CoActive Marketing Group Repositions Firm Under Single Brand -- 'mktg' and MDC Partners to present at the RBC Capital Markets Technology, Media & Communications Conference in San Francisco

City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 08/01/2008 - Marketing Services industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. CoActive Marketing Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMKG), a leading alternative marketing and media communications agency, announced today it has rebranded the agency under the name 'mktg'. The new name reflects the repositioning of the agency as a strategic partner that measures and analyzes its programs to provide a provable return on investment. The new logo features quotation marks to represent conversation and communication, as well as the idea of a message being captured and shared. These easily recognizable symbols embody the firm's vision of creating conversations and experiences among brand advocates to drive conversion for its clients.


infoUSAPoll.com(TM) (NASDAQ: IUSA) surveyed thousands of small-business executives across the country on June 30th about if the increase in postage will change business practices, in particular advertising spends. In the poll, "Will the postage increase affect your advertising?" the results were relatively close, however, 7% more of businesses surveyed said the additional costs would impact business versus would not. The margin of error for this week's poll is plus or minus 3%. infoUSAPoll.com emailed the survey question to small business executives across the country. Each week infoUSAPoll.com conducts a poll about topics including the economy, computer usage, outlook for the future, common headaches of running a business, growing their business, political issues and much more.

MDC Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: MDCA) will present at the RBC Capital Markets Technology, Media and Communications Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco on Thursday, August 7, 2008. Chief Financial Officer David Doft will present at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time (PT). A live webcast of the presentation along with a slide presentation will be available to the public at www.mdc-partners.com/investors. A replay of the webcast will also be available for 30 days following the conference.

Petel Incorporated (OTC: PTEI), the Broadband TV and Digital Media specialists, recently announce continued growth in revenue with an increase of 131% for Quarter 2 2008 over Quarter 1 2008. Further to Quarter 1 2008 closing with an increase in revenue of 82% over Quarter 4 2007, the board is pleased to announce the group has achieved a 131% increase in Quarter 2 revenue compared to the previous quarter. "We are pleased to register continued growth in revenues for the group from albeit a modest start to first quarter revenues of some $30,000. We now report quarter two revenues of $69,045," comments CEO David Morton.

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