{"id":16375,"date":"2020-01-28T08:59:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/?p=16375"},"modified":"2024-01-18T16:25:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T23:25:47","slug":"vds-comes-up-big-in-the-stevie-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/vds-comes-up-big-in-the-stevie-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"VDS COMES UP BIG IN THE STEVIE AWARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Local SEO team for V Digital Services<\/a> has been named a finalist in the fourteenth annual Stevie\u00ae Awards for Sales & Customer Service<\/a>, meaning they\u2019ll ultimately be gold, silver or bronze winners in the contest.<\/p>\n The nine-member Local SEO team, an integral part of one of America\u2019s fastest-growing digital marketing agencies, will be among dozens of finalists from the U.S. and other countries honored at a gala banquet Friday, February 28 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n The Stevie Awards\u00ae organizes several of the world\u2019s leading business awards shows, including the prestigious International Business Awards\u00ae and the Stevie Awards\u00ae for Great Employers. Created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition for the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide, the Stevie\u00ae Awards are widely considered the world’s premier business awards.<\/p>\n “Being nominated as a finalist for a Stevie\u00a0Award is a direct result of the dedication and hard work from our Local SEO team,\u201d said VDS vice president for agency and client services Taylor West. \u201cThey set the bar high not only for themselves, but they make us better as an agency by driving impactful results to our SMB clientele. I’m very proud to be part of such an amazing team.”<\/p>\n More than 2,600 nominations from companies across a broad range of industries in 48 nations were evaluated in this year\u2019s Stevie competition. Finalists were determined by averaging scores from seven specialized judging committees, and entries were considered in categories ranging from sales training to customer service and business development. Past Stevie Award winners include Apple, BASF, Ford Motor Company, Procter & Gamble and Samsung.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery finalist nominee should be proud of the work they did over the past 18 months to be recognized by the judges,\u201d said Maggie Gallagher, president of the Stevie Awards. \u201cThey should also be proud of how well they effectively communicated those achievements to the judges.\u201d<\/p>\n By constantly monitoring the industry and offering a high-energy work environment that encourages and rewards creative thinkers, VDS has been able to fill its ranks with the country\u2019s fastest-rising talent. The company\u2019s Local SEO team consists of seven fulfillment specialists and two managers. Together they serve nearly 1,900 locations across the United States and boast a 96 percent average retention rate.<\/p>\n “The Local SEO team is extremely\u00a0honored and excited to be listed as finalists against\u00a0some of the biggest brands in the nation for the Customer Service Team of the year by the Stevie Awards,\u201d said VDS local manager Ashley Antill.\u00a0\u201cOur success is an accumulation\u00a0of everyone’s efforts day in and day out to drive client success, offer support to our sales teams and retain clients by delivering value.”<\/p>\n The honor for the Local SEO team follows a year of corporate recognition for V Digital Services. In November, the company was named the 2019 \u201cCompany of the Year\u201d among American marketing firms by the Business Intelligence Group\u2019s BIG Awards for Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n In July, VDS took home four wins in the Globee Awards<\/a>, including a prestigious gold medal for having the most robust jobs growth in its category. In May, the agency was named one of the nation\u2019s fastest growing companies by the American Business Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n As the digital marketing arm of corporate parent Voice Media Group<\/a>, V Digital Services operates in twelve major American cities, including the Top 25 markets where VMG publishes such award-winning publications as Denver Westword<\/a> and Phoenix New Times<\/a>. As a Premier Google Partner, VDS combines the reach of those established publication properties with cutting-edge digital strategies for customers.<\/p>\n VDS employs an array of analysts and account managers who specialize in helping small and large businesses achieve success in the digital space through the use of cutting-edge strategies in organic SEO, paid media, social media management, web development, and both programmatic and pay-per-click advertising. The Local SEO team for V Digital Services has been named a finalist in the fourteenth annual Stevie\u00ae Awards for Sales & Customer Service, meaning they\u2019ll ultimately be gold, silver or bronze winners in the contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":25859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHigh-performing individuals interested in pursuing a career with VDS should visit the company\u2019s careers page at https:\/\/www.vdigitalservices.com\/work-with-us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"