Greater Baltimore Tech Council Appoints WebAdvantage.net President Hollis Thomases “GBTC Ambassador”

Honorary title recognizes Thomases as a respected member of GBTC and greater Baltimore’s business community.

Havre de Grace, MD, March 14, 2008 — WebAdvantage.net, (http://www.webadvantage.net), a strategic search marketing and online advertising agency, today announced that the Greater Baltimore Tech Council, a non-profit organization devoted to building and growing the region’s tech community through unique programs and initiatives, appointed WebAdvantage.net President Hollis Thomases “GBTC Ambassador”. The honorary Ambassador title, given to only 13 GBTC members, recognizes Thomases as a respected member of the GBTC and greater Baltimore’s business community who has consistently promoted the GBTC and its membership over the years. Learn more about the GBTC Ambassadors.

Hollis Thomases, a graduate of Cornell University, has gained a reputation as one of the industry’s most pragmatic and insightful online marketing gurus. In 2008, she was named “Enterprising Woman of the Year” in the “more than $1 million and up to $5 million” category. In March 2007, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded Thomases “Small Business Person of the Year” for the state of Maryland. The annual award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs for their contribution to the nation’s economy and personal achievements. The Greater Baltimore Technology Council named her agency a “Smart Giant” and in 2006, Smart Woman magazine selected WebAdvantage.net as a “Best Place for Business Women to Work.”

Thomases is an active participant in the business and marketing communities. She is a member of the CEO Club, the Philadelphia Interactive Marketing Association, the Eastern Technology Council, and the eWomen Network. She sits on several boards including, the Balihoo Product Advisory Board; the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board Information Technology Industry Initiative Steering Committee; Harford County Economic Development Advisory Board; Harford County’s Small Business Development Center Advisory Board; Association for Interactive Marketing’s Online Promotions Council; and the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education’s Teen Web Project.

WebAdvantage.net is one of the Mid-Atlantic’s leading online marketing agencies, increasing its 2007 business portfolio more than 50 percent. A 2007 Forrester report concluded that corporate marketing executives prefer boutique agencies that specialize in digital media than staying with their traditional advertising/marketing agencies.

About WebAdvantage.net
Founded in 1998, WebAdvantage.net is an online marketing company that provides strategic Internet marketing services, including search engine optimization, PPC campaign management, online media planning, social media marketing, and Internet marketing consulting. WebAdvantage.net’s collaborative, high-touch, results-centric approach to solutions has consistently garnered awards and loyal clients, including: Nokia USA, Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association, Nature Made Vitamins, Check Point, St. Agnes Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Blair Corporation, Long Fence, Connections Academy and Sunoco.

President and founder Hollis Thomases authors the “Online Media Buying Agency Strategies” column, for ClickZ.com and “Business Perspective on Online Marketing,” for citybizlist.com’s CityBizBlogs.

Learn more about our Internet Marketing Services or call 410-942-0488.

WebAdvantage.net Press Contact:
Debra Eisenberg
(301) 523-9224
deisenberg1@comcast.net

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