News release April 8th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STOCKGROUP.COM BUYS BANNERS FROM EXCITE
Company Also Begins a Strategic Advertising
Campaign on Lycos
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - April 8, 1999 -Stock Research Group Inc. (dba Stockgroup.com) a subsidiary of I-Tech Holdings Group Inc. (OTC BB: IHGP), today announced that it had signed a banner advertising agreement with Excite, Inc. (NASDAQ: XCIT). The banners purchased will be displayed on the Excite site (www.excite.com) and the WebCrawler site (www.webcrawler.com), a flagship brand of the Excite Network.
The Company also announced that it will commence a strategic Advertising campaign on Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS) beginning on April 1, 1999. The Company's banner advertisements will be prominently and frequently displayed on Lycos when the terms "small-cap" or "micro-cap" are selected by viewers.
"More individual investors are using the Internet for their investment research and trading than ever before," said Marcus New, Chairman and CEO of Stockgroup.com. "These agreements will provide us with a presence among this rapidly growing group of investors who are looking for micro- and small-cap investment research, which is our expertise. Our unique investment service will offer these visitors with a variety of content and range that can foster the most informed investment decisions."
Stockgroup.com was founded in 1995 and has offices in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto, Canada and San Francisco, USA (April 1999). Stockgroup.com is recognized as a leading Internet supplier of financial information to small cap investors and has a well-established presence on the Web. The company's main website, www.stockgroup.com , is one of the largest and most popular investment destination supersites on the Internet. Focusing on the needs of small-cap investors, Stockgroup.com has developed its supersite into a "Community" that brings together small cap investors and companies to provide information on small-cap market developments. This award-winning investor information community has gained a loyal following on the Internet and as of February 1999, over 150,000 viewers visit the community each month. Stockgroup.com also produces The Small Cap Express, a free daily online investment market report that is distributed on an 'as requested' basis via email to a wide investor subscriber base across North America. Since its inception in July 1998, The Small Cap Express has grown from a subscriber base of zero to in excess of 27,000 daily readers.
In addition to its internet community, Stockgroup.com also specializes in providing public companies with internet marketing solutions and has developed considerable expertise in the development of financial services products for investor relations websites for small -cap public companies. Currently, Stockgroup.com provides services to over 200 corporate clients.
. Web professionals have recognized the level of excellence of Stockgroup.com's team across North America. Stockgroup.com has been covered in Barrons, Worth, and Fortune and has received numerous awards and distinctions. These awards include being ranked as a Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) "Pick of the Week," and Infoseek (NASDAQ: SEEK) "Cool Site," #1 investment site for a 17 month stretch on Lycos (NASDAQ: LCOS) and currently has a ranking as #18 on InvestorLinks Top Sites ratings.
This release contains "forward looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, goals, assumptions or future events or performance are not statements of historical fact and may be "forward looking statements." Forward looking statements are based on expectations, estimates and projections at the time the statements are made that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those presently anticipated. Forward looking statements in this action may be identified through the use of words such as "expects'", "will," "anticipates," "estimates," "believes," or that by statements indicating certain actions "may," "could," or "might" occur.
STOCKGROUP.COM
Company Contact: Marcus New, Chairman & CEO
marcusn@stockgroup.com
(604) 331-0995
THE MWW GROUP - Public Relations
Investor Contact: Robert Ferris (201) 964-2405
Media Contact: Matt Messinger (201) 964-2377
rferris@mww.com, mmessing@mww.com
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