Greetings:

Thank you to all of you who have expressed an interest in ClearGauge over the past year or so.
I wanted to let you all know that our goal for 2006 is to "walk the talk" and start doing the things we recommend to our clients for ourselves as well. I am sure this will be challenging as well as rewarding and probably make us more empathetic with our clients.

ClearGauge grew considerably in 2005 - 15 new clients and 6 new employees - and we developed a leading-edge enablement of WebTrends®, as well as held our first Client Summit where eight clients attended a day long best practices sharing session at the W Hotel in Chicago. We will definitely repeat the session this year given the positive feedback we received.

We continue to offer a set of strategic and tactical online marketing services ranging from online research to web site redesign to search marketing, email marketing and analytics. I think we can do a better job of sharing some of that expertise with all of you on a more regular basis. I did sixteen speaking events last year and I know we have a lot of experience to share so we have made a commitment to do so in a more accessible and continuous way.

Over the course of 2006, we will be sending you a series of tips to help you build and execute your online business strategy. We will help you take a look at your online marketing strategy from your top line objectives to bottom line results. We would like this to be an interactive process to make sure we bring you the information you need most. If you have ideas for topics or comments, please send them to mailto:topicideas@cleargauge.com.

If you can't wait to get started and you need to be in the know now - we will be speaking at the ad:tech IMPACT: Key Metrics for Marketers road show across the country on select dates from February 28th through April 6th. This series of one-day local events is designed to turbo charge results and ROI for the modern marketer. As a friend of ClearGauge, please use the code IMPACT150 when registering and you will receive $150 off the cost of registration which makes this a very affordable information session at only $245 with your discount. We hope you have the opportunity take advantage of this discount and are able to attend.

Keep an eye out for the first of the tips series in March with the initial installment, "Key Considerations for Planning Your Online Business Strategy."

Best of success in 2006...

Karen Breen Vogel
President and CEO
ClearGauge