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Urban Igloo Names Debbie Kaplan Director of Marketing
Washington, D.C. (September 24, 2009) – Urban Igloo, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region’s premiere rental-home locator service, announces today that it has named longtime marketing and sales executive Debbie Kaplan its director of marketing.
Kaplan most recently served as vice president of business development for a professional recruiting firm in D.C. that focuses on the interactive and marketing industries. Before that, she was an account director in Bethesda for MarketBridge, a global professional services firm.
Previously, Kaplan was director of broadband affiliate marketing for AOL, where she created and managed affiliate marketing programs for the company’s broadband partners, such as Time Warner Cable.
As director of online marketing at Qwest Communications, she developed an online consumer partner program, working with more than 30 online partners including Bloomberg, Juno and Netscape.
While serving as director of international consumer marketing at Sprint International and also the company’s group manager of affinity marketing, she managed Sprint’s global calling card relationship with Visa and also grew and managed one of its first and most successful affinity programs.
In addition, she ran numerous sales promotions for MCI.
“We are excited and honored that Debbie has come on board at Urban Igloo,” says Rick Gersten, who recently launched and heads privately held Urban Igloo. “Her professional experience and vast marketing expertise will prove extremely valuable as we continue to grow Urban Igloo.”
Kaplan, who currently serves on the board of directors for the Ad Club of Metropolitan Washington, joins Urban Igloo as the company gains momentum and continues to rent apartments at a steady pace while signing up landlords to its service.
Urban Igloo is dramatically changing the way renters find local properties and landlords fill vacancies at a time when vacancy rates are high for apartments and investment condos.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for me,” Kaplan says. “Urban Igloo is an innovative and unique company, and I look forward to applying the marketing and sales experiences I’ve gained to my new role.”>
About Urban Igloo LLC:
Urban Igloo is the premier Washington DC area apartment finder service. Founded and managed by Rick Gersten, a local entrepreneur, real estate broker and developer, Urban Igloo takes the guesswork out of renting in the DC area.
For more information on Urban Igloo, please visit www.urbanigloo.com or call 877.IGLOODC (877.445.6632).
Media Contact:
Debbie Kaplan
877.445.6632 office
703.615.3777 cell
dkaplan@urbanigloo.com
Urban Igloo
1808 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
