{"id":356519,"date":"2017-09-23T23:33:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T23:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=356519"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:12:13","slug":"citi-fm-is-cimg-emerging-digital-organization-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=356519","title":{"rendered":"Citi FM is CIMG Emerging Digital Organization of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana&#8217;s authoritative and credible digital news platform, Citi FM, has been named by the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) as the Emerging Digital Organization of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>It said the organization, whose parent company is Omni Media Co. Ltd, was being recognized for its excellence in strategic marketing for the year 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Citi FM was honoured alongside the Citi Breakfast Show as the Programme of the Year [2016], at the awards event which was held on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>CIMG acknowledged that,\u00a0Citi FM through innovative and value-driven content had set itself on a path of distinction in digital media in the country and has been an influential\u00a0brand on social media.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-356522\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CIMG-Emerging-Ditigal-Media-Org.jpg\" alt=\"cimg-emerging-ditigal-media-org\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A citation handed to Online Manager, Mawuli Tsikata, read, \u201cYour evaluators\u2026unanimously concluded that through your efforts at creating and leveraging innovative and value-driven content, you set yourself aright on this path of distinction. You can today boast of over 1 million likes on Facebook, with over 240,000 followers on Twitter, coupled with multiple awards for the Most Influential Brand on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citi FM\u00a0through deliberate actions have focused on serving internet users relevant content in creative multimedia formats as a way of keeping them informed of developments, especially around the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_356510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356510\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-356510\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8187.jpg\" alt=\"Citi FM's Mawuli Tsikata and Pearl Akanya Ofori received the award on behalf of the organization\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citi FM&#8217;s Mawuli Tsikata and Pearl Akanya Ofori received the award on behalf of the organization<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The platform thrives on the rich engagement of active users who contribute daily to news stories and reports online in their efforts at nation building.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi FM wins best social media presence award again<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2016 CIMG Emerging Digital Media Organization Award comes after many others\u00a0including one by the Blogging Ghana in 2016 as the media organization in Ghana with the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/21\/citi-fm-wins-best-social-media-presence-award-again\/\">best social media presence<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The station in 2014 picked the prestigious social media presence award at the same event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi FM Ghana\u2019s first Twitter verified station<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi FM<\/strong> in December 2015, became Ghana\u2019s first Radio station to be <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/10\/citi-fm-ghanas-first-twitter-verified-station\/\">verified on Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The station\u2019s official Twiter account, @Citi973, is one of the most followed in the country and has been one of the most active in recent years. The station\u2019s tweets have consistently trended on Twitter in Ghana and in other countries including South Africa as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi FM hits\u00a0500,000 likes on Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also in December of 2015, the station\u2019s official Facebook page, achieved a milestone by becoming the first radio station in Ghana to hit over <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/17\/citi-fm-thanks-fans-for-500000-likes-on-facebook\/\">500,000 likes <\/a><\/strong><\/span>over on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>But from December 2015 till now, that number has doubled as the station now has over a million likes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana&#8217;s authoritative and credible digital news platform, Citi FM, has been named by the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) as the Emerging Digital Organization of the Year. It said the organization, whose parent company is Omni Media Co. Ltd, was being recognized for its excellence in strategic marketing for the year 2016. 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