ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – YourMembership.com Inc., a St. Petersburg-based Web community and membership software developer, today announced its online community product has won the Web Marketing Association's (WMA) 2006 WebAward for Best Online Community Website. All entries were judged on a 1-10 scale for design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting and ease of use. YourMembership.com surpassed the industry average score for all seven criteria, including a perfect score of "10" for technology.
"We are thrilled to be selected the Best Online Community Website of 2006 by the WMA," said William H. Stover Jr., President of YourMembership.com, Inc. "For the past 9 years we have been working to develop a flexible and secure online community for organizations of all size. This type of industry recognition from the Web Marketing Association would not be possible if it were not for the incredible hard work of our development and client services teams."
Previous winners of the WMA's "Best Online Community Website" include: Procter & Gamble's Beinggirl Website; Weight Watchers International's WeightWatchers.com; Coca Cola's CokeMusic.com, Oxygen Media's Oxygen.com; IBM's World Jam, PlanetOut, The Wedding Channel and Kodak's PhotoQuilt 2000 Project.
About the Web Marketing Association
The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and web development on the World Wide Web. Staffed by volunteers, this organization is made up of Internet marketing, online advertising, PR, and web site design professionals who share an interest in improving the quality of online advertising, internet marketing, and website promotion. The Web Marketing Association is the producer of the WebAward Competition. Now in its 10th year, the WebAwards is the premier annual web site award competition that names the best Web sites in 96 industries while setting the standard of excellence for all website development.
Established in 1998 YourMembership.com is a software company that helps member-centric organizations around the world provide more value to their members, expand their membership bases, and enhance overall operational efficiencies. YourMembership.com’s SaaS-model membership software solution features three integrated components – a complete member website, online community and membership management software – that transform how organizations capture valuable member data and transform that data into actionable information. For more information visit www.YourMembership.com.