CityVoter.com Surpasses 3 Million Verified Votes to Determine the Best Local Businesses
BOSTON, Mass. (Sept. 22, 2009)
CityVoter.com, the leading social media platform for the insider's scoop on the best of every city, today announced it has passed a major milestone in helping consumers find the best businesses nationwide. CityVoter.com has received and verified more than three million consumer votes across its media network.
"Since 2006, millions of consumers have used CityVoter's social platform to recommend their favorite local businesses," said Josh Walker, CityVoter CEO and Founder. "We've verified votes for salons, museums, gyms, and even the hottest local firefighter. I'm thrilled to announce we've passed this milestone. It's a huge indicator of our ability to drive local engagement."
CityVoter.com partners with traditional media companies—television, radio and newspapers—to help them immerse their brands with community and social media. Each partner launches with a contest inviting consumers to nominate, vote for, comment on, and browse their favorite local businesses. Business owners compete with in-store signage, viral marketing, and free online photo and video profiles.
Each voting period lasts approximately two months each year. The following are among CityVoter's most successful local "best of" contests:
- Sacramento - Hearst-Argyle's KCRA: more than 120,000 votes in 2009
- Detroit - Post-Newsweek's WDIV: more than 180,000 votes in 2009
- Seattle - Belo's King 5: more than 140,000 votes in 2008
- Cleveland - LocalTV's FOX 8: more than 140,000 votes in 2008
- Indianapolis - McGraw-Hill's WRTV: more than 94,000 votes in 2009
Consumers can carry CityVoter.com's official "best of" lists with them by downloading the company's new iPhone application. All of CityVoter.com's official "best of" lists can be seen at http://cityvoter.com/best-of. Most importantly, consumers are free to disagree with the results of these contests and create their own "best of" list by heading to http://cityvoter.com/guide/create.
About CityVoter, Inc.
CityVoter.com is the leading social platform for the insider's scoop. It allows insiders who know a city best to vote for their favorites and leave helpful recommendations. CityVoter.com guides people in discovering great new places and making the best decisions in all aspects of their lives, not just around the big events. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, CityVoter.com helps leading media companies like Belo, Barrington, FOX, Raycom, Hearst-Argyle, Hearst Newspapers, McGraw-Hill, and Post-Newsweek to engage and monetize their local audience, successfully converge with digital media, and immerse their brands into the local social experience. For more information, visit CityVoter.com.