A new arm of our business called Neptune Local is focusing on helping you with exactly that.  We create and optimize online ads to bring new customers directly to your business.  Most importantly, we do this for significantly less than what a new customer is worth to your business.

“But, how does one advertise on the whole Internet just to people in my town?”

That is where Neptune Local takes charge.  The “Local” part of this business is that we are focusing on helping small businesses that are looking for local customers.  Doctors, Nail Salons, Lawyers, Barber Shops, Dentists, Movie Theatres, etc.  Your business that relies on the lady down the street walking into your store or office.  There is a huge opportunity for your store to massively increase your customers by local online advertising.

Marketing genius Seth Godin once asked, “Why do you have an ad budget?”  His point was that you now know exactly what it costs to get a customer online and you know your profit from selling your product to that customer.  So, if your cost is less than your profit, shouldn’t your budget be infinite?  The key is creating ads that cost you less than your profit.  Neptune Local will work with you to create those ads.

Santa Monica, CA, May 20, 2008 - Neptune Ventures SM LLC announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Internet domain name Basketball.org. The exact terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition will help them continue to build their network of sites in popular web verticals.

The sale of Basketball.org follows the sale of several other highly publicized domains so far in 2008.  Despite the economic downturn as a whole, the domain industry continues to show strong signs of growth.

“We are excited about the opportunity to build around this category-defining generic domain,” said Neptune’s Chief Executive Officer, Michael Neu.  “We targeted the .org extension because not only does it allow us to build and brand a credible website, but it also highlights our focus of giving back to the basketball community in several ways.”

Basketball is one of the most popular and fastest growing sports in the world. “Our goal is to help shape the future of basketball from the ground up.  We feel there is no better platform to reach a global basketball audience than the Internet and subsequently this domain” Neu said.

Neptune’s vision draws out several strategies for maximizing the impact it can have on a global audience. Initially, they will be launching a blog while they work on the full development of the site.

About Neptune Ventures LLC. – Neptune Ventures LLC is an Internet media company that specializes in the acquisition and development of highly-targeted generic domain names. For more information and updates visit www.basketball.org or www.neptuneventure.com.

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