Burst! Hires Director Of Marketing To Communicate
Value Of Specialty Content On The Internet
BURLINGTON, MA - November 18, 1999 - BURST!, the leading ad network for specialty-content web publishers, today announced the appointment of William "Biff" Burns as Director of Marketing. In this newly-created position, Burns will spearhead BURST!'s strategic corporate communications efforts, including its newly-redesigned web site, advertising sales promotion, and communication with its thousands of specialty-content web publishers and hundreds of online advertisers.
Jarvis Coffin, president and CEO of BURST!, said, "We are experiencing the most exciting time in our four-year history at BURST!, and we are thrilled to have Biff Burns join our team. His experience supporting multiple strategic business units and their sales divisions makes him ideally suited to helping us achieve our aggressive business goals. His significant marketing expertise will help us further advance the value that specialty content represents to audiences and advertisers online."
As director of marketing, Burns will develop BURST!'s overall marketing and communications efforts. His responsibilities will include web site sales and service, advertising sales promotion, and corporate communications. He joins BURST! after 20 years of marketing communications experience at the Liberty Mutual Group, a diversified international financial services company with 37,000 employees and $11 billion in consolidated revenue. Most recently, he served as vice president of communication services, responsible for Liberty's integrated brand-building campaign, as well as the company's redesigned web site and the communication support of several business units. Burns will be located at BURST!'s headquarters in Burlington, MA.
"BURST! has built its considerable reputation on serving the needs of specialty-content publishers - those involved in creating content that people really care about," said Burns. "The future of the Internet is in specialty content, and as advertisers continue to refine their online campaigns - and whom they want to see these campaigns - we're confident that our network will deliver the interested, involved audience segments they're targeting. I am thrilled to be a part of this dynamic, growing Internet company, and I look forward to driving the value proposition of specialty content on the web."
