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com and the Tarkenton Companies Announce Marketing Relationship Serial entrepreneur Fran Tarkenton identifies and supports dynamic companies suc h as Tire Innovations, who are truly redefining their industries. Atlanta, GA, February 28, 2013 - Atlanta, GA and Edenton, NC Tire Innovations, w hich provides ecommerce tire sales to consumers throughout North America through its online portal TireMonkey.com, today announced a marketing relationship with Tarkenton Companies, founded by serial entrepreneur and NFL Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton. Tarkenton Companies will be marketing TireMonkey.com to consumers and commercial purchasing agents through various channels including SmallBizClub.co m, radio programming and social media outlets. Currently TireMonkey.com has 10 distributors across the US that deliver via 80 r egional warehouses carrying 28 brands of tires, said Kim Winslow, CEO of Tiremonk ey.com. All tires sourced on TireMonkey are sold at very competitive discount pri ces because we work hard to keep our costs low so we can pass the savings on to our valued customers. The tires are shipped to over 4500 of our registered TireM onkey installers across the country providing in most areas local delivery in 1 to 2 days and local installers for consumers to have the tires mounted on their car at typically a 25% discount over the installers normal installation price. The wholesalers and installers we have partnered with prefer TireMonkey as an eComm erce partner over our competitors who have their own warehouses and compete with the installer/retailers for local markets. Our commitment to small business has helped me identify dynamic companies such as Tire Innovations who are truly re-inventing business models. says Fran Tarkento n, Founder and CEO of Tarkenton Companies. In the tire industry, consumers are re cognizing the cost-effectiveness, simplicity and efficiency of purchasing tires online. TireMonkey offers consumers a convenient cost effective alternative when buying tires and supports the existing supply chain of regional distributors an d local small business installers. Were excited to partner with TireMonkey.com to help them grow and make their valuable products and services available to consu mers and small business owners nationwide. Tarkenton Companies is an independently operated organization, with each subsidi ary providing various products and services to the small business sector. Tarken tons latest venture is SmallBizClub.com, a joint project with Office Depot, Inc., resulting from the commitment of both companies to help small businesses succee d. SmallBizClub.com helps promote small business advocacy and provides an educat ional network site designed to provide entrepreneurs access to the tools, resour ces and knowledge needed to start, run and grow a business. SmallBizClub.com pre sents content that is intended to help small business owners succeed, whether th at means growing into a major employer or simply providing consistent cash flow for a family business. About TireMonkey.com TireMonkey.com is a virtual tire store providing an eCommerce solution built on top of the companys proprietary Software-as-a-Service POS solution which provides the company a scalable and efficient platform to sell tires online at a 20-30% discount for consumers who chose to buy tires online. TireMonkey allows an aggre gation of regional distributors and local retail dealers (installers) enabling i ts consumers to find any tires they might want to buy, then arrange for the tire s to be installed conveniently and affordably through the online platform. The i ndustry is made up of 120,000 dealers/installers served by 350 distributors. 75 million sets of tires are sold each year for $35 billion in sales. Currently 21% of consumers are now buying their tires online and that number continues to gro w. TireMonkeys mission is to offer unparalleled customer service as the industrys lowest out the door source for replacement tires all from the convenience of the consumers home computer, pda, or mobile phone. For further details, call 888-251

-7405. About Tarkenton Companies The Tarkenton Companies were founded by Entrepreneur and NFL Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton. Fran has always had a passion for small business, and has started 20 businesses since retiring from the NFL. His efforts to provide knowledge and too ls to small business have been a full time undertaking since 1996. Fran is the d riving force behind SmallBizClub.com, GoSmallBiz.com, BizCoachingOnDemand.com an d BizCoursesOnDemand.com. These sites all grew from Fran s desire to help fellow entrepreneurs gain access to the tools and information they need to grow and co mpete in the modern economy. If you would like more information about Tarkenton Companies or the above mentioned brands, please contact Will Adams by phone at ( 404)504-3115 or e-mail at wadams@tarkenton.com. Contact: Will Adams, Director of Marketing, Tarkenton Companies, Tel: (404) 504-3115, Ema il: wadams@tarkenton.com Greg Lamothe, Executive Vice President, Tire Innovations, Inc., Tel: (888) 251-7 405, Email: glamothe@tireinnovations.com Contact: Greg Lamothe Tire Innovations, Inc 112 West Eden St Edenton, NC 27932 888-251-7405 glamothe@tireinnovations.com http://www.tiremonkey.com