Bazaarvoice Chosen as a Finalist for the ''Red Herring 100 North America'' Awards; Prestigious Annual List Honors Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Business of Technology.AUSTIN, Texas -- Bazaarvoice, an innovator in helping brands use online word of mouth to build their businesses, today announced its selection as one of the top 200 contenders for the annual "Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: 100 North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. " award list. More than a thousand privately held technology companies were evaluated for the prestigious award. Finalists were selected based on excellence across a range of quantitative and qualitative criteria, including financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, and execution of strategy. "We can see the resurgence re·sur·gence n. 1. A continuing after interruption; a renewal. 2. A restoration to use, acceptance, activity, or vigor; a revival. of the tech sector reflected in the quantity and variety of excellent companies that we had to chose from in putting our list together," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "It was difficult to choose the 200 finalists and we are very happy with the stellar quality of the companies on this short-list short-list tr.v. short-list·ed, short-list·ing, short-lists To include (a candidate for a job, for example) on a shortlist. ." Launched in February 2006, Bazaarvoice offers the industry's only hosted and fully managed solution for on-site customer ratings and reviews. With Bazaarvoice, online businesses can empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems their customers to connect with and influence each other to make more informed and rewarding purchase decisions, without delving into complex IT work or the laborious la·bo·ri·ous adj. 1. Marked by or requiring long, hard work: spent many laborious hours on the project. 2. Hard-working; industrious. process of community management. The Bazaarvoice solution is the first to combine outsourced technology, community management services, analytics, and syndication to help clients harness and encourage word of mouth marketing, and bring it closer to their brand and customer experience. Bazaarvoice clients such as CompUSA, Golfsmith, and PETCO are already realizing real business benefit from integrating customer reviews into their sales, marketing, merchandising merchandising Element of marketing concerned especially with the sale of goods and services to customers. One aspect of merchandising is advertising, which aims to capture the interest of the segment of the population most likely to buy the product. , and manufacturing processes. "Bazaarvoice allows businesses to bring the customer voice into the center of the eCommerce experience," said Brett Hurt, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bazaarvoice. "Our clients are successfully using relevant and credible customer-generated content to increase multichannel Using two or more paths for transmission or processing. It can refer to a variety of architectures including (1) multiple I/O channels between the CPU and peripheral devices, (2) multiple wires in a cable, (3) multiple "logical" channels within a single wire or fiber or (4) multiple sales and conversion, attract new customers, and improve customer satisfaction and loyalty. We are honored to be recognized by Red Herring for our role in helping businesses online achieve this new level of success." "Red Herring 100 North America" Award The "Red Herring 100 North America" award is an important part of Red Herring's tradition of recognizing new and innovative technology firms and their entrepreneurial founders. Bazaarvoice and the other nominees were rigidly evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. This unique assessment of potential complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company allows Red Herring to see past the "buzz" and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry. Red Herring Spring 2006 CEO Summit As part of this tradition to honor innovation and entrepreneurship in the business of technology, Red Herring will again host "Red Herring Spring," a two-day invitation-only summit for the CEOs and founders of the Red Herring 100 winners and finalists in Monterey, California For other uses, see Monterey (disambiguation). The City of Monterey is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in central California. As of 2005, the city population was 30,641. . The summit's C-level attendees will convene CONVENE, civil law. This is a technical term, signifying to bring an action. under the theme "The Pursuit of Disruption disruption /dis·rup·tion/ (dis-rup´shun) a morphologic defect resulting from the extrinsic breakdown of, or interference with, a developmental process. " to discuss major trends and opportunities and to explore partnerships, alliances, investments, and M&A activities. Further information regarding the event and how to register is available at http://www.herringevents.com/rhspring06. About Bazaarvoice Based in Austin, Texas, Bazaarvoice offers outsourced technology, community management services, analytics, and syndication to encourage and harness word of mouth marketing, and bring it closer to a company's brand and customer experience. The company's flagship hosted and fully managed customer ratings and review service allows businesses to enable, encourage, and analyze customer ratings and reviews on their website. With Bazaarvoice, companies can empower their customers to share honest opinions and influence each other to make more informed and rewarding purchase decisions. Clients like CompUSA, Golfsmith, and PETCO benefit from a credible and reliable customer-to-customer community, without having to delve into complex IT work or the laborious process of community management. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.bazaarvoice.com or email info@bazaarvoice.com. About Red Herring Red Herring is a sophisticated insider's guide to the business of technology, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy, from the Internet to wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. and digital entertainment. Red Herring reports on how innovation and entrepreneurship are transforming business and how the business of technology is transforming the world, providing readers with a deep understanding of venture capital and capital markets. Recognized as an essential resource in today's fast-changing business world, Red Herring gets the right answers before anyone else even thinks to ask the questions. More information on Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion