Thursday, April 16, 2009

LEARN HOW TO MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA WORK FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS

VistaPrint’s Latest Free, Live Webinar Highlights the Tools Needed to Succeed in Social Media

VistaPrint Limited (Nasdaq:VPRT), the small business marketing company, today announced the launch of its latest Webinar titled “Jump In: Using Social Media To Forge Relationships And Expand Your Brand.” This Webinar is completely free and will be held on Friday, April, 17 at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

VistaPrint’s latest Webinar is designed to show small businesses how they can use a number of the social media and social networking tools available online for a number of goals, including professional networking, as well as customer interaction, acquisition and retention. Many companies around the world have started to engage and interact with customers using social networking sites. Success comes from networking in a number of different forms, including micro blogging sites, networking sites, and lifestyle domains. These public sites have become havens for customers wishing to find out more and talk directly to the businesses they are visiting.

“Social networking is really something that all businesses should consider, even small businesses, as a way to better reach customers, leads, and also potential partners,” said Mindy Sanderson, small business marketing specialist at VistaPrint. “While it may seem like a time consuming and somewhat scary prospect, the truth is that it really doesn’t have to be. In fact you can coordinate your existing marketing efforts with your social networking efforts for a seamless transition. We’ll show you how in this Webinar.”

The latest in VistaPrint’s popular Webinar series, this session will cover the basics of social networking and social media, including which sites you should be using, how to effectively set up your own unique pages and accounts, and how to sync your offline efforts to raise online traffic and buzz for your brand. There will also be real life examples of small businesses that are making social media work for them. For more information go to www.vistaprint.com/learningcenter and click on the live Webinar's link. Registration is completely free and easy to complete.

VistaPrint offers small businesses peace of mind by providing everything they need to market their business. Products include high-quality and low-cost printed products such asbusiness cards, postcards, brochures,checks, and return address labels; promotional apparel including hats and T-shirts; and marketing services such as copywriting, Websites, design and postcard mailing. Customers looking for deals can also follow and interact with VistaPrint on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.



About VistaPrint
VistaPrint Limited (Nasdaq:VPRT) is the small business marketing company having served over 17 million customers worldwide. VistaPrint offers small businesses everything they need to market their business with brand identity and promotional products, marketing services and electronic marketing solutions. A global company, VistaPrint employs more than 1,600 people and operates 19 localized Websites serving over 120 countries around the world. A broad range of marketing products and services are available online at www.vistaprint.com. VistaPrint’s products are satisfaction guaranteed.

VistaPrint and the VistaPrint logo are registered trademarks of VistaPrint. All other brand and product names appearing on this announcement may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.