Empowered Communications owns and operates an online permission marketing and media network that supports over 400,000 active members Australia-wide. eDM and SMS communications can be targeted toward a wide range of demographic and interest profiles to ensure relevance and cut-through, based on the information that subscribers volunteer during the registration process. The following services are offered FREE to subscribers in exchange for loyalty points that are acquired by participating in the online promotions, SMS promotions and market research projects facilitated through Empowered Communications.

	Members of the SMSPup community can acquire "SMSPup points" which are redeemed as free web-to-mobile SMS messages, free ringtones and free mobile phone content from jokes, to pick-up-lines to the weather. More >
	Australian singles can earn "contact points" to make anonymous email contact with other members for friendship or romance. SinglesWhoClick is 100% supported by sponsors and, as such, is free to All Australian singles over 18 years of age. More >
	whatdoyouthink.com.au (WDYT) aims to satisfy people's innate curiosities about one another by collecting and archiving the opinions of ordinary Australians through "quick polls" and forums hosted on the site. Additionally, members can earn "reward points" for participating in research, promotions and surveys redeemable for items in the WDYT Rewards Catalogue and Reward Auctions. More >
	Customers can earn free call credits for their landline telephones by participating in marketing activities and research to compliment the already discounted international and long distance call rates they enjoy through CommuniTel. More >
	iDonate.com.au enables ordinary Australians an opportunity to participate in online promotions and market research for a worthy cause. Members earn iDonate credits for their participation in online activities, which are converted to real dollars and passed on to their chosen iDonate partner charity of choice at the end of every month. More >

The following websites offer useful resources for business owners and marketers.

	WebRanking monitors the traffic profiles of the leading Australian web sites. Traffic measurement is provided through our own panel of 10,000 Australian web users who have been specially recruited off-line to be representative of the general Internet population. By analysing click-stream information from our panellists, we are provided deep insights into how visitors interact with individual sites. For any given site we are able to determine metrics such as audience reach, average page impressions, average session duration as well as a basic demographic breakdown of the audience. The most basic metric, page impressions, is compiled on a weekly basis to provide a traffic ranking of the top 10,000 Australian web sites and this information is made available as a free public resource through the WebRanking site. Click here to visit WebRanking.com.au
	Whether you require an account to operate your business's communication strategies, or whether you require a once off bulk-send to mobile phones, Net2Mobile offers a web-based mobile text messaging (SMS) service that is secure, reliable, cost-effective and easy to use for businesses and individuals. Click here to visit www.net2mobile.com.au
	SearchPro is a free, customisable browser toolbar, optimised for Australia and designed to enhance your web browsing experience. The toolbar features pop-up blockers, customisable skins, zoom function, word highlighter, dictionary, and performs searches based on your preferred search engine. SearchPro also displays the current WebRanking for popular Australian websites and lookups for ASX stock quotes, postcodes and weather forecasts on demand. Click here to visit www.searchpro.com.au