Corel Partners with Constant Contact to Deliver Do-It-Yourself E-Mail Marketing Services
31 May 2005
Corel Corporation today announced an agreement with Constant Contact (www.constantcontact.com), a leading provider of Web-based permission e-mail marketing services for small businesses and associations, that will provide Corel's millions of customers with direct access to Constant Contact's permission-driven Do-It-Yourself E-mail Marketing® services. Now, Corel's substantial base of small business customers can quickly and easily create professional e-mail newsletters and announcements that get immediate and measurable results.
"Our goal is to provide a complete selection of the very best tools and services to meet the needs of our small business customers," said Corel CEO Amish Mehta. "Our small business customers are looking for cost-effective, easy-to-implement marketing tools that will help them grow their businesses quickly. With Constant Contact, they can deploy highly-effective, targeted e-mail campaigns that can boost their sales, brand awareness and customer loyalty immediately."
Targeted e-mail campaigns have emerged as the most effective marketing tool for emerging businesses. According to DoubleClick's Fourth Annual Consumer e-mail study, almost half of all people who have signed up for e-mail communications make purchases as a result of receiving the merchant's solicitation. With Constant Contact, Corel customers will be able to easily and affordably build and manage e-mail lists, create e-mail newsletters, announcements and promotions as well as track e-mail campaign results.
"We are thrilled to be working with Corel - one of the top ten packaged software brands in the world," said Gail Goodman, CEO of Constant Contact. "Corel's large base of small business customers will benefit immensely from using e-mail communications to increase sales opportunities and solidify relationships with existing customers."
About Corel Corporation
Corel Corporation provides innovative software solutions that help millions of value-conscious businesses and customers in over 75 countries improve their productivity. The Company is renowned for its powerful software portfolio that combines innovative photo-editing and graphics creation, vector-illustration and technical-graphics applications with office and personal productivity solutions. Corel's flagship products include the CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, the WordPerfect® Office Suite, the Corel Painter Natural Media® painting and illustration software and the Paint Shop Family of digital photography and image-editing software.
Corel was acquired by San Francisco-based Vector Capital in August 2003, and since that time, has re-established growth for its flagship product lines and achieved multiple, consecutive quarters of profitability. Founded in 1985, Corel is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For more information, please go to www.corel.com.
About Constant Contact
With over 30,000 customers and a recent winner of SmallBusinessComputing.com's "Excellence in Technology Award," Constant Contact® is the leading permission Do-It-Yourself E-mail Marketing® service for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and associations. Constant Contact is a Web-based e-mail marketing solution that enables small organizations to easily create and send professional HTML e-mail 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: http://corel.constantcontact.com. The service is marketed through over 800 Resellers and more than 100 marquee channel partners including American Express OPEN, Website Pros, Register.com, FTD, AOL, Interland, IBM, Intuit, Network Solutions and Overture. Constant Contact is a founding member of the E-mail Service Provider Coalition (ESPC), a group formed to fight spam while protecting the delivery of legitimate e-mail. Constant Contact is funded by Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners and Hudson Ventures.
Roving, Roving Software, Constant Contact, the Constant Contact Logo, Do-It-Yourself E-mail Marketing, E-mail Marketing 101, E-mail Marketing Diva, E-mail Marketing Hints & Tips, and SafeUnsubscribe are trademarks or service marks or registered trademarks or service marks of Roving Software Incorporated d/b/a Constant Contact. All other company and product names may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
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Contact:
For Corel:
Ed Harrison, 617-758-4144
ed@famapr.com
or
Topaz Partners for Constant Contact
Tom Francoeur, 781-388-7900 x205
tfrancoeur@topazpartners.com
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Source: Corel Corporation
Source: Business Wire
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