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Extole

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Extole is the leading social advocacy platform for brands to drive measurable results through word of mouth (WOM) marketing. Extole helps brands engage consumers across all touch points including a brand’s website, email and social networks like Facebook.

With Extole-powered referral marketing programs, brands can drive advocacy, amplify awareness and acquire new high-value customers. All this is measureable through Extole’s advanced Social Analytics.

As a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer, Extole enables brands to harness the power of the Open Graph to foster trusted earned media recommendations. Extole powers social advocacy programs for nearly 300 brands across Retail, eCommerce, Media, Technology, Entertainment, Automotive, and more.

Recent Milestones

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  Extole added Matthew Roche as CEO. (4/1/13)
  Posted 4/24/13 at 7:59pm
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  Extole received $7.6M in Venture Round funding. (1/24/13)
  Posted 1/24/13 at 7:53pm via yahoo.com
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  Extole added Rich Reffner as Director of Solution Consulting. (4/1/12)
  Posted 3/21/13 at 10:51am
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  Extole received $10M in Series C funding. (2/8/12)
  Posted 2/8/12 at 6:07pm via techcrunch.com
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  Extole added Michael Bigby as CTO. (11/15/11)
  Posted 4/4/12 at 7:34pm
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  Extole received $6M in Series B funding. (4/11/11)
  Posted 1/12/12 at 10:55am via extole.com
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  Extole received $5M in Series A funding. (9/15/10)
  Posted 9/15/10 at 6:44pm via techcrunch.com
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  Extole — TellAPal rebrands as Extole (www.extole.com). (8/22/10)
  Posted 8/25/10 at 2:18pm via extole.com
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  Extole added Kristopher Drey as Sr. Director Marketing . (8/1/10)
  Posted 5/21/13 at 3:15am
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  Extole received $1.6M in Venture Round funding. (3/4/10)
  Posted 3/4/10 at 5:36pm via sec.gov
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  Extole added Jim Barnett as Active Chairman. (3/1/10)
  Posted 4/3/11 at 7:48am
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  Extole received $750k in Angel funding. (4/1/09)
  Posted 4/1/09 at 1:07pm via venturebeat.com
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  Extole added Faisal Qureshi as Cofounder.
  Posted 5/21/09 at 7:56am
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  Extole added Greg Brown as CRO.
  Posted 5/19/11 at 8:45am
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  Extole added Blake Hayward as Co-founder & VP Products.
  Posted 8/26/10 at 3:43pm
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  Extole added Paul Butler as VP Engineering.
  Posted 8/26/10 at 3:43pm

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Extole Homepage
Uploaded: 8/27/10

Above: Extole Homepage
Uploaded: 12/21/12

Products

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Extole Social Referrals

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Launch always-on social referral programs to drive highly qualified new customers and sales. Extole social referrals enable brands to identify social advocates, reward advocates for promoting the brand to their friends, and optimize referral conversions with robust offers.

Above: Extole Social Referrals Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 12/17/11

Social Analytics

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Traffic Analytics

Quantcast

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Sources

1. TellaPal banks $1.6M to combine social networking and viral marketing (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
3. Extole Raises $5 Million For Social Media Marketing Tools (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Extole Raises $6 Million in Series B Funding, Led by Norwest (extole.com) [edit]
5. Social Marketing Platform Extole Raises $10 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Extole Secures $7.6 Million in Financing (in.finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
As Social Marketing Evolves, TellAPal Emerges as Extole (extole.com) [edit]