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New CRM Has Taken the Small Business World by Surprise

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

The CEO decided to design and build their own called INUGO The Simple and Easy CRM.

Key Points: 
  • The CEO decided to design and build their own called INUGO The Simple and Easy CRM.
  • Digital 55's cloud-based INUGO The Simple and Easy CRM was designed exclusively with small and medium-sized businesses in mind.
  • Additionally, Digital 55 offers a bundled marketing package that includes a website, email marketing, and CRM designed to help small businesses.
  • INUGO The Simple and Easy CRM has many customizable fields to tailor to your industry and your unique business.

Hootsuite Acquires Conversational AI Leader Heyday for CA$60 Million

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Vancouver, BC, Aug. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hootsuite today announced its acquisition of Heyday, a Montreal-based conversational AI platform that enables brands to deliver personalized customer experiences through 1:1 messaging conversations.

Key Points: 
  • Vancouver, BC, Aug. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hootsuite today announced its acquisition of Heyday, a Montreal-based conversational AI platform that enables brands to deliver personalized customer experiences through 1:1 messaging conversations.
  • With the acquisition of Heyday, Hootsuite will now give AI capabilities to marketing, sales and support teams globally so they can deliver exceptional experiences at scale.
  • We created Heydays conversational platform to make buying from a brand as easy as messaging a friend, said Steve Desjarlais, Co-Founder, Heyday.
  • Hootsuite Academy , the industry-leading online learning platform, empowers growth through social media certifications and has delivered over one million courses to over half a million people worldwide.

Clearlake Capital and Siris-Backed Constant Contact Names Three Industry Veterans to Leadership Team

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Constant Contact today announced the hiring of Laura Goldberg, Kabir Choudry, and Aditya Joshi (AJ).

Key Points: 
  • Constant Contact today announced the hiring of Laura Goldberg, Kabir Choudry, and Aditya Joshi (AJ).
  • We are accelerating how we do that through investment in talent, technology, and innovation," said Frank Vella, CEO, Constant Contact.
  • I'm confident that their leadership, paired with a fearless approach to innovation and well-timed investments for growth, will position Constant Contact as the premier digital marketing solution for small and medium-sized businesses."
  • Goldberg's extensive experience growing small and medium-sized business-focused brands through efficient growth and an emphasis on lifetime value makes her a perfect fit for Constant Contact.

Business Owners Save 38.4 Million Hours Per Year with ActiveCampaign Automation

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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

The average business saved 20 hours per month when leveraging its automation tools, translating to more time spent on building 1:1 relationships with their customers, and ultimately powering their growth, which proves the power of ActiveCampaign CXA .

Key Points: 
  • The average business saved 20 hours per month when leveraging its automation tools, translating to more time spent on building 1:1 relationships with their customers, and ultimately powering their growth, which proves the power of ActiveCampaign CXA .
  • To ensure businesses of all sizes are successful with automations, ActiveCampaign continued to invest in its education, support and content in Q2 2021.
  • This investment also included an expanded automation library, now boasting more than 600 recipes that allow customers to easily implement automation without needing advanced technical skills.
  • "Using ActiveCampaign for our automations frees me up to focus on providing content and messaging that matters to my clients.

Service Objects Announces Services on Adobe Exchange for Marketo Integration

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

This new partnership will provide simple, secure, and seamless integration with these services for users of Adobe's Marketo Engage.

Key Points: 
  • This new partnership will provide simple, secure, and seamless integration with these services for users of Adobe's Marketo Engage.
  • Products currently offered through Adobe Exchange include Service Objects' Global Address Complete , Email Validation and Lead Validation - International .
  • By offering its products through Adobe Exchange, Service Objects helps Marketo Engage users seamlessly upgrade their data quality and get optimal performance from their marketing automation platform.
  • Service Objects has validated nearly 5 billion contacts, and major brands such as American Express, Microsoft, and Amazon rely on Service Objects for their data validation needs.

Validity Announces Solution Empowering Marketers to Adopt BIMI

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Monday, July 12, 2021

BOSTON, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Today Validity , the leading provider of data quality and email marketing success solutions, announced new BIMI certificates to make it easier for marketers to adopt Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI).

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Today Validity , the leading provider of data quality and email marketing success solutions, announced new BIMI certificates to make it easier for marketers to adopt Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI).
  • Google joins Yahoo and Fastmail in BIMI support, making BIMI available at roughly 2 billion inboxes (Source: https://financesonline.com/number-of-email-users/ ).
  • DMARC combined with BIMI ensure the organization's domain hasn't been impersonated, ultimately strengthening the trustworthiness of marketers' email marketing for the recipients and increasing email engagement for today's digital marketers.
  • Companies working to develop BIMI include Fastmail, Google, Mailchimp, Proofpoint, Twilio SendGrid, Validity, Valimail, and Verizon Media.

BIMI Rolling Out to All Gmail Inboxes in July 2021

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Monday, July 12, 2021

Their Gmail product is now supporting BIMI, bringing years of efforts and collaboration to fruition.

Key Points: 
  • Their Gmail product is now supporting BIMI, bringing years of efforts and collaboration to fruition.
  • BIMI provides a secure, global framework in which inboxes can display sender-designated logos for authenticated messages.
  • For companies seeking to experience the full power of BIMI and learn more about participating in the project, please visit bimigroup.org .
  • Companies working to develop BIMI include Fastmail, Google, Mailchimp, Proofpoint, Twilio SendGrid, Validity, Valimail, and Verizon Media.

ActiveCampaign creates new $2 million app development fund to support growing businesses

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Monday, July 12, 2021

This program offers financial support to app developers who create tools that will help ActiveCampaign's customers continue to grow their businesses.

Key Points: 
  • This program offers financial support to app developers who create tools that will help ActiveCampaign's customers continue to grow their businesses.
  • ActiveCampaign is accepting applications from developers, startups, and agencies who can create an integration with the ActiveCampaign CXA platform that provides advanced features for free to customers.
  • Once selected, developers will be offered financial support upfront, and on an ongoing basis to help them perform the work.
  • With the fund, more app partners service the ActiveCampaign ecosystem of more than 150,000 customers worldwide, with a goal of growing to over 1,000 integrations with this fund alone.

Clearlake Capital and Siris-Backed Constant Contact Agrees to Acquire SharpSpring

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

and GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Constant Contact , an established leader in online marketing, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake") and Siris Capital (together with its affiliates, "Siris"), today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SharpSpring, Inc .

Key Points: 
  • and GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Constant Contact , an established leader in online marketing, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake") and Siris Capital (together with its affiliates, "Siris"), today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SharpSpring, Inc .
  • "Constant Contact and SharpSpring share a mission to help small businesses succeed, and this acquisition represents a powerful opportunity to combine our best-in-class email and ecommerce offerings with SharpSpring's strong suite of revenue growth and marketing automation tools," said Frank Vella, CEO, Constant Contact.
  • We welcome the company's talented workforce to Constant Contact and look forward to a long partnership," said James Pade, Partner, Clearlake, and Tyler Sipprelle, Managing Director, Siris.
  • The Proxy Statement will contain important information about Constant Contact, SharpSpring, the transaction and related matters.

Full Sail Partners Promotes Lindsay Diven, CPSM, to New Role as Blackbox Connector Marketing & Sales Manager

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo., June 17, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Full Sail Partners, a Deltek Premier Partner, is pleased to announce the promotion of Lindsay Diven, CPSM, from Senior Deltek CRM Consultant to Blackbox Connector Marketing & Sales Manager.

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  • STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo., June 17, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Full Sail Partners, a Deltek Premier Partner, is pleased to announce the promotion of Lindsay Diven, CPSM, from Senior Deltek CRM Consultant to Blackbox Connector Marketing & Sales Manager.
  • Additionally, in her Deltek CRM Consultant role, she led both the sales and implementations of the Mailchimp and Constant Contact Connectors.
  • "Now as the Blackbox Connector Marketing and Sales Manager, she can offer more ways to help businesses operate efficiently and effectively."
  • For more information, please contact Full Sail Partners' Marketing and Communications Department or visit the Full Sail Partners' website at http://www.fullsailpartners.com .