2016 Sitefinity Website of the
Year Awards
Since its inception in 2011, the Sitefinity Website of the Year Awards have been recognizing websites powered by Progress Sitefinity for creativity, design, user experience, functionality and overall website presentation.
Meet the Winners
Intranet
Intranet Presidencia
In just few weeks, the platform has scored an increase of 50% in all the metrics - number of visits, page views, unique users, time of permanence, pages seen per session, etc.
Implemented by LFI Agencia Digital
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Ecommerce
M & M Food Market
Growth in mobile and tablet traffic as well as improved onsite metrics for these channels. Improved eOrder experience and growth in the number of online orders.
Implemented by Shikatani Lacroix Design
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Multisite
United for Healthier Kids by Nestlé
In multisite setup with 5 other public facing websites - unidosporcriancas.com.br, u4hk.ph, uxns.com.mx, unitedforhealthierkids.pk, u4hk.com.eg. Personalized for the 50 predicted markets. Load-balanced.
Implemented by F5
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Consumer Goods
Tropicana
Leveraged Multisite add-on to consolidate numerous markets with various websites into one cohesive environment sharing the same assets and site templates to achieve a consistent global brand.
Implemented by VML
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Food & Beverages
PDQ
The site allows content editors to get behind the steering wheel of their own website and easily add or edit news, community events, special promotions and add location finder, all in responsive design.
Implemented by Roger West
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Banking
Old National Bank
A key component in the company multichannel marketing strategy, this website leverages Sitefinity’s personalization and built-in events, blogs and email marketing modules to increase traffic from all devices.
Implemented by Old National Bank and InGen Technologies
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Insurance
Royal Neighbors of America
The site takes advantage of Sitefinity’s extensibility and scalability, while utilizing Sitefinity Insight to improve conversions.
Implemented by Royal Neighbors of America
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Healthcare
Demelza Hospice Care for Children
Progress Sitefinity has enabled Demelza to start personalizing the journey for their different audiences, while achieving a fantastic new look and feel and great brand positioning.
Implemented by Itineris
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Education
Westminster College
The site takes full advantage of the Progress Sitefinity Ecommerce add-on for a new school merchandise online store. The site has realized a 15% increase in applications for the upcoming academic year, as well as a 22% drop in the average bounce rate.
Implemented by Westminster College
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Construction
MI Windows
Organic Search is now driving 60% of referred traffic to the site vs. 10% prior to Sitefinity launch. The visibility of the site has increased greatly allowing MI Windows to reach new customers at an increasing rate.
Implemented By Aardvark
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Manufacturing
Goodman
In multisite setup with a few other consumer-facing marketing websites. Integrated with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Overall traffic increased by 17% YoY, where mobile traffic alone by 57%.
Implemented by Softway
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Energy & Utilities
ESB
Load-balanced, integrated with Newsweaver, Mailchimp and Campaign Monitor. The ESB team now enjoys significantly decreased publishing lead time.
Implemented by Arekibo
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Transportation
Allied
The site was redesigned in 2016 to increase conversion rates and decrease bounce rates. The new development increased the site speed in Google’s guidelines.
Implemented by Aptera
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Associations
SASED
SASED’s website with Progress Sitefinity has led to growth in traffic, while improving accessibility of content and creating a more dynamic user experience.
Implemented by Americaneagle.com
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Services
Caliber Portfolio Lending
Building this site from the ground up, there were 3 different dynamic modules made by module builder, custom content types, shared content blocks and customized page templates.
Implemented by Caliber Home Loans
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Sports & Entertainment
Packers Everywhere
Integration with 3rd party systems such as Offerpop together with Sitefinity’s strong mobile capabilities has resulted in a stunning 17% increases in page visits within the 1st week after launch, most of which from mobile.
Implemented by Americaneagle.com
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Tourism & Hospitality
Big Bear Mountain Resort
Successfully consolidated 2 websites into 1, taking full advantage of Sitefinity multisite management add-on to preserve their unique brand identities into brand-specific micro-site sections.
Implemented by Mammoth Resorts / Still-Water Interactive / Falafel Software
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Events
Families
The site has replaced two major company websites to achieve clean and uncluttered experience for customers.
Implemented by IDS Logic
Graphic Design
Paper Pumpkin
Provides a mobile-friendly front facing application for customers and transfers day-to-day content creation and editing activities from the development to the marketing team.
Implemented by Stampin’ Up!
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Meet the Finalists
Intranet
Assurant Solutions
Implemented by F5
Integration with CRM Assurant, ERP Assurant, Google Analytics, GTM, Tim SSO. Custom modules developed with KendoUI and ASP.NET AJAX.
Intranet Presidencia
Implemented by LFI Agencia Digital
In just few weeks, the platform has scored an increase of 50% in all the metrics - number of visits, page views, unique users, time of permanence, pages seen per session, etc.
Acontece na Nestlé
Implemented by F5
Nestlé’s Collaborators community portal noticed an increase in active intranet users from 50 to 2000+ users. Page load time decreased by 27%.
Ecommerce
Xpressflower.com
Implemented by А8
Used by more than 15 outlets around Singapore to execute orders. Average order size has increased by 20-30%. Orders from the outlets have increased by 50%.
M & M Food Market
Implemented by Shikatani Lacroix Design
Growth in mobile and tablet traffic as well as improved onsite metrics for these channels. Improved eOrder experience and growth in the number of online orders.
Jones Dairy Farm
Implemented by Clotho Digital
Site visitors increased by 50% YoY, and successful visits rose by 100%. Sitefinity Ecommerce has been customized to accommodate a multi-shipping address option per order.
Multisite
Multisite
United for Healthier Kids by Nestlé
Implemented by F5
In multisite setup with 5 other public facing websites - unidosporcriancas.com.br, u4hk.ph, uxns.com.mx, unitedforhealthierkids.pk, u4hk.com.eg. Personalized for the 50 predicted markets. Load-balanced.
FASTSIGNS
Implemented by Americaneagle.com
600+ websites spawned, one for each US franchise. Advanced search and multi-faceted Product/Solution galleries. Registered users can save products and solutions from the galleries to their own IDEABOOK. Various 3rd party integrations.
Ruukki
Implemented by Siili
23 sites in multisite setup with 18 language options. Integrated with Oracle Eloqua, M-Files, PDM, DocRaptor. Load-balanced, personalized. Utilizing also Sitefinity Insight and KendoUI.
Consumer Goods & Services
Nextel
Implemented by F5
The site is personalized for 7 different markets and serves content to both corporate and individual users as well as people with disabilities. Load-balanced. Custom modules utilizing ASP.NET AJAX and KendoUI tools.
Cesar
Implemented by Catapult Marketing
Significantly improved mobile customer experience and reduced bounce rate from mobile visitors after replacing old non-responsive website with new mobile-friendly responsive website.
Tropicana
Implemented by VML
Leveraged Multisite add-on to consolidate numerous markets with various websites into one cohesive environment sharing the same assets and site templates to achieve a consistent global brand.
Food & Beverages
PDQ
Implemented by Roger West
The site allows content editors to get behind the steering wheel of their own website and easily add or edit news, community events, special promotions and add location finder, all in responsive design.
Receitas Nestlé
Implemented by F5
Aggregates recipes content and services while having the flexibility to freely expand in volume, maintaining excellent performance with over 5 million accesses monthly.
Nestlé Nescau
Implemented by F5
The site serves as a hub capable of delivering diverse content in a flexibly and agile manner with 4 different waves of communication, without any interruption in its operation. It integrates with Nestlé’s CRM and is load-balanced.
Banking
Texas Capital Bank
Implemented by Texas Capital Bank and Spire Agency
Website content updates no longer require IT support. The site is integrated with Pardot to create the opportunity for effective lead generation and nurturing while driving more traffic.
Old National Bank
Implemented by Old National Bank and InGen Technologies
A key component in the company multichannel marketing strategy, this website leverages Sitefinity’s personalization and built-in events, blogs and email marketing modules to increase traffic from all devices.
BankUnited
Implemented by Bayshore Solutions
BankUnited was able to create a simple, automated three-step approval process that would keep the institution in line with industry regulations. This enabled expedited content publication while keeping it accountable.
Insurance
Vaudoise Assurances
Implemented by Wide Agency
Seamless integration with internal enterprise systems and Google API as well as plans for SharePoint integration ensure this website greatly improves the work of both marketing and IT departments.United Fire Group.
United Fire Group
Implemented by United Fire Group
Leveraging Progress Sitefinity, this website has managed to increase the number of sessions with 6000 for the 1st month after launch and has drawn new customers and potential job seekers.
Royal Neighbors of America
Implemented by Royal Neighbors of America
The site takes advantage of Sitefinity’s extensibility and scalability, while utilizing Sitefinity Insight to improve conversions.
Healthcare
Press Ganey
Implemented by iMarc
Progress Sitefinity provided flexibility to build custom modules to support a state-of-the-art website design and enhanced functionality to reflect the company's thought leadership and content-driven brand.
Beaumont Health
Implemented by Centretek
Sitefinity was chosen to replace three disparate healthcare system websites, each with their own CMS infrastructure and distributed content management teams, outdated designs and feature sets.
Demelza Hospice Care for Children
Implemented by Itineris
Progress Sitefinity has enabled Demelza to start personalizing the journey for their different audiences, while achieving a fantastic new look and feel and great brand positioning.
Education
The Hague University
Implemented by Estate
Utilizes a broad range of out-of-the-box connectors that come with Sitefinity to integrate with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SalesForce. Sitefinity’s simplistic back-end interface increased content managers’ productivity by 400%.
Peirce College
Implemented by Primacy and Peirce College
Building the website on Sitefinity allowed to clearly analyze different marketing channels and their impact on the leads/conversions as well as improved SEO value, creation of campaign landing pages, and ease of content updates.
Westminster College
Implemented by Westminster College
The site takes full advantage of the Progress Sitefinity Ecommerce add-on for a new school merchandise online store. The site has realized a 15% increase in applications for the upcoming academic year, as well as a 22% drop in the average bounce rate.
Construction
MI Windows
Implemented By Aardvark
Organic Search is now driving 60% of referred traffic to the site vs. 10% prior to Sitefinity launch. The visibility of the site has increased greatly allowing MI Windows to reach new customers at an increasing rate.
Fibo
Implemented by Syone
Utilizes the Sitefinity load-balancing and e-commerce capabilities. Website visits are 5 times as many as last year’s average. Marketing team is fully independent.
Quadrangle Architects
Implemented by Flywheel Strategic
28% increase in mobile sessions. Social traffic up by 88% Traffic from key global markets increased by as much as 90%. Sitefinity portal area on the website, connected to Deltek Vision software.
Manufacturing
Goodman
Implemented by Softway
In multisite setup with a few other consumer-facing marketing websites. Integrated with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Overall traffic increased by 17% YoY, where mobile traffic alone by 57%.
Streamlight
Implemented by Trellist Marketing and Technology
Since launch, bounce rate has dropped by 15%. Onsite engagement has also increased: number of pages viewed per session rose by 25%, pageviews by 15% and average session duration increased by 7%.
Haworth
Implemented by Springthrough
Utilizes Sitefinity Insight; multisite, translation, load-balancing, e-commerce functionality, as well as Project Feather (MVC). The site is translated into 11 languages and has seen an increased engagement after switching to Sitefinity.
Energy & Utilities
Chelan County PUD
Implemented by Chelan County PUD
Various customizations and 3rd party system integrations with SharePoint, BookingBug, Cold Fusion and more. Mobile traffic and time on site increased by 10% YoY.
ESB
Implemented by Arekibo
Load-balanced, integrated with Newsweaver, Mailchimp and Campaign Monitor. The ESB team now enjoys significantly decreased publishing lead time.
Momentum Energy
Implemented by Momentum Energy
Digital sales increased 10 times. Integrated with Salesforce Marketing Cloud and a custom billing platform. Utilizing Sitefinity Site Sync add-on.
Transportation
Wizz Air
Implemented by Wizz Air
The site features 23 languages, utilizing a 3rd party translation provider in the background. The site enjoys faster performance and easily editable content at the same time.
Dublin Airport, daa
Implemented by Arekibo
A dramatic increase in user engagement: users are more engaged with the site, viewing more content and staying longer. The site integrates to Advam Prebook parking and ecommerce engine.
Allied
Implemented by Aptera
The site was redesigned in 2016 to increase conversion rates and decrease bounce rates. The new development increased the site speed in Google’s guidelines.
Associations
Chicago Dental Society
Implemented by Americaneagle.com
Brought in-house all website editing and updates from an outside vendor. Implemented a dynamic website that allows for easy updates to dentist records, dentist searches, mentors programs, store and class fields.
SASED
Implemented by Americaneagle.com
SASED’s website with Progress Sitefinity has led to growth in traffic, while improving accessibility of content and creating a more dynamic user experience.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Global
Implemented by Trellist Marketing and Technology
Through Enterprise Multisite Management and Localization add-ons the website serves content for different markets and in different languages with superior user experience.
Services
Organized Living
Implemented by Organized Living and Sparkbox
The site takes advantage of the Sitefinity MVC support. Since launch, the site ranks higher on search results and enjoys a significantly higher number of incoming leads. Integrates with MS Dynamics CRM.
Caliber Portfolio Lending
Implemented by Caliber Home Loans
Building this site from the ground up, there were 3 different dynamic modules made by module builder, custom content types, shared content blocks and customized page templates.
EasyPark
Implemented by Graphically Speaking
Upgrading from an older Progress Sitefinity version, this website was able to accommodate more product categories which aided brand amplification and boosted online conversions.
Sports & Entertainment
BSL
Implemented by Turkish Basketball Federation
Ease of use of the system as well as simplistic drag and drop interface enables content editors to dynamically update the website saving time and resources and boosting productivity.
Packers Everywhere
Implemented by Americaneagle.com
Integration with 3rd party systems such as Offerpop together with Sitefinity’s strong mobile capabilities has resulted in a stunning 17% increases in page visits within the 1st week after launch, most of which from mobile.
Yash Raj Films
Implemented by Idealake
Reduced bounce rate by more than 70% after switching from a non-responsive website to Sitefinity CMS. Managed to move content updates and edits to in-house marketing team thus cutting on costs drastically.
Tourism & Hospitality
The Henry Ford
Implemented by Perficient Digital
Astounding results just 9 months after launch: site management efficiency increased by 50%, traffic is up 12%, conversions are up 16%, digital collections usage is up 150%, online revenue has increased by 24%.
Big Bear Mountain Resort
Implemented by Mammoth Resorts / Still-Water Interactive / Falafel Software
Successfully consolidated 2 websites into 1, taking full advantage of Sitefinity multisite management add-on to preserve their unique brand identities into brand-specific micro-site sections.
Spa Experience
Implemented by Itineris
Key integration with Booker business management software made possible for online booking of spa services. Sitefinity also managed to preserve SEO rankings despite changing the domain name.
Events
Families
Implemented by IDS Logic
The site has replaced two major company websites to achieve clean and uncluttered experience for customers.
Smart Financial Centre
Implemented by Bill Young Productions
Takes full advantage of the Progress Sitefinity module builder tools to build automated scheduling and routines with minimal additional coding. Combines powerful website with digital signage and marketing functionalities.
GES
Implemented by Aptera
Utilizes to full extend the multisite and multilingual capabilities of Progress Sitefinity to run multiple sites in different geographic regions and markets while having the ability to create new ones at scale with ease.
Graphic Design:
TSCPA
Implemented by Americaneagle.com
The site leverages a contemporary design where the entire resolution of the screen is used to utilize the most space. Over half of site users now are returning visitors and average time spent on site has doubled.
Paper Pumpkin
Implemented by Stampin’ Up!
Provides a mobile-friendly front facing application for customers and transfers day-to-day content creation and editing activities from the development to the marketing team.
Catapult Marketing
Implemented by Catapult Marketing
Empowered content creators to edit the website independently from developers which increased the number of updates per month and ultimately the quantity of unsolicited requests to participate in client RFPs.