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Solomark’s Susan Douglas voted a “2008 Top Tech Communicator” by the editorial community

PRSourceCode’s Top Tech Communicator Study surveyed journalists from over 800 IT and business publications

Schaumburg, IL – August 12, 2008 — Solomark Associates, a marketing and public relations firm specializing in servicing the insurance software industry, today announced that Susan Douglas has been named a Top Tech Communicator by PRSourceCode, a content service provider serving the information technology (IT) journalism, conference, industry accolade, and public relations (PR) communities.

PRSourceCode’s annual Top Tech Communicators study aims to recognize those PR agencies, corporate PR departments, and individuals that add the most value to the journalist/PR relationship, as voted on by journalists from the IT and business editorial community. The individual PR professionals awarded in 2008’s study were specifically called out and recognized by the surveyed journalists.

Ben Wall, Account Executive with PRSourceCode, commented, “After tallying the responses from the publications, we were happy to inform Susan that she placed in the top of our rankings as an individual PR pro. We congratulate her on being voted one of 2008’s “Top Tech Communicators” by the editorial community.”

“I am thrilled to have been named a Top Tech Communicator. I want to express my sincere thanks to the editorial community. Their confidence in and vote for my work is especially gratifying,” said Susan Douglas. “I love what I do and my clients are what make it such a pleasure. Their commitment to their respective public relations efforts and giving me so much good material and so many great people to work with make the job easy.”

Susan Douglas founded Solomark Associates in 1998 after having spent 20 years working for and with software and technology providers. Susan offers a proven track record of success and a unique combination of skills in technology, marketing, insurance, and public relations. With a career that includes executive and management marketing positions with high technology firms as well as multiple insurance software providers, Susan has the experience of having walked in her clients’ shoes, gaining a wealth of firsthand knowledge of the marketing challenges faced by insurance software and technology vendors. Using her combined insurance and technology industry knowledge, marketing street smarts and guerilla marketing tactics, Susan is able to consistently deliver high value results.

About PRSourceCode

PRSourceCode is a Content Service Provider (CSP) serving the Information Technology (IT) journalism, conference, industry accolade, and public relations communities. Founded by practitioners for practitioners, PRSourceCode focuses on rethinking traditional public relations processes and delivering innovative services that re-invent public relations best practices and better serve the editorial community. For more information, visit www.prsourcecode.com.

About Solomark Associates

Established in 1998, Solomark Associates is a boutique firm specializing in marketing and public relations consulting to the insurance software industry. Whether the Solomark client is a well-established software provider in the insurance industry, a start up organization or a horizontal software provider looking to increase their footprint in insurance, Solomark offers a service that can help drastically increase market awareness, vendor credibility, and industry buzz. Solomark offers a variety of consulting and public relations services, each designed to address a specific marketing challenge. For more information email susan@solomark.com or call 847.895.2634.