Democratic
National Convention Committee Names Website Services Vendor
CHARLOTTE – The Democratic National Convention Committee today
named Raleigh-based Business Empire Consulting as the website services
vendor for the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The company will
create a new official convention website that will launch this spring,
part of a broad digital media effort that will engage Americans across
the country in the convention.
“Business Empire Consulting brings talent, experience and enthusiasm to
this project,” said DNCC CEO Steve Kerrigan. “Business Empire
Consulting is committed to working with the DNCC to create an
innovative website that will allow more Americans than ever before to
participate in this convention, which will be the most open and
accessible in history.”
The website services vendor will be responsible for providing web
design, development and production services. The DNCC website will
support information sharing and other logistical communications with
approximately 6,000 delegates, an expected 15,000 members of the media,
thousands of other convention guests and the general public. The
website will integrate social media, making it an interactive community
that will allow anyone, anywhere in the country and the world to take
part in the convention.
This is the sixth contract announced by the DNCC. The DNCC has
previously awarded contracts for construction management, event
architect, event and exposition services, housing services provider,
transportation management and security printing services vendor.
The DNCC evaluated proposals based on numerous criteria, including, but
not limited to: experience, reliability, relationships to Charlotte,
North Carolina, and the surrounding region, participation of union
labor, women, minorities, LGBT, veterans and persons with disabilities,
and innovative proposed solutions.
The DNCC and the Host Committee have adopted a diversity contracting
policy for the 2012 Democratic National Convention that represents
unprecedented progress towards both the inclusion and use of diverse
businesses. The policy states that the DNCC has a goal of spending at
least one third of its funding for contracts and projects with Minority
Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women Business Enterprises (WBEs),
Disability-Owned Businesses, LGBT-Owned Businesses and Veteran-Owned
Businesses.
About Business Empire Consulting
Business Empire Consulting (BEC) is a Raleigh-based minority-owned
company with 11 employees. BEC is a full-service agency that creates
and implements marketing strategies designed to help brands effectively
engage their consumers. Since 2009 BEC has used an accelerated
data-driven and consumer-focused mentality, now known as adaptive
marketing.
The company’s expertise spans from online advertising and interactive
websites to social media strategies, microsites, blogs, web videos and
mobile experiences. Their creative approach and digital strategies
factor in consumer insights and behavioral data. BEC creates smart
marketing that forms a strong relationship between a brand and its
consumers.