Richmond, VA – January 6, 2014

Richmond based marketing and sales agency WebStrategies Inc., announces the appointment of Chris Leone as its Chief Operating Officer. In this new role, Chris will be responsible for leading all the day-to-day operations of the firm including digital marketing, web development, inbound marketing and web analytics.

Chris joined WebStrategies in 2008 as a Search Engine Marketing Specialist, and became Chief Marketing Officer in 2011. He led the 700% growth of the inbound marketing side of the firm, and was the key driver behind the agency becoming the only Google Certified Search and Analytics Partner in the state of Virginia.

“Chris is a bright, digitally savvy and data-driven guy who has high expectations of performance”, states Neal Lappe, CEO and founder. “He has brought new capabilities to the company to ensure we stay at the forefront of digital marketing trends and serve our client base with the latest and most effective sales and marketing methods out there. I am confident Chris and the great team of people the make up WebStrategies will continue to grow the company as I explore ways to expand the breadth of services WebStrategies brings to the marketplace.”

Prior to joining WebStrategies, Leone successfully managed and ran logistics for a multi-chain retail store in New Jersey. He holds a B.S. degree in Marketing and Operations with a minor in Economics from the University of Delaware.

WebStrategies, Inc. is a Richmond-based digital/online marketing and sales agency. Founded in 2004, WebStrategies, Inc. provides a variety of inbound marketing, web development, search engine optimization, social media marketing and sales training services to businesses of all sizes. One of a select group Google Certified Partners in all of North America, WebStrategies uses web analytics and other business intelligence information as the foundation for their data-driven approach to sales and marketing. For more information, visit http://www.webstrategiesinc.com/.