Wausau, Wisc. (May 9, 2006)

Van De Yacht & Associates won a Gold Award in the Twenty-Third Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards sponsored by Healthcare Marketing Report. The Healthcare Advertising Awards is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious advertising awards competition, with nearly 4,000 entries submitted by every state in the country and numerous foreign countries.

Van De Yacht & Associates’ radio campaign created for Bone & Joint Clinic of Wausau, Merrill, and Medford earned a coveted Gold Award. The series of 60-second radio announcements uses humor and everyday life situations to convey Bone & Joint Clinic’s healthcare messages to central Wisconsin residents and prospective orthopaedic clinic patients.

Judges for the Healthcare Advertising Awards consisted of a national panel of healthcare marketers, advertising creative directors, advertising professionals, healthcare consultants, marketing professors, and the editorial board of Healthcare Marketing Report.

In addition to healthcare marketing services, Van De Yacht & Associates offers corporate branding, integrated communications, public relations, and market research solutions for businesses throughout Wisconsin and the upper Midwest.