PALO ALTO, Calif. - (Business Wire) Salesgenie.com
® (an
infoGROUP
™ company)(NASDAQ: IUSA), the leading provider of online solutions for sales effectiveness management, and van Dillen Partners, producer of The Challenge charity golf events, announced today the results of the second annual Silicon Valley Salesgenie.com Golf Challenge held Monday, October 6
th, 2008 at the Stanford University Golf Course. Salesgenie.com executives were on hand to usher in their new title sponsorship of the event and congratulate the winning teams on their contributions. Salesgenie.com was also proud to announce to the over 300 people in attendance their plans to continue to sponsor the event through 2010.
The Challenge is a one day golf outing in which five-person teams of celebrities, business leaders, and local golfers compete in a super charged LPGA/PGA sudden death style play-off. The top eight finishing teams in the “two net best ball” morning 18-hole round qualify for a shoot-out for $200,000 in prize money for charity. Unique among golf events, all winnings from The Challenge are directed to the winning teams’ charities of their personal choice.
“Current economic conditions are having a significant impact on many of the charitable organizations that do so much for the community,” said Mark Israelsen, President of Salesgenie.com. “We are proud to be title sponsor of this very special event that is making significant contributions to many of these organizations and creating additional visibility for their efforts. We look forward to continuing the success of The Challenge and expanding its potential for giving more to those in need.”
This year’s winning team, First Virtual Group, comprised of Stanford Men’s Head Coach, Conrad Ray, philanthropist John Arillaga, past Stanford men’s number #1 player Zach Miller and local businessmen, Erik Doyle and Jack Bariteau directed their first place prize of $85,000 to the Siebel Varsity Golf Facility maintenance endowment.
The second place team of Carol Bartz, Mary Meeker, Jenni Tangtaphiboontana, Kay Cockerill, and Brandi Chastain stayed on the heels of the otherwise all men’s event and were the story of the day after qualifying as a wild card team and winning all 3 levels of the skills competition before losing in the finals. Their $40,000 second place prize was donated equally to five different local entities of the ladies’ choice.
Local and national charities that were awarded donations by the winning teams were
“I am very proud that senior executives of both the USGA and NCGA have acknowledged The Challenge as a very successful, one-of-a-kind event,” said The Challenge founder and Tournament Director Erik van Dillen. “The Challenge creates a unique opportunity for business leaders to participate in high stakes golf with big crowds, TV cameras, and sanctioning body guidance, while allowing them to give back to something they care deeply about. My hope is for The Challenge is to provide a vehicle for successful people to give to the community in a fun, challenging way that is both rewarding and memorable.”
Salesgenie.com chose to sponsor this event as part of expanding its presence in the Bay Area through the opening of its headquarters office in San Carlos, California. In addition to the sponsorship by Salesgenie.com, the individual teams also contributed to the event, enabling them to participate in a direct way to the contributions being made to the community.
The Silicon Valley Salesgenie Golf Challenge will air on Comcast Sports Net on Monday, November 3rd at 8:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, immediately following the Warrior’s Round Table in the local Bay Area cable market. This one hour show of highlights of the event is produced by Elevate Media and features renowned sports broadcaster, Ted Robinson.
Next year’s Silicon Valley Salesgenie Golf Challenge event is scheduled for Monday, October 5th, 2009 at Stanford University Golf Course. Businesses and business leaders interested in participating in the 2009 event as a way of supporting their community should contact van Dillen Partners at 650-579-6001.
About van Dillen Partners (vDP)
Founded in 2005 by former IMG executive Erik van Dillen, van Dillen Partners (vDP), creators and producers of The Challenge golf events, is a sports and lifestyle events marketing company that offers three areas of marketing expertise; consulting, sponsorship sales, and event creation and management. The company's mission is to be the foremost provider of sports and lifestyle events in the Western region, delivering unique, entertaining and results-driven experiences. For more information go to www.vandillenpartners.com or call 650-579-6001.
About Salesgenie.com
Salesgenie.com, an infoGROUP company (NASDAQ: IUSA - News), is the leading provider of online solutions for sales effectiveness management. Sales effectiveness starts with effective lead management and Salesgenie.com provides fast, targeted online access to the highest quality sales leads of businesses and consumers available in the industry. The Salesgenie.com Customer Analyzer & Prospect Builder helps find the best prospects possible by matching leads to the best customers a business has today. The easy-to-use online service also includes a built-in Contact Manager, Business Credit Reports, Mobile functionality and Mapping, making sales calls more productive for small business owners, independent sales agents, and enterprise account executives. To get a free trial including 100 free sales leads go to www.salesgenie.com or call 1-866-327-6391.
About infoGROUP
infoGROUP (www.infoGROUP.com) (NASDAQ: IUSA), founded in 1972, is the leading provider of business and consumer databases for sales leads & mailing lists, database marketing services, data processing services and sales and marketing solutions. Content is the essential ingredient in every marketing program, and infoGROUP has the most comprehensive data in the industry, and is the only company to own 12 proprietary databases under one roof. The infoGROUP database powers the directory services of the top Internet traffic-generating sites. Nearly 4 million customers use infoGROUP products and services to find new customers, grow their sales, and for other direct marketing, telemarketing, customer analysis and credit reference purposes. infoGROUP headquarters are located at 5711 S. 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127 and can be contacted at (402) 593-4500. To know more about Sales Leads, click www.infoGROUP.com.
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Salesgenie.com
Kelly Loontjer, 402-596-7574
E-Mail: kelly.loontjer@salesgenie.com
or
infoGROUP
Lisa Olson, 402-593-4541
Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations
E-Mail: lisa.olson@infogroup.com
