — netted major recognitions, too.To View The 2009 National Sales and Marketing Award Winners, click on the links below.Intro: The 2009 National Sales and Marketing Award Gold WinnersSite Point, Baltimore | Best Attached Community of the Year / Best Urban Sales Office / Best Brochure for a Community Priced over $1 millionBridgeland, Cypress, Texas | Best Master Planned Community of the YearThe Trails at Brightwater, Huntington Beach, Calif. | Best Detached Community of the YearRitz-Carlton Residences Inner Harbor, Baltimore | Best Design for an Attached Community / Best Landscape DesignMiraval Plan 313 at Stapleton Court Homes, Denver | Best Single Family Detached Home Priced $400,000 to $650,000Port 121 at Seabridge, Unit J, Oxnard, Calif. | Best Interior Merchandising of a Model Priced $400,000 to $650,000Five Lanterns at Pinehills, Residence One, Plymouth, Mass., and The Ridge at Cintarosa, Scottsdale, Ariz. | TIED – Best Interior Merchandising of a Model Priced over $1 millionThe Ridge at Cintarosa, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Five Lanterns at Pinehills, Residence One, Plymouth, Mass. | TIED – Best Interior Merchandising of a Model Priced over $1 millionCelebrate by Del Webb, Fredericksburg, Va. | Best brochure for a Community priced under $400,000 / Best Marketing Campaign for a Green Built CommunityGiraffe Condos, Toronto | Best Overall Ad Campaign / Best Signage1010 Midtown, Atlanta | Best Color Ad / Best Series of Related Print AdsSimonini Builders Corporate Brochure | Best Corporate BrochureMYC Condos, Toronto | Best Brochure for a Community priced $400,000 to $650,000Artesana Rosewood Residence, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico | Best Black & White AdNXT at Windemere by the Lake, Toronto | Best Graphic ContinuityShappell Matchmaker Campaign | Best Internet Marketing Campaign'1' Hotel, Mammoth Lakes, Calif. | Best On the Boards Ad CampaignAdditional Gold Award WinnersJudges – 2009 National Sales Marketing Award