HDIC Corporate Profile HIDC Harbor Island Development Corp.
Chesterfield, VA – April 15, 2013 - Harbor Island Development Corp. (OTCBB: HIDC), (the “Company”), through its wholly owned subsidiary BrandSeed Media Services LLC, a multi-channel direct marketing service provider, provides a company overview to the investment community.
BrandSeed is in the business of providing strategic business development, advertising, marketing and innovation to entrepreneurial companies that have new and exciting products with a goal of becoming national and/or worldwide brands. BrandSeed intends to partner with small inventors to large nationwide brands that are looking to build sustainable competitive advantage and to become market leaders in their consumer categories.
The Company has assembled a team with visionary expertise to create direct marketing platforms across consumer verticals that strive to drive the lowest customer acquisition costs and maximum customer lifetime value. BrandSeed will utilize its expertise in database marketing, quick-to-market testing, and economic modeling to create a scientific approach to maximizing the rollout potential of its consumer offers.
The Company is led by President and CEO Chuck Anton, a direct marketing visionary and an entrepreneur himself. He was named an Ernest & Young Finalist for “Entrepreneur of the Year” and has been awarded Virginia’s Fastest Growing Company, Catalog Age “Top 10 Catalog Copy”, and has been awarded Top 5 Website Designs by Information Age. Mr. Anton built his first company, Comtrad (DBA “TechnoScout” with over $75 Million in annual revenues), from one employee to over 300 employees creating one of the worlds’ first and leading multi-channel direct marketing companies. His team launched many successful products via direct marketing across print, television, radio, direct mail and social media including the Memory Foam Mattress, EuroPro’s Shark Vacuum, RCA Wireless Phone Jacks, the Ab Doer and more.
“We are excited to bring BrandSeed to the public markets through Harbor Island Development Corp. We believe we have compiled a team with a proven track record of successfully bringing new and innovative brands and their products/services to market. We look forward to sharing our journey with the investment community and build shareholder value as we begin to execute our growth strategy,” commented Chuck Anton, President and CEO of Harbor Island Development.
About Harbor Island Development Corp.
Headquartered in Chesterfield, VA, Harbor Island Development Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, BrandSeed Media Services LLC has brought together leaders in multichannel marketing for launching new products and services to market. BrandSeed’s team brings years of expertise creating direct marketing platforms across consumer verticals that strive to drive the lowest customer acquisition costs and maximum customer lifetime value. The BrandSeed team has launched many successful products to market via direct marketing across print, television, radio, direct mail and social media.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Reform Act") and as such, may involve risks and uncertainties. Harbor Island Development Corp. claims the protection of the safe-harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are often characterized by the terms "may," "believes," "projects," "expects," or "anticipates," and do not reflect historical facts. Specific forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to: our successful integration of diversified growth companies, impact of the company's expansion plan, and new business development success, future financial results, development and acquisition of new product lines and services, the impact of competitive products or pricing from technological changes, the effect of economic conditions and other uncertainties. The company's actual performance, results and achievements may differ materially from the expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements as a result of a wide range of factors.
Contact Information:
Harbor Island Development Corp.
Investor Relations
Ph: 888-727-9155 Ext. 100
ir@brandseedgroup.com
HDIC Corporate Profile HIDC Harbor Island Development Corp.
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