SurePayroll Gives Thanks To Small Business Owners On Second Annual Small Business Owner Appreciation Day

CHICAGO — February 7, 2006 — SurePayroll Inc., the nation's largest online payroll provider, celebrated its second annual Small Business Owner Appreciation Day by rewarding small business owners and customers with monetary prizes and travel certificates.

SurePayroll developed the holiday last year to recognize their more than 15,000 small business customers across the country and reward the owners who work tirelessly to compete effectively in today's global economy.

"The states we ranked as the top 10 all did exceptionally well in terms of small business jobs growth in the trailing twelve months," said SurePayroll President Michael Alter. "Based on that performance, we believe they will continue to be strong states for small businesses throughout the rest of 2006."

Honored to Be Honored
Gary Young, a $1,000 travel voucher winner and an owning agent of an Allstate Insurance agency in Franklin, IN., indicated that it was nice to be honored by SurePayroll.

"If anyone deserves a day to be honor, it's the small business owners of this country," said Young. "It takes a lot of time and energy to be a successful small business owner, and most people don't appreciate how hard we work and the value provided to the overall economy."

SurePayroll a Valued Resource to Small Business Owners
Young credited the convenience of the service as a driving factor in his referring a friend to SurePayoll's online payroll service. "With SurePayroll, I can process my payroll online in a matter of minutes. The service is so easy to use, and it's phenomenal that I can access the account at any time at my convenience," he noted.

His referral, John Bontrager, who is an owning agent of an Allstate Insurance agency in Greenwood, IN., was attracted to SurePayroll's online payroll service because of its simplicity.

"I can enter payroll data myself online instead of having to wait for a customer service representative to call and request my hours. By not playing the phone tag game anymore, my business and work are more productive," said Bontrager. "The service is very interactive and easy to use. For us, it's been a great choice."

About SurePayroll:
Privately held SurePayroll is America's fifth largest payroll provider and the nation's largest online payroll provider. Catering exclusively to the needs of small businesses, SurePayroll provides a simple, reliable and economical way to process payroll in minutes via the Internet. In addition to providing payroll services directly to small business, SurePayroll also provides a private-label payroll service that allows SurePayroll's numerous partners to offer payroll processing to their small business clients. Business partners include ABN AMRO, Pitney Bowes, and MasterCard.

SurePayroll will process nearly $3 billion in employee and contractor payroll payments in 2006.

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