Focus Reports Milestone Achievements Over Past Quarter

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Focus.com, the leading community for business expertise, with more than 750,000 members and over 5,000 business and technology experts, today announced several of the milestone achievements the company has reached over the past quarter. After officially launching in May 2010, the company has continued to build momentum and solidify its position as a pioneer in the business media landscape throughout the past quarter.

Among the most notable milestones that Focus has achieved since the beginning of the quarter include:

• Expert network growth: over the past quarter alone the Focus.com Expert Network has grown to more than 5,000 business experts and leaders who are helping professionals from across hundreds of industries make better business decisions. Among the business executives and leaders that have joined the Focus Expert Network are IT expert Michael Krigsman, CRM analyst Paul Greenberg, leading IT security analyst Richard Stiennon and renowned digital media expert Brian Solis.
• Membership growth: in addition to the expansion of its Expert Network, Focus.com has increased its membership base by over 260% in the last quarter, bringing the total number of business professional members to Focus.com to more than 750,000.
• Record revenue growth: along with the membership expansion, Focus.com achieved record revenue last quarter, with eight of the 10 largest technology companies in the world currently advertising on Focus.

The past quarter was also highlighted by the successful launch of "Focus Summits", an ongoing series of business networking events, informative webinars and conferences organized by Focus. The debut event, which focused on the topic of business-to-business marketing, attracted over 3,000 attendees. Additionally, the past quarter also saw the Focus brand begin to earn recognition by media outlets and influential award bureaus as the standard for business expertise online. In the past quarter alone Focus.com captured both a Top 10 Site of the Year recognition as well as the Best Launch Business Media Site award by Crain's BtoB Magazine.  

"The momentum we've achieved over the past quarter is validation of our commitment to providing an entirely new level of content, engagement and convenience to business professionals looking to make better decisions," said Scott Albro, CEO of Focus. "The driving force behind our growth has been the Focus Expert Network, which brings together commentary, advice and informational content of all forms from the best and brightest minds in the business community with our 750,000 members who are seeking expertise in order to advance their careers and accomplish their business goals."

For more information, including instructions on how to register as a Focus business expert, as well as access to the latest business research and expertise, please visit www.focus.com.  

About Focus.com

Focus.com provides millions of professionals with the expertise they need to make better business decisions, featuring a network of world-class business and technology experts, real-time Q&A, relevant product and service information and advice, and personalized support that so many businesses now depend on. Focus.com is free and available to anyone who wants to make better business decisions, faster. For more information, please visit http://www.focus.com/.

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