Myrtle Beach, SC � August 16, 2005 � ZDirect, Inc., a top provider of solutions for travel and tourism in the emerging area of Internet-based dynamic content communication, today announced that Intellistrand LLC , an industry leading developer of city, state and leisure portal Internet sites, has signed an agreement to license its best selling ZMail product. Based in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Intellistrand will utilize ZMail as its core Email Service Provider (ESP) for its more than 19 destination portal websites across the United States. including Charleston.com, Savannah.com, MyrtleBeach.com, Williamsburg.com, Honolulu.com and SouthPadreIsland.com. Intellistrand will also extend the solution to its more than 300 lodging and real estate clients currently participating in its Web development group.

 

ZMail ^tm is a cost effective, hosted enterprise-wide email solution that uses expert system principles to collect and integrate guest data from separate databases and convert it into actionable information for intelligent marketing communications and guest services. Its robust, patent-pending guest profiling process collects and analyzes psychographic data. It then sends tightly targeted e-campaigns to opt-in recipients using parameters that are easily set up in advance and scripted in part by the recipients themselves. Once ZMail builds a comprehensive database in this manner, it uses the information to create dynamic content for each ongoing email campaign. ZMail�s technology, combined with ZDirect�s unique relationship with Internet Service Providers (ISPs), ensures each email reaches its target recipient, and then gets that person to open it and take action.
 

�We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with ZDirect,� said Will McIntosh, CEO of Intellistrand LLC. �ZDirect has an outstanding method of managing relationships with ISPs. They have spent many years researching proper delivery methods and have developed extraordinary means of assuring the messages we distribute are delivered and opened. I look forward to a long and successful relationship with ZDirect as we continue to partner on future business endeavors.� 
 

�We are extremely pleased to partner with a company the caliber of Intellistrand that has the reputation, management team, and imagination to fully benefit from the ZMail solution,� said Charles McBride, Senior Vice President of Marketing of ZDirect, Inc. "The world of email marketing has changed dramatically. With the rise in anti-spam laws and filters, the old ways of doing e-marketing simply do not work as well as they used to. Intellistrand is a company that has embraced a new technology that restores the original effectiveness of email marketing: its speed, low cost and reach." 

ZMail�s parent company, ZDirect, Inc. (www.zdirect.com), based in Miami, Florida, is the preeminent provider of solutions for the travel and tourism industry in the emerging area of Internet and electronic marketing. The company takes email technology to a new level of effectiveness by giving clients a more powerful way to impact relationships with customers. With its patent-pending technology and expertise, ZDirect enables companies to send highly targeted, relevant emails to their permission-based, opt-in subscriber list. The result is new revenue captured, stronger customer loyalty, an expanded customer base, and increased return on investment through the reduction of traditional marketing costs via measurable electronic marketing. For more information please visit www.zdirect.com or contact Charles McBride, at [email protected], Bob Fill at [email protected], or call 843-839-3100.

Intellistrand LLC is an industry leading developer of city, state and leisure portal Internet sites. Some Intellistrand designed and hosted sites including www.southcarolina.com, www.myrtlebeach.com, www.charleston.com, www.southpadreisland.com, www.savannah.com, www.corpuschristi.com, www.portaransas.com, www.parkcity.com, www.honolulu.com, www.williamsburg.com, www.savannah.com, www.hiltonhead.com and www.greatsmokymountains.com. Its focus is to host and develop travel-portal Web sites for the tourism market throughout the United States, a particular line of business the company has been involved with since 1994. Intellistrand also provides internet marketing services and e-commerce opportunities to businesses looking to increase their internet visibility.