To: scouser who wrote (1060 ) 1/13/2000 9:58:00 PM From: Blake Respond to of 2182
scouser, News out for ONIN. Looks like next week could be a big week for it! Any thoughts? Cheers, Blake Online Innovation, Inc. Set to Roll Out Public Beta Test Version of VirtuallyDating.com VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Online Innovation, Inc. (the company) (OTC Bulletin Board: ONIN), creators of VirtuallyDating.com, today announced that the public beta test version of the interactive VirtuallyDating.com singles community is scheduled to launch during the week of January 17-22, 2000. Further news will follow regarding exact time and date. The public beta version of VirtuallyDating will include unique core components such as: Individual member profiles, Internal Message Center, Profile Search, the Dressing Room (a virtual character builder), Animated Greeting Cards, Virtual Gifts, 2D graphical Chat rooms, and daily Horoscopes, delivered in a full Macromedia Flash and Shockwave environment. Further phased in development of the multi-player games and DearBridgette channels of the community will follow in a timely manner. The launching of the public beta test version will serve several important technical functions. Server logs will be monitored and analyzed to measure server load and performance, and the functionality of key interactive components will be viewed from a variety of platforms. Visitors to the community will also be encouraged to comment on their own personal experience. This feedback will aid in any adjustments or tweaking of the components before the full community launch. Corporate Update The Strategic Internet Marketing Campaign focusing on general awareness of the VirtuallyDating preview site continued through the months of October to January 11. Banner ad placement was purchased through L90 on the L90 R&E advertising platform, which reaches over 60 million unique viewers and delivers over 1 billion page views per month. Results of this campaign saw the VirtuallyDating.com Preview Site, visited by over 12,000 unique users and the database of pre-launch registration increase to over 5,000 individuals. Financing Activity Management of the company has been entertaining several unsolicited offers from interested parties and Institutions regarding equity financing. Funds raised from any future financing will be used to ramp up the Strategic Marketing Plan that includes online and offline mediums, general working capital and a phased-in growth plan for the company. Online Innovation, Inc., through the development of VirtuallyDating.com, will provide single adults, world wide, the opportunity to expand their social networks in an entertaining and interactive virtual community, that utilizes the most up to date, cutting edge technology and trend setting design applications. The VirtuallyDating.com Preview Site uses the latest Macromedia Flash and Shockwave technology, with full motion animation, music and sound effects. Current Internet users that do not have the Flash plug-in required to view the site, are able to download the software directly fromvirtuallydating.com . For more information, please visit online-innovation.com or call Online Innovation, Inc. at 1-877-900-2299 or e-mail the company at: contact@online-innovation.com. Certain information and statements included in this news release constitute" forward-looking" statements within the definition of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such "forward-looking" statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied in such "forward-looking" statements. SOURCE: Online Innovation, Inc. CONTACT: Chad D. Lee or Marlene Schluter of Online Innovation, Inc., 877-900-2299, contact@online-innovation.com