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December 6, 2001

Pugh and Company-Designed Effort Commands Attention of 3 out of Every 4 Recipients

Rapid Transit Email Campaign is a Big Winner with Recipients

Dallas - December 6, 2001 - Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) first-ever email marketing promotion delivered nearly a forty-six percent return. The virtual marketing campaign was part of a large advertising effort to promote the first commuter railway service between Dallas and Ft. Worth in more than 60 years.

The dynamic email campaign, created and executed by Pugh and Company, used advanced web technology, including Flash animation and sound with MP3 streaming. The campaign design enabled every user to receive the message based on their system specifications, increasing the effectiveness of the promotion.

The first of the two-part virtual campaign was delivered to 7,332 permission-based email recipients. The message was delivered as a "personal" invitation to each recipient. A review of the campaign showed that:

• Eighty-six percent of the messages were opened;
• Seventy-four percent of the recipients watched the entire promotion;
• Forty-six percent of those that watched the promotion went to the DART website for further information about the promotion;
• Thirty-seven percent of the recipients "opted-in" for future email promotions;
• Nearly 500 new impressions were created and captured from viral marketing;
• More than 11,900 people rode the Trinity Railway Express on the day of the promotion.