Jan. 17, 2020 (Saskatoon, CANADA) – Vendasta is proud to be listed among ‘Canada’s Top Employers for Young People’, a top 100 list of the nation’s best workplaces for people starting their careers.

The news comes as the cloud-based technology platform continues to pursue an ambitious hiring plan expected to grow the number of ‘Vendastians’ from 355 today to 500 by the end of 2020, eventually reaching 650 by 2022.

“This is a great testament to the work we’ve done to have a welcoming and fulfilling environment for our team members,” said VP of People Operations Jean Parchewsky. “People come to work with us because they want to work on engaging and challenging problems alongside other smart and fun people. They also want to build a career in a fast growing environment that will challenge them, and that is what we have built for them here. We spend so much time working in our lives and there is no reason why it can’t be fun and rewarding from the first job until retirement.”

Vendasta’s average employee age is 31. About 37 percent of team members work in research and development, 23 percent are in sales, 17 percent work in customer fulfillment, 11 percent are marketers, seven percent are in customer support, and the remaining five percent work in operations.

“Our unofficial motto in People Operations is ‘one company, many careers’,” said Parchewsky. “People want to be able to do what they are passionate about, and as they learn and their passions change, they want new opportunities so that they can continue to grow. We have created a growth culture where this opportunity is available.”

Vendasta offers paid internships, co-op opportunities, ongoing employee training, subsidies for professional accreditation, and a robust orientation program at its own Vendasta University. Additional work ‘perks’ include flexible work hours and personal leave, health benefits for new employees, paid time off, telecommuting, transit subsidies, local discounts, in-house food services, and frequent social events. Recently, Vendasta launched its first digital online learning management system, which provides team members with the skills they need to succeed at work.

“The best employers are changing the way they offer key benefits like training so that they are more ‘on-demand’ and let employees learn at their own speed,” says Stephanie Leung, Assistant Editor at Mediacorp, Inc., which compiles the list. “Some even offer apps that allow employees to see where they stand with various workplace benefits and annual vacation allowance.”

The full list of companies is being recognized by the Mediacorp editorial team at a luncheon reception in Toronto today. Vendasta is one of three Saskatoon companies and six Saskatchewan-based on the top 100 list.

There are currently more than two dozen openings at the company. Read Vendasta’s Top Employer profile here.

About Vendasta

Vendasta provides an end-to-end commerce platform to 20,000+ customers who sell digital products and services to more than two million small and medium businesses (SMBs) worldwide. These customers include marketing agencies, independent software vendors (ISVs), and media companies. The Vendasta Platform allows these groups to easily adopt new solutions from a marketplace of SaaS technologies that they can sell under their own brand to SMB customers. The platform provides AI-driven marketing automation, sales tools, and an integrated CRM to facilitate go-to-market. It also includes task, orders, and billing management systems to help scale through robotic process automation. SMBs are provided one login for all solutions purchased under a Vendasta customer’s brand. They enjoy one integrated dashboard with prescription, context, and tracking to understand how they are doing and how they can improve performance. Vendasta has a growing team of more than 350 people based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and has been named one of Canada and North America’s fastest growing companies for four year in a row.

About Canada’s Top Employers for Young People

Now in its 18th year, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People is an editorial competition that recognizes employers offering the nation’s best workplaces and programs for young people starting their careers. Winners of the competition are chosen by the editorial team at the Canada’s Top Employers project on the basis of the programs and initiatives they offer to attract and retain younger workers. These include benefits such as tuition assistance and co-op or work-study programs. The editors also examine each employer’s mentorship and training programs, including benefits such as bonuses paid on completing trades or professional designations. The editors also review each employer’s career management program, looking for initiatives that help younger workers advance faster in the organization.

About Mediacorp Canada Inc.

Founded in 1992, Mediacorp Canada Inc. is the nation’s largest publisher of employment periodicals. Since 1999, the Toronto-based publisher has managed the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project, which includes 18 regional and special-interest editorial competitions that reach over 15 million Canadians annually through a variety of magazine and newspaper partners. Mediacorp also operates Eluta.ca, one of Canada’s largest job search engines, which reaches millions of users annually and features editorial reviews from the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

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Freemium versions of key digital martech products drive sales and retention

Nov. 4, 2019 (Saskatoon, CANADA) – Vendasta partners can now unlock a freemium suite of foundational martech products to help drive their local business clients’ success.

The newly launched Express Products cover the most important digital presence management solutions for small and medium businesses, such as reputation management, advertising, social media, and listings – the key tools a local business needs to succeed and gain customers. The new freemium digital products are available for activation individually and as part of a recommended package in the Vendasta Marketplace at low to no cost to partners.

Once activated, the products appear in a partner client’s Business Center, which allows the business to test drive the effectiveness of key solutions on their own terms before they commit to a purchase. The launch follows a successful pilot program undertaken by Vendasta this fall.

“As consumers we expect to try things before we buy, and we are now witnessing the consumerization of B2B software,” said Vendasta’s Chief Strategy Officer Jacqueline Cook. “In fact, three out of four B2B buyers want to self-educate to learn about products.”

“Based on the feedback we heard from our partners over the years, we’ve developed this go-to-market strategy to allow our partners to demonstrate value and to see who’s interested in taking the next step with digital.”

Vendasta recently tested the Express Products with select partners. Those who participated saw an average of more than 12 percent of their business clients upgrade to paid products in a few short weeks.

“This is all about equipping our partners with better tools to help their small business clients succeed with digital. By gaining value through a lightweight foundational suite of solutions, their clients can try before they commit to anything in a self-service way,” said Cook.

A Vendasta study found that partners who sold two products to their local business clients increased their retention to 30 percent after two years. Three products increased retention to nearly 50 percent, and four solutions grew retention by 80 percent.

Sign up for the Vendasta platform for free to unlock the Express Suite of product-led growth products and explore its other solutions.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with their digital needs. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for four consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

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Oct. 21, 2019 (Saskatoon, CANADA) – Vendasta is the recipient of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce’s Achievement in Business Excellence (ABEX) Awards for Growth & Expansion.

The awards were announced Saturday night at the chamber’s annual awards gala at TCU Place in Saskatoon. Vendasta’s VP of People Operations Jean Parchewsky accepted the award on behalf of the company.

VP of People Operations Jean Parchewsky accepted the award on behalf of Vendasta

“It is nothing short of a banner year for us, and it’s thanks to the hundreds of Vendasta team members who are helping us chase down this dream of making local business easier for people around the world,” said Parchewsky. “The work we’re doing is having a worldwide impact, and we’re so lucky to be growing this global business right here in Saskatchewan surrounded by other tremendous, driven business owners.”

This year, Vendasta raised $40 million in venture capital funding to help it grow its cloud commerce platform for companies that provide digital solutions to small and medium businesses (SMBs). It plans to grow from its current 325+ person workforce to 650 people in the next three years. The company also recently announced it intends to move to a larger headquarters, remaining in downtown Saskatoon.

Vendasta congratulates fellow award nominees Avana Enterprises, Gravelbourg Mustard, Sperling Silver Distillery, Sveinco Developments Ltd., and Unity Credit Union, as well as the other ABEX winners and finalists.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with their digital needs. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

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Vendasta CEO Brendan King and CRO George Leith were on hand to receive the award at the SIINDA Local Search Summit at Estufa Fria Lisbon National Gardens in Lisbon, Portugal Tuesday evening.

Vendasta’s Advertising Intelligence brings ad campaigns under one roof, so customers can see what’s working across various platforms in a user-friendly way. The in-platform tool consolidates reporting from Google Ads (Search Ads, Display Ads, YouTube Ads, Google Shopping Ads, and Gmail Ads) and Facebook Ads (Facebook, Instagram Ads, Messenger Ads, and Audience Network Ads).

“We are continually working to help make it ‘toil free’ for our partners to provide their business customers with automated, rich, and robust proof of performance reporting,” said King. “Advertising Intelligence is a great example of how the platform allows partners to optimize advertising and easily automate and showcase value to the local businesses they serve.”

Visit Vendasta’s Marketplace to learn more about Advertising Intelligence and Vendasta’s other wholesale business solutions.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with their digital needs. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

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“We could not be more pleased than to be part of the Vendasta story,” said Lisa Oberding, Associate Vice President with Colliers International and lead of the transaction process with colleague Andrew Welham. “Serving the needs of Vendasta while working with the real estate community has been a very engaging process, and we are happy to see success achieved on all fronts. Our analysis and market data were instrumental throughout the process. We want to sincerely congratulate Vendasta while also thanking the City for its efforts to retain a world-class organization.”

New Space Will Accommodate Expanding Team

Vendasta raised $40 million in growth funding in late July, and plans to grow to 650 people in the next three years. More than 80 of its 325 current team members will move from its present downtown headquarters to Saskatoon Square this fall, with the remaining employees migrating as renovations are complete. The building is expected to be renamed Vendasta Square once all teams are moved in, slated for Fall 2021.

Currently, the company is situated in the historic Avenue Building at 3rd Avenue South and 21st Street East, within view of its new headquarters.

“We’re definitely pleased with the final outcome,” said Richard Cheung, CFO of Vendasta. “Not only does this building meet our current needs, but it provides us with the flexibility to grow into additional floors as the business continues to scale.”

“The City of Saskatoon’s vision for downtown helped make our decision truly feel like the right one, and the Colliers team delivered the product we need to be successful. This sets us up to continue our trajectory as one a Canada’s fastest growing companies, while remaining in Saskatoon,” he said.

“Vendasta’s decision to stay and grow in the downtown is a great one for our city,” said Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. “As our tech community continues to explode, we have tremendous potential to create a tech hub in the downtown, complemented by great restaurants, new residential towers, and other attractions. This will make the downtown strong into the future.”

Colliers Forecasts High Rate of Office Vacancies

The Saskatoon office market has been in a state of flux for some time and is predicted to stay that way for years to come, according to market research reports released by Colliers. Several properties, including a portion of the River Landing project, Saskatoon Square, Princeton Tower, and River Quarry have raised the vacancy in Saskatoon to 12.4% overall and 13.1% in the Central Business District (CBD). Tenant relocation and repositioning, along with property redevelopment, is expected to be the norm into the foreseeable future.

“The move by Vendasta to remain in Saskatoon’s CBD speaks volumes to the confidence it has in its product, its people, and the stakeholders it interacts with in the city,” said Oberding.

About Colliers:

Colliers International is a leading real estate services and investment management company specializing in brokerage, real estate management, and debt advisory. The Saskatchewan team has been operating for over 100 years, employing 165 professionals in Saskatoon and Regina. In 2018, Colliers International Saskatchewan completed $172 million in transaction value and managed 10 million square feet of property.

Globally, our operations reach 68 countries with 17,300 enterprising people collaborating to provide expert advice and services to maximize the value of property for real estate occupiers, owners, and investors. Our experienced leadership team has delivered industry-leading investment returns for shareholders. In 2018, corporate revenues were $2.8 billion ($3.3 billion including affiliates), with more than $26 billion of assets under management.

For the latest news from Colliers, visit collierscanada.com or follow us on Twitter @Colliers and LinkedIn.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with their digital needs. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

Vendasta Media Contact:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

Colliers Media Contact:

Richard Jankowski
Managing Director | Saskatchewan Brokerage
Colliers International
+1-306-533-6754
Richard.Jankowski@colliers.com

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The ranking evaluates Canadian companies on revenue growth over a three year period, with Vendasta earning its spot at 170 percent.

“The growth of Vendasta over the last three years is something we’re really proud of. Much of our success comes from the simple fact that we are obsessed with solving our customers problems,” said Vendasta CEO Brendan King.

“Local businesses need digital solutions, and we empower the experts they trust to provide these solutions in an easy, accessible, and affordable way. One login, and one password.”

Launched this year, the Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranking program aims to celebrate entrepreneurial achievement in Canada by identifying and amplifying the success of growth-minded, independent businesses in Canada.

The full list of 2019 winners, and accompanying editorial coverage, is published in the October issue of Report on Business Magazine.

“We created the Canada’s Top Growing Companies program because we believe there is much Report on Business readers can learn from the successes of the country’s best entrepreneurs,” says Derek DeCloet, Editor of Report on Business and Executive Editor at The Globe and Mail. “We’re excited to be telling their stories.”

“The 400 companies on the inaugural Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranking demonstrate ambition, innovation and tremendous business acumen,” says Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail. “Their contributions to the economy help to make Canada a better place, and warrant commendation.”

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with their digital needs. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. Visit vendasta.com for more information.

About The Globe and Mail:

The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company, leading the national discussion and causing policy change through brave and independent journalism since 1844. With our award-winning coverage of business, politics and national affairs, The Globe and Mail newspaper reaches 6.6 million readers every week in our print or digital formats, and Report on Business magazine reaches 1.8 million readers in print and digital every issue. Our investment in innovative data science means that as the world continues to change, so does The Globe. The Globe and Mail is owned by Woodbridge, the investment arm of the Thomson family.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

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Spotzer will provide its award-winning marketing and web design services to Vendasta channel partners throughout the world, and will receive access to Vendasta’s end-to-end platform for its own customers.

“Vendasta will be offering the same fulfillment and marketing services to partners in Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region that our North American partners have come to expect,” said Vendasta CRO George Leith. “This is a tremendous opportunity for Vendasta to respond to increasing demand in multilingual countries throughout the world, and we’re able to do it through a trusted technology partner.”

“I am thrilled to be launching our award winning products on the Vendasta Platform,” said CEO of Spotzer Peter Urmson. “Our web design and content service will offer agency quality product and service at an incredibly affordable price point. We will launch several amazing website offers, quickly followed by other digital marketing services.”

“Working close with the Vendasta team has been a pleasure, so bringing this offer to market is very exciting for us. We are looking forward to working closely with Vendasta and their customers,” he said.

For those interested in learning more about the partnership, please reach out to the media contact below.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta provides an end-to-end platform used exclusively by companies who sell products and services to small and medium businesses (SMBs)—including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more. Through the Vendasta Platform and its wholesale Marketplace, the SMB-serving companies become cloud brokerages, generating recurring revenue through the sale of SaaS productivity and martech solutions. They are able to instantly provision, market, sell, deliver, bill, and provide reporting for their SMB clients. Vendasta’s 19,000+ cloud broker partners serve more than two million SMBs. The company has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

About Spotzer:

Spotzer is a fast-paced, rapidly-growing global digital marketing business. With headquarters in Amsterdam, we have 4 offices around the globe, and we are serving tens of thousands of small businesses across the world by building and managing their websites, launching their paid search campaigns, managing listing solutions, and creating power content.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

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The shiny badge had us thinking: How might we make our ads offerings even more affordable for our partners so that they can take advantage of them?

Let’s make some changes.

Starting now, you’ll find competitive Digital Ads service plans that will help meet your needs. We’re introducing tiered management fees depending on your ad spend, a lower monthly minimum spend of $300, scrapping our three month commitment, and a lot more. Take a look at the changes and let us know what you think!

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Phone calls are a great opportunity for our partners’ SMB clients to win repeat customers. Vendasta has a cool new solution in Marketplace that makes those calls more meaningful. Learn more about the partnership here.

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Ranking Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies by five-year revenue growth, the Growth 500 profiles the country’s most successful entrepreneurial businesses. Vendasta received its ranking with revenue growth of more than 700 percent over the period.

“To think back five years ago – 10 years ago – it’s exciting to see how much we’ve been able to grow,” said Vendasta CEO Brendan King. “We’re lucky to have talented folks pushing us forward and building us up, helping us become the number one platform for selling digital solutions to local businesses.”

“Small and medium businesses are at the heart of what we do, and their needs are driving our customers – our partners – to succeed. Really, this success is something we share with our partners and with local economies around the world.”

“The companies on the 2019 Growth 500 are truly remarkable. Demonstrating foresight, innovation and smart management, their stories serve as a primer for how to build a successful entrepreneurial business today,” says Beth Fraser, Growth 500 program manager. “As we celebrate over 30 years of the Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies program, it’s encouraging to see that entrepreneurship is healthier than ever in this country.”

The Growth 500 is produced by Canadian Business. Winners are profiled in a special Growth 500 print issue of Canadian Business (packaged with the October issue of Maclean’s magazine) and online at Growth500.ca and CanadianBusiness.com. Find the full ranking at Growth500.ca.

About Vendasta
Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with their digital needs. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for four consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

About the Growth 500
For over 30 years, the Growth 500 ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies has been Canada’s most respected and influential ranking of entrepreneurial achievement. Developed by PROFIT and now published in a special Growth 500 print issue of Canadian Business (packaged with the October issue of Maclean’s magazine) and online at Growth500.ca and CanadianBusiness.com, the Growth 500 ranks Canadian companies on five-year revenue growth. For more information on the ranking, visit Growth500.ca.

About Canadian Business
Founded in 1928, Canadian Business is the longest-serving and most-trusted business publication in the country. It is the country’s premier media brand for executives and senior business leaders. It fuels the success of Canada’s business elite with a focus on the things that matter most: leadership, innovation, business strategy and management tactics. Learn more at CanadianBusiness.com.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

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Sept. 10, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Vendasta is celebrating tonight after being awarded second place in the competitive ranking for Channel Futures’ 2019 Managed Service Provider (MSP) of the Year.

The awards were announced at the MSP 501 Awards Gala Tuesday evening as part of Channel Partners Evolution in Washington D.C. The event honors the 501 top Managed Service Providers as determined by Channel Futures. CRO George Leith accepted the award on behalf of Vendasta.

(From left) Vendasta CRO George Leith, Director of Segment Development Chiara Traversa, and VP of Enterprise Acquisition Joel Smart pose at the MSP 501 Gala in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.

“We’re very humbled to be named among other incredible MSPs and are looking forward to the conversations tonight and into the future,” said Leith.

“These talks will be critical as the channel evolves. We’ve got to work together to meet our reseller partners’ needs. They’re being challenged to help curate and simplify effective digital solutions for small and medium businesses, and they need a full stack of cloud solutions and fulfillment help to overcome it. Collaboration will be king.”

Vendasta works with channel partners to provide an expansive marketing and business solution suites complete with in-house Marketing Services fulfillment. This allows MSPs to outsource or offload portions of their service work while adopting new retention-driving solutions. The company was among 10 MSPs which received special awards Tuesday evening.

“[These companies] stand as examples of the creativity, business agility, and willingness to take risks that define the modern channel, and the Channel Futures team extends our heartfelt congratulations to these 10 innovative companies,” says Kris Blackmon, Content Director for Channel Partners and Channel Futures, and lead of the MSP 501 program. “The evolution of the managed services market is reflected in the changing nature of the MSP 501 winners over the years, and each and every winner from the past 12 years deserves the highest praise and is awarded inclusion in the exclusive Channel Futures 501er Community peer organization.”

Vendasta sends its heartfelt congratulations to MSP of the Year winner Calligo, second runner up ARG, and to the other special award winners:

Comeback Kid: Business System Solutions
Digital Innovator of the Year: Logically
Vanguard: Platte River Networks
Newcomer: ZNetLive
Executive of the Year: Sam Underwood, Goodwin PC Services
Lifetime Achievement Winner: Bryon Bielman, iuvo Technologies
Hall of Fame Winner: Sirius Computer Solutions

The complete 2019 MSP 501 list is available at Channel Futures.

Background

The 2019 MSP 501 list is based on data collected by Channel Futures and its sister site, Channel Partners. Data was collected online from March 1 through May 31, 2019. The MSP 501 list recognizes top managed service providers based on metrics including annual revenue and revenue stream mix.

About Vendasta

Vendasta provides an end-to-end platform to 18,000+ channel partners who sell digital products and services to more than two million small and medium businesses (SMBs). The likes of marketing agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more are able to utilize Vendasta’s rebrandable platform to automate their marketing, organize their sales, take new best-of-breed solutions to market easily, and manage their client accounts – all under a simple, single login. In turn, an SMB client can access a dashboard to monitor improvements and manage their business’ online presence. Sign up for free at www.vendasta.com.

About Informa Tech

Channel Futures, Channel Partners Online, Channel Partners Conference & Expo and Channel Partners Evolution are part of Informa Tech, a market-leading B2B information provider with depth and specialization in the Information and Communications (ICT) Technology sector. We help drive the future by inspiring the Technology community to design, build and run a better digital world through our market-leading research, media, training and event brands. Every year, we welcome 7,400+ subscribers to our research, more than 3.8 million unique visitors a month to our digital communities, 18,200+ students to our training programs and 225,000 delegates to our events.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

Kris Blackmon,
Content Director, Channel Futures & Channel Partners
Senior Editor, MSP 501
Kris.Blackmon@Informa.com

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The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) delivered its ‘Top 20 Early’ and ‘Top 10 Growth’ lists on BNN Bloomberg Wednesday morning. Companies are chosen by a selection committee of technology industry experts and investors from across Canada.

This is the second consecutive year Vendasta has been honored by CIX, having been named among the CIX Top 20 in 2018. It’s the first year that the Canadian Innovation Exchange has curated two programs: the CIX Top 20 Early, for companies with net revenue less than $5 million CAD or who have raised less than $10 million, and the CIX Top 10 Growth program for late stage companies.

“The CIX brings together some of the most passionate and driven people in Canadian technology and it is an honor for Vendasta to be recognized,” said Vendasta CEO Brendan King. “Very few Canadian technology companies are reaching the ‘scaling’ stage, and it’s fantastic to see CIX recognizing companies that are reaching this milestone.”

The list of companies honored in the CIX Top 10 Growth program are:

– AlayaCare, Montreal
– ApplyBoard, Kitchener
– Bold Commerce, Winnipeg
– Flybits, Toronto
– League, Toronto
– Platterz Inc, Toronto
– Q4 Inc., Toronto
– Sensibill, Toronto
– TouchBistro, Toronto
– Vendasta, Saskatoon

See both lists here.

CIX Canadian Innovation Exchange said 433 profiles were submitted for consideration from across Canada. Companies were chosen based on a number of key factors, including product/service offering, depth of management, market opportunity, and business model.

“Expanding to include a dedicated Growth-stage category allows us to identify and showcase more great Canadian companies and attract new stages of investors and sources of capital to CIX,” said Lauren Linton, Executive Director of CIX. “This year’s cohort of early and growth-stage companies is very impressive and we look forward to showcasing them at CIX.”

Executives of each company will present to more than 700 investors and peers in the North American technology ecosystem at CIX 2019 from Oct. 16-17. Alongside the showcases will be dynamic keynotes and sessions led by top tech business leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs.

About the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX):

CIX is an annual curation program and two-day conference which showcases Canada’s most promising early stage and scaling startups. In its 12th year, invited delegates are North American VCs, corporates, private equity investors and advisors. CIX is Canada’s largest tech startup investment conference, taking place in downtown Toronto, Oct 16-17, 2019.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with their digital needs. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

Vendasta Media Contact:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

CIX Media Contact:

Peter Jones
pjones@brunico.com
416 408-2300 x 238

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Aug. 13, 2019 (Saskatoon, CANADA) – Vendasta is proud to receive a bronze Stevie® Award for Company of the Year in the Computer Software category as part of the 16th Annual International Business Awards® (IBA).

The IBA honors individuals and organizations worldwide. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word ‘crowned’, the awards will be presented to winners at a gala banquet in Vienna, Austria on Oct. 19.

Vendasta was considered among the top software companies with between 100-2,500 employees. There were entries from more than 74 nations and territories, with winners determined by more than 250 executives who participated in the judging process from May through early August.

“The IBA judges from across the world were highly impressed with the nominations they reviewed this year. With the level of achievement documented in the nominations from 74 nations, the Stevie Awards are proud to honor organizations that demonstrate a high level of achievement in a variety of industries” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. “We received more nominations than ever and look forward to honoring the Stevie winners at our gala in Vienna, Austria this October.”

The judges noted that Vendasta was exemplary for its “strategy of aligning with other partners and channel networks”, its “simple concept (that is) addressing a real need in the marketplace”, and noted that it was an entry highlighting “successful business consistency over time … which truly measures the integrity of an organization’s values.”

“At Vendasta we spend a lot of time understanding and falling in love with our customers’ problems. Our model is such that we only succeed if our customers succeed,” said Vendasta CEO Brendan King. “Honors like the Stevie Awards tell us that we’re on the right track. They help drive us toward our vision of becoming the number one platform for selling digital solutions to local businesses.”

Vendasta congratulates all of this year’s IBA winners. To learn more about the platform and how companies who provide digital solutions to local businesses are building it into their strategies to drive revenue, improve retention, and delight customers, visit the website today.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta provides an end-to-end platform to 16,000+ channel partners who sell digital products and services to more than two million small and medium businesses (SMBs). The likes of marketing agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more are able to utilize Vendasta’s rebrandable platform to automate their marketing, organize their sales, take new best-of-breed solutions to market easily, and manage their client accounts – all under a simple, single login. In turn, an SMB client can access a dashboard to monitor improvements and manage their business’ online presence. Sign up for free at www.vendasta.com.

About the Stevie® Awards:

Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. 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.

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Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
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dmario@vendasta.com

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August 1, 2019 (Saskatoon, CANADA) – Vendasta today added Office 365 to its robust e-commerce marketplace, rounding out the platform’s productivity tool offerings.

The addition of Office 365 allows Vendasta partners to sell Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, and more to their small and medium business (SMB) clients. It joins a larger offering of digital marketing, protection, and productivity tools currently available for resale in the Vendasta Marketplace.

“This addition comes on the heels of our G Suite integration, which means our partners are able to confidently serve all digital productivity needs,” said Ed O’Keefe, VP/GM of the Vendasta Marketplace. “It’s a tremendous opportunity to build trust and increase SMB retention for our partners.”

Vendasta partners have access to three annual subscription tiers to meet their SMB clients’ business needs at reduced wholesale prices. The tiers range from essential online and mobile application access (Business Essentials) to business emails with access to a premium application suite (Business Premium).

To learn about Vendasta’s digital solutions, visit the Vendasta Marketplace page.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta provides an end-to-end platform to 16,000+ channel partners who sell digital products and services to more than two million small and medium businesses (SMBs). The likes of marketing agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more are able to utilize Vendasta’s rebrandable platform to automate their marketing, organize their sales, take new best-of-breed solutions to market easily, and manage their client accounts – all under a simple, single login. In turn, an SMB client can access a dashboard to monitor improvements and manage their business’ online presence. Sign up for free at www.vendasta.com.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

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It marks the single largest information and communication technology investment in the prairies since the Canadian Venture Capital Private Equity Association (CVCA) started collecting data in 2013.

The funds will be used to enhance the Vendasta Platform, including its owned and operated product suite and robust Marketplace of digital solutions. The company will accelerate its expansion into new customer channels such as banks, telcos, insurance companies and other enterprise organizations looking for a scalable technology solution to serve their SMB customers.

“SMBs worldwide are purchasing and relying on cloud-based software more than ever before. It’s projected that SMB spend on software as a service (SaaS) solutions will represent a $76 billion market opportunity in the US alone by 2020. They’re turning to trusted local experts to provide that software, and we are uniquely positioned to empower those experts with our cloud commerce platform,” said Vendasta CEO Brendan King.

An SMB who wants to move portions of their business online has to choose from more than 71,000 SaaS solutions to manage marketing, productivity, protection, operations, connectivity, and other business needs. The SMB often turns to familiar local experts, like telcos, marketing agencies, banks, media companies, and more to help manage their digital needs. The Vendasta Platform helps the trusted experts bring everything together in a cohesive experience for the SMBs they serve.

“At the end of the day, we’re passionate about driving local economies and helping small businesses succeed,” says King.

“The team is agile, smart, fun and they aren’t afraid of hard work. I’ve watched the company build, adapt, and over-deliver product and customer service, showing its true prairie roots of accountability. They have built a solid foundation, and they are just getting going,” said Amy Rae, Principal at Vanedge Capital.

“We are excited to partner with Brendan and his team, who are building a world class company and an excellent culture. In doing so, Vendasta is attracting talented technology professionals from around the world to Saskatoon as they grow and scale,” said George Rossolatos, CEO at CBGF.

According to the CVCA’s 2018 VC & PE Canadian Market Overview, $3.7 billion was invested in Canadian companies last year, of which eight deals in Saskatchewan made up $16 million of the total national investment (compared to $100 million in Alberta and $29 million in Manitoba). In the first quarter of 2019, $1 billion worth of investments were made in Canada, including three Saskatchewan deals totaling $19 million.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with their digital needs. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

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Smart is a business development leader with more than 20 years of sales and sales management experience in technology and publishing. He will work with Vendasta’s teams and its customers (“partners”) to further refine the products and Platform to best serve people who manage multi-location businesses in all industry verticals.

“The Vendasta Platform is nimble, and it can be customized to the demands and challenges of brands,” said Smart. “Based upon the needs of the client, we have the ability to customize and provide easy-to-implement components for optimized exposure and results.”

Smart joins Vendasta as it launches its Multi-Location Business Center, which provides franchisees, brand managers, and other multi-location businesses with an overview of how their locations stack up against each other and the competition. It features Google My Business data and a new mobile interface that is accessible directly from Business Center, making it easy to switch between single and multiple business location views.

The new dashboard allows Vendasta’s partners to:

• get insights on how to best manage their multiple locations at once.
• see which locations are winning or need help, with the ability to apply filters.
• get work done easily by providing key workflows, like responding to reviews.
• experience a powerful mobile experience.

“Managing brands and multiple location requires consistency, and Vendasta has the tools to ensure our partners are able to keep on top of everything,” said Vendasta CRO George Leith. “Joel is a high performer with solid experience in our industry, and he has an innate ability to connect complex business customers with scalable solutions.”

Vendasta’s Multi-Location Business Center is available today.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with their digital needs. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

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Catriona Barcoe
Marketing Operations Manager
Vendasta
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The Journey

Vendasta research finds that 40% of all channel resellers targeting SMBs hit a growth stall in the first 12-14 months of selling a new product or service. With the theme of Growing Together, the conference will help attendees conquer potential stalls in their success, focusing on Vendasta’s 6 Growth Pillars:

 

•  Product Strategy – Figuring out what to sell and how to sell it.
• Improving go-to-market & gross margin through product-led growth.
• Demand Generation – Driving an ongoing desire for products & services.
• Sales Efficiency – Closing deals & acquiring customers faster.
  Creating strong sales processes and finding the right customers.
• Scaling Operations – Providing services and products efficiently.
  Improving onboarding, adopting automation, and harnessing fulfillment opportunities.
• Customer Retention – Delighting existing customers.
  Providing proof of performance, meeting needs, and engaging with SMBs.
• Customer Expansion – Growing a customer base & selling new services.
  Intelligent client profiling and sales, providing diversified products driven by automation.

SMBs are turning to digital solutions to help manage their business more than ever before, and 66% would prefer to work with a trusted cloud expert. Further, a 2016 Accel Partners/Google report predicts SMB spending on SaaS solutions will significantly outpace enterprise spending on SaaS by 2020.

“Millions of companies in marketing, publishing, broadcasting, directories, MSPs, ISPs, finance, insurance, telecos, and more stand to benefit from this shift,” said Vendasta CEO Brendan King. “This conference is the starting line for channel partners who are positioned to grow and meet this increasing demand.”

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Cheung is a seasoned C-level executive with broad financial and operational experience in a range of high-growth, venture-funded, and early stage companies through to NASDAQ listed public companies. He has previously held the role of CFO at Vancouver-based TIO Networks Corp. which was sold to PayPal, Inc. for $305 million in 2017, and also served as Vice President of Business Development for Fusemail, a subsidiary of j2 Global, Inc.

“It is important to be part of a company that serves a large market, and also has a great corporate culture and strong leadership team. That’s what I’m finding in Vendasta,” said Cheung. “We’re positioned for enormous growth and are now building a foundation that will allow the business to scale to more than a $100 million annual run rate, which will make us a significant player in the digital marketing space.”

“Our current growth trajectory requires the skills and experience that Richard brings,” said Vendasta CEO Brendan King. “As we grow through $100 million, we will benefit greatly from his experience and knowledge in fundraising, public markets, and acquisitions. We are ecstatic to have him on board.”

Small and medium businesses are shifting to software as a service (SaaS), creating a $72 billion market in North America by 2020, according to a joint report by Google and Accel Partners.

Vendasta enables anyone selling products and services to small and medium businesses to transform into a SaaS cloud broker, unlocking monthly recurring revenue opportunities. The Vendasta platform allows small businesses to easily purchase, access, and use SaaS products in an affordable, accessible way on any device at any time.

“The evolution of Vendasta’s Platform will lead to enormous benefit for our company, as well as our vendors, our partners, and the SMBs they serve,” said Cheung. “We’re helping build trust for our partners because their SMB clients know they can access, select, and purchase ‘best of breed’ solutions from a trusted source: their cloud broker. I’m looking forward to being part of this vision.”

Cheung begins his role as Vendasta CFO immediately.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta provides an end-to-end e-commerce platform used exclusively by companies who sell products and services to small and medium businesses – including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more. Through the Vendasta Platform and its wholesale Marketplace, the SMB-serving companies become cloud brokerages, generating recurring revenue through the sale of SaaS productivity and marketing technology solutions. They are able to instantly provision, market, sell, deliver, bill, and provide reporting for their SMB clients. In turn, SaaS vendors and developers of SMB products receive access to Vendasta’s 1.75 million SMBs through its 10,000 cloud broker partners. The company has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

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Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
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Vendasta’s channel partners can now help their U.S.-based small and medium business (SMB) clients form a limited liability company (LLC), providing security and adding further credibility to the local business and its digital solutions provider.

Businesses are required to renew their certificate annually through their Channel Partner expert, increasing retention and providing yet another source of recurring revenue.

Forming an LLC provides certain tax protections, and helps safeguard a business owner’s personal assets.

“MyCorporation could not be more pleased to work with Vendasta’s channel partners, and to support their offerings to business owners and entrepreneurs looking to protect assets, save taxes, and add legitimacy to their businesses,” said Deborah Sweeney, CEO of MyCorporation.

“This partnership allows SMBs to keep their businesses protected through our trusted partners,” said Ed O’Keefe, GM/EVP of the Vendasta Marketplace. “This is another way Vendasta is able to provide our cloud broker partners new growth solutions for both themselves and their small and medium business clients.”

MyCorporation is among a series of best-in-class business solutions recently added to the expanding Vendasta Marketplace, such as G Suite and the soon-to-be added Office 365. The software platform is adding human resources and accounting software in 2019.

Sign up for free to explore Vendasta’s robust Marketplace, or visit Vendasta to learn more about the single sign-on white-label platform for channel partners and their SMB clients.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with digital marketing. Sold exclusively through channel partners – including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more – the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

About MyCorporation:

MyCorporation is a leading provider of online document filing services for clients who wish to form a corporation or limited liability company. For more than 20 years, MyCorporation has helped small business clients and real estate investors incorporate their businesses in a reliable and affordable manner. In addition to offering document filing services for online incorporation, MyCorporation also offers trademark searches and applications, copyright registrations, DBA registrations, registered agent services and many more products that help customers protect and maintain the legitimacy of their businesses.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
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dmario@vendasta.com

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Vendasta is among 13 businesses that were honoured at the NSBA’s annual awards banquet, which took place at the World Trade Centre Saskatoon at Prairieland Park, Wednesday night.

“There is a rich history of business success in Saskatoon and we’re honoured to be enjoying the evening with other people who are getting up and going to work everyday to make this city even better,” said Vendasta Chief Technology Officer Dale Hopkins. “We’re looking to hire around 80 people in 2019, and this award is a great reminder of how far we’ve come from a few guys with a dream at Innovation Place.”

The Growth and Market Expansion Award is delivered to an NSBA business that successfully demonstrates a commitment to growth through expansion in a new or existing market.

Vendasta has grown from a single software product to an integrated platform for channel partners to sell to small- and medium-sized businesses worldwide. It’s expanded its market reach from North America to businesses in places like South Africa, Australia, and Europe.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with digital marketing. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

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Vendasta CEO Brendan King (right) with CMO Jeff Tomlin at the LSA Ad-to-Action Awards, Tuesday night.

“It means a lot to us to receive this from a premier industry group,” said Vendasta CEO Brendan King. “The LSA and its membership are made up of such talented and passionate individuals and we’re lucky to be part of this community and these awards.”

Vendasta received the accolade for Website Pro, an in-house built product which provides managed WordPress hosting on the Google Cloud Platform. Website Pro makes it easy to manage several websites simply and efficiently, all from Vendasta’s integrated sales and marketing platform.

A recent case study featuring Elevated Web Solutions saw an increase in cost savings of 72 percent, and a decrease in load time of 13 percent when clients switched to Website Pro from WP Engine.

This is the company’s first Ad-to-Action Award, and first industry nod for the hosting solution.

According to the LSA, the judging panel for the sixth annual Ad-to-Action Awards was comprised of industry professionals from Disney, Walmart, Moz, Factual, Verizon Media Services, OMD, Google, Yelp, Amazon, Camilyo, and more.

Vendasta sends heartfelt congratulations to the other winners and nominees. You can read more about this year’s Ad-to-Action Awards here.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with digital marketing. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
+1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
dmario@vendasta.com

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The honour was announced as part of the SODS Annual Diversity Awards Gala Thursday night at the Delta Bessborough Hotel. The gala dinner celebrates the achievements of companies and individuals that have shown exceptional leadership in workplace diversity and an inclusive attitude toward immigrants.

Brooke Trippel (left) and Viola Lu at the SODS Annual Diversity Awards Gala Thursday night.

The Employer Partner of the Year award is given to a Saskatoon business that successfully utilized SODS services to attract employees and engage with the newcomer community. Vendasta participates in SODS’ WeConnect Job Fairs, and is active with the organization’s Skills 4 Work program, assisting with mock interviews and workplace tours.

Viola Lu discovered Vendasta through the Skills 4 Work program. She immigrated from Shanghai, China last summer.

“Vendasta was helping with the mock interviews, and gave a really impressive and informative speech that attracted me to know more about Vendasta,” said Lu. “It’s why I’m working here, and I’m really proud to be a Vendastian.”

“An employee’s willingness to work with others and adapt to uncertainty and change are crucial in our fast-paced tech world,” said Vendasta People Operations Specialist Brooke Trippel. “Newcomers embody these traits in their life-changing decision to move into a new environment and culture. This has led Vendasta to have great success in hiring newcomers.”

About 13 percent of the company’s workforce is new to Canada, from places like the United States, China, Brazil, Ireland, and Australia. Four recent hires connected with Vendasta through SODS programming.

“Diversity is increasingly important in today’s workplace, as it is in our communities,” said SODS Executive Director Ali Abukar. “Vendasta recognizes this through their enthusiastic collaboration with us to welcome, hire and support newcomers to Canada. Vendasta’s continued involvement over the past three years in our job-readiness classes – for instance, by participating in mock interviews – has allowed our clients to build their confidence and enabled them to land a job. It’s a win-win for newcomers and for Saskatoon.”

Vendasta sends their heartfelt congratulations to the other businesses honoured at the awards ceremony. This is the second consecutive year Vendasta has received the Employer Partner of the Year Award.

Find more information about Vendasta’s current career opportunities here.

About Vendasta:

Vendasta is a software company that builds a platform for helping local businesses with digital marketing. Sold exclusively through channel partners — including agencies, broadcasters, publishers, banks, telecoms, and more — the Vendasta platform enables sales professionals to brand it as their own and provide re-sellable products and services to local businesses around the world. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in North America by Deloitte. It has also been listed on Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vendasta.com.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Vendasta
Office: +1-306-955-5512 (ext. 289)
Mobile: +1-306-371-4999
dmario@vendasta.com

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“The Branham300 is based on revenue growth and we are please to have made the list again. As we grow to our goal of $100 million in revenue, maintaining a high growth rate is challenging,” Vendasta CEO Brendan King said. “However, our growth rate is actually increasing as we become the software platform of choice for companies providing marketing, sales, and other digital solutions to local businesses. Demand internationally is rising dramatically, and Canadian tech is being seen as desirable and competitive. I am proud of the world class platform our team is building right here in Saskatoon.”

Vendasta secured its coveted spot on the 2018 Branham300 list of public and private technology companies by achieving 45 percent revenue growth from 2016 to 2017. The Branham Group reports that revenue generated by the Top 250 tech companies in Canada has grown every year since 2009. In fiscal 2017, Canada’s Top 250 achieved growth of 1.14 percent, compared to 9.6 percent the previous year.

“I want to emphasize that this slowdown in growth is not caused by weakness in either the ICT sector or the overall economy. It’s quite the opposite,” said Wayne Gubranson, CEO of Branham Group. “We saw reduced growth because Canadian companies are so attractive that a number of large firms were purchased by Canadian or foreign buyers and were therefore no longer eligible for our ranking,”

This is the third time Vendasta has been recognized on the Branham300, having applied and been ranked in the Top Canadian ICT Companies in 2016 and among the Top 25 Canadian IT Up and Comers in 2009.

Find the full Branham300 list here.

About Branham 300
The Branham300 is the best-known and most widely referenced listing of Canada’s top ICT companies, ranked by revenue. The listing also tracks the top ICT multinationals operating in Canada, as well as ‘Up and Coming’ firms, which are young Canadian companies Branham Group believes will be big hits soon. Branham Group’s ranking is unique in Canada because it tracks both publicly held and privately owned companies. It is the only comprehensive list to do so.

About Vendasta
Vendasta is a Saskatoon-based technology company offering software and services to professionals who sell digital solutions to local businesses around the world. The tools power the local businesses’ digital presence and online reputation. Marketing agencies, broadcasters, publishers, technology companies, banks, yellow pages, and telecoms are able to drive down their cost of sales while increasing margins using Vendasta’s platform. They delight clients using Vendasta’s white-labelled solutions, including its award-winning needs assessment, automated email marketing campaigns, easy-to-use CRM, marketplace of resellable apps & services, and fulfillment agency. Vendasta has been named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, and Canadian Business Magazine’s Profit 500.

Please direct media inquiries to:

Dani Mario
Director of Public Relations
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Mobile: 306-371-4999
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Vendasta has grown its revenue 42% year-over-year (2016-2017) in markets outside of North America. Plant’s support will ensure Vendasta’s continued growth and success internationally.

“Paul is well connected and highly experienced in the local media provisioning industry,” said George Leith, Chief Revenue Officer of Vendasta. “We are fortunate to have his leadership and knowledge of go-to-market strategy in our Partner Development team. We look forward to growing our footprint in new markets over the coming months.”

Paul has enjoyed a long and successful career in telecommunications, media and technology. He spent more than two decades on the executive team at Yell Group, and was part of the team that launched yell.com, the UK’s leading online business directory in January, 1996. He founded Radicle Consulting in 2010, a boutique, hands-on consultancy that advises companies on digital transformation and customer experience design. Paul is an active board member of the Search & Information Industry Association (SIINDA) and serves as an advisor to the executive board of the Local Search Association in North America.

“I’ve worked at the coalface of positive transformational changes at businesses throughout my career, and I have the hands-on experience of working with companies that can benefit substantially from the
digital capabilities that Vendasta provides,” said Plant. “Small businesses today need a lot of support understanding the digital media landscape, and one of the things I particularly like about the Vendasta platform is how it helps the end customer. This is a natural partnership and I’m eager to help Vendasta realize its expansion goals.”

“It’s exciting to tap into Paul’s expertise,” said John Jordan, Executive Vice-President of Partner Development. “He understands the evolving role of digital marketing and is the right person to drive
Vendasta’s international presence.”

About Vendasta

Vendasta is the leading platform for companies who sell digital solutions to local businesses. The Vendasta platform helps marketing agencies drive down their cost of sales while increasing margins through its award-winning needs-assessment, automated email marketing campaigns, easy-to-use CRM, a marketplace of resellable apps & services, and a white-label fulfillment agency. Vendasta’s network of more than 1,200 platform customers with their combined network of over 16,000 salespeople serve hundreds of thousands of local small and medium businesses around the globe. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing in North America by Deloitte the past two years in a row. Vendasta has also been listed on the Canadian Business Magazine’s Profit 500 for the second year running.

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The announcement was made to attendees and partners at the company’s VendastaCon conference, in Banff, Alberta.

“Facebook has seen a lot of changes over the years – certainly in the last few weeks – and those regular updates require marketing teams to act fast to ensure they’re still making the most of their social strategies,” Vendasta CEO Brendan King said. “This badge proves that we’re at the forefront of these changes, and can offer the most advanced marketing solutions, including Instagram publishing.”

The addition means that beta partners and their clients can now post directly to Instagram, along with Facebook, Google My Business, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google Plus. Instagram direct publishing is set for general release Apr. 18.

“This has been the top requested feature for our Social Marketing products, so we’re absolutely thrilled with the relationship and the ability to offer this to our partners and the network of more than 100,000 businesses they serve around the world,” said Vendasta Chief Strategy Officer Jacqueline Cook. “Through this integration, brands and businesses will be able to reach even more customers in an efficient way, allowing them to focus their time on running their businesses.”

Facebook had 1.4 billion daily active users in 2017, amounting to a 14% increase year-over-year for the social media site. Instagram reported 500 million daily active users as of September, up from 200 million in April, 2017. Its users include 24 million active business profiles.

About Vendasta:
Vendasta is the leading platform for companies who sell digital solutions to local businesses. The Vendasta platform helps marketing agencies and media companies drive down their cost of sales while increasing margins through its award winning needs-assessment, automated email marketing campaigns, easy-to-use CRM, a marketplace of resellable apps & services, and a white-label fulfillment agency. Vendasta’s network of more than 1,200 platform customers with their combined network of over 16,000 salespeople serve hundreds of thousands of local small and medium businesses around the globe. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing in North America by Deloitte the past two years in a row. Vendasta has also been listed on the Canadian Business Magazine’s Profit 500 for the second year running.

Media Contact Information:

Dani Mario
Director of Public Relations
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Vendasta’s Executive Report gives local business owners a weekly rollup of everything important that happened across their digital marketing channels. This includes new customer reviews, social media mentions, and changes to their business listings. The report is automatically populated and ‘white labelled’, allowing Vendasta partners to customize it under their brand.

“This is a business’s story updated week-to-week. It’s the essential news for a business owner who doesn’t have the time to read multiple reports,” Vendasta CEO Brendan King said. “It also gives our partners the opportunity to demonstrate that their products and services are effective.”

With this update, Vendasta’s Executive Report now includes data about a business’ advertising, listings, reputation, SEO, social media, and website. The report shows the progression of a business’ digital marketing with easy-to-read graphs and figures, helping Vendasta-partnered marketing agencies and media companies show proof of performance to their local business clients. Every week, the Vendasta Platform automatically generates and sends this report to local businesses, saving Vendasta partners the time of compiling the data from multiple sources.

The new Executive Report is available to beta partners now and will be released to all partners Apr. 11.

About Vendasta:
Vendasta is the leading platform for companies who sell digital solutions to local businesses. The Vendasta platform helps marketing agencies and media companies drive down their cost of sales while increasing margins through its award winning needs-assessment, automated email marketing campaigns, easy-to-use CRM, a marketplace of resellable apps & services, and a white-label fulfillment agency. Vendasta’s network of more than 1,200 platform customers with their combined network of over 16,000 salespeople serve hundreds of thousands of local small and medium businesses around the globe. Vendasta has been named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada and one of the top 500 fastest growing in North America by Deloitte the past two years in a row. Vendasta has also been listed on the Canadian Business Magazine’s Profit 500 for the second year running.

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