Web Ad.vantage Awards and Affiliations

Web Ad.vantage and our President Hollis Thomases have been recognized for numerous business awards and honors.

Most recently Hollis was recognized by University of Baltimore’s Merrick School of Business as the 2009 Distinguished Business Innovation Entrepreneur.

Hollis was also honored by the Small Business Administration as Maryland’s Small Business Person of the Year 2007.

Additional distinctions for Hollis and Web Ad.vantage include:

• 2008 “Enterprising Woman of the Year Award” in the “more than $1 million
  and up to $5 million” category
• Baltimore Business Journal Ranks WebAdvantage.net as 35th Largest Woman-Owned Business
• 2008 “Best 10 Social Media Optimization Companies” by TopSEOs.com
• Greater Baltimore Tech Council names Web Ad.vantage one of the region’s “Small Giants”
• 2007 “Top 10 PPC Management” Awards
• 2007 Athena Award Finalist, ATHENA Foundation and Harford Community College/Women’s Business Program
• “Best Place for Business Women to Work,” Smart Women Magazine
• “40 Under 40 Award,” Baltimore Business Journal
• “Bush Declaration Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit,” Harford County (sole recipient)
• “Best of B2B Site” for media & advertising, Forbes Magazine
• “Smart Solutions Award” for female entrepreneurs, ING-Aetna (also led to a feature on CNNfn.com)

Web Ad.vantage is a Certified Minority Business Enterprise and a member of the Greater Baltimore Tech Council. Hollis and her team are active participants in the business community and additional memberships include:

• Balihoo Product Advisory Board
• Greater Baltimore Technology Council (GBTC)
• CEO Club, Baltimore, Maryland
• Philadelphia Interactive Marketing Association
• Eastern Technology Council
• Netpreneur.org – Greater Washington Entrepreneurs Exchange
• eWomenNetwork
• Harford County Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB)
• Harford County Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB), Technology Sub-committee
• Harford County’s Small Business Development Center
• Harford County Chamber of Commerce
• Association for Interactive Marketing’s Online Promotions Council
• Maryland Business Roundtable for Education’s Teen Web Project

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