If you wanted to come up with a list of synonyms for the term ‘small business’, you might think “Mom and Pop” or “startup”. Those who are small business owners who live the challenge of small businesses day in and day out might think “resource constrained” and “on a budget”. Fortunately, there are bigger businesses that have interests in helping smaller businesses get off the ground. Enter the world’s most recognized email marketing company, Constant Contact. While Constant Contact is most notably known for its email marketing, it also offers social media marketing, online survey and content management tools. To further help small businesses that don’t have the resources to scour the web and find the right offering for their small business pain, they launched the Constant Contact MarketPlace site in 2010. The MarketPlace is a site where partners of Constant Contact list their related offerings for small businesses, making it one of the largest collections of mobile apps, social integrations and marketing experts to help small businesses and non profits. It is also categorized by business needs, services, or industry for quick searching. When you visit the site, you’ll recognize popular listings from Network Solutions like Mobile Websites, nsCommercespace (for having an online store), and many other faves.
On the site, users can get apps for the casual and savvy app user, get integrated with tools like contact management tools for CRM, and also locate experts who provide complementary marketing services for maximum results.
The main page also has a right rail listing of the top new apps and the most viewed apps. There is also a ranking feature where users can rate the apps and offerings on a 5 –star scale. The MarketPlace is a big hit with many – the site sees about 20,000 visitors a month and growing. There are over 400 contributing partners and new ones are being added regularly. With all of these offerings in one location, the newest synonym for “small business” is “Constant Contact MarketPlace!”
Visit the MarketPlace to begin your search or if you have an interesting app to share and wish to be integrated, click on “partners” tab at the top once you get to the MarketPlace page.
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