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NEW BRIGHTON, Minn.- The Web Marketing Association (WMA) honored Risdall Advertising Agency Interactive (RAAi) for outstanding Web development by awarding it 18 WebAwards, including a Best of Industry award. Honored with 18 awards for 17 Web sites, RAAi placed second in total number of awards won in 2007. A majority of the top Web developers in the world enter the competition – many with thousands of employees.

“It’s amazing that a developer with only 60 employees would rank second in the world,” said Ted Risdall, chairman of RAAi. “Risdall was creating Web sites as far back as 1993, which is considered prehistoric times on the Internet.” One of the clients RAAi built a Web site for that year, Smith System, won a WMA Best of Industry award in 2007 for its updated version, setting the world standard for its entire industry.

Each WebAward entry is judged on design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, navigation and ease of use. RAA received five WebAwards in 2006 and six WebAwards in 2005. The 2007 RAA Web sites honored include:

• Best Institutional Services Website/Best of Industry, 2007, for Smith System
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8198
• B2B Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Calabrio
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8694
• B2B Standard of Excellence, 2007, for JSAT International Satellite Services
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8614
• B2B Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Impressions Incorporated
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8616
• B2B Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Conwed
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8200
• B2B Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Quixtar Ribbon Gift Collection Showcase Sitelet
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8444
• Home Building Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Pearlmont Heights
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8920
• Home Building Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Trout Run Preserve
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8920
• Information Services Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Nexus Information Systems
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8696
• Medical Standard of Excellence and Medical Equipment Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Hutchinson Technology BioMeasurement Division
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8618
• Outstanding Website, 2007, for Archway Marketing Services
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8611
• Pharmaceuticals Standard of Excellence, 2007, for BioScrip
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8199
• Pharmaceuticals Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Immune Alert Supplements
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8645
• Public Relations Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Risdall McKinney Public Relations
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8465
• Shopping Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Boomerang Pays
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8698
• Restaurant Standard of Excellence, 2007, for P.B. Loco Flavored Gourmet Peanut Butters
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8634
• Retail Standard of Excellence, 2007, for Zia Sleep Sanctuary
  http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=8686

“Pound for pound and marketing dollar, our Web sites outperform most sites in the world,” said Joel Koenigs, president of RAAi Technology. “Our interactive team will build more than 2,500 client projects this year! Some of our competitors are more than 20 times our size, yet we outperformed all but one.” RAAi is ranked as Minnesota’s number one interactive agency according to revenue by the Twin Cities Business.

About the Web Awards
Now in its 11th year, the WebAwards is the premier annual Web site competition that honors the best sites in 96 industries while setting the standard of excellence for all Web development.

About Risdall Marketing Group
Founded in 1972, Risdall Marketing Group had annual capitalized billings of $162 million and over 60 employees in 2007. Headquartered in New Brighton, Minn., Risdall is heralded as one of the oldest and most successful agencies in the Twin Cities market and is recognized nationally for its leading-edge interactive marketing capabilities. The full-service agency embraces an integrated approach offering marketing, advertising, public relations, promotion and collateral development, traditional and interactive media, research and fundraising capabilities. According to the 2008 Twin Cities Business Annual Business Information Guide, RMG is ranked as the largest Web developer, fifth largest PR agency and the seventh largest advertising agency in Minnesota. For more information, visit www.risdall.com