MobileStorm explained

mobileStorm
Type:Private
Foundation:1999
Location:Los Angeles, California
Key People:Jared Reitzin, Dave Carlson, Jonathan Schreiber
Industry:Web marketing
Num Employees:50+
Homepage: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] 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."

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Port . David . 2010-08-05 . The Entrepreneur's Sales Guide . 2024-02-28 . Entrepreneur . en.
  2. Web site: Bell . Lauren . 30 October 2007 . MobileStorm receives funding from eonBusiness. Direct Marketing News . Direct Marketing News.
  3. Web site: 2010-06-08 . mobileStorm Launches Mobile Marketing Offer . PR Web . 2024-02-28 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125123/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/06/prweb4105074.htm . dead .
  4. Web site: Pick . Tom . 2007-11-05 . WMC Interviews: Jared Reitzin . webmarketcentral.blogspot.com . en.
  5. Web site: K . B . 2004-02-14 . Interview: Jared Reitzin, CEO of mobileStorm . Socal Tech LLP.
  6. Web site: 2008-07-05 . Jared Reitzin Interview . Young Entrepreneur . 2011-07-02 . 2011-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110804042340/http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/entrepreneur-interviews/jared-reitzin-interview/#disqus_thread . dead .
  7. Web site: Team . Editorial . 2007-08-09 . Interview with entrepreneur Jared Reitzin from mobileStorm, a Web-based marketing company . 2024-02-28 . Entrepreneur Interviews . en-US.
  8. Web site: 2007-10-30 . mobileStorm Gets Backing from eonBusiness . https://web.archive.org/web/20110703162856/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-7123459/mobileStorm-Gets-Backing-from-eonBusiness.html . dead . July 3, 2011 . Goliath.
  9. Web site: Reitzin . Jared . 2007-10-30 . mobileStorm Announces Funding - video Dailymotion . Dailymotion . en.
  10. Web site: 2008-01-28 . mobileStorm Expands in Bay Area . Socal Tech.
  11. Web site: 2011-07-03 . mobileStorm to Provide Digital Marketing Tools and Strategy to FremantleMedia Enterprises... Reuters . . 2024-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110703100238/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/01/07/idUS106384+07-Jan-2008+BW20080107 . 2011-07-03 .