American Marketing Association San Diego Recognizes Clearpoint Agency with 2025 Sandie Award in Public Relations
"Clearpoint delivers results year after year... The team does incredible work, and we congratulate them on this well-deserved recognition." — Eran Steinberg, COO, OptionMetrics
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The Sandies is highly competitive and received 151 entries from 55 companies this year alone. Other winners in the public relations category along with Clearpoint included San Diego Foundation, San Diego Fair, San Diego Tourism Authority/Intesa Communications, InnoVision Marketing, and Father Joe's/Mixte Communications.
Clearpoint was recognized for its earned media campaign for OptionMetrics in the U.S. and Europe. The firm landed high-level editorial coverage in outlets like Reuters, CNBC, MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, and NASDAQ, and expanded coverage internationally for OptionMetrics in European news outlets and trades such as Financial Times, Waters magazine, Wilmott, RISK, and others.
In 2024 alone, Clearpoint obtained 400+ earned media placements across outlets and placed 11 thought leadership articles for OptionMetrics, which helped to increase direct traffic to the company's website, enhance thought leadership, and drive new business leads. OptionMetrics also saw an increase in users across U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Netherlands, and the U.S.
OptionMetrics Chief Operating Officer Eran Steinberg says, 'Clearpoint has continuously delivered results year after year for OptionMetrics. The team there is not only strategic and driven, but also professional and fun, and has consistently secured earned media for us in top news outlets such as Reuters, Barrons, WSJ, and CNBC, among others. The Clearpoint team does incredible work and is a pleasure to work with; we congratulate them on this well-deserved recognition.'
Clearpoint Agency Vice President Hilary McCarthy says, 'We love working with clients like OptionMetrics who inspire us to do our best work and land significant earned media that tells stories, drives credibility, and engages audiences. We've worked with OptionMetrics for seven years and the team is a pleasure to work with. It's an honor to be recognized with a Sandie Award for the work we do with them. Congratulations to our fellow finalists and to all the winning teams.'
The Sandies judges included AMA members in markets outside of San Diego that have no affiliation to the nominated organization, agency, campaign, or projects.
About American Marketing Association San Diego
AMA San Diego is a 501(c)3 organization comprised of marketers at all career stages, from senior level to students, dedicated to advancing the art of marketing and creating unique growth and learning opportunities for marketers. AMA Diego provides education, networking, information, resources, and valuable connections in a fun and approachable environment where personal development goals can be achieved. Visit www.sdama.org.
About OptionMetrics
With 25 years as the premier provider of historical options and implied volatility data, OptionMetrics distributes its options, futures, beta, and dividend forecast databases to leading portfolio managers, traders, quantitative researchers at 350+ corporate and academic institutions worldwide to construct and test investment strategies, perform empirical research, and assess risk. www.optionmetrics.com, LinkedIn, Twitter.
About Clearpoint Agency
Clearpoint is a team of award-winning PR practitioners, marketing strategists, business consultants, writers, and creatives who get to the point, find solutions, and drive results. By leveraging its expertise in creating objective-driven PR and marcomm strategies, Clearpoint builds brand awareness, facilitates introductions, drives traffic, educates audiences, and helps to grow organizations across industries including technology, financial services, life sciences, healthcare, real estate, associations, non-profits, and consumer products. Learn more: www.clearpointagency.com
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