Charles Carlini Honored by Ziggs As Winner of the ZBest Profile Award

This month’s individual ZBest award recognizes excellence in the online presence of a New York-based music industry professional.

Boston, MA (PRWEB) August 31, 2006 -- Ziggs, the fastest-growing online community of global professionals, today announced that Charles Carlini, musician, concert promoter and producer, has been selected as the individual winner of Ziggs’ ZBest Profile Award for August, 2006. Charles is being honored with a ZBest Profile Award for his outstanding online presence created using Ziggs’ free profile service. His online profile can be found in the Ziggs Index of Professionals.

Introduced in January 2005 to help set the Internet’s standard for a quality, professional, online profile, the ZBest Profile Award is awarded monthly to both one individual and the one organization 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, Charles was selected for this honor from a pool of professional candidates that span the globe.

Charles’ professional online presence, created with Ziggs Profile Manager™ begins with a compelling photo and a descriptive biography that presents impressive highlights of his leadership and contributions to the music industry. He introduces his multimedia music management and production company, the Carlini Group, which he founded in 1995. He shares recent concerts he has successfully conceptualized and executed, including a 90th birthday tribute concert for Les Paul at Carnegie Hall in 2005. His ability to “synthesize” music, musicians, concert production, event promotion and passionate audiences to create moving musical events is one of his many gifted talents.

In addition to his inviting photo and detailed biography, Charles’ online profile includes an interview that shares insight into his passions and influencers. From philosopher Bertrand Russell, to Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha to his own brother Richard, Charles identified inspirational mentors early in life, enabling him to lead the creative and musical life he lives today.
He also uses his interview to surface the important musical organizations he retains membership in, from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, which produces the GRAMMY’s, to The Jazz Foundation of America, the International Association for Jazz Education and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. He completes his online profile by including an Interests section which shares links to his key professional websites as well as contact information, making it easy for music professionals to find him online and contact him directly.

“Clearly successful in the art of strategic promotion for his concerts and artists,” said Tim DeMello, founder and chief executive officer, Ziggs. “Charles is equally effective in the online promotion of his personal brand and company brand through the development of his profile at Ziggs.” Charles was able to quickly and easily create his comprehensive online profile using Ziggs’ insightful profiling template. To see Charles’ online profile, people search at Ziggs for “Charles Carlini.”

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 to ZBest @ Ziggs.com. 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.

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