Constant Contact, Inc. is an online marketing company, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts , with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts ; Loveland, Colorado ; Gainesville, Florida ; Los Angeles, California ; Brisbane, Australia ; Waterloo, Canada ; and, London, England .
9-452: The company was founded in 1995 by Randy Parker and was later sold to Endurance International in 2015. As of 2021 it had been acquired by ClearLake Investments. The company was founded as Roving Software in 1995, taking its present name in 2004. In May 2008, Constant Contact's first acquisition was e2M Systems, an Event Management System for workshops, seminars and conferences of all sizes. In May 2010, Constant Contact acquired NutshellMail,
18-461: A free tool that lets users monitor their social media accounts from their email. As reported by Mashable.com , Constant Contact recently released other social media features, such as Social Stats, which lets users see how often their emails or events have been shared on social media platforms. On February 16, 2011, Constant Contact acquired social CRM start-up Bantam Live. In 2012, Constant Contact acquired two companies. On January 19, they announced
27-404: A joint venture with Siris Capital, and the spin-out of Constant Contact as a standalone business In August 2021, Constant Contact acquired the marketing automation and CRM system SharpSpring. Constant Contact's marketing is supported by a network of marketing agencies that offer marketing tools to their clients. Some of the agencies become Certified Solution Providers of Constant Contact, which
36-546: A price described by Recode as a "fire sale" price. Mashable had not been meeting its advertising targets, accumulating $ 4.2 million in losses in the quarter ending September 2017. After the sale, Mashable laid off 50 staff, but preserved top management. Under Ziff Davis, Mashable has grown and expanded to many countries in multiple continents, including Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia in several languages. In June 2021, Jessica Coen, Mashable's editor-in-chief, left
45-750: Is a news website , digital media platform and entertainment company founded by Pete Cashmore in 2005. Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore while living in Aberdeen , Scotland, in July 2004. Early iterations of the site were a simple WordPress blog, with Cashmore as sole author. Fame came relatively quickly, with Time magazine noting Mashable as one of the 25 best blogs of 2009. As of November 2015, it had over 6,000,000 Twitter followers and over 3,200,000 fans on Facebook . In June 2016, it acquired YouTube channel CineFix from Whalerock Industries . In December 2017, Ziff Davis bought Mashable for $ 50 million,
54-445: Is a designation that indicates the agency's skill at using Constant Contact and email marketing in general. Among the largest Solution Providers is Solutions for Growth , founded by David Fischer. In 2007, the company was criticized by blogger Darren Barefoot on the grounds that its current and former employees responded deceptively to negative reviews of its products, services, and business practices. They posted positive comments about
63-506: The acquisition of CardStar, a mobile loyalty application. On June 13, they also acquired digital storefront provider SinglePlatform for approximately $ 65 million. In April 2014, Constant Contact announced the launch of Toolkit, an all-in-one online marketing platform that integrates multi-channel marketing options - including email, social, mobile, and Web – to drive customer campaigns of all types. The toolkit offers 15 different campaign types along with real-time reporting metrics. 2014 also saw
72-536: The company while concealing their affiliation with Constant Contact. The company spokesperson Kevin Mullins reportedly acknowledged that Constant Contact employees had posted the comments on Barefoot's site, but said "They acted outside our corporate policy. They were disciplined, absolutely. And obviously, we educated them about the proper way to blog and to fully disclose who you are. We believe in being honest and up front about who you are." Mashable Mashable
81-568: The launch of Constant Contact's Small Business Innovation Program, an accelerator designed to help entrepreneurs and startups create products and services for small businesses. The program is hosted in the company's 30,000 square foot InnoLoft office space, located in the Waltham, MA headquarters. In November 2015, Constant Contact was acquired for $ 1.1 billion by Endurance International . In February 2021, Clearlake Capital (who acquired Endurance International) announced an investment of $ 400 million as
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