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••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Keep up to date with the DSF Newsletter. We respect your right to privacy & will not sell, distribute or share your email address with anyone. Click here and enter "Subscribe" in the title of the email to receive updates on Direct Sales Force Inc. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••		06/07/10 Direct Sales Force, A division of Pareto is proud to announce its recent ranking inside the 2010 Profit 100. DSF ranked 7th with an overall 5 year growth of 4374%. The Profit 100 ranks the top growing companies across Canada over a 5 year revenue period. We are very proud to be amongst the fastest growing companies in Canada. This ranking would not have been possible without the continued support of our clients and the incredible talent that Direct Sales Force has across the country. Please click here to see the list of all of the companies and each of the rankings. Should you wish to see the full details then make sure to get a copy of the June issue of PROFIT Magazine.
		01/01/10 Pareto Corporation, today announced that it has acquired Direct Sales Force Inc., a Canadian intercept marketing and sales company. The acquisition also includes the operations of Direct Branding Force (DBF), which provides experiential marketing solutions.DSF and DBF will continue to be managed by founders Neil Spivack and Michael Kuipers, both of whom have committed to remain with Pareto. There are no planned employee redundancies associated with this acquisition.
		12/01/09TELUS and DSF has reached and agreement to assist in selling the suite of Telus products inside of MDU’s in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver . DSF looks forward to growing the TELUS relationship in 2010.
		04/01/09 DSF is excited to announce the recent addition of MBNA as a client. DSF agents will be setting up inside Shoppers Drug Mart locations across Canada assisting in the launch of the new Shoppers Optimum MasterCard.
		02/1/09 DSF is proud to announce that it has launched its new experiential marketing division to serve its nationwide network of offices. The new division, titled Direct Branding Force, will focus on promoting clients brands through “out of the box” experiential marketing campaigns. DBF has already landed its first client in Benjamin Moore. We have executed a contest that will be promoted in-store, on television and with DBF’s agents in shopping malls all across Canada.
		07/01/08 Direct Sales Force was recently featured on the weekly program CEOTV on the June 26th episode. CEO TV is a weekly program seen Saturday’s on Global at 11:30am. Click here to view the video.
		06/14/08 Over the Summer DSF will be assisting Crush in a National Promotion that gives contest winners the opportunity to attend the Screenings of 3 of the most Popular Summer Movies over the Summer. DSF agents will be attending theatres across the country in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Quebec City, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Toronto. Customers who filled out a ballot at the website www.crushmoviecrew.ca were given a chance to win passes to one of the 3 Summer Movie Blockbusters: Get Smart, The Dark Night or Sisterhood of the Traveling Paints Part 2.
		10/01/08 DSF is pleased to announce its ranking of 3rd place in the annual Profit Hot 50. The Hot 50 ranks and recognizes Canada's Emerging Growth Companies based on two-year revenue growth. Click here to view the rankings.
		07/01/07 Primus needed a National Sales Force to assist them in acquiring new long distance customers inside of Costco stores. They turned to DSF to put together the plan of action and today DSF agents are seen in over 25 Costco locations across Canada.
		03/17/07 DSF is assisting in the promotion of the newly created loyalty program called SCENE. DSF agents are attending high traffic movie theatres throughout the GTA to inform Moviegoers of the program and how they can quickly earn points towards free rewards such as free movie tickets. DSF Agents are on site discussing all of the features and benefits of the program. As a bonus agents are able to enroll customers on the spot to the program.
		12/16/06 Over the busy Christmas season Toshiba was looking for a way to increase awareness of the their newly released HD DVD Player. DSF assisted in the promotion of its new product and had its agents attend Shopping Centers throughout the GTA in a blitz to assist in awareness of their new product. DSF Agents were able to walk customers through on site all of the new features and benefits that the HD DVD player offers. As a bonus agents were providing coupons to drive traffic towards local retailers.
		11/16/06 When the National Post needed help in acquiring customers at the Grey Cup they called DSF. DSF worked with the National Post to successfully promote both subscriptions and a contest at the 2006 Grey Cup in Winnipeg.
		08/13/06 Both Aeroplan and American Express called on DSF to represent them at the 2006 Rogers Cup in Toronto and Montreal. DSF provided its new lead generation software and tied it to the ongoing promotion that was being held onsite. This promotion generated a great buzz around the Rogers Cup with our agents speaking with many current and new members of both American Express and Aeroplan.
		06/23/06 DSF used its new Tablet PC technology to assist with New Member Acquisition for Aeroplan at the Montreal Grand Prix Festival. The technology allowed DSF agents to quickly sign up new members and explain all of the great benefits of being an Aeroplan member. DSF welcomes Aeroplan as a new client and looks forward to assisting on many events across Canada.
		04/22/06 DSF has gone Truckin with XM Satelite Radio. DSF agents attended the National Truck Show Show to help promote and sell XM. We are looking forward to working along side XM and help them launch there service across Canada.
		03/10/06 Columbia House has chosen DSF to launch its new Membership Offer for its DVD Club Membership Program. Throughout the year DSF will be attending both shopping centres and high traffic events across Canada.
		06/26/05 Direct Sales Force becomes Member of the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA). The membership with the CMA will further allow DSF to reach out to more clients, gain more access to resources, as well as allow the Direct Sales Force teams to attend the year round seminars. This partnership will further advance all employees in all aspects of marketing and sales.