Humphries Marketing Group Signs Distribution Agreement with Stronghold Technologies, Inc.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.--July 22, 2004--Stronghold Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:SGHT), the developer of DealerAdvance(TM), an enterprise software system using wireless and Internet technologies for the automotive retail industry, today announced that it had entered into a distribution agreement with Humphries Marketing Group, a marketing and advertising agency for auto retailers, headquartered in Dallas, TX. HMG will combine DealerAdvance(TM) with its innovative sales support processes and tools that are helping dealerships leverage their ad spending.

According to Steven Humphries, CEO of HMG, "DealerAdvance(TM) provides the front end information capture capabilities and the ability to assign follow-up tasks to sales people that will allow us to better monitor the return on marketing expenditures within our dealership customers. Stronghold's system has a proven track record of driving very high levels of follow-up compliance by dealership sales people. This will increase the yield on traffic that our marketing programs are bringing into the dealerships."

"This is our first distribution partnership," commented Chris Carey, CEO of Stronghold. "We are very excited about working with Steve and his staff in increasing the yield on prospects, thereby improving the ROI for his customers. This combination of Steve's innovative and comprehensive approach to driving prospects coupled with the follow-up process improvements through DealerAdvance(TM) will create a very compelling story for auto retailers."

Stronghold Technologies, Inc. (www.strongholdtech.com) is an innovator in applying wireless technology and process improvement methods to increase business efficiency and sales. The Company has developed an integrated wireless technology called DealerAdvance(TM) which, among many features, allows automobile dealers to capture a customer's purchasing requirements, search inventory at multiple locations, locate an appropriate vehicle in stock and print out the necessary forms. Through an integrated CRM (Customer Relationship Management) application, the system sends detailed tasks for prospect and customer follow-up and produces management reports to measure compliance. DealerAdvance(TM) allows sales professionals to increase sales, improve customer follow-up, and reduce administrative costs.

Humphries Marketing Group, LLC (www.humphriesmarketinggroup.com) provides cutting edge innovation in automotive advertising. HMG delivers exceptional creative television, radio and print production with highly targeted, highly visible, result oriented media campaigns. HMG integrates its expertise with a dealership's unique business objectives, resources and expectations.

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