Mason Dixon Funding, Inc. Honored With Ziggs’ Website Quality Award

This month’s corporate ZBest Award recognizes excellence in online profiles for a team of loan officers serving the Washington market.

Boston, MA (PRWEB) July 31, 2006 -- Ziggs, Inc., the fastest-growing online community of global professionals, today announced that Mason Dixon Funding, Inc. has been selected as corporate winner of the Ziggs ZBest Profile Award for July, 2006. Setting a standard of excellence for the industry, Mason Dixon Funding, Inc. is the first mortgage lender in the Washington D.C. marketplace to be awarded a ZBest Profile Award for its online loan officer profiles.

Introduced in January 2005 to help set the Internet’s website standard for a quality, professional, online profile, the ZBest Profile Award is awarded monthly to both one organization and the one individual that has developed and presented the most professional online profile listed in the Ziggs Index. Enjoying rapid global growth, Ziggs now provides people search and profile services for customers in over fifty countries. As a result, Mason Dixon was selected for this honor from a pool of worldwide companies listed in the Ziggs Index of Professionals.

Ziggs believes that Mason Dixon’s loan officer profiles are an excellent example of a profile style that successfully enables the firm to represent their team in a highly professional, customer-facing manner online. Mason Dixon’s profiles are anchored with an inviting photograph that helps the visitor build trust in the loan officer and is also valuable for virtual introductions. In support of the photo, every profile provides useful information about the loan officer’s expertise and specialties, as well as information on their background and education. In addition, each profile includes phone and e-mail details for instant access.

Each loan officer’s profile is positioned within a valuable framework of useful mortgage resources. From mortgage tools to loan information, refinance analysis and loan rates, each profile is presented alongside the full spectrum of information on Mason Dixon and the services it offers. This employee presentation format is an excellent example of seamless integration of an employee team within the company’s brand and purpose. This elegant balance is also reflected in Mason Dixon’s integration into the communities it serves via active contribution to a variety of charity organizations.

“Mason Dixon Funding's online profiles enable the firm to build brand awareness and engage website visitors in a very professional yet personal manner,” said Tim DeMello, founder and chief executive officer, Ziggs. “Each loan officer’s profile is a valuable business tool that showcases the company’s most important asset -- their resourceful and reliable team of professional loan officers.” To see an example of a representative Mason Dixon profile, people search at Ziggs for “Margie Wood.”

Winners are chosen by Ziggs at the close of a monthly review process that includes an assessment of the professionalism, content value, brand value and creativity of all online profiles in the Ziggs Index. The professionalism measure weighs the overall quality of the entire profile, including the photograph. The content value measure rewards profiles that present the most valuable information to a prospect or client reviewing the profile. The brand value measure assesses the profile’s level of success in communicating the company brand and corporate identity within the profile. The creativity measure seeks to reward profiles that are creative in their efforts to communicate all of the above three elements. In combination, these measurements set the standard for the definition of a quality online profile.

Companies and individuals who wish to submit their online profile for consideration for future Ziggs ZBest Profile Awards can e-mail their profile submission. Entries received by the last date of a given month will be reviewed for consideration for the upcoming month’s award. Winning entries are announced in a press release, presented online at www.Ziggs.com, and receive a ZBest Award for display at their place of business. Help Ziggs help the industry raise the standard for professional online profiles, and submit your quality profile for consideration today.

About Ziggs, Inc.
Ziggs is an online community for people in business who want to promote themselves or their business online and connect with other professionals. Providing the fastest-growing global community of current professional profiles on the Web, Ziggs offers keyword-targeted people search and easy-to-use profile management services that allow companies and individuals to take control of their online presence and professional reputation. Launched in October 2004, Ziggs is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.Ziggs.com.

###