May 17, 2004 07:00 AM US Eastern Timezone

Internet Search Firm, Ravenwood Marketing, Named Fastest Growing Company in Boulder, Colorado

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2004--Ravenwood Marketing, Inc., a leading performance-based search engine marketing firm, announced today that it has been named number one on the Mercury 100 list of fastest-growing private companies. The Mercury 100 list recognizes the entrepreneurial achievements of rapidly growing companies in Colorado's Boulder and Broomfield counties, based on the largest percent growth in revenues from 2002 to 2003.

Ravenwood delivered a whopping 1,471 percent increase in revenue in 2003, with sales reaching $1.1 million, and received the honor at an invitation-only event held recently in Boulder.

"We are gratified to receive this award only two years after starting our search marketing business," said Dan Murray, founder of the three-person Ravenwood Marketing. "Today, search engines like Google serve as a type of 'digital crossroads' -- they are an incredible resource for Internet users looking for information and they are extremely valuable for companies looking for new customers. We've created a way to harness this power for our clients with an attractive offering where we only get paid on results."

By running paid search campaigns and utilizing other search engine
optimization methods, Ravenwood is able to supply its ecommerce
clients with a continuous flow of new customers from the Internet.

Murray concluded, "Search engines are fast becoming the doorway to our collective knowledge base. We help companies ensure they're not left behind in this important new space."

About the Mercury 100 List

Now in its seventh year, the Boulder County Business Report's Mercury 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list recognizes the entrepreneurial achievements of the hottest rising stars in Colorado's Boulder and Broomfield counties. Awards are given each May to those companies that generated the largest percent increase in revenue the previous year.

About Ravenwood Marketing, Inc.

Ravenwood Marketing specializes in performance-based Internet marketing programs that help companies sell products and generate sales leads over the web. Clients pay only when they receive a confirmed online sale or qualified sales lead. Ravenwood has developed extensive search engine marketing expertise with pay-per-click (PPC) engines like Google AdWords and Overture, as well as in other search engine optimization (SEO) methods such as paid inclusion. The company has done wide-ranging keyword research in building thousands of search campaigns across hundreds of various market segments and it manages exceptionally large keyword portfolios for clients.

With a proprietary, industrial-strength toolset, Ravenwood is able to meet the needs of large companies with very complex search marketing challenges. For more information, visit the company's website at www.ravenwoodmarketing.com.

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