INDIANAPOLIS – ExactTarget, a leading provider of on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions, announces it has been named a recipient of the 2009 Upshot50 Marketing Technology Leaders Award.

The Upshot50 Awards recognize marketing technology providers offering the most innovative, powerful and useful marketing tools and techniques. Compiled by Upshot Institute, a marketing analysis, education and consulting firm, the list was determined by nominations from marketing professionals and ultimately selected based on votes from the marketing community.

This accolade comes after ExactTarget introduced a number of innovative one-to-one marketing solutions in the past six months, including:

* ExactTarget SMS text message marketing software
* Live Offers email coupon technology that renders discounts at point of open instead point of send
* Live Ads, a Google Ad Manager integration that gives marketers the ability to target ads to audiences based on known subscriber data

“We design all of our product offerings with the needs of one-to-one marketing professionals in mind, so we are delighted the marketing community recognizes our contributions to the industry,” said Tim Kopp, chief marketing officer, ExactTarget. “It’s an honor to be recognized in the Upshot50 Marketing Technology Leaders Award list, and we look forward to continuing to support this industry with results-driven product offerings and education through our webinars, whitepapers and annual Connections User Conference, which takes place in September.”

For more information on ExactTarget, please visit www.exacttarget.com.

About ExactTarget:

ExactTarget, Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand email marketing software solutions. The company’s suite of on-demand one-to-one marketing applications enable clients to send business-critical and event triggered communications to increase sales, optimize marketing investments and strengthen customer relationships. ExactTarget offers four editions of its on-demand software application along with integrated solutions such as ExactTarget for AppExchange and ExactTarget for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. ExactTarget offers a range of optimization services including support, implementation and training, integration, deliverability, account management, design and deployment and strategic consulting. ExactTarget’s software powers permission-based email communications for thousands of organizations including CareerBuilder.com, Expedia.com, Florida Power & Light, Gannett Co., Inc/USA TODAY, the Indianapolis Colts, The Home Depot, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Liberty Mutual Group, Papa John’s and Wellpoint, Inc. For more information, please visit www.exacttarget.com or call 1-866-EMAILET.

Live Content, a real-time content delivery capability from ExactTarget, is already being used in the company’s Live Offers and Live Ads email offerings and will now connect to Omniture’s offerings through Omniture Genesis, a marketing platform that integrates complementary third-party marketing applications with Omniture products, giving customers a single view into their marketing data. Omniture Test&Target allows marketers to test and change content to determine which campaigns or offers perform better with online visitors. Marketers often include web content within their email campaigns, and Test&Target’s ability to allow web content optimization to continuously occur means emails leveraging that content will always be relevant for the subscriber. Live Content for Omniture combines analytical and behavioral information with a dynamic email marketing solution that puts the marketer in complete control – even after emails have been sent.

The new product offering will be demonstrated during ExactTarget’s partner keynote address on Thursday, February 19 at 10:15 a.m. local time. “The Intersection of Optimization and Action” will be presented by chief operating officer Scott McCorkle.

“Marketers are being asked to do more with less these days, so the ability to use email marketing and optimization tools together to display more relevant content after an email is sent allows both tools to work harder and smarter for them,” said McCorkle. “We are excited to partner with Omniture once again to develop an email integration product to deliver better content and results.”

Designed for use to revitalize stagnant content within ongoing triggered emails, or to test offers in one-time email campaigns or landing pages, Live Content for Omniture provides timeliness, flexibility and relevance in all one-to-one marketing campaigns.

“A platinum sponsor of Omniture Summit 2009, ExactTarget’s new integrated product offering is another example of their commitment to innovation with solutions that address real-world problems for online marketers,” said John Mellor, executive vice president of business development and corporate strategy for Omniture. “We believe the combination of real-time optimization, Web analytics and dynamic email content adds a tremendous amount of insight and relevancy to email campaigns, giving marketers a better chance at increasing their conversion rates through this powerful integration.”

For more information or to purchase ExactTarget’s Live Content for Omniture solution, visit ExactTarget’s team at Omniture Summit 2009, booth #103 or click here.

About Omniture Genesis™

Omniture Genesis integrates complementary third-party online marketing technologies with Omniture products. Omniture Genesis gives online marketers the ability to view and optimize campaign and conversion performance across multiple applications. Enabled by the online marketing industry’s largest ecosystem of application providers, Omniture Genesis automates information sharing to support online marketing best practices for cross-channel reporting, dynamic visitor segmentation, and performance optimization.

About Omniture

Omniture, Inc. is a leading provider of online business optimization software, enabling customers to manage and enhance online, offline and multi-channel business initiatives. Omniture’s software, which it hosts and delivers to its customers as an on-demand subscription service and on-premise solution, enables customers to capture, store and analyze information generated by their Web sites and other sources and to gain critical business insights into the performance and efficiency of marketing and sales initiatives and other business processes. In addition, Omniture offers a range of professional services that complement its online services, including implementation, best practices, consulting, customer support and user training through Omniture University™. Omniture’s more than 5,100 customers include eBay, AOL, Wal-Mart, Gannett, Microsoft, Neiman Marcus, Oracle, General Motors, Sony and HP. www.omniture.com

Copyright (c) 2009 Omniture, Inc. All rights reserved. Omniture and the Omniture logo are registered trademarks of Omniture, Inc., and Omniture owns other registered and unregistered trademarks. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

About ExactTarget:

ExactTarget, Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand email marketing software solutions. The company’s suite of on-demand one-to-one marketing applications enable clients to send business-critical and event triggered communications to increase sales, optimize marketing investments and strengthen customer relationships. ExactTarget offers four editions of its on-demand software application along with integrated solutions such as ExactTarget for AppExchange and ExactTarget for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. ExactTarget offers a range of optimization services including support, implementation and training, integration, deliverability, account management, design and deployment and strategic consulting. ExactTarget’s software powers permission-based email communications for thousands of organizations including CareerBuilder.com, Expedia.com, Florida Power & Light, Gannett Co., Inc/USA TODAY, the Indianapolis Colts, The Home Depot, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Liberty Mutual Group, Papa John’s and Wellpoint, Inc. For more information, please visit www.exacttarget.com. or call 1-866-EMAILET.

INDIANAPOLIS – ExactTarget, a leading provider of on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions, announces the launch of the Reseller Partner program. Created to reward and support the over 500 partners that rely on the ExactTarget platform to serve more than 2,000 organizations’ digital marketing needs, ExactTarget is committed to recognizing and promoting its Reseller Partners through this new program.

“We designed our Reseller Partner program on the premise of ‘shared success’ and with the goal of ensuring their clients’ one-to-one marketing success,” said Jim Kreller, ExactTarget’s vice president, channel sales. “We are delighted to reward our loyal Reseller Partners that have invested the time and resources to certify themselves to properly sell, service and provide level-one support for the ExactTarget platform.”

ExactTarget Reseller Partners are categorized into four tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum, with Platinum being the highest tier level. Four partners, Customer Portfolios, Digital Evolution Group, Keymail Marketing and mPath Global, have achieved Platinum Tier status. Partners qualifying for Gold Tier status include Aspen Marketing Services, Conrad Hall & Associates, ClickMail Marketing, CoreRelations Nordic AB, Dovetail Business Solutions, FanMail Marketing, HyperDrive Interactive, Metrics Marketing Group, Mighty Interactive and SpinSix Strategic Marketing Design. Tier status is determined by several factors, including earned certifications, number of active client licenses, sales and growth.

Reseller Partners are eligible for certain rewards based on the tier status achieved. Benefits may include:

* Listing with website link on the ExactTarget Reseller Partner page
* Business plans with potential sales leads
* Discounts on functionality and features to improve clients’ marketing results
* Participation in annual invitation-only product roadmap event
* Press releases
* Speaking engagements
* Price discount on registration for annual Connections User Conference

For more information on joining the Reseller Partner program, please visit http://reseller.exacttarget.com.

About ExactTarget:

ExactTarget, Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand email marketing software solutions. The company’s suite of on-demand one-to-one marketing applications enable clients to send business-critical and event triggered communications to increase sales, optimize marketing investments and strengthen customer relationships. ExactTarget offers four editions of its on-demand software application along with integrated solutions such as ExactTarget for AppExchange and ExactTarget for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. ExactTarget offers a range of optimization services including support, implementation and training, integration, deliverability, account management, design and deployment and strategic consulting. ExactTarget’s software powers permission-based email communications for thousands of organizations including CareerBuilder.com, Expedia.com, Florida Power & Light, Gannett Co., Inc/USA TODAY, the Indianapolis Colts, The Home Depot, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Liberty Mutual Group, Papa John’s and Wellpoint, Inc. For more information, please visit www.exacttarget.com or call 1-866-EMAILET.

INDIANAPOLIS – ExactTarget, a leading provider of on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions, is releasing The 2009 Marketing Almanac, a free reference guide predicting five trends for email and one-to-one marketing in 2009.

The 2009 Marketing Almanac from ExactTarget discusses the difficult terrain marketers must navigate in 2009 and offers effective email and SMS strategies to deploy with customers. Each trend prediction is accompanied by actionable advice for one-to-one marketers seeking to increase sales and improve customer relationships.

“On average, we expect open rates, click-through rates and conversion rates will decline in 2009 as subscribers’ inboxes are flooded with bad email from marketers trying to stay afloat,” said Morgan Stewart, director of research and strategy for ExactTarget. “Competitors will also put more marketing dollars towards email, so it will be more important than ever to deliver relevant, timely information to customers in a way that honors the individual preferences of each subscriber.”

The five trends predicted by ExactTarget in The 2009 Marketing Almanac are:

* Increase in inbox competition – 48% of marketers plan to increase their email marketing efforts in 2009, according to MarketingSherpa’s September 2008 Marketing and the Economy Survey.
* A wider variety of messaging mediums will be used by marketers, especially SMS – text messaging increased 160% between June 2007 and June 2008, according to CTIA – The Wireless Association®.
* More marketers will adopt cloud computing – it lets marketers add capabilities or applications on the fly without having to invest in new infrastructure, train new personnel or license additional software.
* Highly personalized and relevant marketing offers – increased integration of data from CRM, eCommerce, web analytics and financial systems into marketing messages will make this possible.
* Success will be determined by perspiration not desperation – marketers putting in the most sweat equity and least amount of desperation tactics in their programs will be the most successful in 2009.

About ExactTarget:

ExactTarget, Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand email marketing software solutions. The company’s suite of on-demand one-to-one marketing applications enable clients to send business-critical and event triggered communications to increase sales, optimize marketing investments and strengthen customer relationships. ExactTarget offers four editions of its on-demand software application along with integrated solutions such as ExactTarget for AppExchange and ExactTarget for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. ExactTarget offers a range of optimization services including support, implementation and training, integration, deliverability, account management, design and deployment and strategic consulting. ExactTarget’s software powers permission-based email communications for thousands of organizations including CareerBuilder.com, Expedia.com, Florida Power & Light, Gannett Co., Inc/USA TODAY, the Indianapolis Colts, The Home Depot, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Liberty Mutual Group, Papa John’s and Wellpoint, Inc. For more information, please visit www.exacttarget.com or call 1-866-EMAILET.

INDIANAPOLIS – ExactTarget, a leading provider of on-demand email marketing solutions, and MarketingSherpa, a marketing research organization dedicated to researching what works in marketing, jointly announce today the launch of the Email Marketing Intelligence Webinar Series, an eight-part, complimentary event designed to provide email marketers with actionable insights from MarketingSherpa’s 2009 Email Marketing Benchmark Guide. The webinars will analyze and interpret research on a wide variety of email marketing topics including budgeting, segmentation, tactics, conversion, delivery and open rates.

“We are proud to partner with MarketingSherpa and its experts who represent some of the digital marketing industry’s brightest minds,” said Tim Kopp, chief marketing officer for ExactTarget. “Given the current economic conditions, companies are looking to increase their email marketing ROI, and this webinar series will provide actionable intelligence that marketers can use immediately to optimize their email programs.”

“Our research tells us that marketers are seeking cost efficient ways to maximize impact and build relationships in what is likely to be a difficult stretch in the global economy,” says Stefan Tornquist, MarketingSherpa’s Research Director. “We are happy to be able to offer our research-based insights in the hopes that attendees to these webinars can leave with practical ways to improve their e-mails’ effectiveness responsibly and efficiently.”

During each webinar, thought leaders from MarketingSherpa and ExactTarget will offer insight derived from the 2009 Email Benchmark Guide and invite live participation from attendees. The webinars will also be archived and available online to provide marketers with on-demand replays at their convenience.

Some of the topics addressed in the webinars include:

- Top 5 Takeaways from MarketingSherpa’s 2009 Email Benchmark Guide
- Making the Sale: Response and Conversion
- Building Relationships Through the Holidays
- Email Testing and Analytics
- Design and Rendering
- Deliverability
- International Email

In addition, all webinar attendees will receive a $100 discount on the purchase of MarketingSherpa’s 2009 Email Marketing Benchmark Guide and a $400 discount to attend MarketingSherpa’s Email Summit in March 2009.

The Email Marketing Intelligence Webinar Series kicks off on Thursday, November 6, 2008, with the last one scheduled for February 19, 2009. Webinars will start at 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST.

For more information or to sign up to attend the webinar, please visit: www.emailintel.com.

About ExactTarget:

ExactTarget, Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand email marketing software solutions. The company’s suite of on-demand one-to-one marketing applications enable clients to send business-critical and event triggered communications to increase sales, optimize marketing investments and strengthen customer relationships. ExactTarget offers four editions of its on-demand software application along with integrated solutions such as ExactTarget for AppExchange and ExactTarget for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. ExactTarget offers a range of optimization services including support, implementation and training, integration, deliverability, account management, design and deployment and strategic consulting. ExactTarget’s software powers permission-based email communications for thousands of organizations including CareerBuilder.com, Expedia.com, Florida Power & Light, Gannett Co., Inc/USA TODAY, the Indianapolis Colts, The Home Depot, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Liberty Mutual Group, Papa John’s and Wellpoint, Inc. For more information, please visit www.exacttarget.com or call 1-866-EMAILET.

About MarketingSherpa, Inc:

Headquartered in Warren, R.I., MarketingSherpa (marketingsherpa.com) is a research firm publishing practical Case Studies and benchmark guides for its 237,000 weekly readers in the marketing profession. Topics covered include practical how-to and exclusive data and proven tactics in business-to-business marketing, ecommerce marketing, email marketing, search marketing, telemarketing, media relations, landing page design, marketing measurement and online subscription marketing. The firm also operates three annual Summits attended by thousands of marketers. Founded in March 2000, the firm has been a member of the MECLABS family of research firms since November 2006.

“3sixty was designed to allow the relationships that are formed at ExactTarget’s Connections user conference to live on forever,” said Tim Kopp, chief marketing officer of ExactTarget. “With this interactive community, our users can become resources of inspiration and innovation for each other.”

This new relationship-powered business network provides users with an all-inclusive resource for their ExactTarget product and training needs. Similar to social networks such as MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn, 3sixty encourages clients to create profiles, join groups and interact with peers. Information on the site includes:

* Extensive documentation on existing and new product offerings
* Web-based instructional training and solution demonstrations
* Whitepaper and case study downloads
* ExactTarget answers, ideas and forums

“The goal of 3sixty is to help our customers derive ever-increasing value from their investment in ExactTarget,” said Kopp. “By giving them easy access to educational materials and creating an environment where they can openly share best practices with other clients and ExactTarget employees, we believe we will help clients achieve that goal.”

3sixty is available to all ExactTarget clients. To join the conversation at 3sixty, please sign up at: https://3sixty.exacttarget.com and use your ExactTarget customer username and password to get started.

About ExactTarget:

ExactTarget, Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand email marketing software solutions. The company’s suite of on-demand one-to-one marketing applications enable clients to send business-critical and event triggered communications to increase sales, optimize marketing investments and strengthen customer relationships. ExactTarget offers four editions of its on-demand software application along with integrated solutions such as ExactTarget for AppExchange and ExactTarget for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. ExactTarget offers a range of optimization services including support, implementation and training, integration, deliverability, account management, design and deployment and strategic consulting. ExactTarget’s software powers permission-based email communications for thousands of organizations including CareerBuilder.com, Expedia.com, Florida Power & Light, Gannett Co., Inc/USA TODAY, the Indianapolis Colts, The Home Depot, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Liberty Mutual Group, Papa John’s and Wellpoint, Inc. For more information, please visit www.exacttarget.com or call 1-866-EMAILET

INDIANAPOLIS – ExactTarget, a leading provider of on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions, announces the launch of the Extensions Network, an online showcase of integrations with the ExactTarget platform. Built entirely with ExactTarget’s on-demand platform, this online showcase provides marketers with a one-stop resource to find the tools they need to enhance their marketing performance, and it connects independent software vendors and other organizations with prospective customers.

“We are committed to empowering our clients with best in breed integration tools and solutions to get the most out of their email marketing programs,” said Peter McCormick, co-founder and vice president of partners and channels for ExactTarget. “Our clients can achieve better results when integrating the data from other applications like web analytics or CRM into their email programs, and Extensions Network will make it easier to identify and leverage the other applications that can enhance their email marketing program performance.”

Since the Extensions Network is an online showcase, available to anyone via the internet, listed integrations will gain immediate exposure to thousands of engaged clients and prospects across the globe. Each Integrated Partner listing will consist of a product profile that includes a product description, screenshots, reviews and an opportunity to request more information.

One highly-anticipated application to be featured in the Extensions Network is the soon-to-be completed ExactTarget for iPhone integration, which will be demonstrated live today at the Connections ’08 user conference and available for download later in the year. An email service provider first, iPhone users will soon have the option to download an ExactTarget application to track campaign activity and results from a single view on Apple’s popular handheld – from any location, at any time.

“Building this showcase by using our own on-demand software demonstrates the versatility of our platform and speaks to the growing need for a product which can adapt to any marketing situation within any given channel,” said Scott McCorkle, executive vice president of technology, product and channels for ExactTarget.

Several applications are currently available to ExactTarget clients on the Extensions Network, including integrations with Google, Microsoft, salesforce.com and Omniture.

For more information on the Extensions Network, please visit www.extensionsnetwork.com.

About ExactTarget:

ExactTarget, Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand email marketing software solutions. The company’s suite of on-demand one-to-one marketing applications enable clients to send business-critical and event triggered communications to increase sales, optimize marketing investments and strengthen customer relationships. ExactTarget offers four editions of its on-demand software application along with integrated solutions such as ExactTarget for AppExchange and ExactTarget for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. ExactTarget offers a range of optimization services including support, implementation and training, integration, deliverability, account management, design and deployment and strategic consulting. ExactTarget’s software powers permission-based email communications for thousands of organizations including CareerBuilder.com, Expedia.com, Florida Power & Light, Gannett Co., Inc/USA TODAY, the Indianapolis Colts, The Home Depot, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Liberty Mutual Group, Papa John’s and Wellpoint, Inc. For more information, please visit www.exacttarget.com or call 1-866-EMAILET

“The sheer volume of submissions coupled with the extraordinary level of creativity that cut across such a wide swath of platforms and technologies speaks to the vitality of the interactive advertising industry,” said Randall Rothenberg, President and CEO of the IAB. “Interactive advertising is breaking new ground in engaging consumers in ways that we had not even dreamed of, and the pace of change will only continue to accelerate.”

This year, submissions jumped by nearly 40 percent, and were sent in from hundreds of leading agencies, representing traditional advertising agencies and native digital shops which entered work across virtually every major vertical industry.

The gala’s ultimate honor, Best in Show, went to TEQUILA\ and Nissan for its “Rogue Launch.” TEQUILA\ and Nissan took home additional honors for digital video, digital integration and VOD and interactive television, winning golds in all three categories. “The Rogue Launch” was based on consumer insights geared to Generation X males who wanted to still feel “in the game” and tap into a sense of playfulness. The campaign was credited as the most successful new car launch in Nissan’s history.

Goodby Silverstein & Partners, last year’s Best in Show agency winner, won two golds this year in Product Launch and Business-to-Business for its campaign “Adobe Layer Tennis” for the launch of Adobe’s Creative Suite 3. And in a testament to the breadth and variety of brands’ interactive campaigns, some marketers were honored in multiple categories for work with different agencies. BMW, for example, was honored for its work with three different agencies—Dotglu, JOGO Media and GSD&M Idea City across the categories of Direct Response and Lead Generation, In-Game Advertising and Social Marketing, respectively.

The MIXX Awards are the only juried advertising competition that evaluates all critical components of the interactive marketing mix, including strategy, creative, execution and results. To view the complete gallery of the MIXX Winners please visit: www.mixx-awards.com/gallery

The Complete List of 2008 MIXX Award Winners:
Best in Show

Nissan and TEQUILA\ for “Rogue Launch”

Brand Awareness and Positioning
GOLD: American Express OPEN and Digitas for “OPEN Forum”

SILVER: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! and BlockDot for “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Now You Know Better!”

BRONZE: U.S. Army and Universal McCann for “U.S. Army Halo 3 Experience”

Product Launch
GOLD: Adobe Creative Suite 3 and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for “Adobe Layer Tennis”

SILVER: Verizon and Campfire for “My Home 2.0”

BRONZE: P&G/Downy and Digitas for “Discovering Radiance”

Direct Response and Lead Generation
GOLD: ING of the Americas and BBDO Atlanta for “ING Numbers”

SILVER: BMW North America and Dotglu for “1 Series Interactive Launch”

BRONZE: McDonald’s and OMD for “Dollar Menunaires”

Business-to-Business
GOLD: Adobe Creative Suite 3 and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for “Adobe Layer Tennis”

SILVER: Dell and T3 for “Times Square We believe: in small business”

BRONZE: Motorola and BBDO New York for “Cityscape”

Public Service/Not-for-Profit
GOLD: The Ad Council / U.S. Department of Justice / National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and Merkley + Partners for “Think Before You Post”

SILVER: The Bridgespan Group and Sapient Interactive for “One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference”

BRONZE: Roundabout Theatre Company and Situation Marketing for “Sunday in the Park with George – Connect: The Dot Project”

Search Marketing
GOLD: Honda Certified Used Cars and RPA for “Custom Search Program”

SILVER: Covad Communications and Geary Interactive for “Localized Search Campaign”

BRONZE: Adobe Systems Incorporated and Adobe Search Marketing for “AIR/RIA”

Super-Rich Media
GOLD: Apple Inc. and TBWA\Media Arts Lab for “ Don’t Give Up”

SILVER: Apple Inc. and TBWA\Media Arts Lab for “Banging, Knocking & Hiding”

BRONZE: HBO and Deep Focus for “Flight of the Conchords”

Multicultural
GOLD: U.S. Army and Sensis for “Leaders Among Us”

SILVER: The Home Depot and The Vidal Partnership for “Colores Origenes “Mixer” Campaign”

Widget Marketing
GOLD: Honda Civic and RPA for “Honda Civic Tour: Panic at the Disco”

SILVER: Kimberly-Clark and MindShare for “Huggies Baby Countdown”

BRONZE: Samsung and Cheil Worldwide for “Juke by Samsung”

In-Game Advertising
GOLD: BMW and JOGO Media for “BMW M3 Challenge”

SILVER: Nissan and OMD for “Forza 2”

BRONZE: The Coca-Cola Company and MediaVest for “Sprite NBA Gaming”

Digital Video
GOLD:

Nissan and TEQUILA\ for “Rogue Launch”

SILVER: Neutrogena and Tribal DDB Worldwide for “The Wave Power Cleanser”

BRONZE: Microsoft Small Business Products and Cole & Weber United for “Microsoft Small Business Summit”

Social Marketing
GOLD: Alberto-Culver Company and Carat for “Extreme Style by VO5”

SILVER: BMW and GSD&M Idea City for “1 Series – Facebook Graffiti Contest”

BRONZE: Verizon and Campfire for “My Home 2.0”

International Award
GOLD: Vodafone and OgilvyOne Worldwide, Athens for “Livefeeds”

SILVER: Air New Zealand and Host for “Home Sweet As”

BRONZE: Coke Europe and Sapient Interactive for “Coke Burn Alter Ego”

Mobile Platforms
GOLD: Virgin Atlantic Airways and McKinney for “ Love from Above”

SILVER: MasterCard Worldwide and MRM Worldwide for “Peyton Pep Talks with Peyton Manning”

VOD and Interactive Television
GOLD:

Nissan and TEQUILA\ for “Rogue Launch”

SILVER: AXE and BrightLine iTV for “Art of Skin Contact”

BRONZE: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! and BrightLine iTV for ”Sprays in the City”

Brand Destination Site
GOLD: MasterCard Worldwide and MRM Worldwide for “Priceless.com”

SILVER: American Airlines and TM Advertising for “AAdvantage Milestones”

BRONZE:
Pabst Brewing Company and Cole & Weber United for “The Tales of Colt 45”

Digital Integration

GOLD:

Nissan and TEQUILA\ for “Rogue Launch”

SILVER:

Liberty Mutual and Hill Holliday for “The Responsibility Project”

BRONZE:

ING of the Americas and BBDO Atlanta for “ING Numbers”

Cross-Platform Integration
GOLD: Liberty Mutual and Hill Holliday for “The Responsibility Project”

SILVER: ING of the Americas and BBDO Atlanta for “ING Numbers”

BRONZE: Verizon and Campfire for “My Home 2.0”

MIXX 2008 Judges:

Marketers:

* Cheryl Guerin – VP, Global Digital Marketing, MasterCard Worldwide
* Jenny Howell – Manager of Interactive Marketing, American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
* Carole Irgang – SVP, Integrated Marketing Communications, Kraft Foods
* Carol Kruse – VP, Global Interactive Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company
* Tim Murphy – Senior Director Digital Marketing, Anheuser-Busch
* David Roman – VP, WW Marketing Communications, Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard Company
* Debbie Jo Severin – VP, Marketing, Covad Communications Group, Inc.

Agencies:

* Marty Cooke – Chief Creative Officer, SS+K
* Jean-Philippe Maheu – Chief Digital Officer, Ogilvy North America
* Hans Neubert – Executive Creative Director, Avenue A | Razorfish
* Michael Prieve – Chief Creative Officer, Doremus New York
* Alan Schulman – SVP, Executive Creative Director, Executive Director of User Experience, imc2
* Baba Shetty – EVP Chief Media Officer, Hill Holliday
* Joanne Zaiac – President, Digitas, New York

Publishers:

* Heidi Browning – SVP, Client Solutions, FOX Interactive Media
* Mark D’Arcy – Chief Creative Officer, Time Warner Global Media Group
* Jane Grenier – VP, CondéNet
* Wonya Lucas – EVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Discovery Communications
* Suzie Reider – Director of Advertising, YouTube
* David Sturman – Chief Technology Officer for Massive (a Microsoft company)
* Lauren Wiener – SVP, Meredith Interactive Media

MIXX Awards Sponsors:
Adweek Media
Brightcove.com
Broadband Enterprises
Comcast Spotlight
Forbes.com
International Data Group (IDG)
Microsoft Advertising
Terra Networks
Traffiq
ValueClick Media
Yahoo!

About the IAB:

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is comprised of more than 375 leading media and technology companies who are responsible for selling 86% of online advertising in the United States. On behalf of its members, the IAB is dedicated to the growth of the interactive advertising marketplace, of interactive’s share of total marketing spend, and of its members’ share of total marketing spend. The IAB educates marketers, agencies, media companies and the wider business community about the value of interactive advertising. Working with its member companies, the IAB evaluates and recommends standards and practices and fields critical research on interactive advertising. Founded in 1996, the IAB is headquartered in New York City with a Public Policy office in Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit www.iab.net.

PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With a gloomy national economic season looming, reinforced by exploding fuel prices and rising unemployment reports, it’s no surprise that the advertising industry is also anticipating a season of uncertainty. Marketing professionals are experiencing increasing challenges daily, virtually unable to discern tangible results, while simultaneously paying growing media rates that aren’t justified. Ad Age’s top story in the June 23rd issue confirms “Big marketers, facing a weakening economy…clamped down on spending (in 2007).” As evidenced by recent shifts of many Fortune 500 marketing budgets, it’s clear the advertising industry is on the verge of a major overhaul.

86% of marketers claim pressure is mounting for tangible results

According to the 2008 “State of the Marketer” survey report from Eloqua, accountability pressure is growing: 86 percent of marketers say pressure has increased on them to account for results. Moreover, 68 percent of organizations are measuring the quantifiable contribution of marketing to the bottom line.

Tim O’Leary, co-founder and CEO of Portland, Oregon-based R2C Group, has some thoughts on what’s got to give. “A recession can be good for marketers and agencies that are equipped to take advantage of opportunities,” claims O’Leary, who has led the nation’s largest independently-owned direct response advertising agency to rapid growth and more than $420 million in annual billings.

While many marketers are finding it harder and harder to measure the “success” of their dollars spent, and many of them using tired, traditional strategies, O’Leary and company are succeeding with a form of marketing that can be measured: integrated direct response advertising. O’Leary scoffs at how many big agencies continue to reinvent themselves creatively, without delivering bottom line results to their clients: “Publicly traded advertising agencies just don’t have their clients’ best interests at heart anymore.”

Advertising dollars are moving away from traditional strategies

According to Fitch Ratings, “The trend that will continue to affect the media universe…is the ongoing shift in advertising dollars from traditional media into non-traditional media…and ad spending continues to follow consumer patterns.” Focused on their client’s bottom line, R2C Group has experienced exponential growth over the past three years, thanks to a steady diet of big brand, Fortune 500 clients flocking to R2C Group for their unique and untraditional, results-driven approach.

R2C Group has rapidly evolved from a small direct response agency to an industry-leading, full-service advertising agency. The company’s recent acquisition of Chautauqua Communications, a San Francisco-based firm specializing in digital, interactive and online direct response solutions, further expands its service offering by adding online creative and digital media buying expertise to its integrated direct response offerings. These new capabilities are the perfect compliment, allowing R2C Group to directly connect direct response television campaigns to their client’s online and interactive strategies, with highly trackable results. R2C Group consists of: Respond2, the nation’s leading independently owned direct response creative agency, and Cmedia, an industry-leading media planning, research and buying agency.

Creative agency Respond2 became virtually married to its sister company, Cmedia, in 1999 when respective owners, Tim O’Leary and Michelle Cardinal, tied the knot themselves. Cardinal, president and co-founder of R2C Group, led Cmedia to explosive growth over the past 10 years, ranking Cmedia as the largest women-owned company and one of the largest privately held companies in the State of Oregon by the Portland Business Journal’s Book of Lists. Profiled in Inc. Magazine as one of the nation’s “Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs,” Cardinal is widely considered among peers and industry insiders as a pioneer in her field.

Fortune 500 companies are flocking toward results-driven approach

From newer, emerging brands to Fortune 500 companies, R2C Group’s clients have one thing in common; they are all dependent on generating profitable ROI from their advertising. O’Leary enjoys challenging the status quo, comparing his agency to what he refers to as “old school, old media, traditional brand agencies.” He asserts, “Unlike traditional brand agencies, R2C Group practices what it preaches: capturing, captivating and converting sales across all channels. We don’t just get results — we build brands by creating trackable, measurable, ongoing relationships with each and every customer.”

Is there a difference between the super-agencies’ big-budget campaigns and the R2C Group’s hybrid direct response/branded strategy? Cardinal says Yes. “R2C Group’s work is completely measurable and accountable. In fact, we’re the only agency on the planet that can directly correlate a television ad campaign with a client’s online and interactive strategies with equally measurable results. Many of our big brand clients are using direct response television campaigns not only to grow direct and online sales, but also to bolster their retails efforts too.” R2C’s portfolio of success among well known big brands is growing rapidly, and includes the likes of Google General Mills, Proctor & Gamble, Microsoft, Phillips, Merck, The Home Depot, Adobe, eBay, Vonage, Sprint, Chase, Blockbuster, Bare Minerals, KitchenAid and many more.

This newly-integrated direct response pioneer wants the world to know who they are and why they’re succeeding for their clients… and more importantly, why in the midst of a tumultuous economy, you should care.

R2C Group is a full-service advertising agency, specializing in direct response solutions, including direct response television (DRTV), online and interactive advertising, and complete media strategies. For more information on R2C Group, explore their new website at: www.r2cgroup.com.