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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Stephane Perino
Agence Virtuelle
+44 (0) 207 534 02 02
stephane@agencevirtuelle.com
http://www.agencevirtuelle.com
Agence Virtuelle, Geneva Based e-Branding
agency, Sets Up Operation in London
Internet Marketer Announces First Round
Funding from Merchant Venture Investment, Volvo CEO Joins Agence
Virtuelle Board
LONDON - November 14, 2000 (INB) -- Agence
Virtuelle, the leading Swiss web consultancy is today announcing
it is opening its operation in London to offer international
companies a stepping stone for pan-European expansion. http://www.agencevirtuelle.com
Agence Virtuelle's aim is to combine emerging
technologies with creativity, marketing and technical expertise,
for instance, its client easyJet generates 90% online reservation
due to search engine optimisation and e-promotion campaigns with
Agence Virtuelle. Agence Virtuelle is in addition today announcing
that it has received 5 million Swiss Francs in funding from European
venture capitalist Merchant Venture Investment (MVI), a Stockholm-based
investment fund. This investment will be leveraged to fund the
pan-European expansion of Agence Virtuelle. In addition to its
London office, the group is setting up an operation in Paris.
As part of its expansion across Europe,
Agence Virtuelle has also appointed Volvo CEO Tuve Johannesson
as a board member. Will Brooker, has been appointed to set up
and spearhead business development activities in the UK.
Agence Virtuelle is unique in that it has
exceptional control over its re-branding process, which takes
in e-branding and e-promotion. The agency has a breadth of experience
that you would be hard pressed to find elsewhere, says Stephane
Perino, founder & CEO.
Agence Virtuelle is a multi-lingual team
with multi-market experience offering a totally integrated service
for online e-strategy and brand building working around seven
key elements: consultancy, design, programming, hosting, positioning,
promotion and maintenance. See http://www.agencevirtuelle.com/process.
The company focus is on global brand building.
This is done by helping a brand maximise its visibility on all
major search engines worldwide and creating specific campaigns
aimed at the client's key target markets.
You need more than a good website to succeed
online, says Will Brooker, Business Development Director, Agence
Virtuelle. Having spent a fortune on a fantastic front end companies
now need to generate traffic. And this is where Agence Virtuelle
comes in - our seven-step approach means we provide a totally
integrated service to develop and enhance a brand in the online
arena.
Agence Virtuelle is today also announcing
it has signed a contract with Club Med to provide the tour operator
with three of its services - consultancy, online promotions and
optimisation.
At the recent @d:tech awards, in Amsterdam,
Agence Virtuelle won a bronze medal for its ebookers campaign,
the best pop-up advertisement. To review the award winning banner
ads go to http://www.agencevirtuelle.com/bandeaux/ebookers/index_fr.html.
Other Agence Virtuelle clients include
Audemars Piguet, Ford, easyJet, ebookers.com, Unicef, Multimania,
Damart, Salomon and WHO.
About Agence Virtuelle
Agence Virtuelle is a European internet integrator founded in
1996 and is focused on providing its clients a full scale integrated
marketing package for online strategy and brand building built
around seven steps consultancy, design, programming, hosting,
positioning, promotion and maintenance. The company works for
a number of international companies including brands such as
Audemars Piguet, Ford, ebookers.com, Unicef, Multimania, Damart,
Salomon and WHO.
Agence Virtuelle's pan-European headquarters
are located in Geneva and in addition it has offices in Paris,
London and San Francisco. |