4th Annual WSI Excellence Awards 2009

Toronto, Canada, October 03, 2009 --(PR.com)-- With the increasing advancement in Internet marketing tools, techniques and technology, it is only fitting that the world’s leading provider of Internet marketing solutions, WSI recognizes excellence in this dynamic field. The 4th Annual WSI Excellence Awards were announced at the international Excellence and Innovation (E&I) Convention in Orlando from September 29th to 30th, 2009. More than 250 WSI Internet Marketing Consultants, part of the largest Internet marketing franchisee network globally, were present at the gala dinner and awards night.

Ron McArthur, president, WSI says, “The WSI Excellence Awards recognize excellence in design, product demonstration, language and industry representation on the Web. For the fourth year in a row, we have seen some stellar websites and Internet marketing excellence from the global WSI network. It is firm testimony to our industry leadership and continuous innovation towards reaching new frontiers in this exciting field. For the client organizations that have placed their trust and invested wisely in a business partnership with their WSI Consultant, I can only encourage them to continue on and reap richer rewards. I congratulate all the winners of the 4th Annual WSI Excellence Awards. ”

The awards were presented under 2 categories – WSI Web Awards for Web Design and WSI Marketing Awards for Internet Marketing.

This year’s award winners under the sub-categories for Web Design are as follows:

Creative Excellence

WSI Consultant: Julie Kiffmeyer
Client: Indiana Outdoor Lighting
www.IndianaOutdoorLighting.com

eCommerce Excellence

WSI Consultant: Chris Schofield
Client: Black Tangerine
www.BlackTangerine.co.uk

Industry Excellence

WSI Consultants: Michael Richards and Scott Wasserman
Client: Anarchy Eyewear
www.AnarchyEyewear.com

WSI eFusion Excellence & Best Website Overall

WSI Consultants: Michael Richards and Scott Wasserman
Client: Angel Eyewear
www.AngelEyewear.com

WSI Business Edge Excellence

WSI Consultant: Chris Schofield
Client: Minoli
www.Minoli.co.uk

Non-English Site Excellence

WSI Consultants: Matias and Damian Ramia
Client: Republica Del Cacao
www.RepublicaDelCacao.com

The award winners for sub-categories under Internet Marketing are:

SEO - Winner

WSI Consultant: Dominique de Coster
Client: Le Lys d’Or

SEO – 1st Runner-Up

WSI Consultant: Gregg Towsley
Client: Smart 2 Be Green

SEO – 2nd Runner-Up

WSI Consultant: Gary Levine
Client: Custom Fitness Concepts

Pay-per-Click

WSI Consultant: Neal Lappe
Client: PackandRide

Web Analytics

WSI Consultant: Francois Muscat
Client: Apex Predator

WSI introduced the WSI Excellence Awards in 2006 to showcase the very best of thousands of the Internet solutions created each year by WSI Consultants in their local markets around the world. The WSI Excellence Awards are divided into 2 categories: Web Awards, which recognizes website design excellence and Marketing Awards, which recognizes outstanding Internet marketing campaigns. Several hundred sites and case studies were submitted by Consultants to be considered for the 2009 WSI Excellence Awards. All sites and case studies were scored and ranked by a team of auditors from the WSI head office, who created a short list of the top submissions, resulting in 59 nominations. The nominees were then voted on by the global community of WSI Consultants to determine the winners in the 7 subcategories of the Web Awards and 3 subcategories of the Marketing Awards. The 2009 WSI Excellence Awards were distributed at WSI’s international Convention in Orlando, USA on September 29, 2009. For more information on the WSI Excellence Awards, please visit www.WSIAwards.com.

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