Creative Circle Advertising Solutions Expands into Asia Pacific Media Market
Company appoints Medialive as marketing representative in the region
SINGAPORE. (October 2006) – Creative Circle Advertising Solutions (CCAS), makers of the popular adQ intelligent classifieds Web entry system, is expanding into Asia Pacific with the help of marketing partner, Medialive. The two companies signed a partnership agreement this week.
Medialive will assist CCAS in establishing and managing sales and support channels in Asia Pacific. Other services will include market feasibility reports, strategic planning, direct sales to key customers and key account management. Medialive specializes in marketing leading edge technology for the media industry.
“As Creative Circle is growing rapidly in the U.S. and Europe, we see amazing potential for our products in the Asian Pacific market,” says Bill Ostendorf, president and founder of Creative Circle Media Consulting. “More and more people are getting online and media companies are evolving to meet rising demand for simple-to-use advertising tools and online community forums.”
“I am excited to be representing Creative Circle Advertising Solutions in Asia Pacific,” says Reiner Ebenhoch, Medialive’s Managing Director. “Asia Pacific is certainly a high priority for CCAS and their products comply with Medialive’s charter to bring value-adding products to newspaper publishers in Asia Pacific, allowing them to compete in new media without any change to the existing technical infrastructure.”
CCAS’s leading products include:
adQ Intelligent Classifieds - a Web-entry system targeting private party classifieds for media outlets including newspapers and broadcast stations that help users write more effective ads, resulting in longer ads and more revenue.
CommunityConnection - a participatory journalism forum in which any member of an online community can sign up and share stories, event announcements, photos or blogs, as well as host debates.
About Creative Circle Advertising Solutions
Creative Circle Advertising Solutions, Inc. is a joint venture between Creative Circle Media Consulting, Inc. and Sprintout Internet Services. Creative Circle Media Consulting has a 25-year history of providing more than 80 media companies on three continents with management, training, marketing, branding, outsourcing and design innovations. The firm has led more than 100 redesigns of newspapers, classified sections, web sites and magazines. Ostendorf, who is also president of the consulting firm, has led more than 400 seminars in 20 countries and is a prolific writer for industry publications. For more information, visit www.adqic.com, www.creativecirclemedia.com.
About Medialive Pte Ltd
Medialive Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, specializes in representing companies with leading edge technology for the media industry to establish market presence and manage sales and support channels in Asia Pacific. For more information, visit http://www.medialiveasia.com.
