MobileStorm

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mobileStorm
Company typePrivate
Industry Web marketing
Founded1999
Headquarters Los Angeles, California
Key people
Jared Reitzin, Dave Carlson, Jonathan Schreiber
Number of employees
50+
Website mobileStorm.com

mobileStorm is a SaaS based product for multi-channel communications. Businesses use mobileStorm to build a database of customers and gives them the ability to reach people on smart phones via email, text-message, push notification, secure messages to mobile apps and sites, as well as voice and fax broadcast. The communications firm started by Jared Reitzin is based in Los Angeles, California. [1] To date, the company has sent billions of messages and launched more than a million marketing campaigns. [2] [ dead link ] Some of their clients include Overstock.com, NASCAR, American Idol and Kaiser Permanente. [3]

Company history

In 1998, at the age of 19, Reitzin dropped out of college to start a record label called Katalyst Music Group. [4] [5] Within Katalyst, Reitzin started a technology division where they built websites for larger labels. [4] Early in the company’s founding, Jonathan Schreiber, an advisor, inspired Reitzin's interest in mobile technology. [6]

mobileStorm officially launched in 1999 and incorporated in August 2000. [7] They raised $40,000 initially from friends and family and were entirely self-funded. [5]

In 2007, mobileStorm announced an angel round of funding with eonBusiness and opened additional offices in San Francisco and Orange County. [2] [8] [9] The San Francisco branch will focus on new accounts, sales, and customer service. [2] [10] In 2008, mobileStorm was named the email service provider of FreemantleEnterprises, which manages shows like American Idol and The Price Is Right. [11] mobileStorm’s former products include Stun!, which allowed small to medium-sized businesses to build a database of customers and market to them via text messaging, email, voice and fax, and Bolt, a hosted service designed for large enterprises that deployed marketing, customer service, and transactional messaging programs. [4] [7] The two platforms are currently integrated into "mobileStorm for Marketing."

References

  1. ↑ Port, David (2010-08-05). "The Entrepreneur's Sales Guide". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  2. 1 2 3 Bell, Lauren (30 October 2007). "MobileStorm receives funding from eonBusiness. Direct Marketing News". Direct Marketing News.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "mobileStorm Launches Mobile Marketing Offer". PR Web. 2010-06-08. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  4. 1 2 3 Pick, Tom (2007-11-05). "WMC Interviews: Jared Reitzin". webmarketcentral.blogspot.com.
  5. 1 2 K, B (2004-02-14). "Interview: Jared Reitzin, CEO of mobileStorm". Socal Tech LLP.
  6. ↑ "Jared Reitzin Interview". Young Entrepreneur. 2008-07-05. Archived from the original on 2011-08-04. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  7. 1 2 Team, Editorial (2007-08-09). "Interview with entrepreneur Jared Reitzin from mobileStorm, a Web-based marketing company". Entrepreneur Interviews. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  8. ↑ "mobileStorm Gets Backing from eonBusiness". Goliath. 2007-10-30. Archived from the original on July 3, 2011.
  9. ↑ Reitzin, Jared (2007-10-30). "mobileStorm Announces Funding - video Dailymotion". Dailymotion.
  10. ↑ "mobileStorm Expands in Bay Area". Socal Tech. 2008-01-28.
  11. ↑ "mobileStorm to Provide Digital Marketing Tools and Strategy to FremantleMedia Enterprises..." Reuters . 2011-07-03. Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
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