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Rank	Agency	Turnover	UK Staff	Founded	Owner
1	AKQA	£21m	130	1995	Independent
2	I-level	£19.9m	40	1998	Independent
3	Pres.co/Foresight	£17.42m	380	1987/1992	Primecom
4	Hyperlink	£16m	100	1994	Independent
5	Tribal DDB UK	£14m	64	1996	DDB Worldwide
6	Modem Media	£13.2m	130	1998	Modem Media Inc
7	Oyster Partners	£12.6m	170	1995	Oyster/OmniCom/ConvergIT
8	Zinc	£10m	70	1996	Zinc/Havas
9	Oasis Communications	£ 9m	72	1996	Independent
10	Ehsrealtime	£8.9m	300	1996	Havas Advertising
11	Brave	£8.2m	45	1990	Billington Cartmell
12=	Entranet	£8m	240	1997	Independent
12=	Ogilvy Interactive	£8m	120	1995	OgilvyOne Worldwide
12=	Saatchi & Saatchi Vision	£8m	22	1996	Publicis
12=	Traffic Interactive	£8m	104	1996	OmniCom
16	M-Digital	£7.5m	22	1998	WPP
17	Quidnunc	$10.9m (£7.3m)	266	1998	Quidnunc Group
18=	Circle.com	£7m	110	1999	Snyder (Havas)
18=	Victoria Real	£7m	100	1990	GMG Endemol
18=	XXIST.com	£7m	19	1999	Independent
21	Revolution	£6.7m	45	1995	Independent
22=	Carat Interactive	£6m	24	1994	Carat (Aegis)
22=	Clever Media	£6m	38	1992	WPP
22=	Deepend	£6m	95	1994	Deep Group/Independent
22=	Iniatiative Dot Com	£6m	22	1999	Initiative Media
22=	Outrider	£6m	80	1997	The Tempus Group
27	Grey Interactive	£5.5m	115	1998	Grey Global
28	Razorfish	£5.38m	290	1995	Razorfish/OmniCom
29=	Designnet	£5m	25	1995	Global Technology Communications
29=	Reading Room	£5m	27	1996	Independent
29=	Torrington	£5m	45	1994	Independent

The Manchester-based internet marketing company XXIST.COM (pronounced ecks-ist) has announced a strategic marketing alliance with the US-based promotions.com – the internet promotions solution company - to develop cutting-edge products and services for marketers and internet retailers.

It will mean XXIST.Com can offer a wide range of promotional services related to sweepstakes, contests, game promotions, sampling, discounting, premium offers and incentives and loyalty programmes.

Promotions.com also provides a range of off-the-peg solutions including the hugely successful INSTANT WIN technology, Email LUCKeTICKET and iDEAL OGTKIDSAFE registration technology to help safely market to the youth and teen market.

XXIST.COM will be looking to replicate the success promotions.com has achieved in the States with clients that include; CBS Sportsline, Autobytel, Citibank, Disney, NBC, Road Runner, and Wrigley Jr. Co.

Michael Tesoro, director of business development for Promotions.com comments; "We have looked long and hard at the UK market and our strategic alliance with XXIST.COM is a perfect match of skills. It is important to us that our lead partner not only understands the Internet but has a strong grip on making it work.

"Promotions.com is all about brand awareness, stimulating sales and building customer relationships and that is exactly where XXIST.COM sit."

XXIST.COM’s managing director, Annie Millar who gained her early internet experience in the States, commented; "We have a growing client list of big names and we want to be able to offer all our clients the best and latest technology tools. Our strategic marketing alliance with Promotions.com put XXIST.COM at the forefront of e-marketing.

"We are an independent company with a proven track record, a multi-million pound turnover and years of experience in the business of marketing in every medium.

"And what we have to offer in terms of marketing tools beats most of the better-known big companies and we can still offer a personal service. The combination of those two things is what is proving most attractive to new clients."

Promotions.com’s custom designed solutions will ensure promotions work more effectively on the Internet. They provide experience and strategic support from creative development, rollout, management and fulfilment to back-end analysis for all online promotions including proprietary technology and demographic profiles.

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The Manchester-based internet marketing company XXIST.COM (pronounced ecks-ist) have become the first independent UK based agency to take on board the web advertising management system, AdKnowledge to facilitate media campaigns for their clients.

Owned by the CMGi company Engage, the AdKnowledge System measures the results and effectiveness of online campaigns and is designed to streamline the entire media buying process. It allows users to plan, buy, target, serve and report campaigns through one easy-to-manage web based tool.

XXIST.COM's managing director, Annie Millar who gained her early Internet experience in the States says the AdKnowledge System is the most powerful web advertising management tool available today. "The sophistication of the system is staggering - the real time data accessible on campaigns can substantially alter the effectiveness of an individual banner. It allows us to change, and tweak messages and deliver rich data to our clients so they can evaluate the many different response levels their online campaign is achieving.

"We have a growing client list of big names and we want to be able to offer all our clients the best and latest technology tools. AdKnowledge is one of the most sophisticated internet marketing tools available and puts XXIST.COM at the forefront of e-marketing.

"We are an independent company with a proven track record, a multi-million pound turnover and years of experience in the business of marketing in every medium. And what we have to offer in terms of marketing tools beats most of the better-known big companies and we can still offer a personal service. The combination of those two things is what is proving most attractive to new clients."

XXIST.COM has grown out of a successful bricks and mortar design and media company, and was launched in its own right last August. In a very short space of time it has built up an impressive client list including; Fish4it, Pharmacy2u, Hamilton Bank Direct, BarclaySquare, Ministry of Sound, the BookPeople, SAM Learning, Talking Shop, Global Crossing (previously known as Racal) and Telinco, which recently hit the news with its £250 million sale to Worldonline.

Since its inception, XXIST.COM has reached a £3 million turnover which will make them one of, if not the, fastest growing agency in the North West.

"The AdKnowledge System delivers the promise of making the Internet the true measurable medium and will be a great asset to our clients," concludes Millar.

Manchester's premier online marketeer XXIST.COM (pronounced ecks-ist), has just announced that another pioneering web business is joining their growing ranks. Pharmacy2u, the first online company selling medical products chose XXIST.COM over a number of the country's biggest and most well known internet marketing specialists. XXIST.COM will now handle the company's online media campaign.

Pharmacy2u was the brainchild of Leeds-based pharmacist Daniel Lee and has paved the way for a growing number of companies to offer a similar service to the high street chemist, but via the internet. The concept has proved very popular with consumers and interest in the Pharmacy2u website is growing by 33 per cent every week.

Lee commented: "XXIST.COM were recommended to us by a number of other companies as the best in the industry at doing online campaigns. We were particularly impressed by the personal service we received from the company - and they were the obvious choice for us. We hope the partnership will help both companies to build and grow. They were up against some of the big names - Mindshare for one - but what they offered was the best for us."

A new key service which XXIST.COM is able to offer their clients is the AdKnowledge System which measures the results and effectiveness of online campaigns.

Managing director of XXIST.COM, Annie Millar says they are one of only a handful of agencies in the UK to be able to offer the system. "It is one of the most powerful web advertising management system available today. The benefits are amazing. It is effective data mining which enables our clients to understand the reach, frequency and response rate of their campaigns. It also enables them to understand how much branding contributes to their sales and which sites deliver the highest value of customers."

Millar herself has been involved with e-business since 1996, learning the internet ropes in the USA. XXIST.COM grew out of a successful bricks and mortar design and media company, and was launched in its own right last August. In a very short space of time it has built up an impressive client list, including; Fish4it, Barclay Square, Hamilton Direct Bank, Ministry of Sound, the BookPeople, SAM Learning, Talking Shop, Global Crossing (previously known as Racal) and Telinco, which recently hit the news with its £250 million pound sale to World Online.

"Since we set up XXIST.COM we have reached a £3 million pound turnover which must make us the, if not one of, the fastest growing agencies in the North West. We are also independent which makes a big difference. Most media specialists in this sector are affiliated to the big agencies in some way."

Press enquiries to: Samantha Atkin - Atkin & associates Marketing and Public Relations on 01606 737337 or 07050 108985. Email: atkin@xxist.com or Annie Millar at XXIST.COM on 0161 907 3309. Email: annie@we.xxist.com