Siinda Announces Winners of the 2026 Digital Marketing and Innovation Awards in Berlin

The winners of the 2026 Siinda Digital Marketing and Innovation Awards were announced during the Siinda Awards Dinner in Berlin, held in partnership with Yext. Bringing together leaders from across the digital marketing, local search, publishing, and technology sectors, the awards celebrated the organizations and individuals driving innovation and delivering measurable impact across the industry.

This year’s awards attracted 23 entries across six categories, reflecting the continued pace of innovation in areas such as artificial intelligence, customer experience, sales automation, local marketing, and publisher transformation. Winners were selected by an independent panel of judges.

The awards recognize companies that are helping businesses, publishers, and local organizations navigate a rapidly evolving digital landscape through innovative products, services, and technologies.

2026 Award Winners

 Customer Service

This category recognizes solutions and teams that deliver exceptional customer experiences, support, and outcomes for clients.

• Gold – Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG – COCO Chat-Bot Joi
• Silver (Tie) – Duda – Duda Account Management
• Silver (Tie) – Boostability – Search Engine Optimization

Digital Innovation and SMB Support

This category celebrates innovative solutions that help small and medium-sized businesses grow, compete, and thrive in an increasingly digital marketplace.

• Gold (Tie) – Insites – AIO Audit Checks
• Gold (Tie) – Wix – Wix Agentic Ecommerce
• Silver – Spotzer Digital – AI Social Visibility
• Bronze – Spotzer Digital – AI Receptionist

Innovation Through Leveraging AI

This category recognizes organizations using artificial intelligence to create meaningful business impact, improve efficiency, and deliver innovative customer solutions.

• Gold – Wix – Wix Harmony
• Silver (Tie) – Vendasta – Vendasta’s AI Workforce
• Silver (Tie) – Duda – Duda’s AI Stack
• Bronze (Tie) – rankingCoach – rankingCoach AI Digital Marketing Engine
• Bronze (Tie) – Spotzer Digital – AI Receptionist

Location Platforms and Lead Generation

This category honors solutions that help businesses improve discoverability, drive customer acquisition, and generate measurable growth through location-based marketing and lead generation.

• Gold – Vendasta – Vendasta Search AI
• Silver – Leadzai – Leadzai’s AI Location Matcher
• Bronze – Insites – Lead Signals

Sales Automation, Attribution, and Analytics

This category recognizes platforms and technologies that improve sales performance through automation, measurement, attribution, and actionable insights.

• Gold – Duda – AI-Powered Website Upsell Automation
• Silver – Vendasta – Vendasta CRM AI & AI Sales Assistant
• Bronze – Spotzer Digital – Digital Health Check & Instant Sites

Overall Publisher Innovation

This category celebrates publishers and media organizations demonstrating exceptional innovation in products, services, and digital transformation initiatives.

• Gold – SELLWERK GmbH & Co. KG – SELLWERK Social Media Planner
• Silver – heise & dumrath medien GmbH & Co. KG – heise AI ChatBot
• Bronze (Tie) – Location Bank – AI Newsfeed
• Bronze (Tie) – Yellow Pages Canada – Yellow Pages’ Solution Selling

Siinda Lifetime Industry Award

A special highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Siinda Lifetime Industry Award to Bernhard Lüders in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the local search, digital marketing, and publishing industries. The award was accepted on his behalf by the Sutter Media team.

Celebrating Innovation Across the Industry

The 2026 awards highlighted the continued transformation of the digital marketing and local search ecosystem, with artificial intelligence emerging as a dominant theme across multiple categories. From customer engagement and sales enablement to publisher innovation and SMB support, this year’s winners demonstrated how technology can create measurable value for businesses and their customers.

Siinda congratulates all winners, finalists, judges, and participants whose contributions made this year’s awards a success. Their work continues to shape the future of digital marketing and local commerce across Europe and beyond.

Siinda also extends its sincere thanks to Yext, partner of the 2026 Awards Dinner, for helping create an evening dedicated to celebrating innovation, collaboration, and industry excellence.