Customer Profile — Prosper Magazine

Many people have a passion for baseball, but few have the vision and will to bring professional baseball to their city. Warren Smith did just that. When he went to tell the city's young "up and comers" about the Sacramento River Cats, he couldn't find a publication that shared his vision of a city in transition. Sacramento was changing from primarily a city of government to an emerging, diverse and dynamic marketplace. So, Warren did….well what Warren does, he saw the problem as and opportunity and Prosper Magazine was born. Prosper, At Work, In Life is a business-lifestyle magazine celebrating the achievement and success of the growing Sacramento Metro Market and its bright future as a great place to live, work and play.

Prosper Magazine, founded in 2004 on the premise that successful CEOs, middle managers of large and small companies, promising entrepreneurs and ambitious hopefuls of the Sacramento region need to exploit their accomplishments, learn from each other and share with the world the Sacramento Metro Marketplace story. Prosper Magazine grew quickly under the leadership of Mike Teel. Its integrated media philosophy serves both paper-based and digital consumers. Last year Prosper, At Work, In Life saw a forty percent increase in subscriptions to 32 thousand, and tripled traffic to the web site with the online version of the magazine, blog and other rich content. They have fourteen employees and expect growth to accelerate in 2007.

In 2005, David Smith, Prosper's general manager needed a service provider that delivered both value and customer service. David chose Integra. Integra provides both high-speed data and voice services that are critical for Prosper to serve their diverse customer base. David notes, "The Integra local customer service is there when we need them every time. We use Integra for all our critical voice and data services and are confident they have the right people to understand and deliver the quality of service we will need during this next year of rapid growth."

Prosper Magazine can be reached online at www.prospermag.com.

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