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About Our Sponsors
Lead Sponsors
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ForeSee Results is the market leader in using online voice-of- customer data to help organizations increase sales, loyalty, recommendations and website value. Using the methodology of the University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), ForeSee Results identifies the improvements to online initiatives with the greatest ROI. With more than a quarter of a billion completed customer surveys to date, 30+ benchmarks, and nearly 600 online measures across dozens of industries, ForeSee Results’ financial services clients include Citi, Freddie Mac, Mass Mutual, Nationwide Express and TIAA-CREF, among others. ForeSee Results, a privately held company, is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and on the web at www.ForeSeeResults.com. |
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Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the way people connect with information. Google's innovations in web search and advertising have made its website a top Internet destination and its brand one of the most recognized in the world. Google maintains the world's largest online index of websites and other content, and Google makes this information freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. Google's automated search technology helps people obtain nearly instant access to relevant information from it vast online index. For more information, visit www.google.com. |
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Live Person is a provider of online engagement solutions that facilitate real-time assistance and trusted expert advice. More than 6,000 companies, including seven of the world’s largest financial services institutions, rely on LivePerson’s award-winning chat and click-to-call applications to maximize the business impact of the online channel. Blending proven technology with domain expertise, business rules, real-time analytics, and comprehensive reporting, LivePerson’s secure hosted software platform for financial services providers transforms the online channel from an information source to a revenue-generating transaction center, relationship-building channel and brand-reinforcing experience. |
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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 ondemand subscription service, 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(TM). Omniture's more than 2,500 customers include eBay, AOL, Wal-Mart, Gannett, Microsoft, Neiman Marcus, Oracle, Countrywide Financial, General Motors, Sony and HP. www.omniture.com |
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Tealeaf captures every online interaction, every time, giving you unprecedented visibility and insight into customer experience. Understanding "why" not only ensures that more transactions are successfully completed; it also enables your company to be more proactive and intuitive in servicing your customers. Tealeaf gives four out of the five largest banks the answers they need to drive measurable improvements to the online customer experience.. See how at www.tealeaf.com |
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USi, an AT&T company, delivers application outsourcing, remote management, professional services, SaaS enablement, and eBusiness development and hosting for leading financial services organizations. The company offers clients a powerful eBusiness solution that delivers full-featured, end to- end functionality, creating superior experiences for their business or consumer users. USi provides a broad set of services including platform implementation, integration, customization, and hosting. USi’s clients have access to a broad set of supported applications, including: Ariba®, IBM® WebSphere®, Microsoft®, Oracle®, PeopleSoft®, and Siebel®, as well as custom eBusiness applications developed and delivered by USi. |
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Keynote Moderator Sponsors
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Brulant is one of the nation’s leading interactive marketing firms infused with deep technology horsepower. Brulant is currently ranked the second largest independently-owned interactive agency in North America and the 3rd fastest growing, overall. Brulant’s capabilities are wrapped around our deep industry knowledge within retail & consumer products, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing and services. We understand the unique challenges and goals within these key industries and deliver solutions to help our clients create more meaningful and longer lasting customer relationships, establish a business channel that is highly profitable, and enable the growth of our client’s businesses through the online channel. Brulant is in a unique position in the market... there are right brain firms who focus on creative results and there are left brain firms who focus on quantitative results... Brulant is a “whole-brain” firm. We are capable of delivering the most powerful technology solutions with all of the creativity and marketing focus of an interactive agency, and all of the strategy and business approach of a management consulting firm. For more information, visit us at www.brulant.com. |
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New York-based [x+1] (www.xplusone.com) provides predictive marketing solutions that equip online marketers with real time, automated decision making to lift conversion rates in media and onsite. [x+1]’s solutions remove the complexity in digital marketing and drive a greater return on marketing investment. Some of the top companies in financial services, telecommunications, travel and automotive have significantly increased message relevance, customer response and marketing ROI by using the services of [x+1]. Our market-leading solutions, site+1 and media+1, empower marketers with instant insights about their audiences derived from complex data. These solutions are powered by our groundbreaking technology: the Predictive Optimization Engine (POE™). |
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ClickSquared is the premier real time interactive relationship marketing services provider of intelligent, multi-channel marketing solutions creating perfectly timed, personalized interactions across all online and off-line direct channels. Leveraging a team of marketing and technology experts and an on-demand marketing platform, ClickSquared develops and executes accountable acquisition, growth and loyalty programs to help build some of the world’s best known brands. For more information go to www.clicksquared.com. |
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Online Acquisition Best Practices Forum Sponsors
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CashEdge® provides innovative, online financial applications for banks, credit unions and wealth management firms. CashEdge’s solutions include end-to-end online account opening and funding, funds transfer and data consolidation. These proven solutions are flexible, scalable and supported by extensive risk management capabilities. Working with CashEdge, financial institutions are able to create compelling online offerings that attract customers, generate revenues and reduce costs. CashEdge has been ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the United States for two years in a row. In 2007 it was also recognized by the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Fast 50 as one of the nation’s 500 fastest growing private companies and one of the fifty fastest growing companies in the New York area, respectively. The company currently serves more than 600 leading financial institutions including five of the top ten banks. CashEdge has offices in New York and Silicon Valley. For more information, please visit www.cashedge.com. |
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Leadfusion is a leading provider of eMarketing software for financial service providers that help stop the exodus of visitors from your website, instead guiding them to make positive purchase decisions online and with you. Leadfusion's eMarketing solutions are focused on helping financial service providers capture, cultivate and convert online leads: Those prospects that are at your website, motivated, interested and in-market for your products or services. Leadfusion CALCULATORS, Leadfusion EMAIL, and Leadfusion EMAIL FULFILLMENT allow you to identify online leads, nurture their interest through personal, ongoing communication, and help them take the final step in the buying cycle. For over a decade, Leadfusion has offered Leadfusion CALCULATORS, recognized by consumers as one of the most valuable tools on financial service provider websites. Leadfusion EMAIL and Leadfusion EMAIL FULFILLMENT both help you reach prospects with timely and relevant email messaging while they are in-market for a financial product or service. |
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Live Person is a provider of online engagement solutions that facilitate real-time assistance and trusted expert advice. More than 6,000 companies, including seven of the world’s largest financial services institutions, rely on LivePerson’s award-winning chat and click-to-call applications to maximize the business impact of the online channel. Blending proven technology with domain expertise, business rules, real-time analytics, and comprehensive reporting, LivePerson’s secure hosted software platform for financial services providers transforms the online channel from an information source to a revenue-generating transaction center, relationship- building channel and brand-reinforcing experience. |
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Range Online Media is a leading search and interactive marketing agency that delivers measurable success through comprehensive, online marketing services, including paid search marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), online media placement and emerging media, strategic planning, performance optimization and more. We currently offer strategic leadership and campaign management services to NIKE, Inc., Accor Hotels North America, Neiman Marcus, The Container Store, Toshiba, CompUSA, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and many other smart clients. We were proud to have been named to Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5,000 list of fastest growing private companies in 2007 and to have received the highest average client satisfaction rating in the paid search industry by Jupiter Research for the last four consecutive years. Range is headquartered in Texas and has offices in New York, California, Utah and Canada. Please visit our website at www.RangeOnlineMedia.com |
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VeriSign is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world.. To protect Web sites and critical data, VeriSign offers Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates, and is the SSL Certificate provider of choice for over 93% of the Fortune 500. And to strengthen and protect consumers’ digital identities, VeriSign® Identity Protection incorporates a comprehensive defense with integrated services and a network approach. Finally, as the authoritative directory provider of all .com, .net, .cc, and .tv domain names, VeriSign offers trusted services that globalize access to the Internet. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com. |
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Premier Solution Zone Sponsors
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Allegiance provides enterprise feedback management (EFM), on-demand solutions for measuring and managing customer and employee engagement across the enterprise. Customer and employee engagement ties directly to company growth and profits, and businesses that value and manage engagement realize more success. Allegiance helps companies increase profits, make more informed decisions and build a strong following with customers and employees through The Engage Platform - a flexible, turnkey, hosted solution offering easy implementation and no IT burden. Leading companies from around the world use Allegiance to manage their customer and employee engagement to grow their businesses. Visit www.allegiance.com. |
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Leadfusion is a leading provider of eMarketing software for financial service providers that help stop the exodus of visitors from your website, instead guiding them to make positive purchase decisions online and with you. Leadfusion's eMarketing solutions are focused on helping financial service providers capture, cultivate and convert online leads: Those prospects that are at your website, motivated, interested and in-market for your products or services. Leadfusion CALCULATORS, Leadfusion EMAIL, and Leadfusion EMAIL FULFILLMENT allow you to identify online leads, nurture their interest through personal, ongoing communication, and help them take the final step in the buying cycle. For over a decade, Leadfusion has offered Leadfusion CALCULATORS, recognized by consumers as one of the most valuable tools on financial service provider websites. Leadfusion EMAIL and Leadfusion EMAIL FULFILLMENT both help you reach prospects with timely and relevant email messaging while they are in-market for a financial product or service. |
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Vibrant Media, a world leading video and contextual advertising network, gives marketers the opportunity to deliver highly targeted, user-initiated advertisements within the text of Web content. The company works closely with advertisers, agencies and Web publishers to plan, buy, deliver and optimize Vibrant In-Text Advertising campaigns across thousands of websites. Vibrant Video provides measurable brand engagement through the largest pay per click video advertising network. Reaching more than 100 million unique users per month, Vibrant Media manages more than five billion words per month for top advertisers such as American Express, Liberty Mutual, AIG, Prudential and Discover Card. The company was founded in 2000 and has offices in New York, London, San Francisco, Paris and Hamburg, with more than 170 employees. The Company's rapid growth has been recognized by both the Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 50 list for two consecutive years. For more information, visit www.vibrantmedia.com. |
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imc2– a next-generation, digital marketing agency – is dedicated to helping its clients achieve their business objectives through interactive marketing. Ranking in the Top 10 on AdAge’s “Top 50 Interactive Agencies,” imc2 has offices in New York City, Dallas, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and London. imc2 has more than 550 employees and provides interactive services in the following areas: strategy and insight, media and promotions, Web development, relationship marketing, and measurement and intelligence. imc_ serves a broad and diversified global client base, including Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, The Coca-Cola Company, Lowe’s, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer. Please visit www.imc2.com for more information. |
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As the leading provider of independent investment research, individual investors, financial professionals and institutional clients come to Morningstar.com® to research stocks, funds, ETFs, options and learn about new investment ideas. Investors trust Morningstar for their financial needs.
Advertisers can target their message to key visitors and members of Morningstar.com® by geography, behavior, domain, ticker and more. A perfect site for fund companies, brokerage firms, and financial institutions, Morningstar.com is also suited for any product desired by affluent, educated people.
For more information about Morningstar, or to advertise on Morningstar.com® please call 312.616.7868 or visit our online media kit at: http://www.morningstar.com/AboutUs/MediaKit.html |
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comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world. This capability is based on a massive, global cross-section of more than 2 million consumers who have given comScore permission to confidentially capture their browsing and transaction behavior, including online and offline purchasing. comScore panelists also participate in survey research that captures and integrates their attitudes and intentions. Through its proprietary technology, comScore measures what matters across a broad spectrum of behavior and attitudes. comScore analysts apply this deep knowledge of customers and competitors to help clients design powerful marketing strategies and tactics that deliver superior ROI. comScore services are used by more than 700 clients, including global leaders such as AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo!, BBC, Carat, Best Buy, The Newspaper Association of America, ESPN, Fox Sports, Nestlé, Starcom, Universal McCann, the United States Postal Service, Verizon, ViaMichelin, Merck and Expedia. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com. |
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eStara is a leading provider of proactive conversion solutions for enhancing online sales. The world's most recognized financial institutions -- including Allstate, Bank of Montreal, Dell Financial Services, HSBC and TD Canada Trust -- leverage eStara's Click to Call and Click to Chat solutions to engage customers proactively to increase sales conversions, reduce website abandonment and improve customer satisfaction. A recent study conducted by Forrester Consulting (commissioned by eStara) found that financial institutions experienced a 304 percent average return on investment with eStara Click to Call. |
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Enhancing the Online Banking Experience & Mobile Banking Forum Chairperson
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CheckFree, now part of Fiserv, offers a full suite of solutions for large financial institutions, community banks and credit unions. Solutions include electronic billing and payment, online banking, mobile banking and payments, online account opening and funding, account-to-account transfers and fraud prevention solutions, as well as bill payment and presentment solutions for billing organizations across the Web, walk in, phone and IVR channels. |
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Strategic Online Marketing Track Chairperson
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Compete helps the world's top brands improve their marketing based on the online behavior of millions of consumers. Leading marketers such as Carlson Hotels Worldwide, Hyundai Motor America, Upromise, Chrysler, and Verizon Wireless rely on Compete's services to create effective online experiences and highly profitable advertising campaigns. Compete's online behavior database — the largest in the industry — makes the web as engrained in marketing as it is in people's lives.
Compete was founded in 2000 and is located in Boston, MA, with offices throughout the U.S. Compete ranked number 164 on Deloitte's 2007 Technology Fast 500 and ranked 19 on the New England Technology Fast 50. Compete also ranked number 824 on the first-ever Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country.
For more information visit www.competeinc.com. For free competitive site metrics, Compete's award-winning blog and Search Analytics visit www.compete.com. |
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Online Acquisition Best Practices Forum Chairperson
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Interwoven, (NASDAQ: IWOV) is a global leader in content management solutions. Interwoven's software and services enable organizations to maximize online business performance and organize, find, and govern business content. Interwoven solutions unlock the value of content by delivering the right content to the right person in the right context at the right time. Over 4,200 of the world's leading companies, professional services firms, and governments have chosen Interwoven. To learn more about Interwoven, please visit www.interwoven.com.
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Private Breakfast Workshop Host
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FAST is the leading global provider of enterprise search technologies found behind the scenes at the world’s top financial institutions. As the most flexible and scalable platform available, the FAST ESP provides a 360° view of valuable business knowledge in real-time, leading to better decisions and client relationships.
By making enterprise information and data far more accessible and effective, top financial firms can launch profitable new services, strengthen customer loyalty and improve employee productivity. With products that enable customer cross-sell and up-sell, boost information discovery, and improve loss avoidance, FAST is helping innovative companies widen their lead over competitors. |
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Western Saloon Cocktail Party Sponsor
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Integrato, a division of AmazingMail, is a leading direct mail technology solutions and services company that has patented technologies in support “true” one-to-one marketing. Through its pioneering technologies, Integrato is the first and only to deliver event / transaction-driven direct mail – enabling marketers to leverage event triggers, to immediately send a SINGLE, relevant and personalized direct mail pieces - printed and mailed next business day! It’s one-to-one RIGHT NOW! Integrato is helping organizations communicate when the customer is interested, versus waiting and hoping to reach out with the next direct mail campaign.
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