Webxu Announces Strategic Partnership with Linkstorm

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Webxu, Inc. (OTCBB: WBXU), a media company that owns and operates a network of consumer branded websites and businesses focused on Customer Acquisition, E-Commerce and Mobile Media, today announced a strategic partnership with Linkstorm, a New York based performance online advertising technology company.

Linkstorm's advertising technology makes ads more useful to the consumer by overlaying a cascading navigation menu onto any ad format that quickly connects the consumer to the information the consumer wants. As a result, click-through and conversion rates increase by 2x-17x. Linkstorm's clients include national and global advertisers, agencies, publishers and ad networks such as Cisco, IBM, American Express, Dell, Liberty Mutual, Wal-Mart, Nissan, Microsoft, AOL and The New York Times.

"We are excited about our strategic partnership with Linkstorm," commented Matt Hill, Webxu Executive Chairman. "We believe that their proprietary technology will increase conversion rates for our advertisers. This will provide Webxu with the ability to deliver better performance to our advertiser clients, which we anticipate will result in an increase in our top line production."

"Webxu is a perfect fit for Linkstorm," said David Sidman, Linkstorm CEO. "Webxu will provide us with new distribution by exposing Linkstorm to their existing client base in Customer Acquisition, E-Commerce and Mobile Media. We look forward to a very productive and profitable relationship."

About Webxu, Inc.
Webxu, Inc. (OTCBB: WBXU) is a media company that owns and operates a network of consumer branded websites and businesses focused on Customer Acquisition, E-Commerce and Mobile Media. Through its branded consumer websites, Webxu generates revenue by providing Advertiser clients with targeted consumer traffic. Webxu is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. For more information about Webxu visit http://www.webxu.com.

About Linkstorm
Linkstorm is an advertising technology company that has pioneered a new approach to Online Marketing, E-Commerce, Publishing and Social Networking. Linkstorm makes ads more useful to the consumer by overlaying a cascading navigation menu onto any ad format that quickly connects the consumer to the information the consumer wants. As a result, click-through and conversion rates increase by 2x-17x. Clients include national and global advertisers, agencies, publishers and Ad Networks such as Cisco, IBM, American Express, Dell, Liberty Mutual, Wal-Mart, Nissan, Microsoft, AOL and The New York Times. Linkstorm is headquartered in New York City and is funded entirely by Angel investors including visionaries like Esther Dyson and Jim Rutt. For more information about Linkstorm visit http://www.linkstorm.net.

Webxu Media Contact:
Mike Roth
[email protected]

Linkstorm Media Contact:
Henry Feintuch
Feintuch Communications
212.808.4901
[email protected]

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