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Prestigious Stevie ® Awards Honors
Conduit in "Best New Media" category
Redwood Shores, CA - June 12, 2007 –
Conduit, the leading platform for building online communities
via community toolbars today announced that it has been chosen as a finalist in
the 5th annual American Business Awards for this year's Best New Media Product or
Service.
Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" (New
York Post ,
April 27, 2005
), The American Business Awards ('Stevie's') are the only national, all-encompassing
awards program honoring great performances in business. Conduit was selected as
a finalist in the Best Media Product category by a panel of top business executives
who evaluated over 2,000 leading companies spanning virtually every industry. Conduit's
clear technology leadership, innovative business model, breakthrough value for publishers
and explosive growth were factors that earned it the selection. In fact, Conduit
has exploded globally in two years with over 12 million users, 130,000 publishers
and acquires a new user every 2 seconds.
Conduit empowers publishers to convert casual site
visitors into passionate community members via a customizable community toolbar
that users can download to connect instantly and persistently with the publisher.
For example, Major
League Baseball connects fans with their favorite teams in real-time
via a community toolbar, powered by Conduit. Fans can listen to games, get instant
score updates, read team news alerts, chat with other fans, buy tickets, and more
— all from their community toolbar. In addition to major names in entertainment
like MLB,
John Mayer and
Taylor Hicks, Conduit has also gained
remarkable traction with long tail publishers, due to its free, hosted, turnkey
service that is easy to use and quick to launch. Anyone can create, and instantly
launch, their community toolbar at
www.conduit.com.
"Conduit's commitment to
delivering a powerful new media for driving user engagement has resulted in a breakthrough
service that publishers love. The fact that Conduit is completely free, available
in 22 languages, and easy to use has resulted in rapid adoption globally," said
Ronen Shilo, CEO, Conduit. "We are honored to be recognized as a leader by such
a prestigious organization and to share the stage with an elite group of companies."
"Being named a Finalist in
The American Business Awards is an important achievement," said Michael Gallagher,
founder and president of The Stevie Awards. "It means that independent business
executives have agreed that the nominee is worthy of national recognition."
Conduit was announced as a finalist in the presence
of some 700 business executives from across the
U.S.
at the 2007 awards dinner and presentations at
New
York
's Marriott Marquis Hotel on Monday, June 11.
Nicknamed the Stevie for the Greek word
"crowned," the elegant Stevie trophy was designed by the same company that makes
the Oscar and the Emmy.
Details about The American Business Awards and the
list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.
About The Stevie Awards
Hailed as "the business
world's own Oscars," Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American
Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women
in Business, and the Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards. Honoring companies 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
www.stevieawards.com.
About
Conduit
Conduit is the leading platform for building online
communities via community toolbars. Online publishers can use Conduit to quickly
and easily create a free community toolbar to persistently connect and engage their
users via the browser. Consumers can use the myConduit toolbar to search and subscribe
with one click to the hottest web communities. Conduit delivers unprecedented community
loyalty and site traffic for over 130,000 publishers, including major brands such
as Major League Baseball, Fox Carolina TV, Greenpeace, RE/MAX, TechCrunch, Blogdigger
and small and medium organizations in 112 countries around the globe. Conduit's
innovative search monetization model allows the service to be completely free and
without adware, malware and spyware. The company is privately-held with headquarters
in
Israel
and
Redwood Shores, CA
. For more information about Conduit, visit
www.conduit.com or email
info@conduit.com.
Press Contact
Michelle Stevens
PerkettPR for Conduit
415-877-0230
conduit@perkettpr.com
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