PRWeb Presents Seminar about How to Grow Business Using Online News Releases and Email Marketing

Lanham, MD (PRWEB) April 6, 2010

PRWeb, the online news distribution service of Vocus (NASDAQ: VOCS), will host a seminar in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 13th entitled: "Growing Your Business with Online News Releases and Email Marketing."

"We're excited to offer this timely and useful seminar that will help businesses strengthen their messages and customer relationships through the power of online and email marketing," explained Sophie Shiatis, vice president, ecommerce, PRWeb. "Industry experts and a hands-on workshop will ensure participants learn practical and inspiring ways to enhance their communications capabilities."

Filled with tips and techniques, this event will feature Harry Brooks, president and CEO of Search First Internet Marketing, who has consulted with over 7,000 businesses on search marketing strategy. Communications experts Chuck Hester and James Wong from email marketing software company iContact will share their experience helping companies craft compelling messaging and content marketing campaigns that build stronger customer relationships.

The seminar, aimed at business owners, public relations, marketing and SEO professionals, will cover strategies to strengthen relationships with customers and drive new customer traffic to websites. Participants will also learn:

•     How to increase visibility and higher ranking in major search engines
•     How to use promotions to drive web traffic
•     How to craft effective email campaigns
•     Why email marketing is the most cost effective way to build customer relationships

The six-hour seminar costs $119 per person and will be held at Maggiano's Little Italy, located at 3200 Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas. The seminar takes place on April 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Space is limited so register today.

About PRWeb
PRWeb is recognized as a leading online news and press release distribution service worldwide. Since 1997, PRWeb has been changing the way businesses, marketing departments and public relations firms think about press releases. PRWeb was the first company to develop a distribution strategy around direct-to-consumer communication and to build and offer a platform for search engine optimized press release distribution. PRWeb is an online news distribution service of Vocus, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand public relations management software. For more information, go to http://www.prweb.com .

About Vocus
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 4,400 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 http://www.vocus.com or call (800) 345-5572.

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