Dear Mg00,
Because it is relatively new as a major player, it is sometimes hard
to estimate who are the main competitors. Hoover and similar resources
(e.g., Yahoo! Finance) do not list much information about it and its
competitors, and in fact Yahoo! Finance lists the company in a
different category than what it should be, industry-wise ("Industry:
Nonmetallic Mineral Mining", according to Yahoo! or Forbes).
However, the email marketing/e-marketing sector has several other
companies, with similar sizes, that could be considered as direct
competitors.
Relationserve's main competitors might be:
DoubleClick
<http://www.doubleclick.com/us/>
Privately held. Deals with many other aspects of the online marketing industry.
24/7 Media
<http://www.247media.com/>
Claims to have "the largest opt-in e-mail database".
Form 10-Q for 24/7 REAL MEDIA INC
<http://biz.yahoo.com/e/050510/tfsm10-q.html>
Yahoo! Finance information
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/57/57235.html>
ValueClick Inc.
<http://www.valueclick.com/>
Yahoo! Finance
<http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=VCLK>
aQuantive Inc. - (formerly Avenue A, Inc.)
<http://www.aquantive.com/>
Yahoo Finance
<http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AQNT> - market leader in Internet services.
Relationserve's CEO is Mandee Heller Adler. Heller-Adler is a graduate
of the Harvard Business School (MBA) and before that the University
of Pennsylvania (1994), and currently expects her second child, due to
be born in December.
Her official RelationServe bio states:
"Co-Founded and former CEO of Her Dollar.com?which she sold to Siebert
Financial Corp. Adler is former Vice Chairman, EVP and COO of Women?s
Financial Network at Siebert. She was previously with Goldman Sachs,
and the WeddingChannel.com. She holds a B.S. degree from the Wharton
School and a B.A. from the College of Arts and Sciences, both of the
University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business
School. "
(SOURCE: RelationServe, About Us, <http://www.relationserve.com/management.html>).
Ed Duggan, "A leading edge", South Florida Business Journal, October
10, 2005, <http://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/southflorida/content/story.html?story_id=1175257>
"Entry into Material Agreement, Sale of Equity, Change in Directors or Pri"
<http://biz.yahoo.com/e/050718/rsvm.ob8-k.html> *her employment agreement.
Ms. Heller-Adler is not that "new" in RelationServe. She serves in the
company since June 2005. You might get her mixed up with the company's
new Chairman of the Board, Michael H. Brauser. He was appointed on
November 1st, after the former chairman, Warren V. Musser, resigned. "
Mr. Brauser was the former President and CEO of Kertz Security
Systems, which was purchased by AutoNation in 1995. In addition, Mr.
Brauser served as President and CEO of Internet marketing company
Naviant, which was sold to Equifax. Mr. Brauser was co-founder of
Seisint Inc., purchased by Lexis/Nexis. Mr. Brauser also serves on
numerous philanthropic boards."
(SOURCE: Press Release, "RelationServe Media, Inc. and a Group of
Institutional Investors Close SendTec Acquisition", Yahoo! News
November 1st, 2005, <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051101/fltu025.html?.v=16>).
There is some information, though, that following the acquisition of
SendTec, Heller-Adler would become the president, and Paul Soltoff,
CEO of SendTec, would be the new CEO. Such a move hasn't been
announced yet.
"RelationServe Media, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire SendTec
Inc.; Deal Valued at $50 Million and Creates Leading Player in the
Interactive Marketing Space"
<http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/aug/1171950.htm>
Further Resources
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A list of other e-marketing firms could be found at:
Business.com
<http://my.business.com/directory/advertising_and_marketing/online_marketing/email_marketing/opt-in/>
Lubomir Pechala, "RELATIONSERVE MEDIA INC (RSVM=US) 2-weeks forecast",
Pechala's Reports, Nov. 7th 2005 - a fee based report ($10) -
<http://reports.finance.yahoo.com/w0?r=35682001:1>
Reuters Investment Profile, " Relationserve Media, Inc.: Business
description, financial summary, 3yr and interim financials, key
statistics/ratios and historical ratio analysis.", Fee based report
($20) - <http://reports.finance.yahoo.com/w0?r=35795724:1>
I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any
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