Vocus Webinar to Examine Creating an Effective Social Media Strategy Using the New Rules of Marketing and PR

Best Selling Author and Industry Expert David Meerman Scott to Discuss Ways Marketing and PR Professionals Can Leverage the Potential of Web-Based Communication

Lanham, MD.(PRWEB) June 18, 2009 -- Vocus, Inc., (NASDAQ: VOCS) a leading provider of on-demand software for public relations management, today announced that it will sponsor a free webinar offering marketing and public relations professionals techniques for incorporating social media (http://www.vocus.com/content/social-media.asp) into their programs. Titled "Creating an Effective Social Media Strategy (http://www.vocus.com/resources/social-media-strategy.asp) Using the New Rules of Marketing and PR," the webinar will be held on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 2:00 pm ET. To register for the webinar, click here (http://tinyurl.com/mnn5re).

David Meerman Scott, author of the award-winning book The New Rules of Marketing & PR, and the new hit book World Wide Rave: Creating Triggers that Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas and Share Your Stories, will offer a practical discussion highlighting ways marketing and PR professionals can leverage the potential that web-based communication offers. The webinar will feature many case studies and real world examples and will provide a step-by-step action plan for harnessing the power of the new rules of marketing and PR.

Part of Vocus' monthly series, this webinar is designed to provide an educational and informational resource for organizations to gain insight into the best practices for public relations and practical techniques that can be applied to their everyday communications campaigns. A replay of the webinar will be available free of charge following the event on the Vocus website at http://onlinepressroom.net/vocus/, under Events.

About Vocus, Inc.

Vocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VOCS) is a leading provider of on-demand software for public relations management. Our web-based software suite helps organizations of all sizes to fundamentally change the way they communicate with both the media and the public, optimizing their public relations and increasing their ability to measure its impact. Our on-demand software addresses the critical functions of public relations including media relations, news distribution and news monitoring. We deliver our solutions over the Internet using a secure, scalable application and system architecture, which allows our customers to eliminate expensive up-front hardware and software costs and to quickly deploy and adopt our on-demand software. Vocus is used by more than 3,300 organizations worldwide and is available in seven languages. Vocus is based in Lanham, MD with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information please visit www.vocus.com or call 800.345.5572.

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