Phil Laboon Selected as an area Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist

Online, May 21, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Pittsburgh, PA ( i-newswire ) May 21, 2010 - Eyeflow, a Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing (http://www.eyeflow.com) firm located in Pittsburgh, PA, is excited to announce that Phil Laboon, Eyeflow's owner, is one of the finalists for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year for the area encompassing Western PA, WV, and Upstate NY. When asked about being declared a finalist, Phil Laboon said, "It's an honor to be nominated and even more exciting to chosen as a finalist, so we're hoping to bring home the gold for the Pittsburgh area!"

Eyeflow - Then and Now

Phil Laboon started Eyeflow in 2001 and over the years has used his internet marketing prowess to increase the online visibility of thousands of clients ranging from local shops to international corporations. Search marketing has changed drastically over the past nine years, and Phil Laboon has kept Eyeflow ahead of the curve while not falling into the trendy traps that pop up along the way. Recently Eyeflow launched a free online marketing tool (http://www.eyeflow.com/seozio/) called SEOzio to share their expertise and help business owners better understand their web presence.

Now, in 2010, Eyeflow is still expanding their reach by introducing new services and branching into new areas. After working to become known as Pittsburgh's top SEO company (http://www.eyeflow.com), Eyeflow is working to be best internet marking firm. To reach this goal, Eyeflow is offering social media reputation management, website conversion optimization, pay per click, and other services to make sure that Eyeflow is the only internet marketing firm you'll need.

Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year

Every year, Ernst & Young interviews thousands of entrepreneurs across the nation in a quest to find the Entrepreneur of the Year. The first step in the process is to be recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in your region. Ernst & Young honors regional finalists before selecting one entrepreneur to continue onto the national level of consideration. The ceremony for the finalists from the area of Western PA, WV and Upstate NY is on Friday, the 18th of June in Pittsburgh's Carnegie Music Hall.

The full list of nominees is

- David Meyers and Ken Seifert of Alps Controls
- Patrick Daly of Cohera
- Luke Skurman of College Prowler
- Phil Laboon of Eyeflow
- Joe Kuklis of GSP Consulting
- Kevin Hutchison of Health Monitoring Systems
- Susan Redmond of Kb Port
- Greg Galvin of Kionix
- Eric Koger of ModCloth
- Jay Resio of MyGov365
- Patrick Colletti and Chris Hayes of Net Health Systems
- Maureen Mulvihill of Piezo Resonance Innovations
- Benjamin Hulburt of Rex Energy Corporation
- Thomas Charron of Sallyport Global Holdings
- Ty Morse of Songwhale
- Troy Gregory of System One

Phil Laboon, and all of us at Eyeflow, would like to congratulate all the nominees and we would like to thank Ernst & Young for honoring us with this distinction.

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