Sitecore Names Mayo Clinic 2013 North America Site of the Year

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sitecore, the global leader in customer experience management software, today announced the 2013 Site of the Year winners for North America.

Now, in its sixth year, Sitecore Site of the Year recognizes the leading organizations who use Sitecore to create engaging, personalized digital experiences for every customer that engages with their brand across all channels. Sitecore's experience platform combines best-in-class web content management with marketing automation, email marketing, social media, e-commerce, optimization, and analytics into a single, unified solution. Sitecore judges considered creativity in the use of Sitecore to deliver outstanding and transformative business results, integration with applications, multichannel engagement and overall site experience.

"The quality of our annual Site of the Year Awards winners is a testament to the creativity of our customers and partners that maximize the potential of Sitecore's experience platform, using data to create relevant customer experiences that delight and motivate," said Bjarne Hansen, president, Sitecore USA. "It's an honor to see this year's winners leverage Sitecore solutions to own the experience that they deliver to customers and prospects and build meaningful relationships that win customers for life."

This year's awards feature a record number of categories, with Sitecore customers and solution partners battling over a total of twenty-three awards.  This includes five new marketing specialist categories, two business results categories, the People's Choice award voted by the public and the overall Sitecore Site of the Year North America Award.

Mayo Clinic and implementation partner Avanade picked up top honors as the overall 2013 North America Site of the Year winners.

"We are honored to be recognized alongside Mayo Clinic for leveraging Sitecore's experience platform to create a personalized digital user experience for one of the most heavily trafficked healthcare websites of its kind," said Justin Calvo, Avanade Global Director, Digital Marketing. "Getting the most accurate, relevant and useful medical information to help patients and physicians make medical decisions helps continue Mayo Clinic's mission of delivering top quality medical care and research, ultimately helping save lives. We are pleased that we were able to support Mayo Clinic in their digital journey. We congratulate them on this work and award."

Dustland claimed this year's Sitecore North America People's Choice award after receiving the most votes for their site compared to 48 other competing websites vying for votes in a competition hosted on the Sitecore Facebook page. 

"As a long time Sitecore partner and evangelist, we are honored to win Sitecore Site of the Year People's Choice Award. We understand the flexibility, extensibility and power that Sitecore offers. So it was only natural that we chose to build our new website on the same platform that, when given an option, we recommend for clients," said Minh Le, Managing Partner, Dustland. "The new dustland.com demonstrates the effectiveness of marrying design and technology and has provided us with new leads and opportunities. The overall feedback has been overwhelmingly positive."

Click here to read more about each of the winners, outlined in full below.

About Sitecore:

Sitecore is the global leader in customer experience management software. The company delivers highly relevant content and personalized digital experiences that delight audiences, build loyalty and drive revenue. With Sitecore's experience platform, marketers can own the experience of every customer that engages with their brand, across every channel. More than 3,500 of the world's leading brands – including American Express, Carnival Cruise Lines, easyJet, and Heineken – trust Sitecore to help them deliver the meaningful interactions that win customers for life.

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