Rapid Adoption of SalesGenius, in First Five Months, Makes Genius.com One of the Fastest Growing On-Demand Software Providers

SAN MATEO, Calif.--Genius.com Incorporated™, the leading on-demand provider of real-time 1-to-1 marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, today announced a landmark milestone: in the five months since the company’s launch, it has attracted more than 10,000 users in 115 countries to use its flagship product, SalesGenius™.

SalesGenius has been eagerly adopted by sales and marketing professionals across industries and by a range of businesses seeking to connect instantly with customers on their websites. The SalesGenius customer base of more than 70 companies includes both large, public corporations such as Toshiba, Yahoo, WebEx and Administaff, as well as a wide range of small and medium businesses, including ThoughtLava, Streambase and Marcus Evans, who use SalesGenius to close more deals more quickly. The rapid growth in its user base and sales makes Genius.com one of the fastest growing on-demand software providers.

Some early customer success stories include:

• A SalesGenius user at Marcus Evans, producers of global summits and corporate marketing events, closed a $40,000 deal in a day. The same user shortened his sales cycle on four deals resulting in more than $88,000 in business for the company.
• ThoughtLava, a strategic Internet marketing services and professional website design company, is no longer wasting time sending prospecting e-mails and waiting for interested parties to come knocking. SalesGenius has given ThoughtLava the ability to focus on their most promising prospects, resulting in three major deals for $189,000 dollars since deploying the product.
• WebEx, (Nasdaq:WEBX), the leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) business applications, used SalesGenius to close an $8,000 deal in one day, turn a “no decision” into a $6,000 contract, and garner a $5,400 deal from a previously downgraded opportunity.

“Genius has tapped into a vast reservoir of pent-up demand for customer insight about specific product interest and buying intent, which SalesGenius delivers directly to the individual sales rep without IT involvement or investment,” said Leslie Ament, Director, Customer Intelligence Research, Aberdeen Group. “Genius’ success can be attributed to its product’s ability to deliver the instant customer intelligence needed; sales reps can be more productive and offer greater levels of customer service — it’s a win for both seller and buyer.”

“Demand for SalesGenius has exceeded our expectations with thousands of users flocking to the service since our launch,” noted Genius CEO and co-founder, David Thompson. “There is a strong global demand for SalesGenius, with Sales professionals in India, China, England, Canada, South America and throughout the United States using Genius.com to qualify leads faster and easier with instant e-mail response and web visit data.”

SalesGenius is an easy-to-use on-demand service that lets users get up and running within minutes. Users simply send e-mail messages using Microsoft® Outlook® or the SalesGenius e-mail tool and the patent-pending Genius Tracker™ delivers instant alerts the moment a prospect opens an e-mail or visits the corporate website. Page-by-page “instant replays” of individual website visits show what information each prospect is seeking. Knowing which prospects are most interested and what they’re interested in allows SalesGenius users to get smart about their customers and tailor pitches to match their prospects’ specific areas of interest, thereby offering stellar customer service and closing more deals faster.

Genius recently announced two enhancements for SalesGenius, SalesGenius for the Salesforce.com AppExchange, which lets salesforce.com users easily track SalesGenius activity from within the leading on-demand CRM solution, and Genius Interactive Edition™, which lets users post personal website greetings and chat live with visitors.

About SalesGenius™

SalesGenius is the first web service that lets sales professionals instantly qualify prospects by tracking individual e-mail opens and visits to corporate web sites, without any programming or IT involvement. SalesGenius is easy to use and can be set up in minutes, providing instant customer insight from individual e-mail opens, page-by-page web visit reports, and duration of prospect visit information. With SalesGenius, users know which prospects are most interested, and what they are interested in, resulting in better customer service, more satisfied customers, and increased revenue.

SalesGenius pricing starts at $29 per person, per month. Enterprise pricing is also available. For a free trial go to www.genius.com.

About Genius.com Incorporated™

Genius.com, creator of SalesGenius, is the leading on-demand provider of real-time 1-to-1 marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, empowering them to connect with prospects and close deals through their corporate websites. SalesGenius instantly delivers individual web visit and e-mail open data directly to frontline sales professionals so they can offer informed, personalized customer service and close more deals, more quickly.

Genius™ solutions allow sales and marketing professionals to instantly qualify prospects, determine the success of marketing initiatives, and personalize customer service, all without requiring programming skills or IT involvement. The result is faster sales cycles, satisfied customers and more closed deals. Genius.com Incorporated is a privately held company, funded by Emergence Capital and Walden International, with headquarters in San Mateo, CA. For more information about Genius.com Incorporated visit www.genius.com or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .