PostcardMania’s VP Marketing named judge for 2006 WebAward competition

Clearwater, FL, 22 May 2006 – The Web Marketing Association announced today that Joe Niewierski, VP Marketing for PostcardMania – the nation’s leading direct mail postcard marketing company, was invited to participate as a judge for the 2006 WebAward Competition. This year a record number of entries from around the world are expected and industry leaders across the globe volunteer to support the program and help set the standard of excellence for web site development in 96 different industries.

The International WebAward Competition is a web site award program set up to recognize talented individual and team efforts in outstanding web site development and generate internet marketing exposure for award winning web sites.

Nominations for best web site will come from interactive agencies and web site marketing departments in more than 33 countries from around the world and the competition will name the best web sites in 96 industry categories.

According to the WebAward Competition, judging is an educational experience that helps judges develop a critical eye to the many facets of leading-edge web development. The competition judging will take place in June and July 2006 and the winners will be publicly on September 18th. Among the many WebAward Sponsors, are PR Web and MacWorld.

We believe it is important to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective and best web sites on the Internet today said the Web Marketing Association.

About PostcardMania: PostcardMania, started by Joy Gendusa in 1998, is a full service postcard direct mail marketing company which includes graphic design, printing, mailing list acquisition and mailing services with free marketing advice. By 2005 the company did $12 million in sales, employed over 100 people and was recognized as the one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the nation by Inc Magazine and one of the 50 fastest growing corporations in Tampa Bay by the Tampa Bay Business Journal in 2006. Visit www.postcardmania.com

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 web site development. Visit www.webaward.org.