Bullhorn.com Links Continents as it Advances to the Best Place on the Web to Get Creative Projects Done.

Business/Technology Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2000

After linking the largest ISP in Katmandu, Nepal with web designers in Texas and Iceland and a client in Massachusetts with a creative professional in Zimbabwe, Bullhorn.com announced today more than 100 upgrades and a new design to its Web based marketplace. Bullhorn, the only freelance marketplace focused solely on linking clients with creative service professionals around the world, streamlines the entire creative services process from finding the right person for the job, contacting and collaborating with them on a project, to making final payment and delivery.

The new design and interface, including 28 project templates that lead clients through posting requests ranging from logos to flash animation, annual reports to commercial jingles, establish Bullhorn as a leader in the creative freelance marketplace space. The site is designed to make connecting clients with freelance creative professionals worldwide as easy and painless as possible. The site is also designed to educate the client on the process of securing talent for creative projects.

Bullhorn recently facilitated the successful completion of a logo design project between a designer in Canada and a restaurant in Breckenridge, Colorado. Another global project linked by Bullhorn included an oil company from Slovenia with a graphic designer from Oklahoma.

"The new site represents the culmination of months of research, direct feedback from our users and hard work from the entire Bullhorn team," commented Bullhorn co-founder and CTO, Art Papas. "We are truly raising the bar, in terms of functionality, expertise in creative services and ease of use on the Internet. We're all very proud of what this team has accomplished."

Both creative professionals and clients benefit from Bullhorn's enhanced features. Creatives can now conduct advanced searches for contract work and create highly customized portfolios and profiles. Clients can now access the enhanced search functionality to find the right creative freelancer with ease. Additionally, users can customize their e-mail notifications, sort bids, and tailor new project templates to fit their business needs.

Enhancements to Bullhorn's services include the following:

-- Increased Control: Now users can customize the way Bullhorn communicates. Under "Email Alerts" users can tell Bullhorn when they want to receive email. They can also customize alerts for new projects, new inbox messages, new bids on projects posted, newsletter subscriptions and notification of the status of projects. Bids and projects can also be sorted and ranked by several criteria, so that once reviewed, these items can be stored or deleted.

-- Increased flexibility: Bullhorn's latest release offers creative professionals more flexibility in creating portfolios and profiles, allowing them to provide as much information about themselves as they see fit. Clients now have even more project templates to choose from when filling out a project request on Bullhorn.

-- Customer Service Enhancements: Bullhorn now has three dedicated customer service professionals. Ned Twining is available for clients and K-10 for creative professionals. And, if clients do not have time to log in and fill out a request, Scott Tucker will take the request by phone.

-- Faster, In-Depth Searches: Finding the right job or the right creative to fill a job is now easier with advanced search and saved search features. Advanced searches allow users to search for a job or for a creative by keyword, location, name or specialty. And after the job or portfolio has been located, Bullhorn offers a saved search function or a send-to-a-friend function.

-- "Your Account" Streamlines Navigation: Now clients and creatives can access everything from one page on the site, Your Account. Users can see, at a glance, bids, full-time job listings, portfolio pieces, projects posted, projects in progress with a Bullhorn member and projects that have closed. With one click on the summary information, members are taken to the details.

-- Interesting Content Pieces: "In the Spotlight" is a new area on the homepage that features creative professionals and client success stories. Each week, the "Creative Snapshot" gives a Bullhorn member exposure and insight into excelling as a creative professional. The "Client Contact" article highlights a project success story that was completed on Bullhorn. Later this summer, Bullhorn will add the "Ones to Watch" article featuring upcoming creative talent from the top design schools around the world.

-- Bookmark Your Favorites: Keeping track of favorite portfolios and projects has never been easier. With the click of one button users can save their favorites to Your Account.

Bullhorn is a Web-based marketplace that streamlines the procurement of creative services by providing clients direct access to the most comprehensive network of freelance creative professionals and creative services expertise. Bullhorn.com, founded in September 1999 by Barry Hinckley, CEO, and Art Papas, CTO, offers corporations, advertising agencies and other clients a forum to access graphic designers, web developers, copywriters, directors and other business oriented creative services from all over the world. Whether in need of a website, logo, voice talent, brochure, presentation, or any other creative product or service, Bullhorn.com streamlines the entire process, from finding the right person for the job, contacting and collaborating with them on a project, to final payment and delivery.