An opportunity in memories preservation and sharing is for sale at auction

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November, 2009

Hallmark Cards withLasting Links, Inc

A New Opportunity in Memories

Preservation and Sharing

We believe we have a winning opportunity

A broad, deeply-held need in societyLarge current & potential marketImportant and achievable missionAdvertising, freemium, membership and

other business models are possible

What are you doing with your valuable photos and documents?

Not only paper photos, but slides and digital photos, too?

Digital

Docs.

Your family records are priceless because they bridge the gap between generations

Wherever they are, your paper photos and documents are deteriorating.

Your digital photos and documents are especially vulnerable.

Every hard drive will eventually fail. It is inevitable.

The average annual replacement rate (ARR) of a hard drive is three years.

Hard drives are just as likely to lose all your data in the 1st year as in the 7th year.

Actual failure rates on average are 15 X higher than advertised claims.

Source: “Disk Failures in the Real World,” Carnegie Mellon University, 5th USENIX Conference, Feb., 2007

Unless your content is saved in other ways, you will eventually lose it

Accidents, deterioration and decay are inevitable for paper, magnetic and optical media.

It is not a matter of IF, but WHEN.

Can you imagine the pain if your records are lost for future generations?

There is a large, current market for preserving memories

3 trillion photos marching daily to destruction

Source: Google Adwords, July, 2008; Creating Keepsakes, 2005; PMA Market Research, 2/26/07;

There is a large, current market for preserving memories

3 trillion photos marching daily to destruction

106 million searches/mo. image preservation, sharing

Source: Google Adwords, July, 2008; CK Media Survey, 2008; PMA Market Research, 2/26/07;

There is a large, current market for preserving memories

3 trillion photos marching daily to destruction

106 million searches/mo. image preservation, sharing

$3 bil./yr spent on scrapbooking, 26% annual growth

Source: Google Adwords, July, 2008; CK Media Survey, 2008; PMA Market Research, 2/26/07;

There is a $14 billion current market for preserving memories

3 trillion photos marching daily to destruction

106 million searches/mo. image preservation, sharing

$3 bil./yr spent on scrapbooking, 26% annual growth

$11 billion/yr in digital photography spending, 11.2% annual growth

Source: Google Adwords, July, 2008; CK Media Survey, 2008; PMA Market Research, 2/26/07;

“Preserving memories” is top reason for taking pictures with digital cameras

“Preserving memories” is top reason (91%, up from 68%)

“Sharing” is next (74%, up from 67%)

Source: 2001 & 2008 PMA Camera/Camcorder Digital Imaging Surveys

Millions want to preserve & share memories

78 million baby boomers, both genders

Source: Yankelovich, Inc., 2003; U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Interim Projections by Age

Millions want to preserve & share memories

78 million baby boomers, both genders

62.5 million females 25– 65 yrs., esp. GenX Moms 30-44 yrs.

Source: Yankelovich, Inc., 2003; U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Interim Projections by Age

Product or service No. Persons Int. a great deal (Mil.)

Average $

purchase

$ Mil.Potential

Scanning to archive-quality CDs and DVDs. 31 $330 $10,200

There is additional market potential

Sources: GCI Research, 3/08; ScanDigital, 7/08; Avg. ASPs of products, 9/08; PMA Research, 10/07

Product or service No. Persons Int. a great deal (Mil.)

Average $

purchase

$ Mil.Potential

Scanning to archive-quality CDs and DVDs. 31 $330 $10,200Sharing via a private, password-protected web site. 27 $65 $1,800

There is additional market potential

Sources: GCI Research, 3/08; ScanDigital, 7/08; Avg. ASPs of products, 9/08; PMA Research, 10/07

Product or service No. Persons Int. a great deal (Mil.)

Average $

purchase

$ Mil.Potential

Scanning to archive-quality CDs and DVDs. 31 $330 $10,200Sharing via a private, password-protected web site. 27 $65 $1,800Making a slide show DVD from photos. 24 $60 $1,400

There is additional market potential

Sources: GCI Research, 3/08; ScanDigital, 7/08; Avg. ASPs of products, 9/08; PMA Research, 10/07

Product or service No. Persons Int. a great deal (Mil.)

Average $

purchase

$ Mil.Potential

Scanning to archive-quality CDs and DVDs. 31 $330 $10,200Sharing via a private, password-protected web site. 27 $65 $1,800Making a slide show DVD from photos. 24 $60 $1,400Printing memories in a library-quality book. 22 $63 $1,400

There is additional market potential

Sources: GCI Research, 3/08; ScanDigital, 7/08; Avg. ASPs of products, 9/08; PMA Research, 10/07

Product or service No. Persons Int. a great deal (Mil.)

Average $

purchase

$ Mil.Potential

Scanning to archive-quality CDs and DVDs. 31 $330 $10,200Sharing via a private, password-protected web site. 27 $65 $1,800Making a slide show DVD from photos. 24 $60 $1,400Printing memories in a library-quality book. 22 $63 $1,400

Total $14,800

There is an additional $14.8 billion potential market for preserving memories

Sources: GCI Research, 3/08; ScanDigital, 7/08; Avg. ASPs of products, 9/08; PMA Research, 10/07

The mission of Lasting Links

Raise awarenessAttain goals of

preserving memoriesPast and present

generationsEnjoyment, benefit of

future generationsSuperior tools and

support

Lasting Links Total Solution

PHOTOS

DOCS

AUDIO VIDEO

Lasting Links Total Solution

PHOTOS

DOCS

AUDIO VIDEO

PRESERVE

Lasting Links Total Solution

PHOTOS

DOCS

AUDIO VIDEO

PRESERVE

SHARE

Lasting Links Total Solution

PHOTOS

DOCS

AUDIO VIDEO

PRESERVE

SHARE ENJOY

Lasting Links Total Solution

PHOTOS

DOCS

AUDIO VIDEO

PRESERVE

SHARE ENJOY

SCAN

Lasting Links Total Solution

PHOTOS

DOCS

AUDIO VIDEO

PRESERVE

SHARE ENJOY

SCAN

WEB

Lasting Links Total Solution

PHOTOS

DOCS

AUDIO VIDEO

PRESERVE

SHARE ENJOY

SCAN

WEB

PUBLISH

No One Else Does All This

PHOTOS

DOCS

AUDIO VIDEO

PRESERVE

SHARE ENJOY

SCAN

WEB

PUBLISH

In One-stop

Service delivery involves bringing visitors to Lasting Links blogs

SEO, PPC, emails, newsletters, eZine articles, social networking, press releases, video placements, etc.

Visitors toLasting Links

Lasting

Links

Blogs

Blog authors would be content experts in nine major areas of memories preservation

Lasting

Links

Blogs

• Photos• Video• Print • Audio• Genealogy• Artifacts• eBooks• Blogging• Scrapbooking

Blog authors would be content experts in nine major areas of memories preservation

Lasting

Links

Blogs

• Photos• Video• Print • Audio• Genealogy• Artifacts• eBooks• Blogging• Scrapbooking

• Experts in their area• Experienced writers• Passionate about topic• Independent contractors

Blog authors would be content experts in nine major areas of memories preservation

Lasting

Links

Blogs

• Photos• Video• Print • Audio• Genealogy• Artifacts• eBooks• Blogging• Scrapbooking

• Experts in their area• Experienced writers• Passionate about topic• Independent contractors• LL handles ads, back-end• Exposure for expertise• Pay for performance (# page views

and/or %-age of ad/affiliate revenue)

Visitors will come to our site because of high-quality content that addresses needs

Expert opinionContent ratingsDo it yourself

instructionUser-generated

contentLinks to satisfaction-

rated suppliers

We planned to monetize traffic via pay-per-click advertising & affiliate commissions

Visitors toLasting Links Special reports

$ fee/commission

Advertisers and

Affiliate

Marketers

Click on ad or text link

Click an ad or buys a product

online from

Lasting

Links

Blogs

Lasting

Links

Blogs

The business model is being refined

It’s in the cookie dough stage, not baked cookies

Various options are possible

Adaptable to buyer’s needs, experience and and circumstances

We believe we have a winning opportunity, but we are unable to address it by ourselves

Addresses a broad, deeply-held need in society

Large current & potential marketImportant and achievable missionAdvertising, freemium, membership and

other business models are possible

We’re seeking a strategic buyer or partner

Already addressing target market

Marketing/distribution in placeNeeds a product line extension

like oursHas other skills and resources

This may be attractive to any of several organizations and businesses

Education,Funeral homes,Genealogy,Internet,IT,

Link-sharing,Memories

preservation,Social networking,Etc.

…basically any organization where historical memorials, durable social relationships and links are promoted.

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