Vantage Media CEO Steve Jillings to Speak At ERA Great Ideas Summit
Vantage Media Taps Search Engine Marketing Veterans For Business Development
Leading Search Marketing Firm Vantage Media Among Fastest Growing Private Companies
Vantage Media Named Top Five Fastest Growing Technology Company in Los Angeles Area
Vantage Media Delivers One Millionth Education Lead for 2008
Vantage Media Signs Exclusive Marketing Agreement with Allied Van Lines
Vantage Media Named Finalist in 5th Annual Entretech Entrepreneurship Awards 2008
Vantage Media Cited As Fastest Growing Tech Company in Los Angeles
Vantage Media Wins Inc. 500 Award For Fastest Growing Companies
Vantage Media CEO Steve Jillings to Speak At ERA Great Ideas Summit
EL SEGUNDO, CA (JANUARY 26, 2010) – Vantage Media, one of the largest and fastest growing performance search marketing firms, today announced that CEO Steve Jillings will speak at The Great Ideas Summit 2010, presented by the Electronic Retailing Association, February 1-3, 2010 in New Orleans. Jillings was selected to speak on the panel, "The Great Debate: an Open Forum on Online Marketing Best Practices" on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside.
"As the lines between online and traditional direct response marketing channels begin to blur, it’s clear that there’s an immense gap between where many direct marketing companies are and where they could be with their online and offline marketing efforts," said Jillings. "After working with hundreds of top brands in the most sophisticated online consumer industries, we’re looking forward to debating best practices and answering questions such as how and why to demand performance from your online marketing partners, how to use online marketing to enhance your brand and why social media is currently no silver bullet."
What:
The Great Ideas Summit 2010 -- formerly known as the eRetailer Summit -- will tackle the hottest issues facing the direct-to-consumer industry resulting from the convergence of online and traditional marketing channels. Among the topics under discussion at this education-focused conference will be affiliate marketing, the future of paid programming and mobile commerce.
During "The Great Debate: an Open Forum on Online Marketing Best Practices" session, Jillings and other panelists will come together in a meaningful forum to discuss how one size definitely does not fit all when it comes to online marketing techniques. In fact, almost without anyone noticing, two distinct online marketing disciplines have emerged: direct response and e-commerce. Interestingly, the best practices separately developed by these practitioners are quite different—and often diametrically opposed. Whether it’s search marketing, customer experience strategies, the use of auto- or click-to-play video, the differences in techniques are marked. Experts from both areas will discuss the many fascinating differences and gain perspective—and useful strategies—from the other side of the fence. Attendees will learn how to strategically employ techniques used by both groups to drive conversion, revenue and customer loyalty.
Speakers:
*David Helmreich – TARGUSinfo
*Steve Jillings – Vantage Media
*Brian Kelly – Quantivo
*Chris Peterson - Cmedia/R2C Group
*Timothy Seward - ROI Revolution
*Michael Weisfeld - BusinessOnLine
When:
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Where:
The Hilton New Orleans Riverside
2 Poydras Street
New Orleans, Louisiana
About Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is the leader in performance search marketing. The company’s proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over seven years and has been effectively used to partner with over 130 major consumer and direct-to-consumer brands. Vantage’s performance search model drives millions of incremental customers to its clients without assuming the risks inherent in PPC marketing. Vantage Media was recently ranked a top five fastest growing technology company in Los Angeles by Deloitte and named one of the Inc. 500. For more information, please visit www.vantagemedia.com.
About the Electronic Retailing Association
Representing a more than $300 billion market, the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) is the only trade association in the U.S. and internationally that represents leaders of the direct-to-consumer marketplace, which includes members that maximize revenues through electronic retailing on television, online and on radio. ERA strives to protect the regulatory and legislative climate of direct response while ensuring a favorable landscape that enhances e-retailers' ability to bring quality products and services to the consumer. ERA members include some of the industry's most prominent retail merchants, including Acorn Corporation, eBay, Discovery Communications, Gaiam, Google, Guthy-Renker Corporation, HSN, Jewelry Television, QVC, ShopNBC, and Thane. For more information about ERA, please visit www.retailing.org.
Vantage Media Taps Search Engine Marketing Veterans For Business Development
EL SEGUNDO, CA (JULY 21, 2009) – Vantage Media, one of the largest and fastest growing performance search marketing firms in the U.S., today announced that it has named Hannah Bubis and Di Nguyen as Business Development Directors, filling two newly-created positions to support the company’s rapid expansion.
"Between Hannah and Di we’ve got close to 20 years of search marketing and business development experience," said Neil Kaplan, Senior Vice President, Vantage Media. "With the economic downturn has come increased demand for accountability in search engine marketing, a need that Vantage Media’s performance business model fits perfectly. Hannah and Di’s deep experience, contacts, and industry know-how will be welcome as we expand to meet the growing demand for our performance search marketing services."
Hannah Bubis has over ten years experience in marketing and business development with both traditional media and interactive marketing firms such as WNET/Channel 13, ePrize, Viacom/VH1.com, Didit Search Marketing and The Search Agency. Prior to joining Vantage Media as Director of Business Development, Hannah spent the last six years in the SEM and SEO arena, consulting with and developing partnerships with such companies as The New York Times, Quiksilver, West Marine, Accenture, H&R Block, Napster, Trend Micro and Chase Manhattan. With a background that spans the complete spectrum of online media, Hannah is a frequent guest lecturer at Long Beach State University and UCLA , where she enjoys speaking about Internet Marketing. She is also a founding member of 'LINC' (Local Interactive Networking Community events). A Los Angeles native, Hannah graduated from New York University with a degree in broadcast journalism and photography.
Di Nguyen has extensive experience across a number of sales, business development, and partnership management roles and has been involved in the online space since 2000. Di joins Vantage Media from search marketer Efficient Frontier where he was Western Regional Sales Manager for the past three years. Prior to Efficient Frontier, Di spent over six years at Yahoo! Inc. where he focused on streaming media and Enterprise Solutions sales, Strategic Alliances and Partner Solutions Management. Throughout his online career Di has developed and managed partnerships with such companies as Microsoft, Cisco, Siebel/Oracle, Divx and Disney across a wide variety of initiatives and engagements. Di graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in public relations and business administration.
About Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is the leader in performance search marketing. The company’s proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over six years and has been effectively used to partner with over 130 major brands within the education, home services, insurance, and consumer services verticals. Vantage’s performance search model drives millions of incremental customers to its clients without assuming the risks inherent in PPC marketing. Vantage Media was recently named top five fastest growing technology company in Los Angeles by Deloitte and ranked 69th in North America on Deloitte’s 2008 Technology Fast 500. Vantage Media was also named to the Inc. 500 and ranked fourth among Inc. Magazine’s Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing.
Leading Search Marketing Firm Vantage Media Among Fastest Growing Private Companies According to Los Angeles Business Journal
EL SEGUNDO, CA (NOVEMBER 24, 2008) - Vantage Media today announced it has been named among the fastest growing private companies in the Los Angeles area, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal's 2008 Fastest Growing Private Companies ranking. Vantage Media was honored along with other fast growing private corporations at the publication's award reception on Tuesday, November 11 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.
Companies were ranked by revenue growth from 2005 through 2007 and qualified for consideration if they had revenue of at least $5 million in 2007. Overall, the top 100 companies saw aggregate revenue growth of 93 percent, with 49 companies returning from last year. With 84.4% growth to over $68 million in revenue in 2007, Vantage Media's expanding customer base has solidified its position as a leader in the search marketing community.
"Vantage Media's rapid growth can be attributed the company's innovative technology and performance-based approach to connecting consumers and major brands," said Steve Jillings, Vantage Media CEO. "We're positioned well for 2009 with the most experienced and complex search operations in the industry."
"Whether a start up venture capitalizing on great ideas or a company that has been doing great things for years, our annual Fastest Growing Private Companies ranking celebrates those organizations that are achieving the greatest rates of success," said Matthew Toledo, Los Angeles Business Journal publisher & CEO. "We congratulate Vantage Media on its ability to achieve such exceptional growth in one of today's most innovative and competitive market sectors."
Vantage Media serves a large client base in the home services, education, insurance, and consumer services categories. Its client companies represent some of the most prominent exclusive search relationships in each of these consumer categories. Vantage Media has experienced tremendous growth representing these leading consumer brands because it assumes the risk of buying the advertising and only charges clients for the customers it delivers.
About Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is the leader in performance search marketing. The company's proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over six years and has been effectively used to partner with over 130 major brands within the education, home services, insurance, and consumer services verticals. Vantage's performance search model drives millions of incremental customers to its clients without assuming the risks inherent in PPC marketing. Vantage Media was recently named top five fastest growing technology company in Los Angeles by Deloitte and ranked 69th in North America on Deloitte's 2008 Technology Fast 500. Vantage Media was also named to the Inc. 500 and ranked fourth among Inc. Magazine's Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing.
About Los Angeles Business Journal
Each week, the award-winning Los Angeles Business Journal examines the many ways that the L.A. economy operates. Together with the economic news, demographics and lifestyle profiles, the Los Angeles Business Journal is presented in an accessible format. First-rate editorial and research teams provide in-depth analyses of the community's ever-changing business and economic scene.
Regular departments include Up Front, highlighting stories of importance featuring Los Angeles businesses and their decision-makers; Media & Technology, focusing on up-to-the-minute changes and innovations in the businesses that serve these fields; Small Business, profiling those smaller businesses moving into the fore; and Investment and Finance, where L.A.'s many public companies are profiled and analyzed.
Vantage Media Named Top Five Fastest Growing Technology Company in Los Angeles Area
Ranks No. 4 in L.A and No. 69 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte's 2008 Technology Fast 500
EL SEGUNDO, CA (NOVEMBER 13, 2008) - Vantage Media is the No. 4 fastest growing technology company in the Los Angeles area, according to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, a ranking of technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth over five years (2003-2007). With growth of 3,610.2 percent during this period, Vantage Media is one of 27 Los Angeles area-based companies to make this year's Technology Fast 500. Prior to making this year's Fast 500 list, Vantage Media was recognized in 2007 as a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 winner in Los Angeles based on its exceptional five-year growth record.
"We're delighted to once again be recognized for Vantage Media's exceptional growth and success as the nation's leading performance search marketing firm," said Steve Jillings, Vantage Media CEO. "This tremendous achievement can be attributed to the company's dedication to best practices in every aspect of search and commitment to stay at the forefront of this constantly evolving industry for best client results."
"Each company on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 is an innovator with an exceptional five-year track record of growth," said Phil Asmundson, Deloitte LLP vice chairman and national managing partner for Technology, Media and Telecommunications. "Vantage Media has earned its position among the fastest growing companies in North America, and we are proud to honor this important accomplishment."
Los Angeles Companies Grew an Average 4,207 Percent
Fast 500 companies in the Los Angeles area grew an average of 4,207 percent, compared with the national average of 3,043 percent. Of the 27 Los Angeles area companies on this year's Technology Fast 500, 44 percent are repeat winners. Los Angeles Fast 500 winners make up approximately five percent of this year's Fast 500. Seven Los Angeles area Internet companies ranked among the Fast 500, making it the dominant category.
About Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is the leader in performance search marketing. The company's proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over six years and has been effectively used to partner with over 130 major brands within the education, home services, finance and insurance, and consumer services verticals. Vantage's performance search model drives millions of incremental customers to its clients without assuming the risks inherent in PPC marketing. Vantage Media was recently named top five fastest growing technology company in Los Angeles by Deloitte and ranked 69th in North America on Deloitte's 2008 Technology Fast 500. Vantage Media was also named to the Inc. 500 and ranked fourth among Inc. Magazine's Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing.
About Deloitte
As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.
Vantage Media Delivers One Millionth Education Lead for 2008
Rising Demand for Distance Learning Services Drives Growth During First Half of Year
EL SEGUNDO, CA (AUGUST 25, 2008) - Vantage Media, one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S., today announced that it has generated one million leads for premiere educational institutions in record time in 2008. This latest milestone underscores the company's continuing search engine marketing (SEM) leadership in the online education vertical and points to students' growing reliance on the Internet for both researching schools and pursuing their education via online courses and e-learning programs.
"The online education market continues to scale and remains an important driver of our overall business," said Steve Jillings, Vantage Media CEO. "As gas prices and on-campus costs continue to rise, distance learning has become an essential component in the lives of millions of students across America. We support over 4000 schools and campuses today and our clients continue to be pleased with our high lead quality and low cost of student enrollment. Even as our other verticals gain momentum, our online education segment continues to be a market leader."
The largest performance-based SEM provider of educational lead and marketing services, Vantage Media has been helping educational institutions of all sizes reach potential students since 2002. Clients in this sector range from nationally known universities to regional technological and vocational schools. "Vantage Media consistently delivers high quality leads at a volume that meets our demand," said Jason Barlow, director, Interactive Marketing at US Education Corporation.
Vantage Media maintains targeted search marketing campaigns for educational clients and manages over 50 million keywords across the major search engines. These search campaigns span the education market and offer the ability for schools to target students by program, degree level, geography, and dozens of other variables. Education programs include nursing, business administration, information technology, legal services, health, and criminal justice among others.
The company also serves a large client base of national brands in the home services, finance and insurance, and consumer services categories. Vantage Media client companies include some of the most prominent names in each of these consumer categories.
About Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S. The company's proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over six years and has been effectively used to partner with over 100 major brands within the education, home services, finance and insurance, and consumer services verticals. With expertise in search, email, display and other online marketing capabilities, Vantage Media delivers highly qualified consumers to its clients in large volume with quantifiable and measurable ROI. Vantage Media recently topped Deloitte's Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 and ranked tenth in the nation. Vantage Media was also named to the Inc. 500 and ranked fourth among Inc. Magazine's Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing.
Vantage Media Continues Expansion into Home Services; Signs Exclusive Marketing Agreement with Allied Van Lines
EL SEGUNDO, CA (JULY 15, 2008) - Vantage Media, one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S., today announced that Allied Van Lines has selected Vantage Media to manage all search marketing for Allied Van Lines on an exclusive basis. Allied, one of the largest moving companies in the U.S., will also leverage Vantage's email marketing services across its nationwide customer base.
"As the effectiveness of traditional media continues to erode, major brands are realizing they need to shift gears quickly and move significant marketing resources online," said Steve Jillings, Vantage Media CEO. "World class brands like Allied Van Lines serve as a cornerstone of our rapidly growing Home Services business. Our performance-based marketing approach ensures that we only succeed when our clients do well."
"Vantage was a natural choice for us because it was the only marketing partner that could offer the scale needed for a large national brand like ours, as well as handle the complexity of delivering local customer leads to our over 400 agent locations across the U.S.," said Mason Hewitt, manager of web marketing at Allied Van Lines.
"We recognized the rapidly growing trend of consumers using the Internet to find moving services providers," said Steve Fecko, vice president of SIRVA lead management /affinity marketing. "It was important that we captured this opportunity in a way that leverages the strength of our leading international brand, generates significant volume with a measurable return on investment, and supports our agent network's consumer lead generation needs. Vantage's leadership in performance search marketing is allowing us to achieve our goals."
The Vantage Media team is working alongside Allied's marketing team to optimize Allied's digital marketing efforts through integrated, custom-tailored programs built on Vantage's proprietary technology platform. Vantage's proprietary platform enables the company to:
- Manage and bid on tens of millions of keywords simultaneously
- Conduct multivariate testing in a rapid development environment to optimize client landing pages
- Protect valuable client brands from competitors by controlling their branded bidding environment
- Develop large scale email campaigns that maximize the value of customers throughout the customer lifecycle
Allied is the latest national brand to join Vantage's large client base in the home services, education, finance and insurance, and consumer services categories. Vantage client companies include some of the most prominent names in each of these consumer categories.
About Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S. The company's proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over six years and has been effectively used to partner with over 100 major brands within the education, home services, finance and insurance, and consumer services verticals. With expertise in search, email, display and other online marketing capabilities, Vantage Media delivers highly qualified consumers to its clients in large volume with quantifiable and measurable ROI. Vantage Media recently topped Deloitte's Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 and ranked tenth in the nation. Vantage Media was also named to the Inc. 500 and ranked fourth among Inc. Magazine's Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing.
About Allied Van Lines
Established in 1928, Allied Van Lines, with more than 400 agent locations in North America, is an experienced leader in household goods moving and specialized transportation services. Allied is one of the established global brands of SIRVA, Inc., a leader in providing relocation services to corporations, consumers and governments around the world. For more information about Allied Van Lines, visit www.allied.com.
Vantage Media Continues Rapid Expansion With Three Key Executive Hires
EL SEGUNDO, CA (April 14, 2008) – Vantage Media, one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S., today announced the addition of three key executives to the company's management team. Neil Kaplan has joined the company as senior vice president of Operations; Greg Isaacs has been named vice president, Incubation; and Sumant Sridharan assumes the role of vice president, Marketing.
"These three seasoned online-marketing executives add critical expertise and leadership as we expand into new verticals and drive new customer adoption for our rapidly growing client base," said Steve Jillings, Vantage Media CEO. "We're fortunate to have such exceptional individuals on board as we continue to strengthen our leadership position in performance marketing."
As senior vice president of Operations, Neil Kaplan oversees day-to-day business operations for Vantage. Neil has launched numerous successful Web businesses, taking them from start-up to tens of millions of dollars in revenue in rapidly changing, highly competitive consumer environments. In his 20-year career, Neil has specialized in the migration of consumers and revenue from traditional media to new media. Before joining the Vantage team, Neil held leadership positions in management, marketing, sales and strategy with Internet Brands, Universal Studios, The Los Angeles Times and Bain and Company.
In the role of vice president, Incubation, Greg Isaacs is responsible for incubating and launching new initiatives for Vantage Media, drawing on his extensive experience in managing many facets of business and technology. Greg comes to Vantage Media from LeadPoint, the leading online lead generation exchange, where he was vice president and general manager, Marketplaces. Prior to LeadPoint, Greg was the director of eBay's Developers Program and was responsible for making eBay the largest and most innovative global Web services platform. His accomplishments earned him a place on CNN/Business 2.0's "50 People Who Matter" list for 2006. Prior to joining eBay in 2001, Greg was a technology investment banking analyst and associate for Prudential Securities and Thomas Weisel Partners.
As vice president, Marketing, Sumant Sridharan oversees all marketing initiatives including corporate branding, public relations, portal strategies, and new verticals. Prior to Vantage, Sumant was a member of the leadership team of Oversee.net, where he led product marketing and development and was subsequently named general manager for the company's travel and social networking businesses. Over the last 12 years, Sumant has held leadership positions in online marketing, product management and technology with companies like Yahoo!, The .tv Corporation, and Hewlett-Packard. Sumant began his career in management consulting leading large-scale systems implementations with Ernst & Young.
About Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S. The company's proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over six years and has been effectively used to partner with over 100 major brands within the education, home services, finance and insurance, and consumer services verticals. With expertise in search, email, display and other online marketing capabilities, Vantage Media delivers highly qualified consumers to its clients in large volume with quantifiable and measurable ROI. Vantage Media recently topped Deloitte's Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 list of fastest growing companies and was ranked fourth nationwide among Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing by Inc. Magazine.
Vantage Media Named Finalist in 5th Annual Entretech Entrepreneurship Awards 2008
EL SEGUNDO, CA (January 28, 2008) - Vantage Media, one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S., today announced that the company has been named a finalist for the 5th Annual Entrepreneurship Awards 2008 by Entretech (www.entretech.org), the leading non-profit association supporting high tech companies in Greater Los Angeles with critical and practical business development resources and connections. Offered together with PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com), the world's largest professional services organization, the awards celebrate the entrepreneurial vigor and business achievements of technology companies based in Los Angeles.
The Awards Program honors leading-edge companies in three categories based on annual revenue. Vantage Media was named a finalist in the Growth category, for companies with over $8 million in annual revenue. The other two categories include: Startup - Under $1 million; Emerging - Between $1 million and $8 million.
"At Vantage Media, we're committed to continually innovating so that our client brands can stay ahead of the competition," said Steve Jillings, Vantage Media CEO. "It's quite an honor to receive recognition for our achievements and ground-breaking efforts in the digital marketing space. Because of these efforts, we've continued to see tremendous growth across all of our verticals -- education, home services, F&I and consumer services."
"The finalists exemplify successful young companies that have achieved significant product and market milestones as represented by either customer commitment or early revenues," said Stephanie Yanchinski, executive director of Entretech. "They represent a group of emerging technology leaders." She continued, "The award also acknowledges the growing importance of advanced tech within Los Angeles, and its contribution to the economic wealth of the overall region."
About Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S. The company's proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over six years and has been effectively used to partner with over 100 major brands within the education, home services, finance and insurance, and consumer services verticals. With expertise in search, email, display and other online marketing capabilities, Vantage Media delivers highly qualified consumers to its clients in large volume with quantifiable and measurable ROI. Vantage Media recently topped Deloitte's Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 list of fastest growing companies and was ranked fourth nationwide among Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing by Inc. Magazine.
About Entretech
Entretech is the leading non-profit association supporting high tech companies in Greater Los Angeles with critical and practical business development resources and connections. Entretech empowers entrepreneurs to build new businesses through capital, education, people, and strategic partners. Through a dedicated relationship with the California Institute of Technology, UCLA and USC, Entretech provides opportunities to new technology companies forming tomorrow's high tech industry.
Vantage Media Makes First Acquisition: Secure A Quote, Leader in Insurance Lead Generation
December 1, 2007
Vantage Media has acquired Secure A Quote, a lead generation company focused on the insurance sector. Secure A Quote works with insurance carriers, agencies and insurance brokers to generate consumer leads. Currently, Secure A Quote provides leads for consumer health insurance, but it will soon expand into life insurance and other segments of insurance. Jon Engleking and Steve Curry, the founders of Secure A Quote, will join the Vantage management team as managing directors of Secure A Quote.
Vantage Media Tops Deloitte's Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 Ranking of Fastest Growing Companies,
Company Posts 14,729.9 Percent Revenue Growth Over Five Years
EL SEGUNDO, CA (OCTOBER 2, 2007) - Vantage Media topped the list of the fastest growing companies in Los Angeles and surrounding counties as recognized by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP at an award event held Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Vantage Media's rapid revenue growth also earned it a ranking of tenth nationwide in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500.
The Los Angeles Technology Fast 50, an annual award program, ranks technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies located in Los Angeles and surrounding counties by percentage revenue growth over five years. The Technology Fast 500 rolls up and ranks all entrants from across the nation.
"Recognition like this is an acknowledgement of the hard work of many outstanding individuals here at Vantage Media," said Steve Jillings, Vantage Media CEO. "Vantage has scaled incredibly fast over the last few years and we look forward to continuing our accelerated growth as the company expands into new vertical markets."
"We are pleased to honor the companies named to the 2007 Technology Fast 50 list in the Los Angeles area, and applaud the two Rising Star businesses as well," said Tony Buzzelli, vice chairman and regional managing partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP. "We congratulate these businesses on their achievement and recognize their contribution to the growth and vitality of Southern California."
Companies are selected based on percentage revenue growth over five years from 2002 to 2006. To be considered, Technology Fast 50 entrants must have operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2002 and at least $5,000,000 in 2006; be headquartered in Los Angeles County or surrounding counties; own proprietary technology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of its operating revenues, or devote a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify. Subsidiaries and divisions are not eligible, unless they have some public ownership and are separately traded.
The Technology Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP in association with Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, CresaPartners, Marsh, Union Bank of California, Bowne & Co., Technology Council of Southern California, Montgomery & Co. LLC and Focus Creative Group.
About Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S. The company's proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over six years and has been effectively used to partner with over 100 major brands within the education, home services, finance and insurance, and consumer services verticals. With expertise in search, email, display and other online marketing capabilities, Vantage Media delivers highly qualified consumers to its clients in large volume with quantifiable and measurable ROI. Vantage Media recently topped Deloitte's Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 and ranked tenth in the nation. Vantage Media was also named to the Inc. 500 and ranked fourth among Inc. Magazine's Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing.
About Deloitte
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Deloitte & Touche USA LLP is the US member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the US, services are provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP and their subsidiaries), and not by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP.
Vantage Media Ranks No. 31 on the 2007 Inc. 500 Annual List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
VENICE, CA (AUGUST 23, 2007) - Inc. magazine today ranked Vantage Media No. 31 on its 26th annual Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The company also ranked No. 4 in the nation in the category of Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing and No. 3 in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana region. Vantage Media earned these rankings with three year sales growth of 2,912% between 2003 and 2006.
"We're honored to be on the list with so many innovative and accomplished companies," said Steve Jillings, Vantage Media CEO. "To rank in the top five in the nation -- outpacing most of our Advertising and Marketing peers - shows that Vantage is the company major brands are turning to for performance search and other online marketing capabilities."
"If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500," said Inc. editor Jane Berentson. "These are the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, the ones coming up with solutions to some of our most intractable ills, creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier, and manufacturing products we soon discover we can't live without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine's tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition."
The 2007 Inc. 500, as revealed in the September issue of Inc. magazine (on newsstands August 28 - October 2), reported aggregate revenue of $16 billion and median three-year growth of 939 percent. Most important, the 2007 Inc. 500 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 64,064 jobs since those companies were founded.
Methodology
The 2007 Inc. 500 list measures revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies had to be U.S.-based and privately held, independent - not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies - as of December 31, 2006, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2003, and $2 million in 2006.
About Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S. The company's proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over six years and has been effectively used to partner with over 100 major brands within the education, home services, finance and insurance, and consumer services verticals. With expertise in search, email, display and other online marketing capabilities, Vantage Media delivers highly qualified consumers to its clients in large volume with quantifiable and measurable ROI. Vantage Media was recently named to the Inc. 500 and ranked fourth among Inc. Magazine's Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing.
About Inc. magazine:
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, LLC., Inc. magazine (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today's innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 681,421, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology.
Vantage Media Secures Series A Financing of $70 Million Led by Montgomery & Co.
Steve Jillings Named CEO; Jamie Montgomery and Rory O'Driscoll Join the Board
VENICE, CA (February 28, 2007) - Vantage Media, a leader in performance-based search engine marketing and online lead generation, today announced it has completed a $70 million Series A preferred financing led by Montgomery & Co. Scale Venture Partners, Tudor Ventures and Integral Capital Partners also participated in the round.
Vantage Media also announced that it has named Steve Jillings as Chief Executive Officer. Jillings is the former CEO of Frontbridge Technologies, a leading email security company acquired by Microsoft Corporation in August 2005. Jamie Montgomery, CEO of Montgomery & Co., and Rory O'Driscoll, Managing Director with Scale Venture Partners, join the board.
"The addition of Steve and key members of his Frontbridge management team, along with our new investors, will allow Vantage Media to continue its rapid growth while maintaining its market leadership," said Mark DiPaola, founder and President of Vantage Media. "We are thrilled to partner with such an experienced team and believe that our clients will see immediate benefits as the company enters a new level of growth."
"Mark and I have built a great relationship over the past year, and I look forward to working with him and his team to leverage the company's skills and proven technology platform," said Steve Jillings. "This validates Vantage Media's successful search engine marketing solution for the education marketplace, and speaks volumes for the company's growth potential across new markets."
Founded in 2002, Vantage Media was one of the first companies to offer search marketing solutions on a performance basis. As an early customer of both Google and Yahoo, Vantage has gained unique insight into the inner-workings of these search engines and how to harness them to benefit its clients. Vantage currently manages more than 40 million keywords yielding over one billion impressions per year, and is one of the largest providers of search-based marketing leads for educational institutions.
"Paid search is the biggest recipient of the rapid shift of traditional ad spending to the online market," said Jamie Montgomery, CEO of Montgomery & Co. "However, the complexities and costs involved with running a paid search campaign are substantial. We believe Vantage Media's performance-based model will ultimately allow almost any business to benefit from paid search cost-effectively."
"Search-based internet marketing is the fastest growing, most effective advertising medium in the last fifty years, and businesses that enable potential advertisers to easily utilize this medium will be very successful," said Rory O'Driscoll, Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners. "Mark and his team have built a strong company, and with the addition of Steve Jillings, an entrepreneur Scale VP has successfully backed before, Vantage is well positioned to accelerate its momentum in the space."
About Montgomery & Co., LLC
Founded in 1986, Montgomery & Co. has developed into a full service investment bank focused on the media, communications, technology and healthcare industries. Montgomery & Co. provides in-depth industry knowledge, senior level investment banking expertise, access to key relationships and a high degree of customer service to growth companies worldwide. Services include Merger and Acquisition advisory, Private Placements, Private Equity, Initial Public Offerings and Follow on Offerings, Private Investments in Public Entities and Fairness Opinions.
Montgomery & Co. primary offices are in Santa Monica, San Francisco and Del Mar. Montgomery & Co. is a member of the National Association of Security Dealers, Inc. (NASD), and its professional associates are registered with the NASD-SIPC. For more information, please visit www.monty.com.
About Scale Venture Partners
Scale Venture Partners employs a thesis-based strategy to identify innovative development-stage technology and healthcare investments. The Scale team helps technology and healthcare companies accelerate their growth and become more valuable to entrepreneurs, investors and consumers. Based in Foster City, California, the Scale team collectively offers decades of technology and venture industry experience to development-stage companies in hardware, software, healthcare and medical devices. Representative portfolio companies include Alimera, Frontbridge, Glu Mobile, Good Technology, Monolithic Power Systems, Omniture, Orexigen, Placeware, Scansafe, Seattle Genetics, Somaxon, Wayport and Xceive. For more information, please visit www.scalevp.com.
About Vantage Media
Founded in 2002, Vantage Media was one of the first companies to offer search marketing solutions on a performance basis. As an early customer of both Google and Yahoo, Vantage has gained unique insight into the inner-workings of these search engines and how to harness them to benefit its clients. Vantage currently manages more than 40 million keywords yielding over one billion impressions per year, and is one of the largest providers of search-based marketing leads for educational institutions.
Since its inception, Vantage Media has grown each year without external financing or acquisitions. Vantage is unique in its focus on high quality leads from search engines, versus lower-quality alternatives. Vantage Media is based in Venice, California.