Conduit Chosen as a Finalist in the 2007 American Business AwardsSM
Prestigious Stevie ® Awards Honors Conduit in "Best New Media" category
June 12, 2007 — Redwood Shores, CA
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.
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