Industry website ClickZ bestowed the honor on ExactTarget as part of the publication’s Marketing Excellence Awards, an annual program that recognizes the world’s top technologies and companies for their ability to help marketers develop, implement and evaluate bottom line boosting campaigns.

ExactTarget edged out category finalists Responsys and BlueHornet for the award, marking the fifth accolade the company has scored for its technology in the past month. ExactTarget partner Omniture also took top honors in the award’s analytics platform category.

“ExactTarget continues to bring new innovations to market that allow companies around the world to better connect with their clients,” said Scott Dorsey, ExactTarget’s chief executive officer and co-founder. “Although it’s ExactTarget’s name on the award, the real credit goes to the more than 7,000 marketers who use our platform to build relationships with customers and drive unmatched ROI. Without them, none of this would be possible.”

ExactTarget’s software as a service application provides companies with an on-demand application to power integrated email, SMS text messaging, voice messaging and online communications ranging from email marketing campaigns to business-critical messages such as fraud alerts and e-statements.

“We continue to see our customers posting positive financial results from their ExactTarget-powered one-to-one marketing campaigns even in a tough global economy,” said Tim Kopp, ExactTarget’s chief marketing officer. “From retailers to restaurants and insurers to utilities, companies across the country and around the world are harnessing the power of our sophisticated platform to better serve their customers.”

ExactTarget, which markets its software direct to clients and through a network of partners and agencies around the world, has grown from a startup to a 420-person international enterprise in less than nine years. Founded and headquartered in Indianapolis, the company has posted 33 consecutive quarters of growth and 13 consecutive quarters of profitability.

The ClickZ Marketing Excellence Award is the latest accolade for the company. ExactTarget was named to JMP Securities’ “Hot 100: The Best Privately Held Software Companies” list in May and is a finalist in both the Fastest-Growing Company of the Year and Product Development/Management Department of the Year categories of the American Business Awards’ annual ‘Stevie Awards.’ Indiana technology association TechPoint named ExactTarget ‘Technology Company of the Year’ May 16, and the company was named one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana May 5.

About ExactTarget

ExactTarget, Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand email marketing software solutions. The company’s on-demand one-to-one marketing applications enable clients to send business-critical and event triggered communications to increase sales, optimize marketing investments and strengthen customer relationships. ExactTarget offers four editions of its on-demand software application along with integrated solutions such as ExactTarget for Salesforce.com AppExchange, ExactTarget for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and ExactTarget for Omniture Genesis. ExactTarget offers a range of optimization services including support, implementation and training, integration, deliverability, account management, design and deployment and strategic consulting. ExactTarget’s software powers permission-based email communications for thousands of organizations including CareerBuilder.com, Expedia.com, Florida Power & Light, Gannett Co., Inc/USA TODAY, the Indianapolis Colts, The Home Depot, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Liberty Mutual Group, Papa John’s and Wellpoint, Inc. For more information, please visit www.exacttarget.com or call