Ziggs, Inc., the fast-growing search platform for finding people in business online, today announced Ariane Benefit has been selected as the individual winner of Ziggs’ ZBest Profile Award for November, 2005. Ms. Benefit, a professional organizer, coach and founder of NEAT LIVING™, is being honored with a ZBest Profile Award for her online presence created using Ziggs’ free profile service. Introduced in January 2005 to help set the Internet’s website standard for a quality, professional, online profile, the ZBest Profile Award is awarded monthly to both one organization and the one individual that has developed and presented the most professional online profile listed in the Ziggs Index.
Ariane Benefit’s professional online presence, created with Ziggs Profile Manager™ begins with a compelling biography of Ariane’s success in doing what she loves as a professional organizer by fulfilling “a deep need to empower people to live their lives as they choose – not as slaves to their stuff.” As founder of NEAT LIVING™ she strives to “bring top quality organizing services to individuals and small businesses as well as corporations.” As a performance improvement specialist, she brings to market her ability for finding “creative, practical and efficient solutions to solve performance problems.” She continues her biography by highlighting her consulting experience at numerous blue chip companies including Merrill Lynch, Prudential and UPS to name a few. She completes her biography by highlighting her educational background, her speaking experience, and her work as an author of hundreds of self-paced instructional books, videos and web-based e-learning programs.
In addition to her photo and biography, Ms. Benefit’s online profile also includes a self-written interview that consists of a series of questions and answers that highlight how her passion for helping and educating people, combined with inspiration from Hellen Buttigieg, host of the TV show NEAT, inspired her to start her own business. She then uses the Interests tab in her profile to share a link to her NEAT LIVING Blog, where she continues with her mission of and passion for helping people organize their lives, homes and offices.
“Ms. Benefit’s professional online profile is a valuable business asset that enables her to achieve both professional visibility and powerful branding online for herself and her company NEAT LIVING,” said Tim DeMello, chief executive officer and founder, Ziggs. “Her well-crafted professional profile enables her to deliver a well-rounded presentation of herself for use in business development, networking, and virtual introductions, creating trust and rapport with greater ease.” Ms. Benefit was able to quickly and easily create her comprehensive online profile using Ziggs’ insightful profiling template. To see Ms. Benefits’ online profile, visit www.Ziggs.com and search for “Ariane Benefit.”
Winners are chosen by Ziggs at the close of a monthly review process that includes an assessment of the professionalism, content value, brand value and creativity of all online profiles in the Ziggs Index. The professionalism measure weighs the overall quality of the entire profile, including the photograph. The content value measure rewards profiles that present the most valuable information to a prospect or client reviewing the profile. The brand value measure assesses the profile’s level of success in communicating the company brand and corporate identity within the profile. The creativity measure seeks to reward profiles that are creative in their efforts to communicate all of the above three elements. In combination, these measurements set the standard for the definition of a quality online profile.
Companies and individuals who wish to submit their online profile for consideration for future Ziggs ZBest Profile Awards can e-mail their profile submission to e-mail protected from spam bots. Entries received by the last date of a given month will be reviewed for consideration for the upcoming month’s award. Winning entries are announced in a press release, presented online at www.Ziggs.com, and receive a ZBest Award for display at their place of business. Help Ziggs help the industry raise the standard for professional online profiles, and submit your quality profile for consideration today.
About Ziggs, Inc.
Millions of professionals are searched for online every day. Dedicated to assisting professionals in meeting their business objectives by optimizing the experience of presenting to and connecting with professionals online, Ziggs is the first destination site for businesspeople search and professional profile management. Providing the fastest-growing index of current professional profiles on the Web, Ziggs delivers targeted professional search and easy-to-use profile management tools for companies and individuals that assist in generating new business opportunities by finding and connecting with professionals. Founded in October 2003, Ziggs is headquartered in Boston, MA. For more information, visit www.Ziggs.com.
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