College Recruiting Firm TargetX Enters Philadelphia 100 Hall of Fame Following 5th Year of Dramatic Growth.

BRISTOL, Pa. -- What started as a simple idea for communicating with prospective students has led to higher education's most innovative recruiting company -- and the Hall of Fame.

TargetX began in 1998 as an email marketing company for colleges and universities, evolved into a leader in the increasingly complex world of online recruiting, and has now been honored for the fifth consecutive year as one of the fastest-growing companies in the Philadelphia region.

With revenue growth of 110 percent, the technology and services company again made the prestigious Philadelphia 100 list of fastest-growing, privately-held firms in the 10-county metropolitan area, which includes parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

By qualifying for a fifth time, TargetX joins an exclusive list of companies in the Philadelphia 100 Hall of Fame. "These are firms that have demonstrated not only rapid revenue growth, but have been able to maintain it over an impressive period of time," said TargetX CEO Brian Wm. Niles, who was inducted into the CEO wing of the Hall of Fame.

TargetX is the leading provider of Internet and experiential recruiting solutions to higher education, continually developing new technologies and strategies to help colleges attract today's marketing-savvy students. Last year, for example, the company created the unique position of "Experience Evangelist" and hired award-winning executive Jeff Kallay to advise colleges on how to stage more memorable and authentic experiences.

And the firm recently introduced a revolutionary recruitment management suite that combines a powerful Student Recruitment Manager (SRM), a consumer-friendly student portal for applying online and scheduling campus visits, and the electronic communication tools for which TargetX has become known and respected throughout the industry.

"Some days it seems things are moving so quickly that you don't even know what you don't know," said Niles. "But that's just what you want when you're trying to change the way an industry works.

"To make that happen, you need talented people surrounding you -- people smarter than you in their own areas. That's been the history of TargetX, and it's what accounts for our success and our dramatic growth."

The annual Philadelphia 100 ranking is coordinated by the Wharton School's Small Business Development Center, along with the Entrepreneurs' Forum of Greater Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Business Journal.

About TargetX

Since 1998, TargetX has been higher education's most innovative recruiting company. It is the leading provider of interactive recruiting solutions, helping over 450 schools communicate more effectively with prospective students -- online, in print and in person.

TargetX is also the creative force behind MyCampusVisits.com, a free and easy-to-use search engine that enables students to find college admissions events by date, location, size of school and other key factors.

In addition to its 2007 recognition by the Philadelphia 100, TargetX also made Inc. magazine's first-ever Inc. 5,000 list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.