eMarketing company celebrates 5 years in business: From Living Room to Large Multinational?

On Monday 5th April, South African eMarketing company Quirk Business Solutions celebrated five years in business. The party, held in Cape Town, was a celebration of five years of hard work and humble beginnings by Quirk's CEO, Rob Stokes. Quirk provides a full suite of one-2-one eMarketing services that are tailored to suit each individual client.

(PRWEB) April 10, 2004 --On Monday 5th April, Quirk Business Solutions celebrated five years in business -- and its survival through the IT industrys turbulent dot bomb" period to emerge as a major player in the eMarketing arena. The party, a suave sushi and wine affair, was held at the swanky new Shibumi restaurant at the V&A Waterfront Clock Tower complex. The whos who" of the eMarketing industry helped Quirk celebrate their rise from humble beginnings. After all, when Rob Stokes started Quirk Business Solutions five years ago in his living room with nothing but a computer and a headful of ideas to work from, even he didnt foresee the success that his budding young startup would achieve.

Quirk began as a result of Robs passion for combining technology and marketing, and today has evolved into a slick, dynamic and cutting edge One-2-One eMarketing company employing over 15 people. Based in Cape Town, Rob and his team of Quirkstars" provide eMarketing services to over 50 clients - many of whom are established international companies.

Quirk provides a full suite of eMarketing services including search engine marketing, email marketing, viral marketing, strategic eMarketing consulting, web development and design. Talented Quirk developers pioneered an in-house email marketing tool to manage email marketing campaigns, with extensive built-in reporting tools for tracking each campaign. This tool is used to give companies such as Truworths, SATSA and Cape Town Tourism and Events Company the competitive edge with their mailings.

Besides designing commercial websites such as Sir Richard Bransons Ulusaba Private Game Reserve and Nicky Oppenheimers Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, Quirk also does pro bono work for charitable organisations such as Afri Oceans Conservation Alliance and UCTs Memory Box AIDS project.

Rather than mass produce generic eMarketing solutions, Quirk has not forgotten their initial philosophy of treating clients as individuals. Rob and his team concentrate on the principal of one-2-one" - a belief that different customers have individual needs and their eMarketing strategy should be tailored accordingly. The company recently launched Quirk Tourism eMarketing -- a venture concentrating on eMarketing solutions for tourism businesses. Quirk features weekly on SABC3s Tourism Biz" series, offering its expertise to South Africas tourism industry.