IZEA Announces Q1 2024 Managed Services Bookings of $9.3 Million
April 04 2024 - 10:00AM
IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: IZEA), the premier provider of
technology, data, and services for the Creator Economy, announced
today its Managed Services team secured contract bookings totaling
$9.3 million in the first quarter of 2024, a 53% increase from $6.1
million in the first quarter of 2023.
“In the first quarter of 2024, Managed Services bookings
experienced a resurgence in year-over-year growth, propelled by an
impressive sales pipeline from the fourth quarter of 2023 and an
all-time record-setting pipeline in the opening quarter of this
year,” said Ted Murphy, Founder, Chairman and CEO of IZEA. “More
than 90% of the bookings this quarter have been organic, meaning
they were not derived from acquisitions but rather from our own
internal growth efforts.”
“The organic growth of the Q1 pipeline is significant not only
in monetary value but also in the sheer increase in the number of
opportunities, which aligns with our strategy for diversifying
revenue streams. This highlights our ability to expand and attract
new business through our own initiatives and strategies, which we
intend to bolster with additional acquisitions.”
“Managed Services continues to contribute the lion's share of
our revenue, but there's also positive news on the SaaS front,”
continued Murphy. “After experiencing a low point in the third
quarter of 2023, SaaS revenue continues to recover. We concluded
the previous year with a historic high in active SaaS customers, a
positive trajectory that has extended into the first quarter of
2024 with our highest count of SaaS customers ever.”
Bookings are a measure of all sales orders minus any known or
expected cancellations or refunds with respect to such sales orders
or refunds. Management uses bookings to inform expectations of
total sales activity. Bookings are not always an indicator of
revenue for the quarter and could be subject to future adjustments.
Revenues from Managed Services bookings are typically recognized
over a seven to nine-month period on average.
About IZEA Worldwide, Inc.
IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (“IZEA”) is a marketing technology company
providing software and professional services that enable brands to
collaborate and transact with the full spectrum of today’s top
social influencers and content creators. The company serves as a
champion for the growing Creator Economy, enabling individuals to
monetize their content, creativity, and influence. IZEA launched
the industry’s first-ever influencer marketing platform in 2006 and
has since facilitated nearly 4 million transactions between online
buyers and sellers. Leading brands and agencies partner with IZEA
to increase digital engagement, diversify brand voice, scale
content production, and drive a measurable return on
investment.
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performance and operating results, including regarding recognition
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relationships, and expectations concerning IZEA’s business
strategy. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and
uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially
from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various
factors, including, among others, the following: competitive
conditions in the content and social sponsorship segment in which
IZEA operates; failure to popularize one or more of the marketplace
platforms of IZEA; our ability to maintain disclosure controls and
procedures and internal control over financial reporting; our
ability to satisfy the requirements for continued listing of our
common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market; changing economic
conditions that are less favorable than expected; and other risks
and uncertainties described in IZEA’s periodic reports filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking
statements made in this release speak only as of the date of this
release, and IZEA assumes no obligation to update any such
forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or changes in
expectations, except as otherwise required by law.
Nicole O’Hara
IZEA Worldwide, Inc.
Phone: 407-674-6911
Email: ir@izea.com
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