Constant Contact Named as Finalist for the 2006 MITX Technology Awards.

BOSTON -- Third Annual MITX What's Next Forum & Technology Awards Recognize Outstanding Technology Advancements in New England Region

Constant Contact(R) (www.constantcontact.com), the leading email marketing service for small businesses, associations, and nonprofits, today announced that it has been named as a finalist for the 3rd Annual MITX Technology Awards. The MITX What's Next Forum & Technology Awards recognize innovative technologies developed in the New England area, as well as the individuals and organizations responsible for driving these advancements. The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) is the region's premier association for thought leadership, technology trends, business networking, and professional training and development.

With more than 60,000 customers today, Constant Contact helps small businesses build lasting relationships with their customers through professional email communications, including newsletters, promotions, announcements, and more. The many features of Constant Contact, including an easy-to-use wizard, professional email templates, list management features, email tracking and reporting, and high deliverability, make it easy for small businesses to communicate with customers, and increase loyalty and repeat sales.

"Success for many of today's small businesses stems from their ability to communicate with their best customers. This acknowledgement reaffirms our commitment to provide an easy-to-use and effective service for our customers," said Gail Goodman, CEO of Constant Contact. "We are honored to not only be named as a finalist, but also to know our efforts to help small businesses deliver professional customer communications easily and cost-effectively have made a difference."

"In its third year, the MITX Technology Awards have attracted some of the most distinguished technological innovations that the region has to offer," said Kiki Mills, Executive Director of MITX. "It is this tremendous interest that enables our organization to accomplish its mission of uniting the brightest minds in the technology community and honoring their outstanding achievement."

Constant Contact will be recognized with the other finalists in the category of Customer Relationship Application at an awards ceremony attended by the region's top technology and business professionals. Winners will be announced at the ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston on Wednesday, June 7, 2006. This year's keynote speaker and special honoree is Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of the MIT Media Lab, esteemed author and founder and Chairman of the non-profit association One Laptop per Child.

The ceremony is preceded by the What's Next Forum, a panel discussion moderated by Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief of Technology Review. The topic, What's Next for the Social Web, will be a forward-looking discussion about the next platforms and paradigms to shape the social web.

The MITX What's Next Forum & Technology Awards are sponsored by Backbone Media, Lewis PR, Nixon Peabody LLP, Oracle, and Technology Review.

About Constant Contact

With more than 60,000 customers, Constant Contact(R) 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, Interland, Network Solutions, Register.com, Website Pros and Yahoo Search Marketing. Constant Contact is a founding member of the Email Service Provider Coalition (ESPC), a group formed to fight spam while protecting the delivery of legitimate email. Constant Contact is funded by 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 MITX

The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX - pronounced my-techs) accelerates business opportunities and professional development for those who seek to create business advantage through the innovative application of technology and services. Serving more than 2,500 members from multiple industries MITX is the region's premier association for thought leadership, technology trends, building business relationships and professional training and development. MITX also offers its members the chance to promote their companies to targeted audiences through sponsorships, speaking opportunities and networking. MITX is headquartered in Cambridge. For more information please call 617-871-2155 or visit www.mitx.org.