SAN DIEGO CA — Nov 17, 2009  Covario, the leader in paid and organic search services and software, today announced that one of its clients Rochelle Sanchirico, Senior Director of Acquisition Marketing at Washington Post Digital, received an honorary Stevie Award for Excellence in Digital Advertising.  The Stevie Awards, hailed as the world’s premier business award for Women in Business, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding women executives, business owners, and the companies they run -- worldwide.   With approximately 300 businesswomen in attendance, the winners of the 6th annual awards competition were announced at a gala awards dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Friday, November 13.

Ms. Sanchirico has helped position The Washington Post Company as a leader and innovator in this “new media world.”  As Senior Director of Acquisition Marketing at Washington Post Digital, Ms. Sanchirico is responsible for the company’s digital marketing strategy and all related programming.  Under Ms. Sanchirico’s leadership, Washington Post Digital has deployed a variety of innovative and integrated digital marketing programs – leveraging social media, search engines and a host of other digital channels – to further extend the reach and readership of the organization’s world class news products.

“It’s a great honor to be recognized with a Stevie Award for the digital strategy, programs and results that my team and I have delivered for The Washington Post,” said Rochelle Sanchirico, Senior Director of Acquisition Marketing at Washington Post Digital.

“No industry is tested more by the digital advertising age than the traditional newspaper business.  Rochelle and The Washington Post are on the front lines of this change – and they are leading the industry by creating new models to combine world class reporting capabilities with the opportunities afforded by online readership,” said Craig Macdonald, Chief Marketing Officer of Covario, and presenter of the award to Ms. Sanchirico at the event.

The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business Awards.  Details about The Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of winners in all categories are available at stevieawards.com/women.

About Covario, Inc.

Covario, Inc. is the leader in paid and organic search services and software. The Covario portfolio provides global organizations with robust interactive and search marketing analytics solutions for paid search advertising and organic search engine optimization across the enterprise and throughout the channel. Covario enables complex and distributed organizations to control brand integrity, ensure budget transparency and deliver quantifiable results across business units, distribution channels and languages.  Headquartered in San Diego, Covario’s growing customer list include some of the world’s best known brands in high tech manufacturing, financial services, electronics, media, entertainment, publishing and consumer packaged goods.

For more information on Covario call (858) 397-1500.

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