SEBL-(WOMN) Women.com Standardizes On Siebel eBusiness Applications; Leading Women's Internet Destination to Manage Advertiser Relationships Through One Comprehensive System
BUSINESS WIRE - March 27, 2000 08:42
SAN MATEO, Calif., Mar 27, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL), the world's leading supplier of eBusiness Application software, today announced that Women.com Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:WOMN) (www.women.com), the leading online network for women, will standardize its sales force with Siebel eBusiness Applications.
Siebel Systems will provide Women.com professionals in its North American offices with a single customer information system to manage and collaborate on complex relationships with advertisers and their agency executives, across multiple channels of contact.
Women.com's strong appeal to women worldwide has helped generate advertising revenues from household brand giants for the online network.
According to Internet traffic monitor Media Metrix, Women.com attracts more than 5 million unique monthly visitors to its more than 100,000 pages of content in 19 topical channels, including Fashion & Beauty; Horoscopes; Food; Sex & Romance; Health; Career & Money; Pregnancy; and Home.
Women.com's rapid sales growth has led to its choice of Siebel eBusiness Applications to create a single, comprehensive customer information system that allows teams to collaborate smoothly across regional offices with multiple client and agency contacts.
Women.com sales professionals will be able to stay current with advertisers' needs and whether by phone, in-person, online or by fax, respond without delay or duplication of effort.
This seamless capability will help advertising representatives better understand and anticipate clients' needs, propose promotions that better capitalize on the network's rich and frequently changing features, and ultimately, maximize potential returns for advertisers and increase Women.com advertising revenues.
"The Internet is an important part of mainstream advertisers' media mix and is expected to account for $11.5 billion by 2003, according to Jupiter Communications," said Jeff Bruce, vice president, national advertising sales at Women.com.
"To sustain and grow our customer relationships, Women.com must continue to ensure outstanding customer service. In the process of evaluating new systems, we realized Siebel is the recognized leader in world-class eBusiness solutions. Furthermore, their reputation for 100 percent customer satisfaction complements Women.com's commitment to providing advertisers optimal return on investment."
"Siebel eBusiness Applications affords Women.com the scalability we require; and the robust technology underlying Siebel Systems' solution assured us this was right choice for our needs," said Kim Perdikou, CIO, Women.com. "We must have a customer information management system that can keep pace with the expansion of our network and our customer base."
About Siebel Systems
Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL) is the world's leading provider of eBusiness applications software. Siebel Systems provides an integrated family of eBusiness application software enabling multi-channel sales, marketing and customer service systems to be deployed over the Web, call centers, field, reseller channels, retail and dealer networks.
Siebel Systems' sales and service facilities are located in more than 28 countries. For more information, please visit Siebel's Web site at www.Siebel.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risk or uncertainties. The success of the acquisition and future operating results of Siebel Systems may differ from the results discussed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to factors that include, but are not limited to, risks associated with acquisition, such as the potential difficulties in the assimilation of operations, strategies, technologies, methodologies and products of the acquired company, the risk of loss of key personnel of the acquired company, diversion of management attention from other business concerns, business risks including the risk of variations in quarterly operating results, significant current and expected additional competition and the need to continue to expand product distribution and services offerings. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of Siebel Systems are included in Siebel Systems' Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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