ExactTarget Named to Inc. 5000 List for Fifth Consecutive Year

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Release Date:2010-08-25

Company Earns Spot on Annual Listing of America’s Fastest-Growing Companies 

INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 25, 2010)– Inc. magazine today ranked on-demand email and interactive marketing solutions provider ExactTarget 1,404 on its annual ranking of the nation's 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America.

ExactTarget earned its place on the list with a 

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 from 2006 to 2009, making 2010 the fifth consecutive year the Inc. 5000 has featured ExactTarget.

“The leaders of the companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression,” said Inc. President Bob LaPointe. “The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs.”

ExactTarget powers the email marketing and interactive marketing campaigns of organizations around the globe. The company’s software-as-a-service platform enables clients to send mission-critical and event triggered emails, text messages, 

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 and 

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 to increase sales, optimize marketing investments and strengthen customer relationships. Founded and headquartered in Indianapolis with offices in the U.K. and Australia, ExactTarget has posted 38 consecutive quarters of growth and grown from a startup to a 700-person international enterprise in less than 10 years.

“Our consistent growth and innovation continues to provide marketers the most reliable and sophisticated platform to connect with their clients and drive real ROI,” said Scott Dorsey, ExactTarget’s chief executive officer and co-founder.  “Earning a place on the Inc 5000 for five consecutive years is a great achievement, and the credit goes to the thousands of marketers around the globe who rely on our technology and team to drive business results.”

The Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2006 through 2009. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by June 30, 2006 (with minimum revenue of $80,000). Additionally, companies had to be based in the United States, privately held, for profit and independent as of December 31, 2009 (with minimum revenue of $2 million).

ExactTarget’s recognition on the Inc. 5000 comes a day after the company announced its acquisition of mPath Global in Sydney and Melbourne, creating ExactTarget Australia to serve clients throughout Australia and Asia Pacific.  The acquisition marks the company’s third acquisition in the past year. In March, ExactTarget announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based Twitter platform CoTweet, creating the industry's first complete solution for managing communications across all interactive marketing channels including social media, email and mobile. In September, ExactTarget acquired U.K.-based Keymail Marketing and launched a new international division in London.

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About ExactTarget

ExactTarget is a leading global provider of on-demand email marketing and interactive marketing solutions. The company’s software as a service technology provides organizations a single platform to connect with customers via triggered and transactional email, integrated text messaging, landing pages and social media.  Supported by collaborative global services teams, ExactTarget’s technology integrates with more sales and marketing information systems than any other in the industry, including Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Omniture and Webtrends among many others. ExactTarget’s software powers permission-based multi-channel communications for thousands of organizations around the world including Expedia.com, Aurora Fashions, Papa John’s,

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, Gannett Co., Inc., The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, The Home Depot and Wellpoint, Inc. For more information, visitwww.exacttarget.comor call 1-866-EMAILET.

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Media Contacts: 
Mitch Frazier (ExactTarget) – 317.275.5034 ormfrazier@ExactTarget.com

Lauren Sanders (Dittoe PR for ExactTarget) – 317.202.2280 X 10 orlauren@dittoepr.com

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