Marketbridge Wins Gold Stevie® Award in 2012 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service(SM)

LAS VEGAS, March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MarketBridge was presented with a Gold Stevie® Award in the Sales Training or Coaching Program of the Year category in the sixth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service last Monday night.

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The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world's top sales awards, contact center awards, and customer service awards. The Stevie Awards organizes several of the world's leading business awards shows including the prestigious American Business Awards(SM) and International Business Awards(SM).

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for "crowned," the trophies were presented to honorees during a gala banquet on Monday, February 27 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. More than 350 nominated customer service and sales executives from the U.S.A. and several other countries attended. The presentations were broadcast live by the Business TalkRadio Network.

More than 100 members of seven specialized judging committees determined Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists during final judging this year.

MarketBridge, in partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue and MasterCard Worldwide won this award based on a multifaceted and interactive training program for Saks Fifth Avenue Stores. This training focused on SAKSFIRST, Saks Fifth Avenue's exclusive loyalty program, and the Saks Fifth Avenue World Elite MasterCard^® card, a premier co-branded credit card offering tied in with Saks Fifth Avenue's loyalty program.

"We are honored to receive this award and celebrate our success with Saks Fifth Avenue and MasterCard, two preeminent brands in their industries and valued partners," stated Rebecca Johns, Vice President at MarketBridge.

This training program was delivered to all Saks Fifth Avenue stores through a variety of coverage approaches including, in-store classroom trainings, on the job simulations and long distance support. This flexible training and coaching model allowed for modified versions of the program to fit the unique needs of individual stores, departments, and store associates.  

Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of Stevie winners in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/sales.

About MarketBridge
MarketBridge (www.market-bridge.com) is a leading global provider of technology-enabled sales and marketing methodologies and solutions for Fortune 1000 and emerging growth companies. The firm offers three primary solution methodologies: MarketBlueprint, RevenueEngines, and DemandAnalytics. Over the past 10 years, MarketBridge has completed over 1,000 separate engagements for 18 of the world's top 50 brands and many emerging growth companies. MarketBridge works closely with CEOs and their senior Marketing and Sales leaders to solve their toughest business challenges and create scalable, sustainable competitive advantage. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MarketBridge.

About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

Sponsors and supporters of the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include American Support, the Business TalkRadio Network, Coloredge Los Angeles * New York, Competence Call Center, SDL and ValueSelling Associates.

SOURCE MarketBridge