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GrowthExperts Launches Program for Hi-Tech Start-ups to Achieve Immediate Market Penetration

New Quick Growth 1000 Program Applies Fortune 500 Techniques to Small Business Clients

BERKELEY, CA - September 26, 2000 (INB) -- GrowthExperts, http://www.growthexperts.com, the Small Business Accelerator, is launching a pilot program specifically designed to help hi-tech start-ups quickly penetrate their chosen markets utilizing tried and proven techniques. Scott Dow, President of GrowthExperts says, "Given today's investment climate, start-ups can no longer afford to go several quarters without showing significant gains and market penetration. Building a sales force, developing Customer Relationship Management systems, managing the follow-up of new prospects and maintaining e-mail marketing campaigns is now a necessity for any new business but can be a huge cash drain if developed in-house before the concept is proven."

The GrowthExperts Quick Growth 1000 program allows a start-up to cost effectively contact, track and follow-up on as many as 1000 new prospects in less than 10 days. Working closely with the start-up, GrowthExperts consultants will select the target prospect list, contact each of the prospects by phone and obtain their permission to provide additional information and place each of the respondents into an Online CRM system, allowing the start-up to track responses each day online. The campaign is continued with Growthexperts managing the e-mail follow-up with each lead. Such a service allows a start-up to determine market interest in a new product or service, create qualified leads for the existing sales organization, drive web traffic or simply close sales.

"In any business, prospecting is key to growth, but is often the most distasteful task for a new business," says Dow. "Working with Growthexperts a start-up has the ability to immediately put a well trained salesforce into the market, instantly track the effectiveness of a given offer, list, and demographic profile. Within days a start-up can report back to investors the results of a complete, targeted campaign and justify the additional funds required to rollout the program. To build these systems in-house a new start-up would have to spend a considerable amount of its seed capital. Our Quick Growth 1000 program is designed to allow the start-up to quickly test a market or offer for less than $5,000, while producing tangible results that can be presented to investors."

Working with industry leaders such as Salesforce.com, Zapdata and Market 1st allows GrowthExperts to provide its clients with the very best CRM software, prospect lists and e-mail marketing services currently available. All of these services are integrated into the Quick Growth 1000 program, allowing the business owner to make one phone call and see the results of a phone and email marketing campaign in less than 10 days.

GrowthExperts' Quick Growth 1000 program will be open to any small business, but participation is limited to 100 qualifying applicants. Companies wishing to take advantage of the Quick Growth 1000 program can go to http://www.growthexperts.com Web site to apply for the service. After a brief application and questionnaire are completed, a GrowthExperts consultant will contact the company to begin the program.

About GrowthExperts
Founded in August 1999, GrowthExperts is the first proactive market maker for business-to-small-business sales. The Company has developed a hi-tech hi-touch sales accelerator that brings buyers and sellers together more effectively and efficiently than traditional telesales or passive websites. By maintaining regular contact with customers and profiling their business and purchasing plans, GrowthExperts is better able to fit product and service offerings with evolving customer needs. The Company is building a network of small business relationships across North America.

For more information, visit Growthexperts online at http://www.growthexperts.com or call Eric Clare at (510) 727-1472.