Company: Digital Media, Inc., Lexington, KY
Company Description: Digital Media, Inc. is an eCommerce Marketing Company. Founded in 1998 by our CEO Stewart Cruse, Digital Media, Inc. has won many industry achievement awards for our marketing efforts. Their website is http://www.digitaleditor.com
Nomination Category: Sales Individual Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Sales Director of the Year

Nomination Title: Stewart Cruse, Sales Director

1. Tell the story about what this nominee achieved since the beginning of July last year (up to 500 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms. Be sure to mention obstacles overcome, innovations or discoveries made, and outcomes:

During the first quarter of 07 the company's main web site lost its natural
rankings in Google. Stewart worked feverously to get the rankings back through
search engine optimization as well as begin search engine marketing. Stewart
grew the company's sales 632% from July 07 to December 07 over the previous
year. During this time he earned three industry performance awards. Each of the
three awards designates him as a top 5% performer. The three awards are CJ
Performer, Linkshare Platinum Publisher and oneNetworkDirect Achiever.

The CJ Performer is the premier designation for top-performing publishers in the
Commission Junction Network. It is designed for top-performing publishers who
have a proven track record of delivering results and work ethically within the
CJ Marketplace.

The LinkShare Platinum Publisher program is a way to let advertisers know that
the publisher is one of the most successful Publishers in the LinkShare Network.
They work ethically within the LinkShare Network and adhere to all network
policies and meet the compliance rules set by the advertisers in the LinkShare
Network.

The oneNetworkDirect Achievers Program is targeted to oneNetworkDirect's top
performing and high-potential affiliates.

Stewart took the company from declining sales in the first half of 07 to record
breaking sales each month since growing the second half of the year 632% of the
same period of 06 and 200% over the first six months of 08 over the first six
months of 07. He will grow the company's sales 220% in 08 over 07 in a recession
economy.

Stewart doesn't understand the word fail, when it looked like the company's
sales were going to continue to fall he looked for new ways to promote the
company. During this time he starting search engine marketing in a very
competitive industry and has excelled with an unprecedented ROI for the
industry. Stewart worked tirelessly to learn a new and complicated marketing
method. Attending several conferences and studying new methods to not only grow
the company's sales but grow our ROI. It is this drive of always learning from
mistakes that keeps him on top of his industry.

2. List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.youraddress.com]:

3. Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the nominee:

Stewart holds a business degree in finance from the University of Kentucky and a
Masters of Divinity degree. While serving as Chaplain of a physical
rehabilitation hospital he started Digital Media, Inc. and has worked full time
for Digital Media for three years.