The magazine’s Inc. 500 ranks U.S. companies with the highest percentage revenue growth across three years.

California companies led the list with 92; followed by Texas with 52; Virginia, 46; New York, 36; Florida, 29.

“I am tremendously honored, both personally and for the company, to be recognized as a finalist in such a  prestigious awards program,” said Jim Waltrip, All Web Leads co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer upon hearing of his nomination. Jim Waltrip co-founded the company in 2005 and served as Chief Executive Officer until 2010, leading the company from a 2-person bootstrapped startup to a profitable 40-person company with award-winning revenue growth. All Web Leads connects consumers searching online for insurance products with the agents, brokers and carriers who can best serve them.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 24th anniversary this year.  The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world. 

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year national program.  Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 13, 2010.  The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.

Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards are nationally sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP. 

In Central Texas local sponsors include Austin Business Journal, IPS Advisors, DLA Piper, ADP, Bridgepoint Consulting, Bowne, Cabot and The Silverton Foundation.

About All Web Leads
Founded in 2005, All Web Leads (www.allwebleads.com) is a leading online sales lead provider for the U.S. insurance industry. The company delivers real-time, targeted, high-quality sales leads to top insurance producers. All Web Lead’s technology-driven approach to online marketing helps bring together agents with qualified customers who are actively searching online for insurance products. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

About Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards Program
Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.
Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young LLP is a client-serving member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited located in the U.S.

All Web Leads today announced that Jim Waltrip, co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award in Central Texas. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Jim Waltrip was selected as one of nine finalists by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 3, 2010 at the Austin Hilton.

“I am tremendously honored, both personally and for the company, to be recognized as a finalist in such a prestigious awards program,” said Jim Waltrip, All Web Leads co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer upon hearing of his nomination. Jim Waltrip co-founded the company in 2005 and served as Chief Executive Officer until 2010, leading the company from a 2-person bootstrapped startup to a profitable 40-person company with award-winning revenue growth. All Web Leads connects consumers searching online for insurance products with the agents, brokers and carriers who can best serve them. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 24th anniversary this year. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world.

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 13, 2010. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.

Sponsors

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards are nationally sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP. In Central Texas local sponsors include Austin Business Journal, IPS Advisors, DLA Piper, ADP, Bridgepoint Consulting, Bowne, Cabot and The Silverton Foundation.

About All Web Leads

Founded in 2005, All Web Leads allwebleads.com is a leading online insurance leads provider for the U.S. insurance industry. The company delivers real-time, targeted, high-quality sales leads to top insurance producers. All Web Lead’s technology-driven approach to online marketing helps bring together agents with qualified customers who are actively searching online for insurance products. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

About Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards Program

Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.

Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young LLP is a client-serving member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited located in the U.S.

“As Chief Operating Officer, Bill has been key to All Web Leads’ tremendous growth over the past two years,” said Jim Waltrip, co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer. “His strategic vision, leadership skills and proven track record of execution make him the right person to take All Web Leads to the next level.”

“I’m so proud of the entire team at All Web Leads and what they have accomplished in less than 5 years – the company’s revenue, profitability,  and growth rate are the envy of companies many times our size across different markets,” said Bill Daniel, CEO of All Web Leads. “I’m excited to lead the company in the next phase of our growth as we rapidly expand our insurance lead generation market share while simultaneously developing new opportunities in other verticals.”

Bill Daniel is a technology industry veteran, founding and leading companies and teams in both Silicon Valley and in Austin. Prior to joining All Web Leads as Chief Operating Officer in 2008, Daniel was the President and CEO of Surgient, a leading data-center virtualization management software company. At Surgient he was responsible for restarting the company and developing entirely new products and go-to-market strategies. Prior to Surgient, he held Senior Vice President roles at Vignette, a publicly-traded developer of content management software acquired by OpenText in 2009. Prior to Vignette, Bill founded a number of successful software companies including Wallop (acquired by IBM in 1998), Datis Corporation, and Mozart Systems. He previously held sales positions at Oracle and other Silicon Valley technology companies. Bill holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

About All Web Leads
Founded in 2005, All Web Leads (www.allwebleads.com) is a leading online sales lead provider for the U.S. insurance industry. The company delivers real-time, targeted, high-quality sales leads to top insurance producers. All Web Lead’s technology-driven approach to online marketing helps bring together agents with qualified customers who are actively searching online for insurance products. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

“Summit Business Media is the leading publisher in the insurance vertical and, for hundreds of thousands of insurance agents, their publications are the most respected source for the latest ideas on managing and growing their insurance businesses,” said Bill Daniel, Chief Executive Officer Of All Web Leads. “As more consumers incorporate online research and shopping into their insurance buying process, insurance producers are turning to Internet leads in ever increasing numbers to find prospects.”

“As the fastest growing company in the online lead generation market, All Web Leads is a natural partner for this new business venture,” said Tom Fowler, Senior Vice President, Managing Director of Summit Business Media’s Insurance Media Group. “Their advanced technology platform and expertise in connecting high quality insurance consumers with local agents will help us to hit the ground running and to deliver a seamless, high quality service to our readers.”

About Top Prospect
Top Prospect connects local insurance agents with consumers who are searching online for the insurance products they sell. There are no long-term commitments required to use Top Prospect, agents pay only for the leads that are delivered to them. Using custom filters, insurance producers describe exactly what products they sell and the types of prospects they are looking for. Prospects that match those filters are then delivered in real-time via web, email and mobile so they can follow-up right away, often while the prospect is still at their computers.

About Summit Business Media
Summit Business Media is the leading B2B media and information company serving the insurance, investment and professional services markets through a variety of channels, including print, online and live events. SBM provides breaking news and analysis, in-depth practice management strategies and business-building techniques, and actionable data to the markets it serves. Through its Media and Reference Divisions, the company publishes 19 magazines and 150 reference titles. The Events Division hosts a dozen conferences in support of Summit’s magazine brands and sponsors the International Investment Conferences on global mining investment. SBM’s Data Division, comprised of Highline Data, Judy Diamond Associates, Agent Media and Kirschner’s, is the leading data provider of financial and marketing information on insurance companies, agents and investment advisors.

About All Web Leads
Founded in 2005, All Web Leads (www.allwebleads.com) is a leading online sales lead provider for the U.S. insurance industry. The company delivers real-time, targeted, high-quality sales leads to top insurance producers. All Web Lead’s technology-driven approach to online marketing helps bring together agents with qualified customers who are actively searching online for insurance products. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

All Web Leads was also a sponsor of the official conference VIP Party held at Tryst nightclub.  An amazing night - complete with a giant, branded waterfall!

A big thanks to everybody who stopped by the All Web Leads booth!

With the US population aging and the recent issues in the economy, its no surprise that more people are looking for information about life insurance. As in other insurance verticals, consumers are drawn to well-known brands in the life insurance space according to the comScore study. Top producers should take advantage of this information in their interactions with online consumers. Make sure to prominently mention the carriers whose products who you write early in the conversation. Also, engage the consumers about their online search experience and how it relates to their plans to purchase a policy. Are they just researching? What are their goals?

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December 15, 2009 – Austin Texas – Austin-­‐based All Web Leads, an online sales lead generation service for the US insurance industry, was recognized by the Austin Business Journal as one of their Fast 50 fastest growing private companies in Central Texas for the second consecutive year. The company placed 2nd in the category of companies with revenues greater than $10 million per year with growth of over 548% from 2006 to 2009, a compounded annual growth rate of more than 150%. The company placed 3rd in the 2008 Fast 50 awards program.

“Speaking on behalf of the entire team at All Web Leads, we’re honored to receive this award. The phenomenal growth we have experienced at All Web Leads indicates the strong demand for superior services that connect consumers shopping for insurance with insurance professionals,” said Jim Waltrip, All Web Leads co-­‐founder and CEO. “This award reinforces the feedback we receive from consumers demonstrating that our investments in a technology-­‐driven approach are resulting in a superior consumer insurance experience.”

About the Fast 50 Awards

The Austin Business Journal's annual Fast 50 contest recognizes the fastest growing companies in the Austin area. Rankings are based solely on revenue growth during the past three years. Information submitted by contestants is verified by an independent accounting firm.

About All Web Leads

Founded in 2005, All Web Leads (www.allwebleads.com) is a leading online sales lead provider for the U.S. insurance industry. The company delivers real-­‐time, targeted, high-­‐quality sales leads to top insurance producers. All Web Lead’s technology-­‐driven approach to online marketing helps bring together agents with qualified customers who are actively searching online for insurance products. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.