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CONSTANT CONTACT ANNOUNCES SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING EXPERT FOR GREATER SEATTLE

Educational seminars provide local small businesses with affordable marketing techniques and strategies

Seattle, WA - July 08, 2008

The diverse and thriving small business community in the Greater Seattle area continues to be a vital component of the region's economy. Working to serve this fast-growing community, Constant Contact®, Inc. (NasdaqGM: CTCT), a leading provider of email marketing and online surveys for small organizations, today announced that local small business marketing expert, Michael Clark, is leading free email marketing seminars in the Greater Seattle area.

With more than nine years of experience focused in the communications, nonprofit, and small business sectors, Clark provides small businesses and organizations with proven marketing tools and strategies to help them grow their business. His work in Seattle, with such organizations as the Woodinville Chamber of Commerce, could not be better timed, considering the area's growth and favorable business climate. The region continues to grow, with the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett area ranking as #18 in the Large Cities category according to Inc. Magazine's 2007 "The Best Cities for Doing Business" annual report1. Washington State also scored 4th in the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council's November 2007 twelfth annual rankings of the states, according to their public policy climates for small business and entrepreneurship in the Small Business Survival Index 20072.

"Michael's involvement in the Greater Seattle small business community is welcome," said John Erdman, executive director, Woodinville Chamber of Commerce. "Our members value expertise in proven marketing techniques and constructive approaches to building customer loyalty and facilitating business growth. We look forward to Michael's presentation on July 15 and working with him to bring ideas and inspiration to our region's small businesses."

"Greater Seattle's dynamic small business community calls for well-designed outreach efforts as entrepreneurs from various industries work to build effective communications programs," said Annette Iafrate, senior director, regional development, Constant Contact. "Michael's focus on providing small businesses with timely, impactful information, whether the enterprise is a small business, micro-enterprise, social club, nonprofit, or religious organization is evident in all of his seminars."

Serving the Greater Seattle Small Business Community
Clark leads informational seminars that showcase the power of email marketing and online surveys, along with success stories from local businesses and organizations that have used email marketing to improve their bottom lines.

"My focus is to help local entrepreneurs -- from Puyallup to Woodinville, and all over Greater Seattle," said Michael Clark, Seattle regional development director, Constant Contact. "I'm excited to demonstrate the many ways email marketing tools can be used to improve member and customer communications and reduce marketing costs. And, with each seminar, more and more Seattle entrepreneurs connect with other business owners and take-away new marketing strategies and easy-to-use techniques to improve and grow their businesses."

Upcoming Greater Seattle Seminars
Date: July 9, 2008
Seminar: Everett area: Power of Email Marketing
Location: Marysville-Tulalip Chamber of Commerce
Conference Room
8825 34th Ave. NE, Ste. C
Tulalip, WA 98271
Time: 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. PT
Date: July 11, 2008

Seminar: Seattle Metro: Power of Email Marketing
Location: Beacon Hill Branch Library
2821 Beacon Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98144
Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. PT
Date: July 15, 2008

Seminar: East Metro: The Power of Email Marketing
(Presentation to the Woodinville Chamber of Commerce)
Location: Evergreen Hospital Auditorium
12039 NE 128th St
Kirkland, WA 98034
Time: 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. PT

To sign up and to learn more about upcoming seminars in Greater Seattle, please visit: http://www.constantcontact.com/local/pacificnorthwest/index.jsp.

About Michael Clark
Michael Clark is the Seattle Regional Development Director. New to Constant Contact and to the Puget Sound area, Clark is not new to the Power of Email Marketing. As the former director of education and marketing for a nonprofit organization in Phoenix, AZ, Clark used email marketing to help promote events and upcoming seminars, as well as teaching other nonprofits how to use email marketing to improve their outreach. Prior to serving the nonprofit community of Phoenix, he was the graphic designer for Minnesota's largest real estate company.

About Constant Contact, Inc.
Launched in 1998, Constant Contact, Inc. is a leading provider of email marketing and online survey tools for small organizations, including small businesses, associations, and nonprofits. To learn more, please visit www.constantcontact.com or call (781) 472-8100.

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1Inc. Magazine, How the 2007 Best Cities Were Selected (published in May 2007) http://www.inc.com/; note: the Large Cities category lists 20 cities

Released in April 2008, the Business Tax Index 2008 pulls together 16 different tax measures, and combines those into one tax score that allows the 50 states and District of Columbia to be compared and ranked. The 16 measures are: 1) state's top personal income tax rate, 2) state's top individual capital gains tax rate, 3) state's top corporate income tax rate, 4) state's top corporate capital gains tax rate, 5) any added income tax on S-Corporations, 6) whether or not the state imposes an alternative minimum tax on individuals, 7) whether or not the state imposes an alternative minimum tax on corporations, 8) whether or not the state's personal income tax brackets are indexed for inflation, 9) property taxes, 10) consumption-based taxes (i.e., sales, gross receipts and excise taxes), 11) whether or not the state imposes a death tax, 12) unemployment tax, 13) whether or not the state has a tax limitation mechanism. [Full report: http://www.sbecouncil.org/uploads/BusinessTaxIndex2008.pdf]


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