privately owned company founded 2003 headquarters new york city united states area served worldwide founder s gabriel shaoolian industry advertising services website design online marketing application development website development digital strategies logo and branding revenue 14.2 million 2012 1 employees 112 2012 2 website www.bluefountainmedia.com alexa rank 22 013 december 2013 update 3 blue fountain media is a digital marketing agency from new york city providing website development and online marketing strategies . contents 1 history 2 ratings and awards 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 2003 by gabriel shaoolian under the name gabriel productions then re branded as blue fountain media in 2005 . in the first years the company functioned as shaoolian s self employed freelancer business . 4 he focused on the effectiveness of brand marketing studying user behavior website bounce rate individual pages performance . based on these observations he created marketing strategies identifying the specific audience and the value offered to this audience through a clear message both on the business website and on social platforms . 5 after building a portfolio of successful projects the effectiveness of his approach became better known and the company expanded . shaoolian managed to develop the company without taking loans or investment money . 6 in 2008 the company moved its headquarters to union square in new york city eventually expanding the location to two offices in 2009 . in 2011 the company moved to madison avenue . blue fountain media developed websites and online strategies for clients like procter & gamble nasa harpercollins publishers at & t nike inc. the united nations canon and the national football league . 7 in february 2011 at the request of a reporter from the new york times david segal blue fountain media uncovered the unorthodox ways the company j. c. penney managed to trick google s search engine upon finding out google buried j. c. penney s search results . 8 9 10 11 in december 2011 the company was featured on cnn money as one of the businesses that have started to rival more established digital agencies . 12 the marketing effectiveness approach of the company was covered in various other newspaper articles like the new york times 13 or cnn tech 14 and television segments like cnbc 15 fox business network 16 reuters 17 18 or bloomberg tv . 5 ratings and awards edit blue fountain media is rated a by the better business bureau . 19 in 2010 the company was rated five stars by dun and bradstreet in their open ratings system review . 20 in 2011 blue fountain media was ranked 23 in the 2013 crain s fast 50 7 and 1091 on inc. magazine s 2013 list of the fastest growing u.s. companies in the top 100 fastest growing new york state and new york city metropolitan area companies . 1 blue fountain media is listed as one of awwwards 10 best agencies in new york city 21 and it was ranked in the 2011 top 10 of the digital agencies worldwide by the interactive media awards . 22 it has also been named as one of tia s top interactive agencies in new york . 23 in 2013 the company was awarded runner up by the best in biz awards for advertising marketing agency of the year . 24 blue fountain media has also received awards or distinctions from the web marketing association the horizon interactive awards gd usa the davey awards the marcom awards the communicator awards the ava awards the videographer awards the boss exhibit awards and the telly awards . 25 references edit a b blue fountain media company profile . inc. magazine . retrieved 2013 12 08 . blue fountain media brings a touch of madison avenue to ad tech new york . ad tech . 2013 11 07 . retrieved 2013 12 08 . bluefountainmedia.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2013 12 06 . how one freelancer used google adwords to build a multimillion dollar business . 200k freelancer . retrieved 2013 12 08 . a b making money through your company website . bloomberg tv . retrieved 2013 12 08 . matthew toren adam toren august 2011 . small business big vision . retrieved 2013 12 08 . a b no. 23 blue fountain media 2013 fast 50 gallery . crain s new york . retrieved 2013 12 08 . david segal 2012 02 12 . the new york times the dirty little secrets of search . the new york times . retrieved 2013 12 08 . the roi factor ny times interviews us regarding jcpenney black hat seo techniques . blue fountain media . retrieved 2013 12 08 . sara yin 2011 02 14 . pc magazine jc penney fires back at google and new york times over seo controversy . pc magazine . retrieved 2013 12 08 . alan bleiweiss 2012 02 14 . search marketing wisdom jcpenney responds to nyt and google . search marketing wisdom . retrieved 2013 12 08 . 3 small businesses take on the big boys . cnn money . retrieved 2013 12 08 . katherine reynolds lewis 2012 09 12 . three proven ways to convert visitors into buyers online . the new york times . retrieved 2013 12 08 . todd leopold 2013 08 01 . when one image is worth a thousand tweets . cnn . retrieved 2013 12 08 . head of ny development mike ricotta discusses problems with the healthcare.gov website . cnbc . retrieved 2013 12 08 . 10 steps to optimize your linkedin profile . fox business network . 2013 08 06 . retrieved 2013 12 08 . today s feature . reuters . retrieved 2013 12 08 . groupon is the stock a good one . reuters . retrieved 2013 12 08 . bbb business review blue fountain media inc. . better business bureau . retrieved 2013 12 08 . blue fountain media earns five star rating from dun and bradstreet . prweb . retrieved 2013 12 08 . the 10 best agencies in new york city . awwwards . retrieved 2013 12 08 . top 10 agencies of 2011 . interactive media awards . retrieved 2013 12 08 . new york top interactive agencies . tia . retrieved 2013 12 08 . best in biz awards 2013 winners . best in biz awards . retrieved 2013 12 08 . blue fountain media award gallery . interactive media awards . retrieved 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