SUMMARY PRESS RELEASE
Irish entrepreneur, Krishna De is recognised as one of Ireland’s leaders in social media winning the Best Business Podcaster Award in the 2009 Net Visionaries sponsored by the Irish Internet Association and Enterprise Ireland.
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Press Release – May 22, 2009 – Krishna De (http://www.krishnade.com) has been recognised as one of Ireland’s leaders in digital marketing and social media and was awarded ‘Best Business Podcaster Award’ in the 2009 Net Visionaries sponsored by the Irish Internet Association and Enterprise Ireland (www.iia.ie) on the 21 May 2009.
Krishna De is a prominent speaker, writer and commentator in Europe guiding, executives, marketing, PR, communications and HR professionals how to engage with customers and stakeholders using new media including business blogging, corporate podcasting and online video. She also provides hundreds of free audio and video podcasts and articles on her website so that companies can start to integrate social media into their own marketing and communications plan (http://www.BizGrowthNews.com).
The award of ‘Best Business Podcaster’ was after a rigorous three-stage process of nominations from the public, judging by an industry panel of experts and voting by the public.
“It is an honour to receive such a prestigious award” commented Krishna De. “Our podcasts are a great example of how a small business can use the Internet as a cost effective way of attracting new customers, clients and build visibility and your reputation, all of which are important in today’s highly competitive environment.”
She went on to state “Podcasting is still in it’s infancy in adoption in Europe; many business leaders underestimate their impact in enabling companies to connect and engage with a community of listeners and potentially create brand ambassadors. Our company (http://www.bizgrowthmedia.com) works with our clients including PR and marketing agencies, professional services firms and conference organisers in creating podcasts – both audio podcasts and online video podcasts. They are successfully using them to attract more leads, to enhance customer service and to support employee engagement, change management and communication programmes”.
You will find Krishna De active in social networking platforms from Twitter to Facebook, LinkedIn to YouTube where she provides free resources, tips and guidelines on how you can adopt social media as part of your marketing and communications programmes.
ABOUT KRISHNA DE
Krishna De is an award winning digital marketing and brand engagement mentor and professional speaker. Krishna is a featured expert on personal branding and leveraging online marketing and social media in the new viral marketing book ‘World Wide Rave‘ published by Wiley, 2009.
With an extensive international career having worked in over 30 countries and living in 3 continents she now actively influences and contributes to the capability, growth and development of Irish businesses through e-branding and online marketing through her writing, speaking, workshops and mentoring, is a member of the Social Media Working Group of the Irish Internet Association and is the Social Media expert on the faculty of the Irish Digital Marketing Institute.
For more information or to request an interview with Krishna De please contact: media@bizgrowthnews.com
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For more information or to request an interview with Krishna De please contact: media@bizgrowthnews.com
