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Saturday, August 15, 2009
MediaTrust -- Advertising & Marketing
MediaTrust
New York, NY
Year 2009
Industry Advertising & Marketing
Founded 2004
Growth 9,481.1%
2005 Revenue $399,372
2008 Revenue $38.3 million
Employees 60
Website www.MediaTrust.com
MediaTrust's Business Model:
MediaTrust offers a diverse set of digital marketing services for advertisers using affiliate web page publishers. The company's proprietary cost-per-action platform supports campaigns using display advertising, paid search, social media, and e-mail.
MediaTrust's Revenue Chart
Compare this company's growth rate between 2005 and 2008, with the growth rate during that period of the average company in the industry, according to Sageworks, a research firm."
The 2009 Inc. 500: Top 10 Companies by Revenue Growth | Inc.com
Criterion Systems
Three-year Growth: 19,812.2 percent
Revenue: $94,960,779
Location: Miami
When other insurers fled the state of Florida in 2004, entrepreneurs Alexander Anthony (left) and Albert Fernandez decided to set up shop. Even as their business has exploded, they pride themselves on the personal touch. "Larger companies want people to perform transactions without ever talking to a person," they told Inc. "For us, a transaction involves people talking to people."
Three-year Growth: 13,416.4 percent
Revenue: $47.4 million
Location: San Juan Capistrano, California
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Three-year Growth: 13,350.3 percent
Revenue: $38.4 million
Location: Washington, D.C.
Real-estate developer Cedric J. Franklin Sr. made his fortune buying residential homes, making them more energy efficient, and then selling them. He now has a series of green business projects under consideration, including building a green resort in Las Vegas. In real estate, "the object should be to buy low, sell high, not buy high, sell higher," he says.
Three-year Growth: 12,749.3 percent
Revenue: $63.5 million
Location: Mill Valley, California
Former Navy SEAL Alden Mills makes and sells exercise equiment, including the Perfect Pushup, that works the whole body. His first big sale: A $300,000 account with Marriott.
Three-year Growth: 12,654.4 percent
Revenue: $96.4 million
Location: Sarasota, Florida
John Lemp's web marketing agency took off after it adopted the cost-per-action (or CPA) model, by which an advertiser pays for a campaign only when a customers buys something or takes another desired action.
Three-year Growth: 10,399 percent
Revenue: $21.4 million
Location: Woburn, Massachusetts
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Three-year Growth: 10,035.3 percent
Revenue: $182.8 million
Location: Tampa
CEO Kiran Patel's company administers Medicare and Medicaid benefits in Florida.
Three-year Growth: 9,946.4%
Revenue: $50.7 million
Location: Dallas
Mark Henry's marketing firm specializes in search-engine optimization and pay-per-click programs for clients.
Three-year Growth: 9,481.1 percent
Revenue: $38.3 million
Location: New York City
Peter Bordes runs this marketing agency, which operates a cost-per-action platform used by online advertisers to measure the effectiveness of campaigns that involve display advertising, paid search, social media, and e-mail.
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