Vocus to Sponsor Upcoming Summit on PR Measurement

Company to join panel discussion effective public relations and reputation measurement strategies.

Exploring How Clients, Agencies and Research Providers Can Work More Effectively Together

Lanham, MD (Vocus/PRWEB ) October 10, 2008 -- Vocus, Inc., (NASDAQ: VOCS) a leading provider of on-demand software for public relations management, today announced that its sponsorship of the Institute for Public Relations 6th Annual Summit on Measurement for public relations and communications professionals. The summit will be held from October 15-17 at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

In addition to sponsoring the event, Vocus' Director of Product Management, Kye Strance, will participate on a panel to discuss how research providers and PR professionals can work together to create an effective strategy for PR measurement. The panel, "Exploring How Clients, Agencies and Research Providers Can Work More Effectively Together," will be held at 1:30 p.m. ET on October 16 and will offer ways to coordinate an achievable solution for evaluating and measuring public relations campaigns.

This Institute-sponsored conference has earned an international reputation for excellence over the years for bringing together the best and brightest minds in public relations measurement, evaluation and research. More information about the Institute's Summit on Measurement is available at: http://www.instituteforpr.org/education/summit_measure/, or by calling the Institute for Public Relations at 352-392-0280.

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 2,900 organizations worldwide and is available in five 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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