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Convoq Expands Product Suite with New Offering for salesforce.com's AppExchange; ConferenceASAP Enables Marketers to Manage and Conduct Webinars from within Salesforce.


BOSTON -- Convoq, Inc., an innovative provider of online communication and collaboration applications, today announced a new addition to its ASAP (chat) asap - As soon as possible.  family of Web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines.  systems - ConferenceASAP for AppExchange. The announcement was made today at the Collaborative Technologies Conference (CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center ), www.ctc2006.com, covering key technologies such as social software, team workspaces, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , and conferencing (web, audio and video). Visit Convoq at booth number 35.

"Along with our integrated SellASAP for AppExchange online meeting offering, we provide Salesforce users with solutions for prospect and customer communications that can be captured, tracked and reported on," said Chuck Digate, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Convoq, Inc. "And the best part is they never have to leave the environment in which they spend the majority of their time."

Convoq ConferenceASAP

ConferenceASAP is a full-featured Web conferencing system that allows marketers and trainers to manage and conduct webinars, send out follow-up emails, and capture participant information directly into Salesforce. It's the only Flash(TM)-based system integrated with Salesforce featuring rich media meeting capabilities such as text chat, VoIP audio, video, screen-sharing, and PowerPoint presentations. ConferenceASAP scales to support events with up to several hundred attendees.

With ConferenceASAP, companies can:

--Conduct targeted webinars that will help generate qualified leads;

--Track event registration and attendance, link campaigns to recorded events, and send reminder and follow-up emails, all from Salesforce;

--Develop and maintain relationships with prospects and customers through instant online demos, real-time customer interactions, and collaborative selling;

--Communicate key messages - to prospects, partners, the media, and teams - with webinars and online meetings; and

--Provide online training to customers.

Features & Benefits:

Salesforce integration in event registration: set up registration pages and keep all registration data in Salesforce, so a company can easily manage lead flow.

Salesforce integration in event attendance: automatically track attendance directly in the lead and/or contact record and tie it to the Campaign. Salesforce dashboards can then indicate campaign statistics, such as registration, attendance, and conversion rates to determine webinar success. Automated e-mails can be set up to go to those who missed the live event, and to those who attended.

Presentation and screensharing: interactive, multiparty mul·ti·par·ty  
adj.
Of, relating to, or involving more than two political parties.
 sharing of PowerPoint slides or desktop applications enables real-time product demos, presentations, and training events.

MS Outlook integration: schedule meetings and send invitations containing a meeting link through Outlook.

Video and VoIP: personalize per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 any meeting by including high quality multiparty video and audio to bring participants face-to-face. Or use a Convoq partner's economical telephone conferencing service.

Record & Playback: record and edit presentations and send out playback links to registrants and attendees, or post to a Web site for continued lead generation.

Installation-free participation: instant convocation CONVOCATION, eccles. law. This word literally signifies called together. The assembly of the representatives of the clergy. As to the powers of convocations, see Shelf. on M. & D. 23., See Court of Convocation.  ability enables participants to meet when their interest or need is greatest. Invitees simply click to participate; firewall-friendly with no downloads required.

Pricing and Availability

ConferenceASAP is offered as an annual, unlimited meeting license in a variety of "room" sizes starting at $2,400 per year. Participants need not download or install any software to participate; all they need is the ubiquitous Flash player on their PC.

ConferenceASAP is available now at www.convoq.com and via salesforce.com's AppExchange www.salesforce.com/appexchange/category_list.jsp?NavCode__c=MF1s.

To take a product tour, visit http://convoq.com/products/tours.aspx. For a FREE trial, please call 781-676-6800 or visit http://convoq.com/products/trials.aspx.

About Convoq

Convoq is an innovative provider of online communication and collaboration applications. The company's comprehensive ASAP family of Web conferencing systems is designed for sales, marketing, training and support departments, and is a Flash-based suite featuring rich media meeting capabilities including text chat, VoIP audio, video, screen sharing screen sharing - Audiographic Teleconferencing , PowerPoint presentations, and Record & Playback. Convoq delivers its software solutions as a subscription-based hosted service, with a flexible, flat-fee pricing model.

Convoq is backed by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed
5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1]
 Bay Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners. The company is based in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 30,355 at the 2000 census.

The town is famous for being the site of the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first engagement of the American Revolution.
. For additional information, please visit www.convoq.com.

Flash is either a registered trademark or trademark of Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA.  Incorporated in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and/or other countries.
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