Leading online marketing company to provide promotional products online

OAKVILLE, ONTARIO – JULY 1, 2006 -- Opie Marketing Group, Inc., a leading online marketing company and operator of over 50 high-traffic, niche-oriented marketing websites, today moved into the online e-commerce world with their first merchant-based website, PromoPeople (www.promopeople.com).  PromoPeople, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Opie Marketing, supplies over 100,000 promotional products to business-to-business and corporate clients.

"PromoPeople represents our first real foray into being a true e-commerce solutions provider.  We are excited about the possibilities and about taking advantage of our true synergies in offering our online marketing expertise to help grow this business,” said Jamie Opalchuk, CEO of Opie Marketing Group. "We have high expectations for the potential of the business and look forward to making a strategic investment in the operation to make this business successful.”

PromoPeople is a leading supplier of promotional products though its intuitive one-stop website. The company has a direct relationship with many of the leading manufacturers of Promotional Products in North America and China.

About Opie Marketing Group, Inc.
Opie Marketing Group Inc. is a privately held company based just outside Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  The company owns and operates a network of over 50 niche-oriented web-based properties in select market verticals, including consumer goods, financial services, and technology. These websites generate millions of qualified visitors every month that in turn generate targeted customers for Opie Marketing’s clients. 

About PromoPeople, Inc.
PromoPeople Inc. is a privately help company based in Oakville, Ontario.  The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Opie Marketing Group Inc. and is a full-service manufacturer and supplier of promotional and incentive items. Supported by a full e-commerce platform, network infrastructure and call center operations, PromoPeople supplies thousands of promotional products to the marketplace. PromoPeople can be found on the web at www.promopeople.com.

Contact Information:
Ms. Janis Pethybridge
150 Randall St., Suite 201
Oakville, Ontario
Canada  L6J 1P4
Telephone: (905) 842-6702 ext. 706
Web: www.opiemarketing.com