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Carolyn Love MS&L San Francisco Phone: 415.364-3827 Fax: 415.676-3901 clove@mslpr.com ken@askit.com
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Vicki Banner/Valerie Moravek Keating PR 973.376.9300 vicki@keatingpr.com valerie@keatingpr.com |
New York, June 27- AskIt.com, a leader in outsourced online customer service solutions, announced an agreement today with iSyndicate, the preeminent content syndication service on the Internet, to have iSyndicate resell AskIt.com's services to their customer base of 230,000 web sites.
iSyndicate, which distributes a broad selection of written, graphical, audio and video content to a vast and diverse network of websites, will serve as a distributor of AskIt's service. AskIt.com's Standard service will be promoted by iSyndicate through the Technology/Internet content category on their website, which will link the user to a marketing page. iSyndicate's salesforce will also actively resell AskIt.com's Premium service.
"Through the agreement to have AskIt's service's distributed through iSyndicate, AskIt will be able to reach new customers and gain revenue through access to iSyndicate's extensive customer base and distribution network," said Ken Shapiro, President of AskIt.com. "I anticipate that the marketing of our service by iSyndicate will yield highly favorable results."
"Our main goal is to enable web businesses of all sizes to enhance and strengthen their web sites with both our syndicated products and services," said Don Loeb, Director of Business Development. "We are proud to add AskIt's eBusiness customer service system to our network and believe that it will add tremendous value to our existing customers."
About AskIt.com
AskIt.com (www.askit.com) was founded in September 1999 by a team of successful entrepreneurs with a proven track record of building and growing Internet and start-up companies. The company provides outsourced online customer service and support solutions for e-commerce and corporate Web sites of small to medium-sized companies and organizations. Offering a free Standard version to a $500 per month Premium version, the AskIt system can be set up in under a few hours. AskIt.com's solution reduces inbound emails and customer support costs up to 80%, increases customer service levels by offering 24x7 automated support and allows companies to gain valuable insight into their businesses. AskIt.com customers include: Dean & Deluca, Golf Day, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the New York New Media Association, BabyUniverse.com, and ActionGear.com. AskIt.com is a privately held company and is headquartered in New York. For additional information, contact ken@askit.com or call (212) 254-4194.
About iSyndicate (http://www.isyndicate.com)
iSyndicate, The Content Marketplace, is the leading provider of dynamic and relevant Web content designed to help drive commerce and build community on the Internet. Today, the company aggregates, packages, integrates and delivers a breadth of content including audio, video, animations, interactive games, comics and weather from more than 900 trusted sources including Reuters NewMedia, Wired, Time, Salon.com, CNET, CNBC.com, The Associated Press, RollingStone.com and CBS SportsLine, all in real-time. This content is delivered by iSyndicate to over 230,000 affiliated web sites, including Xoom.com, Citibank, PeopleSoft, Nintendo, Nortel Networks, NationsBank and Wells Fargo. iSyndicate supports the ICE (Information & Content Exchange) standard based on XML among a variety of others for all of its content. iSyndicate is based in San Francisco with offices in New York and London and is backed by leading venture capital firms Scripps Ventures and Labrador Ventures; investment bank Hambrecht & Quist; Internet leaders Infospace.com and Vignette Corporation; NBC (GE), Microsoft and NewsCorp; and individual investors. For additional information, contact Carolyn Love, MS&L San Francisco, (415) 364-3827.