1 Research Drawn From: © MarketingSherpa, Inc. You may distribute this presentation providing it is not altered in any way. Thank you. Marketing Benchmarks: New 2007 Research on Effective Marketing Tactics Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Anne Holland, President MarketingSherpa, Inc. Stefan Tornquist, Research Director MarketingSherpa, Inc.

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8 Research Drawn From: © MarketingSherpa, Inc. You may distribute this presentation providing it is not altered in any way. Thank you. #3: Improving Delivery Adelphia Reputation 44% Content 56% CompuServe Reputation 100% Content 0% Mail.com Reputation 100% Content 0% USA.net Reputation 78% Content 22% AOL Reputation 100% Content 0% Cox Reputation 50% Content 50% MSN Reputation 32% Content 68% Verizon Reputation 86% Content 14% ATT Reputation 90% Content 10% Earthlink Reputation 77% Content 23% Netscape Reputation 88% Content 12% Yahoo! Reputation 80% Content 20% Bell South Reputation 97% Content 3% Gmail Reputation 100% Content 0% NetZero Reputation 90% Content 10% Cablevision Reputation 79% Content 21% Hotmail Reputation 40% Content 60% RoadRunner Reputation 100% Content 0% Comcast Reputation 85% Content 15% Mac.com Reputation 83% Content 17% SBC Reputation 79% Content 21% Source: ReturnPath, Sender Reputation Causes Delivery Issues 83% of the Time, September 2006

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10 Research Drawn From: © MarketingSherpa, Inc. You may distribute this presentation providing it is not altered in any way. Thank you. Reputation Management & Affiliate Marketing Compliance Failures by CategoryTotal FailuresCAN SPAM Failure Rate From Line Accuracy % No Postal Address Provided % Bad Unsubscribe Option % Subject Line Relevancy808.00% Sent through Open Relay10.10% Sent to Harvested % Sent to Forged Headers30.30% Source: Lashback Inc. for MarketingSherpa, November 2006

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17 Research Drawn From: © MarketingSherpa, Inc. You may distribute this presentation providing it is not altered in any way. Thank you. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master subtitle style Mikel Chertudi Sr. Director Online Marketing Omniture & Web Analytics Integration: Optimizing Results “Plug & Play” Online Marketing

18 Research Drawn From: © MarketingSherpa, Inc. You may distribute this presentation providing it is not altered in any way. Thank you. Need for & Web Analytics Integration “… the ability to track the responder’s behavior not only to the landing page of a … but also from there through the Web site to ultimate sale, hesitation, or outright cart abandonment. This tracking is critical to testing modifications in the construction and targeting of the that might improve results.” IDC Worldwide Web Analytics Software Applications Forecast and Analysis: 2005 Shares and Current Out look in the Year of Integration June, 2006

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20 Research Drawn From: © MarketingSherpa, Inc. You may distribute this presentation providing it is not altered in any way. Thank you. Illuminations Case Study Challenges:  Limited ability to target remarketing efforts based on site visitor behavior  Difficulty in identifying the impact of cart abandonment on revenue  Separate interfaces required to generate comprehensive reports regarding marketing initiatives Solution:  Integrated Responsys Interact® with Omniture SiteCatalyst Results:  Track response activity from click-through to Web site conversion, at both the campaign and individual levels  Unprecedented optimization of marketing performance and Web site conversion rates  Actionable information in a single, accessible location, enabling the company to drive additional revenue immediately

21 Research Drawn From: © MarketingSherpa, Inc. You may distribute this presentation providing it is not altered in any way. Thank you. – Web Analytics Integration Benefits Marketers are now enabled to optimize remarketing based on qualitative site behavior segments beyond the traditional open, click, and conversion quantities to those who:  only visited the site, but didn’t take further action  viewed specific pages (i.e. product/service info)  abandoned the shopping cart (with which products) or lead form  purchased with varying dollar values and product quantities or provided varying degrees of lead information

22 Research Drawn From: © MarketingSherpa, Inc. You may distribute this presentation providing it is not altered in any way. Thank you. Q&A Contact Info: Mikel Chertudi Sr. Director Demand & Online Marketing