From the beginning, Jack Beaudoin has always put content first and no matter the distribution platform, he believes that is the only way to maintain a continuing dialogue with audiences.

Beaudoin leverages the company’s events and publications to create engaged communities of interest. He has long been an advocate of supporting a culture of experimentation, innovation and early adoption that has served him and his company well. Most recently, Beaudoin’s main focus has been to manage the company’s transformation from a print-centric publisher to a fully integrated digital-first media enterprise.

The MedTech co-founder has, in the last five years, helped the company double its total revenue to about $20 million in 2013, with total digital revenue accounting for 66 percent of that sum, up from only 33 percent in 2008. The company has seen an average annual revenue growth of 26 percent over the past 10 years.

In the last year the company added a million page views and grew the total number of site visitors by 21 percent. Additionally, content services revenue has doubled in its second year and three-year projections predict a 100 percent growth rate.

Beaudoin’s latest achievement is the completion and launch of his “Holy Grail” database. This consolidated master archival system offers an exponential leap in the company’s ability to understand its audience, qualify leads and transition to an audience-driven media company.

Matheson has spearheaded the development and coordination of the entire WTWH Media online platform, which consists of 30 websites and all major social media channels since the company’s inception in 2006. Matheson attributes the company’s rapid growth and his desire to serve his core audience as his two biggest motivators.

In the last three years, WTWH Media has seen a 69 percent growth rate. Of that, approximately 65 percent is derived from online products and packages. Matheson leveraged cloud-based technology early on to help manage the large network of sites and despite the size, he has been able to maintain high-quality content output.

In his years with the company, Matheson’s visionary outlook has helped grow total revenue to $6.5 million in 2013. Inc. 500/5000 has included the company in its rankings since 2011. Weatherhead 100 named it the second-fastest growing private company in North East Ohio.

In particular, he says his greatest achievement in the last year has been to foster growth in the company’s electrical engineering vertical, which included an expansion acquisition of heavily trafficked electronics forum site EDA Board.

Matheson’s instincts and talents have helped construct a prosperous online framework and strategic plan and he is currently gearing up to continue building on the company’s many recent successes.

Daly’s continual innovation of event style, type and format, in addition to her keen awareness of the latest topic trends, has helped her expand IDG Enterprise’s events division by 260 percent—executing 350 events in 2012, up from only 135 in 2009.

Her focus on attendee experience, establishment of conference apps, the evaluation and restructuring of event schedules and evolution of networking opportunities has pushed attendee satisfaction to new highs. Her desire to stimulate adult learners in an effort to educate and encourage them to do their best work has driven her to accomplish great feats.

Daly’s understanding of consumerization waves helped her capitalize on the high-interest topic with the March 2012 launch of the Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) Conference & Expo, an event that offers IT buyers and sellers an in-depth view of how consumer technology is augmenting and affecting the workplace.

Conference successes included securing 30 sponsors, over 500 attendees and effective social networking reaching more than a half million Twitter users engaging in pre-conference conversations online.

In the next year, Daly will continue to grow the business by launching a CITE-related regional conference in November that will include big sponsors, gamification initiatives and unique content-delivery options.

Since 2007, Cucciniello has helped Ogden Publications sidestep sales pitfalls by increasing circulation of both regular and special issues with each copy sold generating positive cash flow to the bottom line. He also aggressively champions newsstand sales, growing distribution there 50 percent in the last five years while maintaining a 39 percent sell-through rate.

Another success is his revival of Mother Earth News, a title pulled from the brink to become the fastest-growing magazine over the last 10 years. Furthermore, he also managed the dramatic turnaround of Utne Reader and the consolidation of the Natural Home and Herb Companion titles into the Mother Earth Living brand.

As Ogden Publications expands its digital assets, Cucciniello maintained a strong hold on the more traditional marketing methods of direct mailing and newsstand promotions. The number of special issues distributed on the newsstand in 2012 was 14 and GRIT magazine maintains an over 6 percent gross and over 3 percent net on its direct mail campaign.

Cucciniello’s overall goal with Ogden Publications is to maintain long-lasting, profitable growth on the newsstand. Thanks to his ability to build and monetize relationships with allies in the newsstand business, in addition to superb negotiation skills and his industrious nature, Ogden Publications looks safe to continue its recent streak of gains.

As the driving force behind the cross-platform publishing network, Morrison bridges the worlds of commerce and community in a way that new media requires.

Motivated to join BlogHer by the depth of the site’s community, she has been an advocate for both her bloggers and clients and keenly aware of an audience of approximately 55 million women and counting—more than double the 23.5 million in 2011 when she joined the company. Her creativity and authenticity help Morrison straddle the line between editorial and business with great care and success. Primarily, she continues to build audience reach through social networking sites, which she calls “social discovery tools.” They enable her to leverage content velocity with the social sharing that ultimately yields business transactions.

Earlier this year, Morrison successfully launched a new series that organically couples sponsors with bloggers to create fresh content. Looking ahead, she plans to continue building out the company’s data tracking capabilities. Big data is a tool the 20-year industry veteran credits as a great source of real-time reporting.

Her ability to leverage social and digital metrics with the company’s capacity for scale has helped Morrison further BlogHer’s total monthly reach to roughly 92 million people in 2013.