SYOSSET, NY--(Marketwire - June 29, 2009) - ECHOMETRIX, Inc. (OTCBB: EHMI) announces the
launch of PULSE, a real-time digital content platform that reveals the
truth driving the $190 Billion teen market.
PULSE is a proprietary software engine that reads digital content from
multiple sources across the web, including: instant messages ("IM"), blogs,
social environment communities, forums, and chat rooms. PULSE analyzes the
sentiment, and delivers the unsolicited raw conversations in real time. It
gives marketers immediate, unique information about what teens are saying
in their own words -- real, usable information that is not being revealed
in traditional market research. PULSE reveals the positives and negatives
-- about a product, a brand, a trend, an entertainer, a movie, a TV show,
an athlete, a retailer, and more.
The unmatched ability to get inside privileged IM chats positions PULSE as
a far more accurate predictor of the teen mindset.
In fact, PULSE predicted the American Idol upset more than twelve hours
before the votes were announced!
On the morning of May 20, the day of the American Idol finals, the PULSE
database revealed equal volume of conversations about the two finalists,
Adam and Kris. PULSE accurately predicted an upset contradicting all the
industry pundits. PULSE showed the tonality of the conversations about
Adam had turned significantly negative two weeks preceding the finale.
PULSE knew about the new Xbox product, Natal, nine days before it was
publicly announced. That is when PULSE revealed that teens began describing
it as "outrageous" and started the viral talk about Natal pricing and
distribution tactics.
"The PULSE is the only way to get real market intelligence in the digital
world of teens," said Jeffrey Greene, CEO. "Asking teens questions doesn't
get you the real answer. Pulse is an invaluable marketing tool because it
reveals exactly what kids are saying while they are saying it."
"The power of the PULSE platform gives the marketing decision makers daily,
real-time insight into the consumer's mind in a unique and actionable
manner. This will be a profoundly important tool to all marketers as we
fully enter the digital age. Ignore this tool at your own peril," said
Peter Sealey, Echometrix Chairman and former Chief Marketing Officer for
Coca Cola.
PULSE revealed that:
iPods are talked about 13 times more often than Zune, but the kids with
Zune are just as happy with them;
Pepsi is talked about 3.5 times more often than Coke and the positive
polarity is twice as high;
iPhone dominates the space with 4 times more conversation than the
Blackberry and positive polarity 50% higher than Blackberry; and
Nike is discussed 3 times more often than Adidas and teens like their
Nikes.
PULSE has access to unfiltered and unbiased teen digital conversations and
is being co-developed by Fortune 500 consumer brand, advertising and
communication companies.
About Echometrix
Echometrix (OTCBB: EHMI) is a leading developer of opinion mining and
sentiment analysis applications for user-generated digital social media
content. We specialize in delivering brand metrics, real-time market
intelligence and consumer market research for the teenage consumer segment.
For more information, www.echometrix.com
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OF 1995
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relate to future events or Echometrix' future performance. Such statements
are forward-looking statements and are based on present information
Echometrix has related to its existing business circumstances. Investors
are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are subject to inherent
risks and that actual results may differ materially from such
forward-looking statements. Further, investors are cautioned that
Echometrix does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking
statements based on unanticipated events or changed expectations.
Echometrix makes such
forward-looking statements under the provisions of the "safe harbor"
section of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There can
be no assurance that the Company will have any revenue from its PULSE
product.