Karla Crawford Kerr from Haworne Direct Earns DRMA 0 Member of the Year Award Nomination

Karla Crawford Kerr, Director of Business Development and Corporate Relations, for Hawthorne Direct, a full service brand response advertising agency, has earned a Direct Response Marketing Alliance (DRMA) 2013 Member of the Year Award nomination. The awards event will be held during DRMA's Winter Bash in New York City on December 10th.

The Direct Response Marketing Alliance and Response Magazine have just announced their 10 nominees for the Third Annual DRMA Member of the Year Award. After a nominating process led by the Response Magazine and DRMA staff, this year's group of nominees will compete to succeed 2012 winner Nancy Lazkani of Icon Media Direct. The DRMA Member of the Year salutes an employee or leader of a DRMA member company who, during the past year, has exemplified the best and most consistent values of the direct response marketing business, and has promoted both the value of DR marketing and the DRMA far and wide.

This is truly an exclusive group: 10 of the DR industry's best have earned this nomination for the third annual DRMA Member of the Year competition, says John Yarrington, publisher of Response and co-founder of the DRMA. These nominees symbolize the industry's best values, while also working diligently to expand the scope of the industry and the DRMA throughout the past year.

I am truly thrilled to have received this nomination, Crawford Kerr said. I am passionate about Direct Response advertising and our industry and this nomination is a significant validation of my role within the DRMA as we strive for excellence together. I always enjoy championing the accomplishments of my mentors and peers and am just so grateful to the DRMA organization for this recognition amongst such accomplished and genuine colleagues.

The DRMA Member of the Year will be determined by an E-mail vote from Alliance members. Representatives of DRMA member companies will receive a special online ballot on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Polling will remain open through 2 p.m. PST on Thursday, Dec. 5. For more on each nominee, please visit http://www.responsemagazine.com/drma/drma-member-year

The winner will be announced during the DRMA Winter Bash in New York City, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the New York Beer Company.

ABOUT KARLA CRAWFORD KERR:

Karla Crawford Kerr is the Director of Business Development and Corporate Relations for Hawthorne Direct. With over 15 years of brand response television expertise, she works with prospective and existing clients to optimize brand response television success. She is a leader in the company's marketing and business development arenas, specializing in public relations, event/trade show planning and account management. Her portfolio of clients has included Applica, Kaz Honeywell, Nikon, U.S. Navy, Clorox, Procter & Gamble, RotoZip Tool Corporation, Braun, Oreck, Aero and more.

Karla was named Volunteer of the Year in 2004 by the Electronic Retailing Association. She is active on the ERA's Content Committee, and was the 2011-2012 Education Chair (past chair five terms, co-chair one term.) She has judged the Moxie Awards since 2005, and has also been a co-presenter at the Moxies. Karla was accepted to the Direct Marketing Association Broadcast Council

Operating Board, and has served on the DMA Broadcast Council Operating Committee. She was also co-chair of programming for that organization for two years.

ABOUT DRMA:

The Direct Response Marketing Alliance (DRMA) is considered the home of the direct response marketing industry. The DRMA is an alliance of professional marketers that facilitates business opportunities through networking, education, branding and exposure. The DRMA is dedicated to providing access to the direct response industry's most valuable information and exclusive events to enhance business.

DRMA brings value to its members through a variety of business discounts and services, a thriving and growing trade show, networking events and industry information. All DRMA activities and services are designed to help members grow and develop their business through the power of direct response marketing. Please see: http://www.responsemagazine.com/drma

ABOUT HAWTHORNE DIRECT:

Hawthorne Direct is a full service brand response advertising agency, specializing in strategic planning, creative development, production, media planning, buying and analytics, and campaign management for integrated marketing campaigns. With nearly 30 years of proven excellence in brand

response, the agency combines persuasive brand messaging with best-in-class analytic systems to create accountable, high performance advertising campaigns.

Hawthorne Direct has developed successful award-winning campaigns for brands such as 3M, Armor All, Bose, Black & Decker, Hamilton Beach, Pella, SanDisk, Transamerica, United Healthcare, and more.

The agency is headquartered in Los Angeles, with the founding office located in the Midwest. Hawthorne Direct was founded in 1986 by Timothy R. Hawthorne, who serves as Chairman/CEO. Hawthorne's daughter, Jessica Hawthorne-Castro, today holds the post of Chief Operating Officer. For more information, please visit http://www.hawthornedirect.com

and http://www.linkedin.com/company/hawthorne-direct?trk=top_nav_home

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