--- title: rankingCoach Takes The Gold! description: During the 2018 International Business Awards, German startup wins top prize in best new service award. image: https://blog.rankingcoach.com/hubfs/Stevie%20Awards-2.jpg --- [![rankingcoach](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/RankingCoach_April2021/images/rC-logo-color-medium.svg "rankingcoach")](https://www.rankingcoach.com/en-us) - [Features](https://www.rankingcoach.com/en-us/features?utm_source=rc_blog) - [Pricing](https://www.rankingcoach.com/en-us/pricing?utm_source=rc_blog) - [Partners](https://www.rankingcoach.com/en-us/partners?utm_source=rc_blog) - [Blog](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/en) - [English](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/en/rankingcoach-takes-the-gold) - [Deutsch](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/de/rankingcoach-holt-gold) - [Español](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/es/rankingcoach-takes-the-gold) - [Français](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/fr/rankingcoach-remporte-lor-) - [Italiano](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/it/rankingcoach-takes-the-gold) - [Nederlands](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/nl/rankingcoach-wint-goud) - [Polski](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/pl/rankingcoach-takes-the-gold) - [Português](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/pt/rankingcoach-ganha-ouro-no-stevie-award) English Back Close - [Home](https://www.rankingcoach.com/en-us?utm_source=rc_blog) - [Features](https://www.rankingcoach.com/en-us/features?utm_source=rc_blog) - [Pricing](https://www.rankingcoach.com/en-us/pricing?utm_source=rc_blog) - [Partners](https://www.rankingcoach.com/en-us/partners?utm_source=rc_blog) - [Blog](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/en) [Back to blog](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/en) Share on: # rankingCoach Takes The Gold! 28 Aug, 2018 ![rankingCoach Takes The Gold!](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stevie%20Awards-2.jpg?width=960&height=540&name=Stevie%20Awards-2.jpg) ## **rankingCoach GmbH** ## **"Best New Product or Service of the Year for Software - Cloud Application/Service"** ### **International Business Awards** Here at rankingCoach, we are all very excited to win another award, especially one of the International Business Awards. Being recognized as the best cloud-based product/service solutions shows all of our hard work is paying off. It is very nice to know that our online marketing application did the best it possibly could, making us the first company in Germany to ever win gold in this category.  The International Business Awards also referred to as "The Stevies" is a competition open to all businesses and organizations throughout the world. This year the competition had over 3,900 nominations from 74 different nations, judged by twelve different committee chairs.   "It feels nice that we were recognized with this award, but even nicer knowing that it was for something we all work really hard on." - Thomas Meierkord, COO More information on the results of who won can be found on the IBA's website [here.](https://stevieawards.com/iba/new-product-awards-category-winners) #### The Award-Winning App for Digital Marketing - ![](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/RankingCoach_April2021/images/laureal_left.svg) [Digital Champions Award Winner 2020](https://www.rankingcoach.com/en-us/news/digital-masterclass-rankingcoach-wins-digital-champions-award-2020) ![](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/RankingCoach_April2021/images/laureal_right.svg) - ![](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/RankingCoach_April2021/images/laureal_left.svg) [Focus Growth Champion Winner 2021 + 2020](https://www.rankingcoach.com/en-us/news/business-growth-champions-2020-rankingcoach-makes-the-list-once-again-) ![](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/RankingCoach_April2021/images/laureal_right.svg) - ![](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/RankingCoach_April2021/images/laureal_left.svg) [Global Digital Excellence Awards Winner 2020](https://globaldigitalexcellenceawards.com/2020-winners/) ![](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/RankingCoach_April2021/images/laureal_right.svg) - ![](https://blog.rankingcoach.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/RankingCoach_April2021/images/laureal_left.svg) [Deloitte. 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