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AskMeNow Powers Votefortheworst.com Mobile Alerts
Turning Blog Traffic Into Mobile Revenue
IRVINE, CA--(CCNMatthews - April 12, 2007) - AskMeNow (OTCBB: AKMN), a leader in intelligent mobile search, today announced a revenue-sharing partnership with Votefortheworst.com, one of the most talked about viral campaigns.
The hundreds of thousands of "American Idol" fans and detractors flocking to Votefortheworst.com each week can now text "VFTW" to 27563 (ASKME) and receive the latest updates and voting information alerts to help keep their favorite entertainer in the running each week. In addition to receiving time sensitive alerts, voting instruction and results from the show, mobile subscribers can get unique content from the site and are able to download original VoteForTheWorst wallpaper and ring tones -- all powered by AskMeNow. The service is free but standard text message charges from the carrier and premium fees for the downloadable content apply.
"AskMeNow has the ability to help top bloggers almost instantly monetize their traffic through mobile SMS," said AskMeNow CEO Darryl Cohen. "They can easily utilize AskMeNow to push their online content mobile to their community via SMS and share in the newfound mobile advertising revenues. We're already offering more than 30 free daily content subscriptions under this type of model."
AskMeNow is placing an open call to creative advertisers interested in sponsoring the mobile and online components of Votefortheworst.com heading into the season finale in six weeks. Interested parties are suggested to visit AskMeNow.com for more information.
Upon signing up for the mobile updates, users are automatically entered into a weekly sweepstakes from AskMeNow and VFTW to win a 37" flat screen TV, large enough to fit Sanjaya's ponyhawk!
"VoteForTheWorst Mobile Alerts is the perfect solution for anyone who misses the show and can't get online, but still wants to vote for Sanjaya," said Votefortheworst.com founder, Dave Della Terza. "AskMeNow gives my business a turn-key solution for expanding into mobile."
For more information visit http://www.votefortheworst.com/20070403/sign_up_for_vftw_mobile_updates_and_win_a_flat_screen_tv
About AskMeNow:
AskMeNow Inc. (OTCBB: AKMN.OB) is an Irvine, Ca based public corporation specializing in mobile and desktop search and content delivery. AskMeNow's solutions for publishers, advertisers and individuals provide single relevant answers through the most sophisticated semantic search. AskMeNow is the owner of and creator of askwiki.com, a natural language search engine created to provide individuals improved search of the Wikipedia.org knowledgebase. AskMeNow’s mobile search solution is available using SMS, client applications or the WAP 2.0 site m.askmenow.com. For more information on AskMeNow, please visit askmenow.com.
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Contact: AskMeNow Media Relations Grant Cohen (P): 949.861.2590 x203 (E): gcohen@askmenow.com http://www.askmenow.com/press.aspx AskMeNow Investor Relations Larry Turel (P): 561.213.1955 (E): lturel@bellsouth.net http://www.askmenow.com/investors.aspx