Released on: March 19, 2008, 8:05 pm

Press Release Author: Flash Drive Direct

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary:

CHICAGO, IL. - SmartBlast announces its new partnership with YesMail. YesmailT (an
infoUSA®company, [NASDAQ: IUSA], a recognized industry-leading provider of
permission-based online email marketing solutions and Smartblast, the leading
provider of email marketing services to the promotional products industry have
partnered to help ensure the best possible delivery of e-blasts to SmartBlast
customers.
SmartBlast clients have already experienced an improvement in delivery rates, sample
requests and orders. "Our overall results have improved by 23% during the past
month," states John Graham of Flash Drive Direct. "Our opens have increased by 37%,
our return rate went up to 22% and our ROI increased dramatically. In fact during
one of our return sessions our internal mail server crashed due to the sheer volume
of mail."

Press Release Body:

Michael Johnston, president of Smartblast, states, "By switching our mail provider
to Yesmail, the increase in responses that our customers have experienced has been
phenomenal." The mission of SmartBlast has always been to help clients improve
their response rates, build customer relationships, grow revenue and increase the
relevancy and impact of every message they send. "Yesmail is just another way for
us to provide our customers with the best service possible," explains Johnston.
About SmartBlast
SmartBlast.com, based in Chicago, IL, is the leading provider of email marketing
services to the promotional products industry. In addition to email, SmartBlast also
provides direct mail solutions, list management services and eCatalog solutions.

About Yesmail
Yesmail is an infoUSA company and is part of the infoUSA services group, which
includes sister companies Walter Karl, Millard, Edith Roman and Catalog Vision.
infoUSA is a $700 million public company with more than 4 million customers and has
been profitable for over 30 years. infoUSA is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ:
iusa.
About Flashdrive Direct
Flash Drive Direct is a North American based flash drive design and manufacturing
firm. They cater to the promotional products market, corporate and retail markets
with their innovation promotional flash drive designs. They have offices in Canada,
USA and a manufacturing facility in Shenzen, China.







Web Site: http://www.flashdrivedirect.com

Contact Details: SmartBlast
314 W. Institute Place
Suite 3W
Chicago, IL 60610
CONTACT: Michael Johnston, President
312-587-8489, mjohnston@smartblast.com
Flash Drive Direct
12500 Horseshoe Way
Vancouver Canada
604-272-8809 jg@flashdrivedirect.com