THIRD TIME’S A CHARM FOR ZANOX

Prestigious multimedia organization awards leading online marketing company Platinum Seal of E-Excellence three years consecutively
 
zanox, the global market leader in online performance-based marketing, today announced the company was awarded the Platinum European Seal of E-Excellence at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, for its outstanding achievements and innovative online marketing solutions. Presented by the European Multimedia Forum (EMF) and its partner associations, the seal is awarded to ICT & digital media companies with an excellent track record in innovation marketing. This year’s Platinum seal marks the third consecutive year Zanox has received the prestigious award.

zanox is a provider of performance-based online marketing solutions and services on a global scale, with expertise in affiliate marketing, search engine management, e-mail marketing and customer loyalty programs. The company operates on a CPA (cost per action) business model, where advertisers and publishers are only required to pay when clicks result in successful leads, sales or registrations. As the first global supplier of this type of service, zanox is the only industry player with a true global  solution, enabling clients to execute an online worldwide marketing strategy with relative ease.

"We are honoured to have received the Platinum Seal of E-Excellence from the EMF three years in a row, again recognizing our pioneering efforts in developing best-of-breed technology for performance-based online marketing, our continually expanding global presence and our specific industry expertise." said Thomas Hessler, CEO of zanox.

Chosen out of hundreds of leading digital media companies across the globe, zanox was awarded the highest-level Platinum seal for its vastly innovative zanox XS solution in addition to the company’s exponential international growth. Since its foundation in 2000, zanox has expanded its global affiliate network to encompass more than one million sales partners worldwide and established ground presence in Chicago, UK, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, France, the Nordics and China in conjunction with the recent addition of another U.S. office in New York.

About the European Seal of Excellence
The European Multimedia Form, the main European Trade Association promoting the competitiveness of the converging digital media industries in the global market place, and its national and regional partner associations award the annual "European Seal of Excellence in Multimedia" to companies all over the world for particularly innovative and successful marketing strategies. There are three levels of awards including silver and gold, with the Platinum category representing the highest honour of the European Seal of E-Excellence.

About zanox
zanox is the global market leader for performance-based multichannel commerce and the zanox XS solution provides a global platform for efficiently marketing products and services on the Internet. Award winning affiliate marketing and search engine management, zanox's online marketing services include e-mail marketing and customer loyalty programs. More than 2,000 prestigious international companies across diverse business sectors from telecoms to travel and retail to finance with household names such as Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Orange, Jamster, DADAmobile and Celldorado utilising the zanox network. In the travel sector, business such as KLM, Air Berlin, Opodo, lastminute.com employ zanox's strategic distribution channel. Retail customers include Amazon, Otto, Neckermann, La Redoute and within the financial service sector Citibank and Royal Bank of Scotland are valued customers.

zanox currently works with more than one million sales partners in over 190 countries worldwide. zanox partners earn solid revenues by advertising on websites, search engines, as well as in e-mails and software. zanox was founded in 2000 by CEOs Thomas Hessler, Heiko Rauch and Jens Hewald and employs more than 300 people. Since 2007 zanox is part of the Axel Springer and PubliGroupe. Axel Springer is Germany´s biggest newspaper publishing house and third-largest magazine publisher. PubliGroupe is an internationally active marketer and service provider for cross-media commercial communication.