AG Salesworks Announces Milestone Achievements; Solidifies Leadership Position in Outsourced Sales and Marketing Industry

NORWOOD, Mass., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AG Salesworks, a leading provider of outsourced sales and marketing solutions, announced today a series of milestones and strategic agreements that build on its momentum over the past two years, and solidify the company's leadership position in the outsourced sales and marketing industry.

Among the most notable achievements that AG Salesworks has achieved include:

• Client growth:  Over the past two years, the company has tripled its client roster, and now includes a wide range of SMB and enterprise level customers that span the entire BtoB landscape.
• Staff growth:  In addition to client growth, the company has continued to add to its team of marketing and sales industry leaders and experts, growing its staff by 100 percent.
• Strategic Partnerships:  Reaching agreements with strategic business partners who share AG Salesworks' commitment to quality has enhanced the company's portfolio of service offerings.

"The momentum we've achieved over the past few years is a testament to our team's commitment to going above and beyond for all of our clients to help them drive high-quality sales leads and execute ROI-driven marketing programs," said Paul Alves, co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AG Salesworks. "Our philosophy of driving 'quality over quantity' new business opportunities for our clients has proven to be the right choice in this challenging economy where marketing budgets are being scrutinized more than ever before."

The strategic partnerships announced today are AG Salesworks' agreements with two leading sales and marketing service providers and technology platforms: NetProspex and Act-On Software.

The company's strategic partnership with NetProspex, which is a leading sales and marketing contact database firm with more than 24 million verified business contacts, provides AG Salesworks customers with even further access to highly qualified call lists.  NetProspex was identified by AG Salesworks as a strategic business partner due to the two companies' shared commitment to providing clients with high quality contacts.

"The combination of our quality B2B database technology and AG Salesworks' team of experts gives businesses a significant advantage with their sales prospecting efforts," said Michael Bird, Chief Revenue Officer at NetProspex. "We look forward to driving productivity gains for both AG Salesworks and their clients for years to come."

By joining forces with Act-On Software, which is a provider of one of the industry's most popular and fastest growing cloud-based integrated marketing platforms, AG Salesworks is able to gain unprecedented agility to quantify and adjust their marketing strategies and tactics for clients in real-time to ensure positive outcomes. Act-On's technology will also allow AG Salesworks to accelerate the execution of multi-channel online marketing campaigns for its customers by automating critical marketing tasks, and provide access to rich graphical analytics and reports, also in real-time.

"Act-On and AG Salesworks share the same approach to 'through the funnel' marketing that positions our companies to provide higher value sales and marketing solutions for our customers," said David Appelbaum, Chief Marketing Officer at Act-On Software. "We anticipate a mutually beneficial long-term relationship with AG Salesworks that will lead to world class services and results for customers of both companies."

For more information on AG Salesworks, including company services and client roster, visit www.agsalesworks.com.

ABOUT AG SALESWORKS:

AG Salesworks is the leading provider of outsourced sales and marketing solutions for clients worldwide, including many of the Fortune 500. The company has perfected a process that uses the best combination of people, methodology, and execution to ensure industry leading results. AG Salesworks provides sales opportunity development, database development, event optimization, channel development and support, and marketing intelligence acquisition that helps clients drive growth.  By taking a "quality over quantity" approach to fully qualified sales lead generation, the company is committed to its role as the middle of the funnel between sales and marketing.

AG Salesworks solutions empower its clients to focus on their core business and provide them with a quantifiable, competitive advantage.  By tapping into the power and reach of social media as an effective business tool, and modernizing the practice of teleprospecting by employing the latest marketing automation tools, AG Salesworks is determined to be the foremost 21^st century lead generation company. Co-founded by Peter Gracey and Paul Alves in 2002, the company is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts and is privately held. For more information, visit www.agsalesworks.com.

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