BIGFOOT INTERACTIVE WINS CLICKZ MARKETING EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR BEST E-MAIL SERVICE BUREAU
NEW YORK – February 10, 2003 –
Bigfoot Interactive, the leading provider of strategic, ROI-focused email communication solutions and marketing automation technologies, today announced it has won the 2003 ClickZ.com Marketing Excellence Award for Best E-mail Service Bureau. The ClickZ.com Marketing Excellence Awards recognize ClickZ.com readers' choices for achievement and innovation in online marketing technology, solutions and execution.
"ClickZ.com's readership represents some of the most savvy and insightful marketers in the world," said Rebecca Lieb, Executive Editor of internet.com's Ecommerce/Marketing Channel, which includes ClickZ.com. "The ClickZ Marketing Excellence Awards honor what our readers believe are the best in marketing technology and services. To interactive marketers, these areas are mission-critical, and they rely on companies like Bigfoot Interactive to get the job done."
The ClickZ.com Marketing Excellence Awards honored companies in 18 categories, including Best E-mail Service Bureau. ClickZ.com, the leading online publication for interactive marketers, is a property of Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM).
"ClickZ.com has established itself as a strong voice for emerging marketing innovations and trends, and Bigfoot Interactive is truly honored to be named the Best E-mail Service Bureau by the many thousands of marketers who read ClickZ.com each day," said Al DiGuido, CEO of Bigfoot Interactive. "The ClickZ.com Marketing Excellence Award is a testament our company's ongoing commitment to developing email marketing best practices focused on customer and cost optimization. In addition, the award validates the critical importance of our full-service approach in a rapidly changing marketing environment in which marketers require industry-leading technology, vertical market expertise and results-oriented professional services to drive success and ultimately ROI."
The ClickZ.com Marketing Excellence Award is the fifth major honor Bigfoot Interactive has earned over the past six months. Recently, Forrester Research cited the company as a leader in its "Best Email Service Providers" report (December 2002) and as a top retail email vendor in its "Retail Digital Marketing Best Practices" (December 2002) report. Bigfoot Interactive also garnered two prestigious American Graphic Design Awards for its creative work. For more information about the 2003 ClickZ.com Marketing Excellence Awards and to see a full list of the winners, please visit www.clickz.com/awards/winners/.
About Bigfoot Interactive
Bigfoot Interactive (www.bigfootinteractive.com) is the leading provider of strategic, ROI-focused email communications solutions and marketing automation technologies. Through its combination of innovative technologies, professional services and vertical market expertise, Bigfoot Interactive helps marketers acquire, grow and retain profitable customer relationships through highly relevant and personalized email communications. The company's end-to-end suite of industry-specific products and services includes scalable email campaign technology, delivery optimization, marketing automation tools, turnkey integration solutions, strategic consulting, and creative expertise to produce email programs that generate measurable results throughout the customer lifecycle.
Since 1997, Bigfoot Interactive has developed successful permission-based email programs for more than 150 top companies, including Expedia, American Honda Motor Co. and The Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive. Privately held and based in New York, the company's investors include JPMorgan Partners, Flatiron Partners, Hudson Ventures, Mitsui & Co., Grey Ventures, HPJ Media Ventures and Syndicat Technologies.
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