58 Day Street, Box 1847
Somerville, MA 02144
E info@greekboston.com
Company Profile:

GreekBoston.com is designed to be an all-in-one web portal for the global Greek community. We provide information on various establishments, services, events, concerts, and nightlife. GreekBoston.com has been in business for over 9 years now and receives over 100,000+ unique (different) users monthly, which is a tremendous amount of people interested in learning about the Greek community of Boston and the world! Many of our visitors come from the USA, but also wherever there are Greek communities, including Canada, England, Australia, Germany and many various European countries, especially Greece. Because GreekBoston.com is targeted at a cultural community, it is a perfect marketing and advertising tool for any business and has a very loyal audience.

Started: December 1998
Funding: Private
Type: Corporation
Business: Global Hellenic Community Web Portal

Objectives:

GreekBoston.com wants to:

  • bring the worldwide Greek community closer together by promoting Hellenism & Orthodoxy.
  • keep the Greek community informed on all events and happenings and be a one-stop for any and all information and services its' viewers may need from one central location.
  • support Hellenism through its promotion of all things Greek and Greek-related.

Products:

  • Greek-themed TV show - GB TV - on American Broadcast TV
  • Online Radio station - GB Radio - with over 20,000 streams a week
  • E-commerce for Greek merchandise
  • Promotions & Marketing for clubs, shows, events, movies & concerts
  • News - Greek & American - full coverage, including weather & stocks
  • Travel info & guides to Greece
  • Greek Cooking section
  • Greek Wedding resources & services
  • Member websites & free email
  • Chat rooms
  • Greek Media section
  • Greek Restaurant / Club / Bar guide & reviews
  • Community & Events picture galleries
  • Singles listings
  • Greek Music & Videos listening & downloads
  • Paid VIP Members section
  • Classifieds, Auctions, Bulletin Boards
  • Web consulting, development & design

Market Strength:

GreekBoston.com's major strength lies in the fact that it is the only web site of its kind in the New England area, but also one of the first Greek web communities worldwide. We have a huge percentage of the market for the global Greek audience. And since we are one of the first Greek sites worldwide, we rank among the top Greek sites in the world, with an incredible Google PageRank of 4! We also have a very high rate of young adults as part of our demographic. This is significant because Boston has a huge number of colleges and universities and therefore gives it a huge college-age Greek population. These young Greeks are a very close-knit community and a perfect demographic for a website, and therefore businesses looking to market to this demographic through our website.

GreekBoston.com can become the strongest form of communication for the Greek community and therefore gives it an unmatched market strength.

Future Goals:

GreekBoston.com would like to be a web stop for every Greek around the world. We would like to offer enough services and furnish enough information so there will be no need for our viewers to go anywhere else.

We would like to become the sole web presence for every Greek business in New England and form partnerships with businesses throughout North America, Greece and everywhere with a Greek community.

GreekBoston.com would like to build a solid Greek community on-line so it can be translated to a strong Greek community off-line. We would like to bring services to our members and members to our partners. The power of the internet is key in building a specialized and targeted group such as the Greek community of New England.

Statistics:

Monthly Hits: 15,000,000+

Monthly Unique visitors: 100,000+

Traffic Rank: Top 3% of all websites

Google PageRank: 4

Visits & Hits:

Below is a sample of our web statistics for visitors, hits and the countries from which they originated:

Greek Web Statistics

Major GreekBoston.com Partners:

The list below makes up the major partners of the GreekBoston Network:

Newest Addition:

WorldWideGreeks.com is a Facebook-style Greek social network started recently to great success! GreekBoston has joined forces to bring you a local based and global based Greek web community!

Google is a public and profitable company focused on search services and operates web sites at many international domains, with the most trafficked being google.com. Google is widely recognized as the "World's Best Search Engine" and is fast, accurate and easy to use.

Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon.com continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform.

CareerBuilder is the fastest-growing recruitment & career-advancement source for employers, recruiters and job seekers. They are poised for tremendous growth, as the industry market's revenues are forecasted to grow from $780 Million in 2001 to almost $2.3 Billion by 2005. As a market leader, earning strong profits, this fast paced industry offers both invigorating and lucrative careers.

Independent Channel (formerly PAX) is a television broadcasting company which owns and operates the largest broadcast television station group in the U.S., as measured by the number of television households in the markets our stations serve. They currently own and operate 60 broadcast television stations (including three stations we operate under time brokerage agreements), which reach all of the top 20 U.S. markets and 40 of the top 50 U.S. markets. They reach 84% of prime time television households in the U.S. via our broadcast television station group and through arrangements with cable and satellite distribution systems.

EchoStar Communications Corporation is a public company with approximately 20,000 employees. Throughout its 24-year history, EchoStar has demonstrated its entrepreneurial spirit by achieving significant industry firsts: First company to offer a satellite receiver for less than $200. First to develop a UHF remote control. First to offer an Integrated Receiver Descrambler (IRD) for C-band satellite TV. First nationwide installation network dedicated solely to satellite TV systems. First to offer satellite receiver with built-in digital video recording. First Satellite TV company to offer channels to local markets in all 50 states.

A&E Television Networks, a joint venture of The Hearst Corporation, ABC, Inc. and NBC Universal, is an award-winning, international media company offering consumers a diverse communications environment ranging from television programming, to home videos/DVDs and music CDs, to Web sites, as well as supporting nationwide educational initiatives. AETN is comprised of A&E Network®, The History Channel®, The History Channel International®, The Biography Channel®, The Military History Channel, The History Channel en Español, Crime & Investigation Network, AETN International, and AETN Consumer Products.

CafePress.com is an online marketplace that offers sellers complete e-commerce services to independently create and sell a wide variety of products, and offers buyers unique merchandise across virtually every topic. Launched in 1999, CafePress.com has empowered individuals, organizations and businesses to create, buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company's unique print-on-demand and e-commerce services. Today, CafePress.com is a growing network of over 2 million members who have unleashed their creativity to transform their artwork and ideas into unique gifts and new revenue streams.

Everyone.net is a leading provider of outsourced email solutions for individuals and companies around the world. Everyone.net powers custom email services for everyone from Internet Service Providers, web hosts and web sites to businesses, organizations and individuals. Our cost effective solutions are built on a highly scalable infrastructure and include advanced services like IMAP and LDAP as well as anti-spam and virus protection. Having provisioned over 30 million mailboxes for over 300,000 domains, Everyone.net has been reliably delivering solutions for companies around the world since 1998. Privately held, Everyone.net is located in San Jose, CA.

World Singles was launched in 2001 to bring together people who share a common culture. Since its inception, World Singles has grown exponentially and has been witness to hundreds of men and women who have found their soul mate. World Singles provides a safe, fun and relaxed environment where culturally compatible professional singles share thoughts, opinions, laughs and friendship. World Singles is the leading online dating hub for many diverse groups.

mpGreek is a service of Greased Networks. Greased Networks was formed in 2003 by experts in the music and Greek technology industry and is the first company to deliver secure music over the Internet. Greased Networks has the first digital music commerce system featuring copy protection and copyright management, as well as the first and largest digital music distribution network. The company's catalog of Greek music is one of the largest in the world. mpGreek provides custom solutions for Internet media delivery. Other than our consumer platform, we enable partners to publish, distribute and sell media online. mpGreek delivers access to our large & expanding catalog of digital music from all major Greek labels and independents.

Founded in France in 2001, MediaPlazza proposes solutions tied to the development of mobile technologies on the internet. MediaPlazza is part of the Jet Multimedia Group. MediaPlazza is the world leader in affiliate platforms to distribute and bill mobile content on the Internet. Their mission is to enable Websites and Medias to monetize their audience with mobile products on a global scale, to benefit from the tremendous opportunities of mobile entertainment. They open the global wireless world for their partners. With their Mobile entertainment know-how they optimize traffic customizing handsets, allowing their partners to access a 7 billion dollar a year industry.

SpeedyPin has been serving customers on the Internet since 1997. They began as a family business and have grown to become one of the largest online phone card merchants. They believe their growth has been fueled by a simple commitment: to sell reliable phone cards that offer discount rates and deliver the minutes they promise. They back that up with a convenient order process, whether by Web or phone, and friendly customer support. This formula has resulted in their selling more than a million phone cards to tens of thousands of customers. We are particularly proud that customer loyalty, through repeat orders and recommendations to friends, has been an important element of our success.

Koukla came about simply because we wanted women to feel youthful and spirited no matter what the age. Proud Greek-American sisters and founders Constantina and Stelliani Valaouras wanted to take the popular Greek word "koukla" and create a line of clothing that women of any age could feel great wearing.

Ellinas Multimedia is one of the foremost online shopping destinations in North America. Their belief in quality products and incredible customer service has made them one of the most successful Greek shopping stores!

Kalopedis Jewellery comes from the small, beautiful island of Cyprus and shares with the rest of the world a tradition that started in 1888 and has been passed down from father to son for five generations. Cyprus has on display 11,000 years of history, culture and tradition, with many influences and ancient traditions in the making of fine Jewellery. Their family name has become a synonym for quality and impeccable craftsmanship.

BMI is an American performing rights organization that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music. The non-profit-making company, founded in 1939, collects license fees on behalf of those American creators it represents, as well as thousands of creators from around the world who chose BMI for representation in the United States. The license fees BMI collects for the "public performances" of its repertoire of more than 6.5 million compositions - including radio airplay, broadcast and cable television carriage, Internet and live and recorded performances by all other users of music - are then distributed as royalties to the writers, composers and copyright holders it represents.

Zango produces and distributes online entertainment and must-have utilities. Zango premium content and downloads are always free for consumers because they are supported by keyword targeted advertising with the Zango Search Assistant, a tool that helps users find products and services online. Zango takes consumer privacy very seriously. Zango does not collect any personally identifiable information about users. It contains no hidden software and is easy to install and uninstall directly from the control panel. Read our privacy policy. Zango and MetricsDirect are divisions of 180solutions, a leader in online search marketing services. The company, headquartered in Bellevue , Wash. , delivers highly relevant offers and information to consumers when they are engaged in search-related shopping or browsing.

EventInventory is the nation’s premier software company specializing in the development of cutting-edge technology and products designed expressly for today’s online ticketing professional. Our Web store plug-in—utilized by the vast majority of ticket brokers in the United States—gives you access to the largest, after-market ticket database in the country. If you currently have a Web site, the EventInventory plug-in enables you to make this vast inventory available to all your site visitors. Our new XML Web Services provide complete customization capabilities, enabling you to sell under your own brand name with markups set by you. If you do not have a custom Web site, we can help you build one. Not yet ready to build and manage your own site? Not a problem. You can still list your tickets and enjoy access to the EventInventory database and broker network via the Web.

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