DNA Studio and Honkworm International Sign On to Provide Gizmoz's Rich Media Instant Messaging Capability to Their Clients Gizmoz Releases Proprietary Authoring Tool, The Gizmoz Maker
New York, NY March 28, 2001 -- Gizmoz, Inc., developer of a leading rich media messaging platform today announced the launch of the Gizmoz Solution Provider Program. This program will allow interactive agencies, systems integrators and other third-parties to resell Gizmoz's "Smart Envelope" technology to their clients.
The Gizmoz Solution Provider Program enables partners to develop creative, marketing and technical competencies around the Gizmoz offering, as well as generate additional billable services.
Additionally, partners will receive benefits that include volume-based discounts off of Gizmoz's standard rate card and the ability to use the Gizmoz Maker, the company's proprietary Java-based authoring tool. Members of the Gizmoz Solution Provider Program will receive sales and marketing training and support, as well as training in how to use the Gizmoz Maker. The three-tiered Program allows agencies to participate at different levels.
"The reason we created the Gizmoz Solution Provider Program," said Eyal Gever, CEO and co-founder of Gizmoz, Inc., "is that it will provide maximum benefits to customers as it becomes part of the overall online strategy offered by systems integrators, direct marketing and interactive agencies and media planners." Gever added, "It's thrilling for us, as a young company, to be working in tandem with forward-thinking companies as prestigious as these."
"What the industry needs beyond great stories told well is accountability," says Honkworm CEO, Johan Liedgren. "Now brand advertisers have an effective way to attract, build and maintain lasting relationships with consumers online - something that banner ads could never accomplish. Gizmoz technology delivers Honkworm narrative and interactive entertainment with unprecedented ease, reliability and outstanding data collection capabilities."
"We are excited to partner with Gizmoz in this invaluable new enterprise," said DNA Studio founding partner and CEO John Moshay. "The Provider Program will enrich our marketing services by giving our clients a new palette of tools with which to create relationships, drive traffic and generate revenue."
Award-winning DNA Studio is a creative agency that focuses on the audience experience of digital media through the innovative integration of content, marketing, and front-end technology. DNA develops and produces original online content and front-end user experience design, as well as the marketing tools and metrics that measure and enhance the effectiveness of our content strategy. DNA's clients include Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios, and Elektra Records. The DNA Studio web site can be found at http://www.dnastudio.com.
Honkworm International is a creative services studio focusing on branded online entertainment. Since 1997, Honkworm series have drawn audiences to its partners' websites from over 100 countries around the world with such popular series as "FishBar" and "The Statistics Show". With these inventive, story-driven series, Honkworm has built strong partnerships with companies like Budweiser, MTV Networks, Warner Brothers, Fox Television, NBCi, Nike, Excite, Lucent, Gibson Greetings, Netscape, Macromedia, Playboy and RealNetworks. Based in Seattle, Honkworm also has offices in Los Angeles and New York.
A Gizmo is a "smart envelope" that delivers streaming audio and video, 2D & 3D animation, text and any other kind of media available on the Web. Each Gizmo allows users to "Collect" the Gizmo to their desktop; "Send" the Gizmo to anyone with an e-mail address; and "Copy" the Gizmo to a personally maintained Web site. Users distribute Gizmoz to other individuals based upon shared interest, thus generating networks of users who are interested in receiving new content within their Gizmoz. A fully updateable platform, Gizmoz allow virtual instant messaging to occur between businesses and their consumers.
Gizmoz are the Internet's most powerful and effective relationship marketing solution, enabling companies to grow their customer base, create relationships, drive traffic and generate revenues. Gizmoz track user activities and help to maximize Return on Investment on the online marketing efforts of the companies that use them.
Many leading entertainment, music, sports and consumer brand companies use Gizmoz as a crucial part of their online marketing campaigns. Current Gizmoz customers include Artemis Records, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Icebox.com, Hookt.com, IDG Conferences, Digital Hollywood, CMJ's Music Marathon and many other companies across various verticals. Gizmoz is backed by investors including Chase Capital Partners and Polaris Venture Capital, AOL Investments, Giza GE Venture Fund, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Gilde IT Fund and Sculley Brothers LLC. Founded in 1996 by CEO Eyal Gever, Gizmoz Headquarters are in New York City, with R&D based in Israel.
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Rachel E. Pine
Gizmoz
212-983-3200
rachelpine@gizmoz.com