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Just Marketing International Continues Growth, Adding New Offices and Executives

ZIONSVILLE, IN – (February 23, 2007) – Just Marketing International (JMI), the global leader in motorsports marketing, had added two new offices in the U.S. and five new members to its executive team – demonstrating the company's continued growth.

In recent months, JMI has opened offices in the New York metro area and in Toronto, Canada.

"One of JMI's key competitive advantages is that we provide marketing expertise that spans across the various forms of motorsports - from NASCAR to Formula One," said Zak Brown, CEO and president of JMI. "In order to expand on that unique strength, we are continuing to building a strategic infrastructure that not only mirrors the locations of the world's racing epicenters for the various motorsport forms, but also establishes a network of people that puts us close to our partners."

JMI has expanded its executive team to support the company's growing footprint and new business, including the following new hires.

Evan Frankel joins JMI as its new Senior Director of Strategic Marketing. Evan is responsible for bringing forward original and innovative ideas to clients' motorsports marketing programs. Leveraging expertise from across the JMI disciplines, Evan will guide the strategic direction of client programs to ensure they achieve successful JMI engagement, as well as meet and exceed marketing objectives. Evan will operate JMI's newest office in Short Hills, New Jersey, just 40 minutes outside of New York City.

Evan joins JMI with more than 14 years of sports marketing experience. Just prior to joining JMI, Evan was the Director of Business Solutions at NASCAR. While at NASCAR, Evan provided NASCAR's 60 official sponsors with strategic approaches to help leverage their NASCAR assets and was instrumental in the creation and management of the highly successful NASCAR Fuel for Business council, dedicated to business-to-business marketing among official sponsors. Evan can be reached at efrankel@justmarketing.com or at 973-218-2631.

Christian Cingolani joins JMI as its new Director of Business-to-Business Partnerships, tasked with planning and executing business-to-business and business-to-consumer strategies, as well as assist in the expansion of JMI's Executive Drive program. Christian will operate from the company's new office located at the famous Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte.

No stranger to the world of motorsports, Christian brings to JMI an extensive background in corporate partnership, B2B and sales relationships – all with a particular NASCAR emphasis. Christian was most recently manager of Business Development at Sprint, responsible for identifying, developing and implementing revenue-generating opportunities within the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. Christian can be reached at ccingolani@justmarketing.com or at 704-202-5535.

Paige Johnson joins JMI as its new Director of Communications, overseeing the company's public relations and communication services.  Paige is responsible for creating public relations strategies for JMI's client base - ranging from media outreach programs to communication materials - further establishing public relations as a core competency behind JMI's global leadership in motorsports marketing.

Paige brings to JMI more than 10 years of experience in corporate public relations, all within the automotive sector.  Most recently, she was with Bentley Motors Inc., as manager of Public Relations for North America, and was previously with Ford Motor Company in a variety of communications roles - ranging in focus from Global Marketing to Automotive Design, and was launch manager for the 2005 Ford Mustang. Paige will operate out of the company's Zionsville headquarters, and can be reached at pjohnson@justmarketing.com or at 317-344-1856.

Neal Garrard joins JMI as its new Sales & Marketing Director on the International team, operating out of the company's International headquarters in Silverstone, U.K. Neal comes to JMI from the prestigious Aston Martin Racing sports car program - a joint venture between Aston Martin and Prodrive, a leading motorsport engineering company involved in a variety of global motorsport series including the World Rally Championship and Formula One. Neal previously worked in new-business development with the Honda Racing Formula One Team.

Successful at Aston Martin Racing and Honda in attracting numerous blue chip sponsors, Neal is tasked with growing JMI's new business within the International arena – with a special focus in connecting partners with marketing programs ranging across all forms of motorsports, beyond Formula One. Neal can be reached at ngarrard@justmarketing.com or at +44-1327-856010.

Josh Surmanski joins JMI as its new Group Account Supervisor for Canada, operating out of JMI's new office in the Toronto area. Josh is the company's point of contact for JMI partners based in Canada.

Josh joins JMI with more than 14 years of sports marketing experience. Prior to joining JMI Josh was a marketing manager with Player's Racing in Toronto. He was also a partner in TMG UK. Ltd. based in England that designed and manufactured various licensed Formula One merchandise.  Josh can be reached at jsurmanski@justmarketing.com or at 905-257-0465.

About Just Marketing International?

Just Marketing International (JMI) is the global leader in motorsports marketing, and is an independent, full-service agency exclusively representing corporations in all forms of motorsports worldwide. With more than 120 staff globally, JMI operates six offices across three countries. JMI's client list is comprised of leading corporations, some of which include DIRECTV, Crown Royal, AMD, Hilton International, ESPN/ABC Sports, Ford Motor Company, Ingersoll Rand, Johnnie Walker,  RoadLoans.com, IRWIN Industrial Tools, SUBWAY® Restaurants, Henkel, Amp'd Mobile, Hyatt Hotels, Car and Driver, BRUT®, NewPage, Matco Tools and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service. Just Marketing International's clients participate in all major motorsports series, including NASCAR, Formula One World Championship, IndyCar Series, Grand-Am, NHRA, World Rally Championship, the American Le Mans Series and Champ Car World Series. For more information, please visit Just Marketing International on the worldwide web at www.justmarketing.com.

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