BELLEVUE, Wash.—May 7, 2008—Ascentium Corporation, a leading interactive marketing and technology consultancy, made its debut this year at #27 on the Advertising Age Top 50 Digital Agencies list. This list of the top U.S. digital marketing agencies is published yearly, and Ascentium’s ranking is based on 2007 U.S. revenue of more than $50 million from digital marketing work.

Ascentium broke into the list amidst steep competition from the top digital agencies and large holding companies in the U.S. According to Ad Age DataCenter estimates, revenue at U.S. digital specialty agencies was up 26.8 percent, and U.S. advertising agencies reported an average 10.2 percent of revenue from digital in 2007. The data indicates that more companies are singling out their digital revenues and that digital services have become critical to the future success of agencies of all disciplines. Ascentium achieved a 37.3 percent increase in digital marketing revenue from 2006 to 2007.

"Our vision seven years ago was to create a company that brought marketing and technology together in a new way," said Curt Doolittle, founding partner and chief strategy officer at Ascentium. "Our high ranking on the Advertising Age Top 50 Digital Agencies list is a testament to our belief that this new agency model is emerging and that we are leading the way. Our combination of technology expertise and proven creativity in the digital space will provide our clients with real return on their marketing investments and will fuel our future success."

"We are thrilled with where we landed on the list this year. It is an extremely strong showing for an independent agency," said Kristine Stebbins, chief marketing strategist at Ascentium.

In recent years, Ascentium has expanded its digital marketing and advertising capabilities. The late 2007 acquisition of MWR, an integrated agency out of Spokane, Washington, and the recent addition of ZeroDash1, a Seattle-based Web analytics and search engine marketing consulting firm, help propel Ascentium’s growth and provide broader and deeper digital offerings to its clients. 

About Ascentium Corporation
Ascentium Corporation (www.ascentium.com) is an interactive marketing and technology consultancy that creates and delivers award-winning online experiences, products and information-driven business solutions to achieve its clients’ strategic objectives. Making Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for the past three years, Ascentium continues to see substantial growth in creative development and digital marketing, Web initiatives, collaboration, enterprise content management, customer relationship management and strategic business engagements. The company’s clients include Amazon, Boeing, Dell, Expedia, InfoSpace, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nike, Nintendo and Providence Health Systems. Ascentium is headquartered in Bellevue, with offices in London; Los Angeles; Baltimore; Spokane, Wash; and Portland, Ore.

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Contact:
John Irwin
Phone: 425-679-0849
E-mail: john.irwin@ascentium.com