Montreal Consultant Wins a Web Award from the World’s Largest Internet Consulting Firm

Internet Consultant Chris Murray produces winning Creative Excellence website for 2007 WSI Web Awards

October, 2007 – Pointe Claire, Quebec. Chris Murray, a certified Internet Consultant with WSI (We Simplify the Internet) has been honored at the second annual WSI Web Awards at WSI’s Excellence and Innovation Conference in Orlando, Florida. Chris was responsible for developing the winning website in the category of Creative Excellence for the 2007 Web Awards, www.beaverbooks.ca.

The Creative Excellence award was presented to Chris Murray and the WSI e-Marketplace Production Center, Voloper Creations Inc. The site, built for Beaver Books, demonstrates excellence in branding, layout, and aesthetics. It is both visually impacting and appealing and showcases Beaver Books’ line of children’s resources. The youth and vitality of Beaver Books’ products is effectively demonstrated with the use of pop-up images and eye-catching colors.

Chris Murray stated, “We are very pleased to have been awarded the Creative Excellence award. It’s a great feeling to know that others appreciate the work we do. Our goal is to create a website concept that exceeds the client’s expectation while providing an intuitive user experience for the target market.”

Serving businesses throughout Quebec, Canada, Chris is helping local businesses develop an effective online presence by providing leading edge, robust, scalable and affordable Internet solutions. Chris assesses clients’ business needs and opportunities by using WSI’s patent pending Internet Solutions Lifecycle™ System, an Internet solutions delivery framework. The client’s Internet Solution is then customized through personal consultation on design, functionality, hosting options, online traffic optimization, site registration and Internet marketing support - to both reduce business overhead and increase the customer’s return on investment. A WSI solution is designed to draw qualified traffic to a website leading to more customer conversions online.

The new www.beaverbooks.ca site reflects Beaver Books’ kid-friendly image and conveys their educational resources, everything from posters and puzzles to workbooks and reusable wipe-clean boards, in a fun and creative way.

George Papp Jr., the owner of Beaver Books, said, "I am very satisfied with the new website that the team at WSI has created for Beaver Books. Chris was really easy to work with and made useful suggestions every step of the way from our first meeting until the end of the project. The design team made full use of my inventory of artwork and illustrations and created a final product that enhances our brand on the Internet. They listened to all my questions and concerns and delivered what they promised on time... and without any surprises. I would not hesitate to recommend the team at WSI. I will certainly continue to draw on their expertise as our business grows."

WSI introduced the WSI Web Awards to showcase the very best of thousands of the Internet solutions created each year by WSI Consultants in their local markets around the world. Several hundred sites were submitted by Consultants to be considered for the 2007 WSI Web Awards. Each site was scored and ranked by a team of WSI site auditors, who created a short list of the top sites, resulting in 38 nominations. Sites were then voted on by the global community of 1500 plus WSI Consultants to determine the winners of the 6 categories, including Best Industry Application, Best Product Showcase, Creative Excellence, Best Non-English Site, Best Business Edge Site and Best Overall Website.

About WSI:

Through its network of over 1500 offices in 87 countries, WSI delivers thousands of e-Business solutions to small and medium sized businesses annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, WSI provides affordable Internet related services and technologies that deliver maximum return on investment for businesses. As the world leader in providing profitable Internet solutions to SMEs, making information accessible for all via the Internet is an essential component of our offering.