BLiNQ Media Expands Executive Teams in Boston, Opens in Chicago

December 5, 2011

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Social-engagement ad leader hires industry veterans to fuel growth and service increased agency demand

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BLiNQ Media, a Social Engagement Advertising^SM and technology company that delivers breakthrough Facebook advertising results along with real-time audience insight for agencies and big brands, announced today that it has expanded its presence in Boston and opened a new office in Chicago based on agency demand and client growth.

Midwest Managing Director Jay Freshwater, an online-ad industry veteran, opened the Chicago office, while Andrew Wheeler, BLiNQ’s new EVP of professional services across all BLiNQ offices, joined President/COO John Tawadros at the growing Boston office. BLiNQ is rapidly growing its geographic footprint now with offices in New York City, London, Boston, Chicago and Atlanta to best service its agency customers in high-concentration markets.

“In ever-increasing numbers, agencies and the brands they represent are turning to Facebook to reach and engage consumers in new and innovative ways and they are looking to us to help them take advantage of this opportunity,” said BLiNQ Media CEO Dave Williams. “Jay Freshwater and Andrew Wheeler are seasoned, extremely well-connected veterans with tremendous track records of producing breakthrough customer results and service. Jay joins us after more than 13 very successful years at Weather.com, while Andrew joins BLiNQ from iProspect where he was recognized as a next-generation client services and operational leader, accomplished at building and leading teams that thrived in the rapid growth search industry.”

Wheeler and Tawadros previously worked together at iProspect, where they demonstrated the ability to build and formalize scalable business processes, organization structure and talent development that helped make iProspect the industry leader for search engine marketing solutions.

Freshwater had been a consistent sales leader as VP, Midwest Ad Sales for Weather.com, and where he had launched and grown the Inside Sales and International sales forces. He will be bringing his entrepreneurial passion, client performance obsession and sales expertise to help build and growth the Chicago and Midwest territories for BLiNQ through growing partnerships with many of the leading advertising agencies in this region.

This story appeared first in AllFacebook.

ABOUT BLiNQ MEDIA

BLiNQ Media is a Social Engagement Advertising(SM) and technology company that delivers break-through Facebook advertising results develops along with real-time audience insight for agencies and big brands. The BLiNQ Ad Management (BAM) platform is easy-to-use and solves complex campaign planning, management, optimization and analytics. As the leading global innovator in social engagement advertising, BLiNQ achieves rapid, scalable results for its customers through a blend of technology, experience and proprietary processes.

BLiNQ has its corporate headquarters at TechSpace in New York City’s Union Square, its technology headquarters at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) in Midtown Atlanta, European Headquarters in London’s Soho Square, and additional offices in Chicago and Boston. BLiNQ was founded in early 2008 by Dave Williams, who is recognized as one of the world's leading innovators and thought leaders in digital advertising, social media advertising, and search engine marketing and optimization. Dave is a regular columnist for AdAge.com.

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