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Mountain View, Ca. – AcademixDirect earned the “Best Customer Service” LEADER award from LeadsCouncil, the largest independent industry organization focused on online lead generation. The LEADER Awards is a new annual awards program designed to showcase the leading companies in online lead generation in three categories – education, lending and technology partners.
AcademixDirect CEO Karen C. Francis said “Providing exceptional service to our client schools is a top priority of AcademixDirect, so it is extremely gratifying to our team to have earned the Best Customer Service LEADER award, particularly as they are voted on by our customers, partners, and colleagues in our industry.”
“The main goal of the LeadsCouncil is to establish industry benchmarks and to make it easier for our members to find trusted partners,” said Dave Wengel, co-founder, LeadsCouncil. “We spent several months conducting surveys of lead buyers and lead sellers to determine the LEADER award winners — the best partners in the lead gen industry as selected by their peers, colleagues, clients, and partners. We congratulate AcademixDirect for being the lead buyers top choice when it comes to providing industry leading customer service.”
About LeadsCouncil (www.leadscouncil.com)
LeadsCouncil is the first independent industry organization dedicated strictly to advancing online lead generation. LeadsCouncil members include lead buyers, lead sellers, technology solutions providers, and investment professionals. The group focuses on best practices, research, education, and networking to provide a more transparent and effective marketplace for online lead generation.
About AcademixDirect (www.academixdirect.com)
As the leading innovator in education marketing focused entirely on higher education, AcademixDirect is a trusted partner creating tailored solutions for improving university enrollment. AcademixDirect strives to innovate better ways to connect college-bound students with the schools that will help them succeed. To that end, the company deploys advanced technology that incorporates a proprietary matching algorithm, lead scoring, and advanced targeting capabilities, as well as a unique customer-centric approach to create value for both educational institutions and students.
BusinessWire - Kennet Partners, a leading growth equity investor to capital-efficient companies, is delighted to announce that five of its portfolio companies have been named in the Inc. 500/5000 list of America’s fastest growing private companies.
Kennet congratulates the founders, CEOs, and the teams of its portfolio companies for their sustained commitment, innovation and performance. The Inc. 500|5000 ranks companies by overall revenue growth over a three-year period.
AcademixDirect (639% growth), led by Karen Francis, offers performance-based marketing to the post-secondary education market. Its suite of marketing services benefit from its proprietary matching algorithm, data purity assurance software, lead scoring, and targeting capabilities, that improves how colleges and universities find, recruit, and retain students. Revolution Prep (305% growth), led by Jake Neuberg and Ramit Varma is a test preparation and online education company that helps students score higher on SAT and ACT tests and improves high school graduation rates in the K12 market. The company provides SAT and ACT test preparation services though innovative distribution models. IntelePeer (302% growth), led by Frank Fawzi, offers a communication-as-a-service platform that enables carriers, service providers, and enterprises to access interexchange voice communication services from the cloud through its low cost, hosted VOIP peering network. Schoolwires (248% growth), led by Ed Marflak provides social communication, community-management and productivity solutions to the K-12 education market. The company’s product suite brings together robust, flexible website and community management and web 2.0/social network capabilities in a single, user-centric solution. Recommind (219% growth), led by Bob Tennant, offers a market leading enterprise search and categorization platform that automatically organizes, manages, and distributes large volumes of information from multiple sources for the corporate, legal and eDiscovery markets. With faster access to the right information, organizations can save time, enhance the quality of work product, increase the value of information assets, and improve competitiveness and profits.
“These are all great examples of capital-efficient businesses funded largely by customer revenues. Despite the tough economic conditions over the last two years, these companies continued to grow rapidly because they successfully developed compelling value propositions for their customers” said Javier Rojas, Managing Director of Kennet Partners. “We backed these teams because we felt they had great potential, and we are proud to continue being their partners in growth. Congratulations!”
About Kennet Partners
Kennet is a leading international growth equity firm that invests in companies in North America and Europe. Kennet supports entrepreneurial technology businesses with expansion capital to accelerate growth, provide founder liquidity and build exceptional shareholder value. Kennet is an experienced investor with approximately $600 million in funds under management.
Mountain View, Ca. – Karen C. Francis, CEO of higher education marketing company AcademixDirect (www.academixdirect.com) has announced the appointment of Keith Moore as Chief Marketing Officer. An expert in online lead generation, lead scoring and internet marketing, having previously served as an SVP and a General Manager at LendingTree, Moore will direct AcademixDirect’s marketing efforts, as well as support new product development and product expansion. “Keith shares AcademixDirect’s commitment to developing a superior consumer experience for potential students embarking upon their college search,” said Francis. “We will leverage his outstanding lead generation, marketing and technical expertise to introduce products and services that will help students make informed decisions and match them with the education and training to equip them for success in the 21st century economy.” “The online education industry continues to evolve and I’m impressed by the forward-thinking team at AcademixDirect, which has set itself apart with a highly tailored and transparent approach to matching prospective students with appropriate schools,” said Moore. “The company’s success is represented by its strong growth, customer loyalty and repeated appearances on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies. I’m looking forward to enhancing our marketing reach and user experience, making AcademixDirect an indispensible ally to our education partners and a trusted advisor to prospective students.” Moore was most recently CMO of iContact, which provides professional email marketing for small to medium businesses and non-profit organizations. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Vice President and General Manager at LendingTree, overseeing the short form mortgage division, previously known as GetSmart, and owning the Emerging Businesses division of Tree.com following the IAC spinoff of LendingTree in 2008. In these roles, Moore led new product development, marketing, and sales, which significantly expanded LendingTree’s digital media reach. He also served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing for LoanWeb.com and 4Insurance.com; Vice President of Marketing, Sales and Internet Operations for Western Mutual; and owned and operated TouchService, an internet development and marketing services firm. A frequent speaker and industry panelist for internet marketing and lead generation conferences, Moore has spoken at LeadsCon, the TargusInfo Online Lead Quality Summits, Inman News’ Real Estate Connects and the 1st and 2nd Internet Summits. He is a graduate of Appalachian State University in North Carolina. About AcademixDirect As the leading education marketing company focused entirely on higher education, AcademixDirect is a trusted partner creating tailored solutions for improving university enrollment. AcademixDirect strives to innovate better ways to connect college-bound students with the schools that will help them succeed. To that end, the company deploys advanced technology that incorporates a proprietary matching algorithm, fraud detection software, lead scoring and targeting capabilities, as well as a unique customer-centric approach to create value for both educational institutions and students.
