Local Company Shares International Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:Bruce Shipley
Broker/Owner
EXIT REALTY FIRST NORTH
705-719-9999
exitrealtyfirstnorth@live.ca

Local Company Shares International Award

Honored as most innovative in North America

Barrie , Ontario (Grassroots Newswire) August 9 2010 -- EXIT Realty Corp. International has been awarded a Distinguished Honoree medal by The 2010 International Business Awards in the “Most Innovative Company of the Year in North America” category. The International Business Awards are the only global, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in business.Nicknamed the Stevie® for the Greek word “crowned,” the awards will be presented to honorees at a gala dinner on Monday, 27 September in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. Local Franchisee Bruce Shipley could not be prouder. "It is amazing" Shipley exclaimed "a wonderful achievment for a young company!"

Honorees were selected from more than 1,700 entries received from organizations and individuals in more than 40 countries.

Organizations all over the world are eligible to compete in The International Business Awards, and can enter in any of more than 40 categories from Multinational Company of the Year and Best New Product of the Year to Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year and Executive of the Year.

Founded in Canada in 1996 with no outside financing, EXIT Realty Corp. International is the only real estate company that provides its associates the opportunity to earn single level residuals on top of real estate commissions, thereby creating a new income stream that never existed in the real estate industry before. EXIT Realty is a proven real estate business model that supplies multiple sources of income: for agents, security, stability and direction; for agents' families, security in the form of beneficiary and retirement residuals.

“We at EXIT Realty are delighted to be recognized as one of the most innovative companies in North America by the international judging committee and we’d like to congratulate Equipois Inc., the winners in the category as well as the other distinguished honorees,” said Steve Morris, Founder and CEO of EXIT Realty Corp. International. “Innovation is the cornerstone of entrepreneurship and we are honored to be recognized among such an elite group.”

Honorees were determined through two rounds of judging by professionals worldwide.

“Despite the harsh economic climate, entries to the IBAs actually grew this year, and that illustrates the increasing importance of The International Business Awards worldwide,” said Michael Gallagher, president of The Stevie Awards, presenters of the IBAs. “We congratulate all of the honorees.”

About EXIT Realty: Founded in Canada in 1996, and taking the U.S. by storm starting in 1999, EXIT Realty sold over half of the regional rights by population in under 365 days, was named as one of the Top 10 Trendsetters of 2007 by the Swanepoel Trends report, and Steve Morris was named one of REALTOR^® Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Thought Leaders. A portion of every transaction fee collected by EXIT International is applied to its charitable fund and to-date, $1.68 Million has been pledged to Habitat for Humanity in both Canada and the U.S..

For more information about EXIT REALTY FIRST NORTH, please call 705-719-9999. EXIT REALTY FIRST NORTH is located at 570 BRYNE DR unit D Barrie On.

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