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Webloyalty Selected By AlwaysOn Media As Top 100 Private Company Award Winner
NORWALK, CT - January 17, 2007 - Webloyalty.com, a leading provider of online marketing services, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn Media, a global media company and blog network, as one of the AO Media 100 Top Private Companies. AO Media 100 is a power list of the top private digital media companies. Webloyalty.com was handpicked by the AO Media editorial team based on a set of five criteria - innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.
Webloyalty.com and the AO Media 100 will be honored at the AO Media executive summit January 29-31, 2007 at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. The summit will focus on the forces that are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities in marketing, branding, advertising and public relations. The event will also showcase top innovative private companies that are changing the way media is created, distributed and consumed.
"The AO Media 100 are creating new revenue opportunities in the more than $16.4 billion online advertising market by disrupting traditional media and advertising models," said Tony Perkins, founder and editor-in-chief, AlwaysOn. "They are innovating by applying game-changing technology to key sectors including user-generated content, technology-enablers, mobile marketing, community platforms, Web analytics and online advertising services."
"Webloyalty.com prides itself on being an innovative company. We started with the premise of bringing retail cross-selling and up-selling to the Web and, through that focus, created a new way to market to individual consumer's needs and interests," said Rick Fernandes, CEO and co-founder, Webloyalty.com. "It is an honor to be recognized by AlwaysOn, a company driving innovation in the media industry."
The AO Media 100 was selected from over 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts.
A full list of all the AO Media 100 companies can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at http://www.alwayson.goingon.com/
About AO Media 2007
AlwaysOn Media is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the global advertising and media establishment. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities in the marketing, branding, advertising, and public relations industries. At AlwaysOn Media, our editors will also honor the AO Media 100 Top Private Companies. Fifty of the top CEOs from the AO Media 100 will pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in our "CEO Showcase."
About Webloyalty.com
Webloyalty.com, a leading provider of technology-based, online marketing services, supplies approximately two million subscribers with reward programs, as well as, discount and protection programs, including Reservation Rewards. Consumers benefit from high value subscription services that match their needs and interests. Webloyalty clients - over 130 e-commerce and travel businesses - benefit from increased revenue and repeat purchases.
Founded in 1999, Webloyalty was recently named the 12th fastest-growing technology company in North America and the fastest-growing technology company in Connecticut for the second consecutive year by the Deloitte & Touche "Technology Fast 500" and "Technology Fast 50 for Connecticut" awards programs.
Additional information about Webloyalty is available at http://www.webloyalty.com. For customer service, please contact 1-800-732-7031 or customerservice@webloyalty.com.
About AlwaysOn
ALWAYSON ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, ALWAYSON continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. ALWAYSON is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (STANFORD SUMMIT, ALWAYSON HOLLYWOOD, ALWAYSON MEDIA and GOINGGREEN) and quarterly print "blogozine" by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, ALWAYSON is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.
Webloyalty.com Media Contact:
Beth Kitchener
Telephone: 203-846-3300, ex. 394
Email: beth.kitchener@webloyalty.com
AO Media Contacts:
Renee Edelman
Telephone: 212-704-8249
Leslie Nakajima
Telephone: 650-762-2940
