Kahn Media Wins Platinum & Gold Hermes Creative Awards & Stevie American Business Award

Kahn Media—a full-service marketing agency specializing in the automotive, outdoor and luxury-lifestyle markets—recently received two honors from the Hermes Creative Awards: a Platinum Award for its content creator-led coverage of The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and a Gold Award for its white paper on how firearms brands can be discovered without advertising. An American Business Awards “Stevie” was also granted to Kahn Media for its extensive email marketing campaign with Heidts Suspension.

“We are extremely pleased to receive these honors from the Hermes Creative Awards and the American Business Awards,” said Kahn Media president & CEO Dan Kahn. “Over the past year, we have worked tirelessly to build our teams with the best employees, expand our innovative services and deliver even more value to our clients. These prestigious awards validate those efforts, and I look forward to even further growth this year.”

Hermes Platinum Award – Creator-Led Coverage of The Quail

Receiving the Hermes Creative Awards’ highest honor, a Platinum Award, in the Social Media & Creator Content | Social Campaign category was Kahn Media’s influencer-led coverage of The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. To expand the event’s reach beyond the physical venue, Kahn Media developed a comprehensive social media campaign that combined strategic creator partnerships, real-time event coverage and collaborative content with automotive brands and participants, company officials stated in a press release. The results expanded The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering’s digital footprint, organically adding more than 10,000 followers in three weeks and generating over 40 collaboration posts with multiple creators and brands.

Hermes Gold Award – Thought Leadership for Firearms Brand Discovery

Taking a Gold Hermes Creative Award in the Writing & Content Development | Thought Leadership Content category was Kahn Media’s “The Quiet Channel: How Firearms Brands are Discovered Without Advertising.” The report highlighted the challenges that firearms and adjacent brands face in highly restricted marketing environments and how to overcome them, noted the release. Its central insight was that focusing on intent-based information systems—like traditional and AI-generated search results, educational long-form content, product marketplaces, community forums and enthusiast platforms—can be strong drivers of brand discovery when advertising and promotional visibility are limited. The report was deployed through a highly targeted industry-facing strategy at the firearms industry’s largest annual gathering, the 2026 SHOT Show.

Stevie Award – Email Marketing Campaign for Heidts

Kahn Media was also honored with a Stevie American Business Award for its extensive email marketing efforts for Heidts, a manufacturer of chassis and suspension components for hot rods and muscle cars. After performing a full audit of Heidts’ marketing efforts, Kahn Media said it developed a scalable, data-driven email marketing campaign to create a new owned channel to drive direct sales, foster repeat purchases and strengthen customer relations. Using a combination of automated and bespoke emails modernized Heidts’ marketing efforts, resulting in a 700% month-to-month increase in online revenue and a 2,000% ROI.