Management Consulting Firm The Brookeside Group Ranked on 2008 Inc. 5000

  Brookeside is ranked No. 756 on Inc.'s overall list of the 5,000 fastest

growing companies in America; No. 60 in The Top 100 Advertising & Marketing

Companies, and No. 27 in The Top 100 Businesses in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy,

                                   MA-NH.



    ACTON, Mass., Aug. 25 /
EMWNews
/ -- The Brookeside Group Inc., a

management consulting firm that provides tools and techniques for improving

customer Loyalty, is pleased to announce it has been ranked number 756

overall on the 2008 Inc. 5000, a prestigious listing of the top, fastest

growing private companies in the U.S. This is Brookeside's debut listing on

the Inc. 5000.



    In addition to demonstrating a three-year growth rate of 463.4%,

Brookeside was also named number 60 in The Top 100 Advertising & Marketing

Companies and number 27 in The Top 100 Businesses located in the

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH region.



    "Our inclusion on the Inc. 5000 list is an important validation of the

extreme value-add that our unique Loyalty Management System has to the

market," says Brookeside Founder and CEO, Tom Cates. "Our growing success,

illustrated best by this ranking on the Inc. 5000, is a testament to the

great collaboration between the Brookeside team and its clients. Look for

us again on next year's list!"



    The Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from

2004 through 2007. Companies must be U.S.-based, privately held, for

profit, and independent (not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies)

as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004

and $2 million in 2007.



    Brookeside's key product sets include: Measuring Loyalty through their

Loyalty Management System and online software EnAct, Building Loyalty

through strategic consulting, Maintaining Loyalty through highly acclaimed

training courses, and Communicating Loyalty through messaging creation.

    About Brookeside



    The Brookeside Group, Inc. provides strategic consulting services and

relationship building tools to a broad client base, ranging from start-ups

to the Global 1000. At the company's core is a Loyalty Management System

(patent pending) that both anticipates and activates employee, customer and

partner Loyalty. Brookeside analyses look past inert satisfaction measures

to uncover the underlying "heart-and-mind" variables that drive long-term,

mutually beneficial relationships. Brookeside helps its clients develop and

implement action plans that seamlessly weave relationship management best

practices into the fabric of their organization, culture and business

workday.



    More information about Acton, Massachusetts-based Brookeside can be

found on the company's Web site, http://www.brookeside.com, or by calling

(978) 266-9876.



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    The 5,000 companies that made the 2008 list reported aggregate revenue

of $185 billion and median three-year growth of 147%. These companies also

created more than 826,033 jobs since being founded. Complete results of the

Inc. 5000, including company profiles and a list of the fastest-growing

companies that can be sorted by industry and region, can be found at

http://www.inc5000.com.