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By Natalie Hayes Contributor August 14, 2012 6:42PM

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Several years ago Glenview entrepreneur Bob Hunt left his job as a trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and decided to put his Internet marketing talents to good use by launching his own company aimed at helping local businesses optimize their online presence.

Deviating from the traditional 9-5 corporate career, the 34-year-old Hunt now works as his own boss operating The B24 Group, a start-up Internet marketing company that offers a variety of online marketing services to businesses in the North Shore area and beyond.

Two years since starting his company, Hunt has so far proven himself as a successful business owner, adding more than 25 clients and four employees to what started as a one-man endeavor in 2010.

Working around-the-clock from anywhere with an Internet connection, Hunt is focused on helping local businesses grow by widening their customer bases and increasing sales through a variety of tools including automated lead capture and follow-up systems, Google Places optimization, specialized YouTube videos, and text message marketing.

Hunts list of Internet marketing services has expanded during the two years since he started The B24 Group, but the initial idea for the company started with his objective to help businesses increase their search engine optimization, or achieve better rankings on Google search results pages.

Hunt, a Glenview native and graduate of Loyola Academy in Wilmette, first got his feet wet in Internet marketing after he left his job as a trader in 2004 and started following his interests in marketing and web site creation.

Fully confident that the last place he wanted to be was in an office working for someone else, Hunt began deeper exploration of his personal interests and talents by writing e-books on topics like dating, silver and gold investing, and a variety of health topics including pet health.

Needing an effective way to get readers to find his e-books online, he taught himself the best ways to use SEO to get his sites ranked higher on Google search results pages.

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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Inc. 500|5000 publication recently awarded Internet Marketing Inc. a spot on its distinguished list of fastest growing companies in the country. The impressive ranking adds to the young company's reputable status as it was recently named the 11th fastest growing private company in San Diego by the San Diego Business Journal.

The company, which specializes in Internet marketing services, was ranked 186 out of 5000 other growing companies. The median growth rate of this year's Inc. 500|5000 winners was calculated at 1,435% while IMI's growth rate was a dramatic 1,887% in just three years. In Inc. 500's special double issue, it placed the San Diego based company in the top 4% of all businesses across the country in its recent article, "America's Fastest Growing Companies."

This announcement came just as Internet Marketing Inc. co-founder and CMO, Brent Gleeson is set to star on the much anticipated NBC TV show, "Stars Earn Stripes."He is the Navy Seal represented on the show, airing August 13th at 8 PM. His skills as an elite operative definitely have led to the success of his own company.

Inc. 500 will be holding award ceremonies for all the entrepreneurial superstars from October 3rd-5th at the Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. It will also be recognized as a large, respectable business conference with some of the best business speakers that include Guy Kawasaki, Marie Tillman of the Pat Tillman Foundation and Commander of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's Final Mission, Captain Mark Kelly. The audience listening to these experienced CEOs and Founders will consist of small and large privately held companies from all over the country, experiencing over 25 inspirational presentations.

Internet Marketing Inc. is expected to grow even more and expand its number of clients throughout next quarter and in 2013. Through getting ranked by Inc. 500 among the fastest growing companies in America, Internet Marketing Inc. is proving to America that it is one of the best internet marketing companies around.

About Internet Marketing Inc.

Co-founded by Brent Gleeson and IMI's CEO Brandon Fishman, IMI is a leading integrated online marketing agency based in San Diego, CA. IMI is made up of over fifty online marketing and analytics experts and has additional offices in Las Vegas and Miami. The agency takes a scientific approach to online marketing and builds custom integrated strategies for medium and enterprise level companies in the US and abroad. Services include Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Pay Per Click Advertising, Web Design, and Conversion Optimization.

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Co-Founder, Chief Marketing Officer Direct: 619.606.5155 Email: brent@internetmarketinginc.com10620 Treena Street, Suite 250 San Diego, CA 92131 http://www.InternetMarketingInc.com

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Internet Marketing Inc. Ranks 186 on Inc. 500|5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies in the Country

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Inuvo, Inc. (NYSE MKT: INUV) (the "Company" or "Inuvo"), an Internet marketing and technology company specialized in marketing browser-based consumer applications, managing networks of website publishers and operating specialty websites, today announced second quarter 2012 financial results including revenues of $12.9 million and gross profit of $6.8 million, increases of 40% and 65%, respectively, over the second quarter 2011.

Company Highlights

The Company's consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2012 include the financial results of its Vertro subsidiary from March 2012 forward, prior year periods do not contain financial results of the Vertro subsidiary.

"The second quarter 2012 is the first full quarter of combined results since our merger with Vertro, stated Peter Corrao, Chief Executive Officer of Inuvo. We recorded positive adjusted EBITDA and we expect adjusted EBITDA to increase throughout the year. Our alOt live user base grew and search queries increased 15% in Tier 1 markets as we added new users in Tier 1 markets while expanding marketing efforts in 7 new countries. Our Partner Programs segment experienced rapid development, growing both in revenue and gross profit. Going forward, we plan to continue these operational improvements and generate increased revenue through initiatives, such as dual-display advertising, that have already contributed to our preliminary unaudited revenue of approximately $4.6 million for the month of July.

Three Month Financial Results for the period ended June 30, 2012

Net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2012, were $12.9 million, up 39.7% compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011. Gross profit increased 64.7% to $6.8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period of 2011. These increases were due primarily to revenue from the Companys Software Search segment as a result of the merger with Vertro.

Net revenue from the Software Search segment was $5.5 million, or 42.7% of total revenues. As this segment derives from the merger with Vertro and this is the first full quarter of combined operations and financial results.

Net revenue from the Partner Programs segment increased 131.2% for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period of 2011 primarily due to revenue derived from partner programs associated with the alOt operations acquired in the merger with Vertro on March 1, 2012.

Revenue from the Publisher Network segment decreased 40.4% to $4.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period of 2011. This decrease was primarily due to a decline in the number of transactions driven through our owned and operated websites and through third party affiliates using the ValidClick platform. Revenue from the Publisher Network has been volatile and while revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2012 decreased 40.4% compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011, and decreased 14% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012, we did see signs of stability and moderate recovery in revenue in the latter part of the quarter.

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Red Ventures, the rapidly growing Internet marketing firm based in Fort Mill, is planning a major expansion, it said Tuesday.

The company has acquired 16 acres of land next to its headquarters in 521 Corporate Center Park, just south of Ballantyne. That expansion is expected to create 1,000 new jobs over the next five years, Red Ventures said.

The tech firm currently owns 17 acres for its 150,000-square-foot campus, where amenities include an indoor basketball court, putting green and cafe with subsidized meals.

"The next few years will be full of challenges and opportunities, and we are hoping to double the size of our current workforce," Red Ventures chief executive Ric Elias said. "This additional land will allow us to grow, while also maintaining the unique, employee-friendly environment we've created."

The company, which expects to grow by 30 percent in 2012, plans to begin the expansion with the development of a third building by the end of the year. The firm employs about 1,500 workers in its four offices in Miami, San Antonio, Wilmington and Fort Mill, including nearly 1,000 at its headquarters. That's up from 300 workers when the company moved to South Carolina in 2009.

Red Ventures works with brand partners in the areas of entertainment, data and Internet, small-business solutions, security, energy and software services. To learn more or apply for jobs, visit http://www.redventures.com/careers.

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Summary: Chinese Web giant makes internal certification program available to public to grow local talent pool and support rapid growth of Internet marketing sector.

Baidu will open its Internet marketing certification course to the public and aims to increase the talent pool, which is currently unable to support industry growth.

Chinese tech news site ChinaTechNews.com reported on Tuesday that the company's search engine marketing professional certification has been in operation for the past two years, but it was only open to its clients and agents. It reportedly trained over 3,000 such Internet marketers during that time, the article added.

The certification program is divided into four classes targeting existing Internet marketing practitioners and those looking to join the industry, it noted. Students will pick up skills on marketing concepts, data analysis, account implementation and management, SEO, and search engine marketing, it stated.

Baidu will also cooperate with Chinese universities, professional education institutions, industrial associations, and well-known enterprises to jointly launch a talent training alliance project, ChinaTechNews.com reported.

These initiatives will help plug the local talent gap in the industry. Citing a joint report by Baidu and 51job.com released this year, the article noted that Internet marketing jobs in China will reach 1.16 million but some 550,000 to 650,000 of these positions will not be filled.

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