for the Charleston Area Alliance’ s 2017 We Love Our Community Award. RMHC of Southern West Virginia was selected as this year’ s recipient for the Best Development Award, which honors a new construction project for significantly improving the urban landscape and community of Charleston. The $ 3.5 million project was led by the design / build team at Pray Construction and Williamson Shriver Architects.
Dewayne Dickens, executive director of RMHC of Southern West Virginia, was also selected to the RMHC Global Executive Leadership Program. Dickens joins 27 other organizational leaders from nine countries in the highly selective program designed to foster the growth of recognized talent within the RMHC-Global network.
Direct Online Marketing Named 2017 West Virginia Small Business Exporter of the Year
Direct Online Marketing( DOM) President Justin Seibert has been named 2017 WV Small Business Exporter of the Year by the West Virginia District Office of the U. S. Small Business Administration. DOM received this recognition for its exporting success as well as its role in helping other businesses export. DOM has exported to six continents, helping its clients sell their products and services to over 140 countries around the world.
“ We have developed an incredible export marketing knowledge base through the work we’ ve done for our clients the past 11 years in helping them enter new markets and expand sales,” says Seibert.“ The insights we provide help businesses around the globe, and that expertise on global consumer search behavior lives here in West Virginia.”
DOM grows its clients’ exports primarily through having them appear on global search engines like Google, Baidu, Yandex and Naver when prospective customers search for what they sell. Search engines often provide the best return on investment due to the intent of users seeking solutions to their needs.
In addition to providing digital marketing services, DOM offers export marketing webinars and free resources on its website for businesses, including cctld. directom. com, where businesses can find the best website structures for any country.
West Virginia Business Owner Launches Industrial Manager’ s Guide to Communications
Ann Green, president of Ann Green Communications, has written a new book that helps managers better communicate with their key stakeholders to achieve maximum results.
In“ True Spin,” managers learn how to break down stereotypes about corporations as gray walls and show the human side of business. From her 35 years of experience, Green shares how companies can save money, improve public relations and recruit the best talent by changing the way they interact with their communities. She offers strategies to develop ongoing dialogue with key stakeholders, negotiate to create gain-gain results for all parties, avoid PR disasters by building trust and help companies build sustainable communities in which they operate.
“ True Spin” is available at major book stores and on Amazon. To learn more about the book, connect on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. •
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