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Sticky
Web, Inc.'s 6,631,400 Patent is Solution for Evolving
Industry
March 14, 2006 -- Sticky
Web, Inc.'s 6,631,400 patent ("Patent") covers
the evolution of the OPT-IN e-mail marketing and management
industry.
"The Patent protects the key elements of OPT-IN
e-mail marketing and management industry. Each step
in the system represents the logical and efficient path
a business would undertake in a successful OPT-IN e-mail
marketing and management enterprise," stated Thomas
L. DiStefano III, CEO of Sticky Web, Inc.
The system can be offered
as an ASP model, installed on an individual desktop
or it can be installed behind a corporate firewall.
Users can, in any instance, send e-mails to specific
targeted lists and then get reports analyzing how many
e-mails were bounced, received and/or opened. The patented
system integrates with the United States Post Office
online direct mail system and the Federal Express online
package tracking system, in that clients can use the
Internet to log into the system to send OPT-IN e-mails
and track delivery results, in real-time.
In a March 5, 2004, article
Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates suggests stamps
for e-mail. Microsoft has been researching this idea
since 2001. This article can be viewed here.
On February 6, 2006, Time Warner, Inc.'s, America Online
Inc. (NYSE:TWX) Internet division and Yahoo, Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)
said they planned to launch certified e-mail services
that would bypass SPAM filters and deliver messages
directly to subscribers. Both companies stated that
they plan to charge 1/4 to 1 cent per e-mail delivered
to their subscribers. These ideas represent an attempt
to curtail SPAM by raising the cost per delivered e-mail.
With the recent announcement
by AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft's Black
Penney Project, and ongoing research, raising the
cost for delivery of OPT-IN e-mail is gaining traction
as an accepted cost of business marketing.
"It is my belief
that this current trend and industry evolution propels
our e-mail marketing and management Patent as the predominant
solution for a secure and reliable OPT-IN platform that
will fight the SPAM epidemic by properly pricing the
delivery OPT-IN e-mail," stated Mr. DiStefano.
The estimated market spending
on permission-based, or OPT-IN, e-mail marketing has
grown to over $7 billion in 2005 according to independent
studies. The studies do not include revenues generated
from illegal SPAM operations.
About
Sticky Web, Inc.
Sticky Web,
Inc., corporate purpose is to manage, market, and license
a portfolio of six patents and patents pending and five
registered marks that provide elements of electronic
document publishing, e-mail management and distribution,
e-commerce and marketing tools, access management to
electronic documents and electronic document collaboration.
These proprietary technologies are protected by a portfolio
of US patents and pending patent applications. For more
information visit www.stickywebinc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release
may contain statements that are "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are
based on current estimates and projections about Sticky
Web, Inc.'s business, which are derived in part on assumptions
of its management, and are not guarantees of future
performance, as such performance is difficult to predict.
Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from
what is expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements
due to numerous factors. Such factors include, but are
not limited to, the Company's ability to execute effectively
its business plan, the success of its patent licensing
strategy, acquisition strategy, changes in the market
for OPT-IN e-mail marketing solutions, changes in patent
enforcement brought on by legislation, changes in market
activity, the development of new products and services,
the enhancement of existing products and services, competitive
pressures (including price competition), system failures,
economic and political conditions, changes in consumer
behavior and the introduction of competing products
having technological and/or other advantages. These
and other risks should be read in conjunction herewith
for a further discussion of important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those
in the forward-looking statements. The Company assumes
no obligation to update information concerning its expectations.
Contact:
Thomas L. DiStefano III
Sticky Web, Inc.
561-955-9295
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