Hostway has announced the winner of their $5,000 Google AdWords sweepstakes to help a small business owner drive more traffic to his Web site.

Chicago, IL—Tuesday, November 8, 2005—Hostway Corporation, a leading provider of Web hosting and managed services, is thrilled to help a small business owner grow their business’ online presence. Rob Hasselbaum, owner of www.educationaltoyland.com, was chosen out of over 2,000 entrants as the lucky winner of Hostway’s recent contest that awarded him a $5,000 credit in Google AdWords.

Hasselbaum vividly remembers his favorite childhood toy, a telescope, that he spent many summer nights peering through discovering astronomy. In a sense, this was his first educational toy, and to this day he swears that it has had an enormous impact on where his life took him. Rob and his daughter, Dawn, a mother of two boys, launched educationaltoyland.com about 8 months ago with the dreams of providing educational toys to children that hopefully would have a similar effect.

“The Internet has become such an important factor in the growth of small businesses that it’s important for every business operator to have a strategic plan to drive traffic to their site. In addition to Web hosting, Google AdWords is one of the many tools Hostway offers to help their customers increase the visitors to their site,” said John Lee, vice president of marketing at Hostway.

Hasselbaum will now have the tools to connect with more prospects that are searching for educational toys, increase the flow of qualified leads to his Web site and only pay when people click on his ad. In addition, he will receive a free consultation from a search engine-marketing expert from Hostway to help get his marketing campaign headed in the right direction.

“The online educational toy business is very competitive, however, with this award we now have the ability to try new campaigns and learn what works through trial and error. We are going to take advantage of this opportunity to its fullest extent,” said Hasselbaum.




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