Vantage Communications Selects YourVersion as Winner of '20/20' Free PR Contest

More Than 100 Tech Companies Competed for Prize of $25k in Services


SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - October 26, 2010) - In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Vantage Communications, an award-winning global technology PR firm, announced YourVersion as the winner of its '20/20' Free PR contest. As the winner, YourVersion will receive strategic PR services including messaging, media relations, social media, and strategy to deliver a successful high-impact communications program. More than 100 companies competed for the opportunity to win this public relations program.

YourVersion is the best way to stay up-to-date on the topics you care about. YourVersion brings users the latest news, blogs, tweets, and videos tailored to their interests, all in one place via a suite of easy-to-use products that includes free apps for the iPad, iPhone, and Android. Vantage will get started with a kick-off strategy meeting to develop a PR plan for the next six months that will target branding and promoting YourVersion's product offerings while differentiating the company in the industry.

"We feel very fortunate to be awarded such a substantial prize that will increase the awareness of YourVersion to a whole new level," said Dan Olsen, CEO and co-founder of YourVersion, Inc. "Most people who try YourVersion really like the product, so the key goal for our company right now is to reach a large audience of prospective customers. Given Vantage Communications' strong track record of performance, the timing couldn't be better, and we're excited to work together to achieve our goal."

"We're very excited to get started with YourVersion, the winner of our '20/20' Free PR Contest," said Ilene Adler, CEO of Vantage Communications. "We've had a chance to engage with many fabulous companies that entered our contest, which we narrowed down to five finalists and now have made the final selection. YourVersion has a great story to tell. We look forward to delivering some great results -- and to give back to the tech community that we've been working closely with for 20 years."

About YourVersion
Founded in 2007, YourVersion is a personalized, real-time discovery engine that finds new, relevant content tailored to your interests. YourVersion also makes it easy to bookmark and share pages via email, Facebook, and Twitter. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, YourVersion, Inc., was started by consumer Web veteran Dan Olsen. Visit http://www.yourversion.com to learn more.

About Vantage Communications
With offices in San Francisco, New York and Orlando, Vantage Communications is an award-winning tech public relations agency. Celebrating 20 years in 2010, Vantage Communications brings both passion and senior-level technology and green PR experience that helps companies succeed. Vantage leverages established connections and business savvy to get our clients' stories maximum exposure. These high-impact results also generate raised awareness and increased sales. Vantage was recently recognized with the 2010 Golden Bridge Business America Award for the Campaign of the Year - Best Use of Integrated Communications and the 2010 International Galaxy Awards for Public Relations Special Events: USA.

For more information, please visit http://pr-vantage.com/. And you can follow our thoughts on our company blog, Vantage Points, at http://www.pr-vantage.com/blog/.

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