Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
[Operator Instructions]
And we'll take our first call from the side of Nathan Schneiderman. Go ahead.
Nathan Schneiderman - Roth Capital Partners
Hi. Thanks very much. Hi, Tim. Hi, Rob.
Tim Bixby
Hi.
Robert LoCascio
Hi, Nathan.
Nathan Schneiderman - Roth Capital Partners
A couple of questions for you here -- I guess, by my calculations, if I'm doing the math right, it would look like the acquired Proficient business declined sequentially. If that is correct, was there an issue there, or did you expect that dynamic?
Robert LoCascio
No, that's not right. There are two things happening with Proficient. It had a partial quarter impact in Q3 and then a full quarter impact in Q4.
Nathan Schneiderman - Roth Capital Partners
Right, but I guess I had recalled about $860,000 of Proficient revenue in Q3, and it looks like it's more like 800 this quarter? Am I doing my math wrong?
Robert LoCascio
Yeah, in Q3 it was about 600, and Q4 about 800 -- just real approximate.
Nathan Schneiderman - Roth Capital Partners
Okay, and can you --
Robert LoCascio
Sorry, go ahead.
Nathan Schneiderman - Roth Capital Partners
Can you give us -- can you update us -- I guess you spoke to EBITDA margin goals, longer term, and I guess I'm scaling down expectations there. I guess it wasn't that long ago I heard you all talking about 35% EBITDA margin targets in '08. How do you think we should be modeling the '08 in terms of EBITDA margin? What are your longer-term goals there?
Robert LoCascio
I think the long-term goals have not changed. I think the contrast that pointing out is one is our guidance for 2007 versus our long-term goal, and so our long-term targets have not changed.
What we're updating is our specific guidance for 2007, so I think we're really on track to progress towards those target margins. So if you look at several hundred basis points improvement in Q3, again in Q4, and then a 700% -- or 700-basis-point expectation between now and Q4 '07. I think we're actually tracking pretty nicely towards the longer-term targets.
Nathan Schneiderman - Roth Capital Partners
Okay, but you're not expecting to end '08 at 35% margin anymore?
Robert LoCascio
We've given no guidance on '08 at this point.
Nathan Schneiderman - Roth Capital Partners
Okay, and then I wanted to confirm the EBITDA guidance for '07 is slightly above 10 million on a dollar basis?
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