Message from the President and CEO

Welcome to the Cornerstone Group of Companies

Maybe it's because last year Cornerstone celebrated its 20th Anniversary, but I've been thinking a lot about growth lately.

Cornerstone's growth reflects the growth of our Clients. We are proud that we have played a part in making them more successful. We are also proud of their tremendous support as we continue to offer them new products and services to help them grow their businesses.

Our Clients look to us to provide them with the best prospecting strategies and tools available. We help them access the best lists and alternative media in the marketplace specifically tailored to meet their requirements. We also find and innovate new data sources to help them reach more prospects -- including our recently launched Universe Canada Business-to-Business database. We help all of our Clients maximize their effectiveness marketing on the Web and we make sure to stay ahead of the curve in this arena - because mastering the evolving ground rules of each on-line technique is all-important to delivering the ROI that our Clients expect.

Our Clients also ask us to help them process their orders and manage their customer databases. From not-for-profits, to publishers, to financial services providers and packaged goods companies, there is one common theme with all - these marketers want to focus their resources on their core purpose and outsource data accumulation, processing and management without compromising quality of service to their customers. We will continue to invest in the tools, technology and staff to enable us to provide our Clients with best-of-breed data management services.

More than ever before, marketers realize that successful direct response marketing is enabled by rich, accurate customer data that is housed in integrated, market-ready databases. With our unique blend of prospecting and database services, we are able to meet the increasing need among marketers for more integrated prospect and customer strategies - and the associated cost savings and efficiencies.

Enjoy your time with us, and if you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Yours,

Ossie Hinds
President and CEO