IRVINE, Calif.--Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq:ABTL), a leading Internet automotive marketing services company, today announced that Jim Riesenbach, President and CEO, and Monty Houdeshell, Executive Vice President and CFO, will present at the Needham & Co. Second Annual Internet & Digital Media Conference at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City on Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 9:20 a.m. ET (6:20 a.m. PT).
A live audio broadcast of the event will be available through Autobytel's Web site at www.autobytel.com (click on "Investor Relations" and then on "Calendar of Events"). A replay of the presentation will be available on Autobytel's Web site for a period of 90 days after the event.
About Autobytel Inc.
Since launching the first car-buying website in 1995, Autobytel Inc.'s (Nasdaq:ABTL) mission has been to empower automotive consumers with the tools and information they need to make smart, well-informed vehicle purchasing and ownership decisions. The company has helped millions of car shoppers and generated billions of dollars in car sales for dealers. Today, the company's innovative, consumer-driven flagship site, MyRide.com, currently available in a public Beta Edition, expands the company's mission across the automotive purchase and ownership life cycle to meet the wide-ranging auto-related needs and interests of today's Internet-savvy automotive community. As the first vertical search experience for the automotive marketplace, MyRide.com delivers relevant, well-organized search results from across the web, integrated with entertaining multi-media and user-generated content on topics ranging from purchasing and aftermarket, to ownership and enthusiasm.
By providing a convenient and comprehensive automotive consumer experience across the purchase and ownership lifecycle, Autobytel provides new value and touch-points for automotive marketers. Through MyRide.com and Autobytel's marketing network, the company connects dealerships with a steady, diverse stream of exceptionally motivated, serious shoppers, while providing both dealers and manufacturers with precision-targeted brand and product marketing opportunities. The company's advanced web-based advertising and marketing programs also help dealers and manufacturers build relationships with customers, as well as help them to efficiently manage and convert online business.