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Ken Robbins Selected to Speak to 2006 ECHO Awards Judges at DM Days New York Conference & Expo in June

ATLANTA, Ga. (05/01/06)—Response Mine President Ken Robbins has been selected to speak to the judges of the Direct Marketing Association's (DMA) 2006 International ECHO Awards, the direct marketing industry's most prestigious honor, on June 22, 2006, in New York City.

Robbins will present "Cutting Edge Paid Search & How to Get it Right" to a panel of judges that include mid to senior level executives representing the worldwide direct marketing community. The semi-final round of judging coincides with the DM Days New York Conference & Expo June 20-22, the largest marketing expo in the Northeast with more than 250 exhibitors.

Regarded as the "Oscar of direct marketing," the annual DMA International ECHO Awards were introduced in 1930 and honor excellence in creativity, strategy and response results in direct marketing campaigns. With more than 1,000 entries submitted by direct response agencies worldwide, the ECHO Awards recognize every type of media used in direct and interactive campaigns. The 2006 ECHO Awards Ceremony and Gala will take place on Tuesday, October 17, in San Francisco, CA, during the DMA06 Conference & Exhibition, which is October 14-18.

About Response Mine

Launched in 2002, Response Mine is an interactive advertising agency specializing in search engine marketing, online retailing and consumer lead generation. The Atlanta-based agency provides Internet marketing campaigns to clients such as Home Depot, Rooms To Go, Liberty Medical Supply, Hamilton Beach, EarthLink, and Flowershop.com. Response Mine is a spin-off of Atlanta-based Bennett Kuhn Varner (BKV) Inc., one of the largest, independent direct response ad agencies in the country. For more information about Response Mine, call 404-233-0370 or visit www.responsemine.com.

For more information contact:
Lara Holy
Weyforth-Haas Marketing
10561 Barkley – Suite 200
Overland Park, KS 66212
Phone: (913) 901-2119
HolyL@whmdelivers.com