Christine Panourgias Of  CPSD Honored As Brampton’s 2022 Local  Business Person Of The Year  

BOSTON, MA: February 16, 2022 — The largest online referral network for small businesses, Alignable.com is announcing the results of its national search for leaders who’ve gone above and beyond guiding peers and supporting entire communities as they strive to recover.

Today, Alignable’s network has chosen Christine Panourgias of CPSD as Brampton’s 2022 Business Person Of The Year!

The 2022 contest is the most popular competition Alignable has ever hosted, marking a 64% increase in participation over last year. In all, 2,400+ small business owners were elected by their peers to be their Local Business People Of The Year across the U.S. and Canada.

During the contest, which ran from Jan. 10 to Feb. 11, 2022, 160,000+ votes and 32,000+ testimonials were posted praising thousands of local leaders for helping their peers and communities through a turbulent year with many challenges: skyrocketing inflation, labor shortages, supply chain problems, and COVID variants.

Because of these issues, 70% of small businesses have yet to recover and recovery rates have declined 13% since December, according to Alignable’s latest poll of 6,305 small business owners. This recovery reversal highlights how important it is for the contest winners to continue their work helping even more businesses bounce back from pandemic-era hurdles.

Giving Is The Glue Holding Us Together

“In our tight-knit community, you almost always get back what you give,” said Panourgias. “And the challenges we’ve all encountered have compelled many of us to offer counsel and other support to peers struggling to keep their businesses afloat. While I’m thrilled to receive this award, it’s really a testament to our entire community. And it reinforces my resolve to push toward a full recovery for everyone here in Brampton by the end of 2022, if not earlier.”

Panourgias received a special badge on their Alignable profile, recognizing this big win. In past years, the awareness generated through similar contests has spurred expanded connections, as well as new business for many winners.

Driving Recognition Is Key

“This has been a fun and rewarding contest to watch unfold,” said Alignable’s President & Co-Founder Venkat Krishnamurthy. “Local business owners are the heart and soul of their communities and they ought to get way more recognition for all they do. Friendly competition aside, this contest generated some incredible peer testimonials (to the tune of 32,000+), showing exactly why small business owners are stronger together.”

To arrange interviews with Christine Panourgias and/or an Alignable representative, please contact Chuck Casto at chuck@alignable.com. He also can offer JPEGs and other visuals, as well as local winner testimonials.

About CPSD

Founded by Christine Panourgias over 10 years ago, CPSD began as a simple idea for a freelancer. Working with clients on their social media marketing, writing blogs, and of course the fun stuff – be a Toronto Based Influencer. Through her ability to build community, Christine worked with brands such as Ford Motor Company Canada, General Motors Canada, Virgin Air, and many others to help raise awareness, for their brand by leveraging her highly engaged audience.

In the years since that time, Christine has worked with large brands to pioneer a number of marketing initiatives that have managed to stand the test of time. These initiatives include truly viral social media campaigns, that garnered almost 24 million impressions, the likes of which have never been seen since. These milestones were achieved with out fake followers, blogging circles, and other shady tactics. Through the use of actual influencers, quality content, and a truly engaged team, and audience a viral campaign was born.

Clients of CPSD, can count on a holistic, and creative approach to marketing, including strong business strategy, web development, social media campaigns, and email marketing campaigns.

About Alignable

Alignable.com is the largest online referral network for small businesses in the U.S. and Canada. With 7 million+ members across 35,000+ local communities, Alignable is the network where small business owners drive leads and prospects, generate referrals, land new business, build trusted relationships, and share great advice.

Christine Panourgias - CPSD - Alignable's Local Business Person of 2022 - Brampton

Christine Panourgias Social Media and Digital Marketing

Alignable’s network has chosen Christine Panourgias of CPSD as Brampton’s 2022 Business Person Of The Year!