Search Engine Marketing Firms iProspect and Range Online Media Net Two Search Engine Watch Awards

Boston, MA (PRWEB) August 18, 2009

iProspect?, the Original? Search Engine Marketing Firm, announced today that its client Endless Vacation Rentals won the award for Best Social Media Marketing Campaign at the Search Engine Watch Awards. In addition, Range Online Media, the Dallas-Fort Worth based agency acquired by iProspect in September 2008, announced that its client Reliant Energy received the award for Best Use of Local Search.

Announced at the Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Jose, California last week, the Search Engine Watch Awards recognize excellence in 14 different search engine marketing categories. Reviewed by a panel of industry experts, campaigns were judged in four key areas: innovation in methodology and execution, achieving success goals, excellence in tactical execution, and overall approach/ category relevance.

A Wyndham Worldwide brand that provides access to one of the largest collections of global vacation rentals in the industry, Endless Vacation Rentals received the award for Best Social Media Marketing Campaign for YourFatChance.com. Designed to generate brand awareness and website traffic, the social media effort invited participants to enter their funniest bad luck story for a chance to win the grand prize of a vacation rental valued at $ 2,500 plus $ 2,000 in VISA? gift cards.

"We are delighted to receive this award," said Jessica Kornacki, Vice President of Marketing for Endless Vacation Rentals by Wyndham Worldwide. "Working together with iProspect, we were able to develop an effective campaign that tapped into a variety of social media channels, and the results have been outstanding. The effort has been so successful that we plan to launch another social media initiative for yourfatchance.com this fall."

A Range Online Media client and one of the largest energy producers in Texas, Reliant Energy took home the award for Best Use of Local Search for their innovative use of a custom mashup application and supporting local search marketing efforts during Hurricane Ike, which had left nearly 2 million people without power. Launching just days after the disaster struck, Reliant's efforts were designed to provide a useful service for those left without power, and included real-time power information with an interactive map, and updates on power availability and resources for hurricane preparation and emergency procedures.

"This award from Search Engine Watch recognizes not only our hard work, but also our commitment to serving the customers of Texas during a time of need," said Mark Walker, Senior Manager Online Marketing for Reliant. "We appreciate the Range Online Media team - they've always been more like an extension of our internal team than just an agency -- for aiding us in providing these innovative solutions for our customers."

"Winning these awards is a real testament to the hard work, creativity, and collaboration between our teams and our clients," said Robert Murray, CEO, iProspect. "I'm delighted to see everyone involved get recognized for their efforts. Award-winning campaigns such as these only inspire us to develop even more innovative campaigns that deliver business results for our clients."

About iProspect

iProspect is the Original? Search Engine Marketing Firm. The company helps many of the world's most successful brands maximize their online marketing ROI through natural search engine optimization, paid search advertising management, online display advertising management, paid inclusion management, shopping feed management, global search engine marketing, Web analytics/attribution modeling, reputation management, and other related services. By dramatically increasing business results for clients, iProspect helps to create search marketing heroes every day.

With offices in Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, and Dallas-Fort Worth, as well as global search engine marketing offices, iProspect can be contacted at 1-800-522-1152, or by visiting http://www.iprospect.com.

Questions regarding this release should be directed to iProspect Director of Communications, Colleen Reed, at 1-800-522-1152 x1203.

About Range Online Media

Range Online Media is a leading search and interactive marketing agency that delivers measurable success through comprehensive, online marketing services, including paid search marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), online media placement and social media, strategic planning, performance optimization and more. Range prides itself on collaboration between technology and human interaction to manage campaigns effectively and efficiently.

Range Online Media offers clients the strength and network of its parent company, iProspect, and is a member of the Aegis family of agencies. Range Online Media currently offers strategic leadership and campaign management services to GAP, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Accor Hotels North America, L'Occitane en Provence, The Container Store, Godiva Chocolatier, Burberry, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and many other smart clients.

Please direct questions regarding this release or request interviews by contacting Range Online Media Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Sarah Engel at (817) 665-2135.

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Achievers Named As Finalist in Seven 2012 Stevie? Awards for Sales & Customer Service

San Francisco, CA and Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) January 27, 2012

Achievers, the leader in employee rewards and recognition solutions, was named today as a finalist in the sixth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

?"To be deemed a finalist in all seven categories we applied to this year is incredibly exciting; this honor was only possible because of Achievers' talented and passionate team," said Razor Suleman, Founder and Chief Evangelist, Achievers. "Our success stems from our high-performance culture, our non-negotiable values and engaged employees who are dedicated to driving results. Celebrating success is one of those values, and this is certainly reason to celebrate."

More than 1,000 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted to this year's competition, an increase of almost 30% over 2011. Finalists were determined by the average scores of 93 professionals worldwide, acting as preliminary judges. Achievers is a finalist in seven categories including Demand Generation Program of the Year, Outbound Marketing Program of the Year, Inbound Marketing Program of the Year, Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year, Contact Center of the Year, Customer Service Management Team of the Year, and Incentive, Rewards, or Recognition Provider of the Year.

The awards are presented by the Stevie? Awards, which organizes several of the world's leading business awards shows including the prestigious International Business Awards. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word "crowned," the final results will be announced during a gala banquet on Monday, February 27 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.? Finalists from the U.S.A. and several other nations are expected to attend.?? Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at http://www.stevieawards.com/sales.

About Achievers

Achievers is passionate about helping companies reward and recognize brilliant employee performance through our award-winning software.? Customized to your company's brand and culture, Achievers provides easy-to-use social technologies to create authentic moments of recognition that increase employee engagement, retain top talent and drive business success. Achievers will change the way your employees, your managers and your company work together. Check us out on the web at http://www.achievers.com.

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.? Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.? Learn more about The Stevie Awards at http://www.stevieawards.com. Sponsors and supporters of the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include American Support, Coloredge Los Angeles * New York, Competence Call Center, SDL and ValueSelling Associates.

This press release was distributed through PR Web by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: http://www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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EQUELLA Earns Finalist Honors in 2011 Software and Information Industry Association CODiE Awards

Denver, CO (PRWEB) April 27, 2011

EQUELLA, Pearson's award-winning digital repository that enables users to search, create and manage content online, is a finalist in the prestigious 2011 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards. EQUELLA is recognized in the Business Content Management category.

Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement across the software, digital information and education technology industries. Nominated products undergo an intensive review by subject matter experts, analysts, journalists and other respected authorities in education technology.

"Today's educational institutions must provide students and faculty with easy access to vast amounts of learning content. EQUELLA helps them face that challenge head on by providing a secure, easy-to-search environment to store and find these important resources," said Dan McFadyen, General Manager at Pearson for EQUELLA. "We are particularly honored to have our digital repository recognized by SIIA judges in the business content category, because it acknowledges that we are providing our customers with a robust enterprise solution for this mission-critical responsibility."

EQUELLA provides one central solution to meet an institution's learning, research, media and library content needs. Faculty, instructional designers and academic technologists can easily search in one location for all of their learning content - video, custom eBooks, presentations, lecture captures and more - all tagged by metadata such as learning outcomes, grade level and relevant keywords. EQUELLA places no restriction on the content type or file size, and all content is protected using the repository's permissions, digital rights management and copyright functionality. Faculty can also easily contribute their own materials or reuse content from shared repositories around the world.

For the second consecutive year, Pearson tops the list of companies with products named as CODiE finalists, with 15 innovative ed-tech and information management products earning recognition. All were developed based on the company's commitment to leveraging the power of technology and innovation to prepare today's students for success in college and careers. Pearson products earning finalist honors span the spectrum of today's breakthrough education and business technology products, such as learning Apps, educational games, technology-driven professional development and robust systems for managing information and data. Pearson's programs are focused on college- and career-readiness and preparing students to meet the Common Core State Standards.

In addition to EQUELLA, the company's products moving on to the next round of competition in this year's CODiE Awards are Calculus: Early Transcendentals (e-Book); enVisionMATH: Understanding Fractions; Grammar Jammers Primary Edition; Hospitality and Tourism Interactive; MyLiteratureLab; MyMathLab Algebra I and II; MyMathTest; MyReadingLab; myWorld Geography; PowerSchool 6.2; PowerTeacher 2.0; SuccessMaker; SuccessMaker Collaborate; and Words Their Way Online Workshop.

In the next step of the CODiE Award process, EQUELLA will be voted on by the entire SIIA membership, who determines the winner in each category. The CODiE Awards will be announced at the 2011 Ed Tech Industry Summit in San Francisco on May 23.

About Pearson

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global reach and market leading businesses in education, business and consumer publishing (NYSE: PSO).

For more information, press only:

Lisa Wolfe, L. Wolfe Communications, 773-227-1049, lwolfe(at)lwolfe(dot)com

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MyReadingLab Honored as Finalist in 2011 Software & Information Industry Association CODiE Awards

Boston (PRWEB) May 02, 2011

MyReadingLab, Pearson?s interactive online learning program for building literacy skills, is a finalist in the prestigious 2011 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards. The first and only program created specifically for developmental reading students, MyReadingLab is honored in the Best Reading/English Instructional Solution category.

Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement across the software, digital information and education technology industries. Nominated products undergo an intensive review by subject matter experts, analysts, journalists and other respected authorities in education technology.

?When students enter college without the requisite literacy skills for academic success, institutions around the country turn to MyReadingLab to provide a personalized environment for accelerating the development of reading skills,? said Paul Crockett, Director of Media and Digital Strategy for Pearson Arts and Sciences. ?This complete online learning system allows students to build the reading skills they need to excel in whatever discipline they are pursuing. We are honored that MyReadingLab is recognized as a finalist in the 2011 SIIA CODiE Awards program.?

MyReadingLab personalizes learning for students with a wealth of instructional resources, practice exercises and comprehensive assessment and progress tracking. Each topic in the online environment includes an overview with an abbreviated skill lesson, examples modeling the use of the skill, animated tutorials that help students see as well as hear the concepts, and an integrated eText. Students receive instant feedback on their work ? freeing instructors to spend less time grading and more time working directly with their students.

In addition to MyReadingLab?s instruction, practice and assessment, students have access to other learning resources such as vocabulary and study skills websites and MySearchLab, Pearson?s robust research and plagiarism-detection website.

For the second consecutive year, Pearson tops the list of companies with products named as CODiE finalists, with 15 innovative ed-tech and information management products earning recognition. All were developed based on the company?s commitment to leveraging the power of technology and innovation to prepare today?s students for success in college and careers. Pearson products earning finalist honors span the spectrum of today?s breakthrough education and business technology products, such as mobile learning apps, educational games, technology-driven professional development and robust systems for managing information and data. Pearson?s programs are focused on college- and career-readiness and preparing students to meet the Common Core State Standards.

In addition to MyReadingLab, the company?s products moving on to the next round of competition in this year?s CODiE Awards are Briggs/Cochran Calculus; enVisionMATH: Understanding Fractions; EQUELLA; Grammar Jammers Primary Edition; Hospitality and Tourism Interactive; MyLiteratureLab; MyMathLab Algebra I and II; MyMathTest; MyReadingLab; myWorld Geography; PowerSchool; PowerTeacher 2.0; SuccessMaker; SuccessMaker Collaborate; and Words Their Way Online Workshop.

MyReadingLab will be voted on by the entire SIIA membership, who determines the winner in each category. The CODiE Awards will be announced at the 2011 Ed Tech Industry Summit in San Francisco on May 23.

About Pearson

Pearson, the world?s leading learning company, has global reach and market leading businesses in education, business and consumer publishing (NYSE: PSO).

For more information, press only:

Lisa Wolfe, L. Wolfe Communications, 773-227-1049, lwolfe(at)lwolfe(dot)com

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Battle of the Strands Awards Kim Vo Top Salon in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) October 27, 2011

The Kim Vo Salon at the Mirage Casino received the award for Top Salon of Las Vegas at Battle of the Strands this past Sunday, October 23, 2011. Additional awards were given including Best in Hair, Best in Make-up, and People?s Choice. The Salon at Trump featuring Eli Sabat received best in hair for their extravagant take on the night?s theme. The Kim Vo Salon at the Mirage won Best in Make up as well as Top Salon. The fan voted award for People?s Choice was awarded to the Walk in Salon of Robert Cromeans at Mandalay Bay. Battle of the Strands was hosted by Best Beauty Essentials to promote the Las Vegas Beauty Industry as the Mecca of beauty attraction and is a thriving salon industry with talented and respected artists.

?I am very honored to be recognized with this award,? said Kim Vo. ?We all had such a blast at this event, and are looking forward to more to come in the future.?

The Battle of the Strands (http://www.battleofthestrands.com) competition and masquerade ball was held at the Spanish Mansion, a 10,000 square foot estate in a 2.5 acre enclosed property 1.5 miles from the strip. From 8:00 P.M. until midnight, participants competed in a hair, make-up, costume, props, and execution impact competition. The five salons competing were given a theme and asked to portray it onto their three models. This year?s theme was ?Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.? Four respected industry judges picked a winner based on a variety of categories and the winner received the award for Top Salon of Las Vegas 2011.

Prior to the show, Terry Jicinsky from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority spoke about the powerful potential of a thriving salon industry in Vegas. ?Las Vegas is, and always has been, the ?Entertainment Capital of the World,?? he said. ?The salon and fashion industries play a vital role in presenting our entertainers, hospitality workers and tourism industry professional as the world?s best.?

?I am genuinely one with you in your mission to make the rest of the country know what your salons are stylists are capable of as you raise the bar of the beauty industry,? said celebrity stylist Nick Arrojo from Izunami hair tools in a special video message. ?I share your passions towards creative excellence and its expression through Battle of the Strands. I congratulate [all of you] for coming together as one voice that will not only bring the Las Vegas salon industry forward, but will serve as a good example for the rest of the country.?

Before the salons unveiled their models for the competition, attendees were entertained by a fashion show from LVMH Piazza SEMPIONE and a dance performance by VZ Dance Studios.

The salons portrayed the themes creatively and expertly, with hair styled into everything from wreaths to sky-high towers of braids. The makeup and costumes were equally elaborate, and the overall effect with music and props was truly dramatic. The winning Kim Vo Salon featured a ghostly white Ghost of Christmas Past, a vine-covered Ghost of Christmas Present, writhing on the floor with a giant boa constrictor, and an eerie Ghost of Christmas Future with a gaping hole in place of a right eye. The audience interacted via social media and texted in their vote during the event. Text message votes were tallied to determine the People?s Choice recipient.

The following four stylists judged the competition: LaVey Ortiz, a Las Vegas celebrity make-up artist who is a favorite of celebrities including the Kardashians, the Hiltons sisters, Molly Sims, Rosario Dawson, and more; Kari Kisch, a make-up artist and stylist who has worked on celebrities including Alicia Keys, Michelle Obama, and Jennifer Aniston, as well as numerous magazine photo shoots; Lyle Malapit, Las Vegas Salon Owner, and hairstylist with almost a decade of experience; and Jenniveve McPherson, a costume designer who has designed for Vegas shows and owner of the production company and design team The Beverly Project, which has designed red carpet costumes for celebrities such as ?The Hills? star Audrina Patridge and Jersey Shore?s Nicole ?Snooki? Polizzi.

?Inspiration, passion, innovation and the most creativity I?ve witnessed at a single event,? said Kisch. ?I am still in awe at all the amazing contenders at Battle of the Strands! I can?t wait for the next!?

?I would like to congratulate the five salons that put their unique talents and creativity to be on display today,? said Rossi Ralenkotter, President and CEO of Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority after the show commenced. ?Congratulations to the winners, and finally, congratulations to Best Beauty Essentials for putting on a great event.?

VIP and celebrity guests were escorted to and from the event in Lamborghini and Audi luxury cars.

?Everything about this event was wonderful,? said celebrity guest Dr. Robert Rey, ?from my dramatic arrival in Lamborghini?s brands new supercar, the Aventador, to the spectacular show, to the delightful company I had the pleasure of enjoying the night with.?

?What an awesome night!? raved reality TV star Frenchy from Rock of Love. ?Whenever I need my hair or makeup done while I am in town, I know that I am in good hands with the salons of Las Vegas.?

?One thing that was obvious throughout the entire evening was everyone?s obsession with perfection,? said MasterChef runner-up Adrien Nieto. ?It really blew my mind. After this amazing event, I have a new profound respect for everyone in this industry.?

As the night progressed, guests enjoyed delicious food from Wild Truffles, a high end Las Vegas caterer lead by prominent chef Eva Paulussen.

The participating salons were The Spa at Trump featuring Eli Sabat, Walk in Salon by Robert Cromeans at Mandalay Bay, Kim Vo Salon at the Mirage (winner),

Canyon Ranch Salon at the Palazzo, and Cariloe Concept Salon.

Sponsors for this event included Izunami Hair Tools, Bhumi Earth make up brushes, Lamborghini of Las Vegas, Audi Henderson, LVMH Sponsored Piazza Sempione, Best Beauty Products Today, Samantha Rose Jewelry, and more.

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Hollywood Comes to the Canadian Comedy Awards

London, Ontario (PRWEB) October 8, 2007

The Comedy Network's Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival and Mindless Sophistication have teamed up to bring a little Hollywood to the 8th annual Awards & Festival this year. The event is taking place October 9 to 13th, with the awards ceremony occurring on October 12th in London, Ontario. This year's performers and nominees will be taking home a fabulous Hollywood style gift bag worth $ 2100 dollars. Nominees have been selected in 20 categories representing the best Canada has to offer in film, television, and live performance.

Canada's comedy elite such as Brent Butt, Catherine O'Hara, Russell Peters, Mark Kritch, Alan Park, Jessica Holmes, Colm Feore, Eric Peterson, Gavin Crawford, Shaun Majumder, Sheila McCarthy, and others will be celebrated at the awards. Performers include Gerry Dee, Jeremy Hotz, Royal Canadian Air Farce, the top sketch, improv, male and female stand-up comics of the year and many more. Nominees and performers will receive the following specially selected items in their gift bags when they arrive in London:

?Comedy Network Swag

?Crumpler Shopping Bag & Crumpler Thirsty AL XL

?Berry Wise Antioxidant Nutritional Supplement

?London Downtown Dollars

?Don't Quote Me Games

?Shape Health & Wellness Gift Certificate

?Website In A Box

?B.C. Bud Herbs

?Assorted Party Games from Hasbro http://www.hasbro.com

???? o????Electronic Catch Phrase, Pictionary, Scattergories, Jenga, and Taboo

?Freedent Total Whitening gum

?Everyday People Cartoon Greeting Cards by Cathy Thorne????????http://www.everydaypeoplecartoons.com

?Grand Marnier Gift Pack

?The French Side of Toronto

?Ciaobella Jewelry

?Moor Allure Naturals

?We Are What We Do Postcards

?Fraktals Chocolate Cashew Butter Crunch

The Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival was established eight years ago to recognize and celebrate Canadian comedic talent. In 2003, the awards show moved to London, Ontario and began growing into the festival it is today. Londoners continue to embrace the festival and enjoy shows, workshops, film screenings and even have a go at being funny themselves in the Funniest Person in London Contest.

Entertaining, fun and full of laughs the festival continues to delight audiences for four days of laughter with over 120 comedians and performers descending on London for 16 shows and events. The festival's mandate to recognize and celebrate Canadian achievements in comedy at home and abroad is the heart of the festival while showcasing Canada's homegrown stars.

All comedy, of all kinds, 24-hours-a-day, is the mandate of The Comedy Network, Canada's first-and-only specialty comedy service. Launched in October 1997, The Comedy Network offers an unrivalled slate of original Canadian productions, with 44 per cent of its revenues being reinvested in Canadian programming. To more than 4.8 million subscribers, The Comedy Network broadcasts, uncut and uncensored, an eclectic mix of stand-up, sketch, improvisation, and animated comedy as well as topical comedy talk shows, game shows and classic situation comedies. The Comedy Network is a division of CTV Television.

Mindless Sophistication is a celebrity product-placement advertising firm that specializes in gift bags for award shows and other celebrity based events.

Media Contacts:

Mindless Sophistication:

Sandra Aaron

Tel: 416-251-3278

Cell: 416-986-8164

E-mail: Sandra @ mindlesssophistication.com

Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival:

Cass Bayley

Tel: 519.263.5050

Cell: 519.852.0760

E-mail: cass @ bayleygroup.com

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