Mobile App and Online Game Marketing firm Motive Interactive, specializing in performance based marketing on a cost per install user acquisition model was presented with two prestigious awards in the 11th Annual American Business
Awards in Chicago. Motive proudly accepted a Gold Stevie® Award in
the Fastest-Growing Company of the Year category and a Bronze Award in the
Company of the Year Award.
The American Business
Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations
operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and
private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.
Nicknamed the Stevies for
the Greek word for “crowned,” the trophies were presented to honorees during a
gala banquet on Monday, June 17 at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel.
More than 500 nominees and their guests attended. The presentations will be
broadcast by the Business TalkRadio Network on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
The 2013 American
Business Awards will be presented at two awards events: Monday’s banquet in
Chicago, and at the new products & tech awards event on Monday, September
16 in San Francisco.
More than 3,200 nominations
from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted
this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Most
Innovative Company of the Year, Management Team of the Year, Best New Product
or Service of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year,
and Executive of the Year, among others. Motive Interactive was nominated in
the Fastest-Growing Company of the Year and Company of the Year category for
Advertising and Marketing companies under with fewer than 100 employees.
Motive Interactive is a
global leader in online and
mobile marketing services. Founded in 2003, Motive is recognized for
its commitment to quality and its superior customer service, setting the
standard for the emerging mobile marketing industry. Motive's core business
is delivering installs on a performance
model (CPI) for many of the top mobile app and online game companies.
A commitment to providing premium service and quality installs is a fundamental
key to Motive's success. “Our success is a product of our staff’s incredible
industry knowledge and their commitment to the Motive mission. We are powered
by a team of dedicated, experienced, entrepreneurial professionals with a lead,
not follow, mindset. That’s our secret,” said Motive’s CEO and Founder Brendan
Smith.
John Teotico, Motive’s CFO, accepted the award in Chicago and had this to say, “We are honored to be
recognized for such a prestigious award, among such amazing companies. Our team
strives to be the best at what we do and these awards help validate that
tremendous effort”.
Stevie Award winners were
selected by more than 320 executives nationwide who participated in the judging
process this year.
“This year’s American
Business Awards was outsized in every way,” said Michael Gallagher, Stevie
Awards founder and president. “More entries and more judges than ever before,
and I’d have to say the most impressive collection of nominations we’ve ever
received. We congratulate all of this year’s Stevie winners for their
outstanding work.”
Details about The
American Business Awards and the lists of Stevie Award winners who were
announced on June 17 are available at http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.
About Motive
Interactive
Motive Interactive is a leading online and mobile performance marketing company
that represents brands across numerous verticals with a focus on user
acquisition in the mobile app and online game segments. A proven innovator,
Motive develops and markets technologies, strategies and services that increase
advertisers' ROI's and publishers' profits.
Founded in Lake Tahoe,
Nevada in 2003 by two former New York advertising executives, Motive opened its
San Diego location in 2007 and directed its sights on mobile and online game marketing. They
remain a privately held firm whose founders and management team have been
leaders in online marketing since 1996. Motive empowers advertisers and
publishers with a continuous process of technology solutions, industry
expertise, and a level of customer service that matches an agency of record
without the price tag. “Our dedication to our clients' success defines our
operating philosophy.” - Brendan Smith, Motive CEO and Founder.
Learn more about Motive
at http://www.motiveinteractive.com.
About the Stevie
Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The
International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the
Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. A fifth program, the Asia-Pacific
Stevie Awards, will debut this year. Honoring organizations 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 http://www.StevieAwards.com.
Sponsors and partners of
The 2013 American Business Awards include the Business TalkRadio Network,
Callidus Software, Citrix Online, Dynamic Research Corporation, Experian
Consumer Services, John Hancock Funds, LifeLock, PetRays, and SoftPro.
