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May 6, 2008

Saleztrack looks to expand across Midwest, add 97 jobs in 36 months

The people behind Saleztrack see their business as sort of a Petri dish. They have been experimenting with their technology since the company's founding in 2002 and are now confident to start spreading it across the country to grow the business.

"We are really in launch mode over here," says John Sykes, vice president of sales and marketing for Saleztrack. "We think we have the best technology out there and we're ready to go."

Saleztrack specializes in direct marketing for automotive dealerships. It basically allows them to target customers one on one with things like interactive email and streamlining videos.

Right now 45 people work for the company, which is headquartered out of Troy. Of those about a half dozen work out of its office in TechTown. The firm plans to methodically expand through targeted Midwest markets this year as part of a bigger expansion plan for the whole country. Saleztrack hopes to add 12 sales positions within the next six months and 97 within three years.

Revenue for the business has increased 400 percent year over year for the last 36 months. It hopes to quadruple sales numbers within the next year as it expands.

"It's been proven in a small model so we're ready to take it national," says Bill Lloyd, CEO of Saleztrack. "We have a very aggressive growth pattern."

Source: John Sykes, vice president of sales and marketing for Saleztrack and Bill Lloyd, CEO of Salestrack
Writer: Jon Zemke

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