Executive Marketing Insights Invites Leading Executives to Share Views on How to Successfully Drive New Business.

Business Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2003

Wells Fargo & Company, Nelson & Company and Pragmatic Business

Solutions Share the Discussion at Upcoming Seminar Sept. 24th

in San Francisco

Executive Marketing Insights (EMI) will spotlight how "Businesses Can Build the Right Strategies to Drive New Business" at its quarterly seminar the morning of September 24th at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

Wells Fargo, ranked the nation's #1 Internet Bank by Gomez, the premiere Internet quality measurement firm, and #1 small business bank in the U.S. by Speer & Associates, will kick off the event with a keynote presentation by Debra Rossi, executive vice president of Wells Fargo's Business Internet Services, on "Building a Successful Internet Bank." Rossi oversees the financial institution's delivery of financial and technology tools that small businesses need to grow and succeed in their market.

"The number of small businesses that are expected to move on the Internet will nearly double in the next two years," said Rossi. "Small businesses can take advantage of banking and paying bills online, researching and applying for financial products at their convenience and exploring a wide range of valuable tools and resources to manage their business. At Wells Fargo, small businesses that bank with us online are able to manage their entire financial function, simplifying their business life."

Ms. Rossi, was named by Future Banker as one of the year's most influential executives in financial services in 2001, and has 20 years experience in electronic payments, strategic alliances, portfolio acquisitions, business management, break-through thinking and leadership strategies.

Hank Holzapfel, principal of Pragmatic Business Solutions, a senior management-consulting firm that specializes in working with companies to improve their strategies and business processes in order to meet their revenue and earnings objectives, will present on "Gaining Competitive Advantage Through the Right Strategies." Pragmatic Business Solutions is comprised of senior line executives who have been with America's best companies. Mr. Holzapfel has thirty years of extensive senior management experience serving as an executive consultant and in general management and executive sales and marketing positions within all divisions of Owens-Illinois, Inc. a global Fortune 200 company.

Robert Nelson, president of Nelson & Company, and Nicolle Gottfried, vice president of Socratic Technologies, Inc., will present "A Current Look at Branding - A worldwide Study of Strategic Branding." Nelson & Company is a brand marketing consulting firm that helps companies create and market brands to improve revenue, build long-term brand equity and enhance company value. The firm works with consumer and technology companies that range in size from start-ups to established multinationals in a wide range of industries. Mr. Nelson has nearly 30 years of experience marketing both consumer and technology global brand name products and services for start-up companies to large corporations.

Online registration for the seminar is now available and may be completed at www.execinsights.com or by phone at 925-552-1595.

ABOUT EMI

EMI was established by a group of Bay Area companies as a not for profit quarterly seminar series. It is intended to provide area business executives with thought leadership so that they may gain actionable insights and leverage the experience of others who have created and managed businesses, grown their top line sales, established and developed strong brands, and delivered appropriate returns to investors.