Welcome to the AgendiZe April 2007 Newsletter!

The AgendiZe solution has expanded from Europe to North America in a big way this Spring. In fact, AgendiZe currently has more than 28 million communication buttons deployed worldwide. And we've introduced a host of new features to keep our service the Leader in Internet Call-to-Action.

 

New Features Enhance Value to End-Users

In addition to the Click-to-Call functionalities added to our Lead Generation and Conversion product suite in November 2006, we have recently introduced some exciting new features:

  • MySelection v2: This exciting, new "social networking" capability allows online directory and classified publishers to offer a fully-customizable web space where users can save, edit, create and invite friends to connect to their contacts or events. It also provides publishers with several web properties to offer a single unified space where end users can consolidate the relevant information they find at the publisher's various web properties, and then be able to share it with their friends, families, and colleagues.
  • Click-to-Comment: Engage your visitors with the ability to vote in polls, rate products or services, or contribute comments. This tool is an easy and effective way to develop User-Generated Content - - a vital element to today's successful online business.
  • Click-to-Share with Skype: In addition to all the standard Instant Messenger services (MSN Messenger, AOL AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, and ICQ), users can now send information via the Skype free instant messaging service.
  • Click-to-Save to Social Bookmarking and Tagging sites: With just one button, you can let your users save branded information to virtually any Social Bookmarking or Tagging web site, such as Del.icio.us, Furl, Facebook, LinkaGoGo, Blue Do, etc.
  • Send Later Options: Allow visitors to send information at a specific time defined by the end user via e-mail, SMS, or instant messaging.
  • CAPTCHA Support: AgendiZe Click-to-Share features such as e-mail, SMS, fax, and instant messaging now support the CAPTCHA image check enabling form validation technology.
  • New Security System: Now your platform is more efficiently protected against hackers.

 

New Directory and Classified Customers

We're proud to announce the addition of several online directory sites to the growing universe of publishers offering the AgendiZe Click-to-Save & Share and Click-to-Call services.

  • KellySearch, a division of Reed Business Information in the U.S. and the U.K., and the first exclusively B2B directory to implement AgendiZe buttons, is live with the service in the UK (http://www.kellysearch.co.uk) and will also be live very soon in the US. KellySearch includes product, service and company information on over 2 million companies worldwide.
  • InfoServe, one of the leading players in the UK online local search market -- having pioneered the delivery of online marketing solutions for SMEs -- is currently offering AgendiZe Click-to-Save & Share options to its users.
  • Palm Beach Post, a Cox News publication, will soon implement AgendiZe Click-to-Save & Share functionality for its online classifieds.
  • 118 218 is the first French directory to adopt the AgendiZe conversion tools and offer its users the ability to automatically capture contact information to save to their personal devices or share with others. The 118 218 site is a subsidiary of U.K.-based directory assistance provider The Number, and is the leading directory assistance service in France, commanding a 40% overall market share.
  • QDQ Media – subsidiary of Pages Jaunes France Group - Spain's premier personal and professional online directory, announced that beginning January 1, 2007, it had replaced its incumbent Click-to-Call function with the AgendiZe Click-to-Call service. This new sales conversion toolset joins the AgendiZe Click-to-Save and Click-to-Share options which have also been fully implemented on the QDQ.com site.

 

Usage Statistics

Including AgendiZe Click-to-Call functionality can dramatically increase advertiser response -- and we have proof! A major European online directory publisher who recently added AgendiZe Click-to-Call to the already-implemented Click-to-Save & Share options experienced a 90% call volume increase in the January – March time frame compared to the last three months of 2006! With AgendiZe Click-to-Call is configured on their site, users can choose to contact the advertiser directly from the listing, from a Click-to-Save dialog box, or in the Send-to-E-mail option. Multiplying the choices by which the user can contact the advertiser maximizes exposure and response.

 

Receive a Demo of AgendiZe at an Industry Conference

Looking ahead to this Summer and Fall, you can see AgendiZe in action at several U.S. and international industry conferences.

Most immediately, AgendiZe will have a booth at the YPA Conference in Las Vegas, April 29-May 1 and at the EADP Conference on Managing Directories, May 24 – 25, in Barcelona. Also in Europe, you can see a demonstration of the AgendiZe service and speak with our representatives about online lead generation and conversion tools at the "Future of Local Search in Europe" conference jointly hosted by The Kelsey Group and AMR International. This event takes place on Tuesday, June 5th, at The Natural History Museum in London.

Coming up in September, AgendiZe is a sponsor of the Kelsey Group's Interactive Local Media Conference, September 17 – 19 in Reston, Virginia. We will also participate in another Kelsey Group Conference on Interactive Local Media, to be held November 28 – 30 in Los Angeles.

If you would like to schedule a private demo of the AgendiZe service at any of these conferences, or would like to speak with a salesperson about how AgendiZe can help your web site build user loyalty and extend the reach and duration of advertising, please email to sales@agendize.com. Or, you can call us directly at:

U.S.: 817-416-4865
Europe: +33 (0) 3.25.45.11.12

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