Digital Impact Rebrands as Acxiom® Digital Acxiom Digital Is Poised to Lead the Next Evolution of Digital Marketing CHICAGO – April 20, 2006 – Today at MarketingSherpa's Email Marketing Summit 2006, Acxiom® Corporation announced that Digital Impact will now be known as Acxiom Digital. This change in name represents the successful integration of email marketer Digital Impact and its search engine marketing business, MarketLeap, with Acxiom Corporation following last year's acquisition of Digital Impact, Inc. by Acxiom. The company also announced that Kevin H. Johnson, former vice president of products and marketing for Digital Impact will lead Acxiom Digital. William Park, former CEO of Digital Impact, now oversees Acxiom's InfoBase® data business, Acxiom Direct, and Acxiom Digital. Acxiom Digital's ability to deliver highly targeted, relevant communications on behalf of enterprise marketers is enhanced by Acxiom's world-class data and data services. Acxiom Digital has already added multiple clients across several industries, including transportation, technology, publishing, retail, and financial services. Specific new clients include leading eyewear manufacturer and retailer Luxottica, and leading consumer and business credit management company TrueCredit. "With the integration of Digital Impact's superior offerings and Acxiom's customer and information management solutions, it was clear that our venture needed a fresh identity to reflect the success of our integration and future direction," said Johnson. "The name Acxiom Digital reflects the positive impact of Acxiom's data and database services on our digital marketing business as well as our ability to expand Acxiom's digital marketing capabilities." Acxiom Digital will continue to serve as a technology, services and creative partner for all aspects of client digital marketing programs – including personalized email, targeted websites, web advertisements, search engines, RSS and digital direct mail. The Acxiom Digital vision is to "make every communication count," Johnson added. "Acxiom data products like Personicx® will help clients create even better targeted and more relevant messages that generate higher response, and Acxiom customer recognition products like AbiliTec® will help clients measure that response across multiple points of purchase." Acxiom also announced the expansion of Acxiom Digital's offerings to include broader customer acquisition services. Specifically, Acxiom Digital will apply its search engine and website marketing capabilities to creating a series of high quality prospect acquisition websites. These topic-specific sites will be resources for purchase information and will capture high quality business leads for resale. Acxiom Digital's initial focus is the education industry, and its first website is www.healthcareers.net. Acxiom Digital will next expand to other topics and verticals. About Acxiom Digital About Acxiom Corporation Media Contact: Acxiom, AbiliTec, InfoBase and Personicx are registered trademarks of Acxiom Corporation |
