WALTHAM, Mass.--()--Constant Contact®, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTCT) announced today that Sharefaith, the leading providing of church visual media solutions, has joined its business partner program. By pairing the advantages of Constant Contact’s easy-to-use email marketing, event marketing, and online survey tools with Sharefaith’s online collection of thousands of high-quality Christian designs, this new partnership provides a powerful communication opportunity for many churches.
“Constant Contact’s online marketing tools combined with Sharefaith’s creative graphical additions will allow churches to better communicate their messages, and gain real-time feedback from members and attendees, while also helping church leaders to strengthen ongoing communications with their members.”
“The partnership with Constant Contact is a natural service extension for our members who already use Sharefaith’s designer templates for printed church communications, including bulletins, programs, and newsletters,” said Hein van Wyk, general manager of Sharefaith. “Interest in email marketing has been growing among our members, and to meet this demand, we wanted to work with the industry leader, Constant Contact. To fully realize the benefits of this partnership, Sharefaith has developed a new email graphics collection, including email banners and salutations that pastors and church administrators can incorporate into their Constant Contact communications."
“By combining Sharefaith’s media excellence with Constant Contact’s tools, church leaders can now easily create professional-looking emails, manage contact lists, issue member surveys, or promote events — quickly and easily — to grow stronger and longer-lasting relationships with their members,” said Alec Stern, vice president, Strategic Market Development. “Constant Contact’s online marketing tools combined with Sharefaith’s creative graphical additions will allow churches to better communicate their messages, and gain real-time feedback from members and attendees, while also helping church leaders to strengthen ongoing communications with their members.”
The Constant Contact Business Partner program helps tens of thousands of organizations maximize the power and effectiveness of email marketing, event marketing, and online surveys. Each Constant Contact business partner receives its own co-branded landing site, a revenue sharing plan, online reporting tools, and a free full-featured Constant Contact account. In addition, each business partner has access to a dedicated partner extranet that contains marketing and promotional tools, and materials. This insightful content can be easily used by partners to educate their customers on the benefits of building great customer relationships through online communications.
About Sharefaith
Serving over 14,000 churches, Sharefaith's mission is to help Christian leaders achieve excellence in communication. As the foremost provider of church visual media solutions, Sharefaith serves churches of all sizes and denominations. Through a membership-based website, Sharefaith offers a complete range of communication designs for the modern church, including beautiful video backgrounds, fresh PowerPoint templates, aesthetic bulletin covers, stunning worship slides, attractive flyers, and a variety of other powerful communication tools. Sharefaith offers an intuitive site design, making it simple for anyone to find and download any of the more than 11,000 designs. Sharefaith is a leading creative force in church media innovation, and provides an all-in-one solution for the church’s digital and print needs. Customers can register for a free two-week trial at Sharefaith.com.
About Constant Contact, Inc.
With more than 350,000 customers, Constant Contact, Inc. is a leading provider of email marketing, event marketing, and online survey tools for small businesses, nonprofits, and member associations. Founded in 1995, Constant Contact helps small organizations grow stronger customer relationships by delivering professional, low cost, easy- to-use online tools backed with award-winning support, education, and personal coaching. Constant Contact is a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CTCT) with offices located in Waltham, Mass.; Loveland, Colo.; and Delray, Fla. To learn more, please visit Constant Contact.
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