Family Marketing, Inc. Makes 2010 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America

COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. Magazine ranked Costa Mesa, CA, based Family Marketing, Inc. number 1348 on its fourth annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's 5,000 fastest-growing, privately-owned companies.  The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy— America's independent-minded entrepreneurs. Music website Pandora, convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Brooklyn Brewery, and Radio Flyer, maker of the iconic children's red wagon, are among the prominent brands featured on this year's list.

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"The leaders of the companies on this year's Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression," said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. "The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs."

Family Marketing is an interactive direct marketing agency specializing in the pregnancy and parenting vertical.  The company assists advertisers in initiating and cultivating customer relationships by connecting them with strategically targeted customers.  The company's main consumer website, www.PlanningFamily.com, provides pregnancy and parenting articles, videos, tools, blogs, and community to help educate and guide parents from pregnancy through early parenthood.

"We are pleased with our continued growth through these tough economic times and are ecstatic to be included on Inc.'s prestigious Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies," said Noah Anderson, Family Marketing's President and CEO. "It is a credit to our hard working staff, as it has truly been a team effort.  Our rapid growth has continued in 2010, and we will continue to build on our success by adding fresh and exciting content to PlanningFamily.com, as well as new and innovative offerings for our advertising partners."

The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2006 through 2009. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by June 30, 2006. Additionally, they had to be based in the United States, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2009. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) 

The minimum revenue required for 2006 is $80,000; the minimum for 2009 is $2 million. Revenue figures given in the company profiles are for calendar year 2009, as are employee counts. Complete results of the Inc. 500|5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found on Inc.com. 

SOURCE Family Marketing, Inc.