MessageBank Partners With ON24 and Finds 'Virtual' Corporate Meetings Gaining Steam

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The phenomenon of social networking and online communities has begun to emerge in the corporate marketplace.  Interviews and surveys with C-Level management of mid and large-cap firms have revealed a consistent trend towards conducting meetings with investors, employees, media and other constituents online.  MessageBank, LLC.  has partnered with San Francisco based ON24 Inc. to launch service offerings geared towards highly engaging, interactive web-based business events.

The ON24 Virtual Briefing Center is a virtual environment which provides a dynamic online destination to showcase management personnel, company products and services as well as industry information.  Both internal and external audiences have the ability to interact and integrate in web-based settings allowing access to knowledge databases and content through online attendance.

"We are very excited about being a provider and coordinator of 'virtual' meetings in the corporate marketplace.  The concept of meaningful business events taking place in a web-based setting is now a reality.  It's fundamentally an outgrowth of the Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter concepts and a movement towards tangible social networking, training, and productivity in corporate settings," said Steven Fink, Managing Partner of MessageBank, LLC.  "The strategic partnership with ON24 provides us with an unsurpassed technological capability with respect to facilitate these corporate events for both public and private companies."

The online meeting centers being utilized by companies today include virtual theaters, libraries for company collateral, conference call and webcast archives, industry white papers, product demonstrations, case studies, research reports and other forms of flash media.  In addition, the detailed reporting and tracking features allow for robust performance measurement and attendee feedback.

About MessageBank, LLC.

MessageBank is a leading provider of customized integrated multimedia event solutions to the Investor Relations and Corporate/Financial Communications marketplace.  The company coordinates hundreds of earnings, guidance and other analyst conference calls and webcasts for large, mid and small cap publicly held companies.  The company's roster of clientele includes such companies as Morgan Stanley, Altria Group, Inc., Kraft Foods, ITT Corporation, Philip Morris International, Scholastic Corp., Liz Claiborne, Inc., Loews Corporation, PepsiCo, Inc., E*TRADE.  More information available at www.messagebank.com.

About ON24 Inc.

The recognized global virtual events market share leader, ON24 is the world's leading provider of webcasting and virtual environments for corporate communications and demand generation. ON24 offers fully integrated, enterprise-wide solutions for a wide range of applications, including training, conferences, company meetings, partner expos and trade shows. More than 750 organizations in publishing, technology, life sciences, government and financial services, including IBM, Cisco, United Business Media, Credit Suisse, GE Healthcare, Oracle and the National Science Foundation, rely on ON24. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, London and Singapore. For more information, visit http://www.ON24.com.

SOURCE MessageBank, LLC.