Constant Contact's Eric Groves to Lead Email Marketing Workshop at Association of Small Business Development Centers' Annual Convention.

Constant Contact

What:       Eric Groves, senior vice president sales & business
            development, Constant Contact, will lead a workshop for
            small business development counselors called The Power of
            Relationships: Educating Small Businesses on Building
            Customer Relationships, Customer Loyalty, and Boosting
            Sales with Email Marketing.

            The workshop will cover the fundamentals of email
            marketing and detail with case study examples why email
            marketing is one of the most powerful and affordable
            marketing tools used by small businesses today.

Why:        Attendees will learn:

            --  How successful email marketing helps grow small
                businesses by building customer relationships,
                improving customer retention, and driving sales

            --  What tools and resources are needed to help small
                businesses create and launch effective email marketing
                campaigns

            --  Email marketing best practices and "how-to" tips

Where:      Association of Small Business Development Centers'
            (ASBDC) 26th Annual Convention, Hilton Americas Hotel,
            Houston, TX; September 12-15

When:       The Power of Relationships workshop will take place:
            Thursday, September 14, 9 - 10:30 a.m. in Lanier J, level
            4 at the Hilton Americas Hotel

Contact:    Tom Francoeur
            [e-mail]
            [phone]

About Constant Contact

With more than 70,000 customers, Constant Contact is the leading email marketing service for small businesses, associations, and nonprofits. Constant Contact is a web-based email marketing solution that enables small organizations to easily create and send professional email newsletters, promotions, announcements and more with no technical expertise required. Designed and priced for SMBs, Constant Contact is affordable, easy-to-use and includes a free 60-day trial at: www.constantcontact.com. The service is marketed through over 1,500 Business Partners and more than 100 marquee channel partners including American Express OPEN, AOL, Corel, FTD, IBM, Web.com, Network Solutions, Register.com, Website Pros and Yahoo Search Marketing. Constant Contact is a founding member of the Email Sender and Provider Coalition (ESPC), a group formed to fight spam while protecting the delivery of legitimate email. Constant Contact is funded by Greylock Partners, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners, and Hudson Ventures. For more information, please call 781-472-8100.

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About ASBDC

Founded in 1979, the ASBDC provides a vehicle for continuous improvement of the Small Business Development Center program, exchange of information among members regarding objectives, methods and results in business management and technical assistance and advocacy of America's small business community. Over 500,000 businesses are assisted by ASBDC member programs on an annual basis. The mission of the Association of Small Business Development Centers is to represent the collective interest of our members by promoting, informing, supporting and continuously improving the SBDC network, which delivers nationwide educational assistance to strengthen small/medium business management, thereby contributing to the growth of local, state and national economies.