Lyris, Inc. to Expand Outside Sales Team Throughout the United States

• December 19, 2007

Lyris, Inc. to Expand Outside Sales Team Throughout the United States

Company Seeks Top Sales Talent to Fuel Aggressive Growth for Integrated Marketing Platform and Best-of-Breed Point Solutions

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2007--Launching a major new strategic initiative, Lyris, Inc. (OTCBB:LYRI) today announced that it is expanding its field sales team throughout the United States, including markets such as Chicago, New York, Dallas and Atlanta. The company recently opened a Boston office to increase its presence in the northeast region of the U.S.

The company is seeking top sales talent to help increase new accounts for its recently launched integrated single sign-on marketing platform - Lyris HQ, which incorporates Lyris' digital marketing solutions EmailLabs, ClickTracks, Hot Banana, BidHero and EmailAdvisor. For more information about the sales positions, visit http://www.lyris.com/about/jobs.html

"It's the perfect time to step up our sales efforts," said Luis Rivera, CEO, Lyris, Inc. "We recently launched our online marketing suite that integrates core marketing technologies, just as analysts are saying the time is right for just such an offering."

In November, Lyris, Inc. unveiled Lyris HQ - an on-demand marketing platform that brings together the company's full suite of marketing technologies into a single sign-on dashboard interface. Lyris HQ is the only solution to give marketers a centralized portal from which to manage email marketing, Web analytics, Web content management and PPC campaign management - with one vendor, one bill and one source for customer support. For more information on Lyris HQ, visit www.lyris.com/HQ.

About Lyris, Inc.

Lyris, Inc., (OTCBB:LYRI.OB), formerly J.L. Halsey, is a leading marketing technology company that provides hosted and installed software solutions for marketers at mid-size businesses. The company offers marketers an integrated technology platform through its Lyris HQ product and point solutions including ListManager, EmailLabs, ClickTracks, BidHero, Sparklist, Hot Banana and EmailAdvisor. These sophisticated, yet easy-to-use tools provide marketers a suite of best-of-breed applications for managing email marketing campaigns, publishing and managing Web site content, creating landing pages, optimizing Web sites and managing pay-per-click campaigns. Clients include Nokia, Adobe, PalmSource, Johns Hopkins University and Jupitermedia. For more information, please visit www.lyrisinc.com, www.lyris.com, www.emaillabs.com, www.clicktracks.com, www.hotbanana.com and www.sparklist.com. The company is based in Emeryville, Calif.

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