Thursday, November 19, 2009

VISTAPRINT HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES IMPROVE THEIR SEARCH RANKINGS

New Online Search Profiles Help Local Businesses Get Noticed in Search Queries

Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq: VPRT), the company that provides high-impact personalized products and services for small businesses and the home, today announced that it has expanded its online marketing efforts for small businesses with the addition of Online Search Profiles. This product will equip small business owners who want to boost their Web presence efficiently and in a cost-effective manner. Vistaprint Online Search Profiles are simple to create and start at just $2.99 a month.

With no technical expertise required,Vistaprint’s Online Search Profiles take minutes to create and are distributed to over 100 search engines including Google® Maps, Yahoo® Local and YellowPages.com™. Consistent listing data entered into many trusted search engines helps increase a business’ local online search ranking, potentially surpassing the listings of competing businesses. In addition to an increased online presence, business profiles are also published in a special Vistaprint directory for further exposure.

“The local search space is growing rapidly and is giving small businesses the ability to outrank the sites of their larger competitors. We have created a convenient tool that will help our customers gain more exposure in their local markets while staying within a budget,” said Whitney Pegden, product marketing associate at Vistaprint. “We are confident customers will find value in using Online Search Profiles and the benefits will appear in the form of increased traffic to their business.”

Customers who have built their small business website with Vistaprint receive benefits from automated enhancements that improve their search performance. A footer can be added to a Vistaprint-hosted website to help improve search rankings. Vistaprint’s Online Search Profiles were built internally by Vistaprint’s industry-leading software engineers and partnering with Localeze to submit the profile data to search engines. To get started with Online Search Profiles, visit www.vistaprint.com/online-search-profile.aspx

Vistaprint offers customers convenience by providing products they can hold confidence in. Products include high-quality and low-cost printed products such as custom postcards, return
address stamp
, moving announcements,pens, and Christmas cards; promotional apparel including hats and T-shirts; and marketing services such as websites, copywriting, email marketing, design and postcard mailing. Ordering products from Vistaprint is easy; customers just go online, 24 hours a day, design their products and order with the click of a mouse. Most products can be designed, ordered and received in as little as three business days.

About Vistaprint
Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq:VPRT) provides more than eight million small businesses and consumers annually with the easiest way to make an impression at the best price. With a unique business model supported by proprietary technologies, high-volume production facilities, and direct marketing expertise, Vistaprint offers a wide variety of products for both small businesses and the home. Options range from business cards, brochures and websites to invitations, thank you notes, calendars and more. A global company, Vistaprint employs more than 1,850 people, operates 20 localizedwebsites and ships to more than 120 countries around the world. Vistaprint's broad range of products and services are easy to access online, 24 hours a day, at www.vistaprint.com, and are satisfaction guaranteed.

Vistaprint and the Vistaprint logo are trademarks of Vistaprint N.V. or its subsidiaries. All other brand and product names appearing on this announcement may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

VISTAPRINT JUMPS 27 PLACES ON THE BOSTON GLOBE’S 100 TOP PLACES TO WORK LIST

Personalized Products Provider Ranks 47 in List’s Second Year

Vistaprint, USA Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq: VPRT), the company that provides high-impact personalized products and services for small businesses and the home, today announced that Vistaprint has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the second annual employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe. The company ranked number 47 on the list, up 27 positions from a year ago.

“As a company, Vistaprint is honored to be listed among the top employers in Massachusetts for the second consecutive year,” said Vistaprint North America President, Wendy Cebula. “It shows the company’s commitment to expanding and growing our world-class business institution is paying off. Our employees are some of the best in their chosen fields, from technology and engineering to recruiting and marketing.

Receiving an award like this shows that the investments we have made in developing and rewarding our talent are not going unnoticed.”

Produced by the same team that compiles the 22-year-old Globe 100 report of the best-performing public companies in Massachusetts, the Top Places to Work recognizes the most progressive companies in the state based on employee opinions about company leadership, compensation and training, diversity/inclusion, career development, family-friendly flexibility, and values and ethics. Private companies and nonprofits as well as publicly-held businesses were included in the analysis.

The rankings in the Globe 100’s Top Places to Work are based on survey information collected by Workplace Dynamics, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention, from 86,000 employees at 269 Massachusettsorganizations. This marks the second year that a Globe 100 report has honored private as well as publicly-held organizations.

The publisher of The Boston Globe Steve Ainsley stated, “The companies included in the Globe 100’s Top Places to Work have succeeded in creating a positive workplace for their employees in the midst of the uncertainties of the general economy. I congratulate each of them for an outstanding accomplishment.”

Vistaprint offers customers convenience by providing products they can hold confidence in. Products include high-quality and low-cost printed products such as checks, return address labels, postcards, and Christmas cards; promotional apparel including hats and T-shirt; and marketing services such as websites, copywriting, email marketing, design and postcard mailing. Ordering products from Vistaprint is easy; customers just go online, 24 hours a day, design their products and order with the click of a mouse. Most products can be designed, ordered and received in as little as three business days.

To qualify for the Globe 100’s Top Places to Work, a company must have more than 100 employees in Massachusetts. Nearly 1,000 qualified companies accepted an invitation to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses.

About Vistaprint
Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq:VPRT) provides more than eight million small businesses and consumers per year with the easiest way to make an impression at the best price. With a unique business model supported by proprietary technologies, high-volume production facilities, and direct marketing expertise, Vistaprint offers a wide variety of products for both small businesses and the home. Options range from business cards, brochures and websites to invitations, thank you notes, calendars and more. A global company, Vistaprint employs more than 1,850 people, operates 20 localized websites and ships to more than 120
countries around the world. Vistaprint's broad range of products and services are easy to access online, 24 hours a day, at www.Vistaprint.com, and are satisfaction guaranteed.

Vistaprint and the Vistaprint logo are trademarks of Vistaprint N.V. or its subsidiaries. All other brand and product names appearing on this announcement may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

LET VISTAPRINT HELP YOU CELEBRATE YOUR FIRST HOLIDAY SEASON TOGETHER

Company Offers Creative Solutions to Help Celebrate the Holidays

Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq: VPRT), the company that provides high-impact personalized products and services for small businesses and the home, now offers a full line of holiday cards and other unique gifts to help celebrate a couple’s first holiday season as newlyweds. With the holidays just around the corner, Vistaprint has fully-customizable holiday cards along with photo books and flip books to help you get into the season and share the joy of your wedding with others. As with all of Vistaprint’s products, these items are high-quality, low-cost and include a full satisfaction guarantee.

“Sending out your first set of holiday cards as a married couple is a special moment for newlyweds, and creating a modern and memorable card with Vistaprint is simple,” said Jennifer Hood, senior manager of content strategy at Vistaprint. “Perhaps the toughest decision newlyweds have when creating one-of-a-kind holiday cards is selecting the perfect picture to accompany their design. We suggest going with a black and white image, perhaps from your wedding day, to accompany your holiday card design. It’s a big trend that many are adopting, and it looks great.”

One of the oldest traditions celebrated by couples and families is sending and receiving holiday cards. They are a great way to reconnect with family and friends and offer the personal touch an email cannot. Like many couples have before them, newlyweds celebrating their first holiday together can turn to Vistaprint, which offers a number of unique holiday templates that can help get the card design process started conveniently and easily.

Recently announced products to the Vistaprint family such as photo books and flip books are great options for newlyweds looking to give a creative gift to their family members or close friends. Uploading photos of family and friends from your special day into a photo book makes a unique gift idea that’s sure to put a smile on a recipient’s face. Cover-to-cover customization with great looking template and text options, coupled with Vistaprint quality make photo and flip books a great holiday gift.

Vistaprint offers customers convenience by providing products they can hold confidence in. Products include high-quality and low-cost printed products such as business cards, ink stamps, moving announcements, custom checks and Christmas cards; promotional apparel including hats and T-shirt; and marketing services such as websites, copywriting, email marketing, design and postcard mailing. Ordering products from Vistaprint is easy; customers just go online, 24 hours a day, design their products and order with the click of a mouse. Most products can be designed, ordered and received in as little as three business days.

About Vistaprint
Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq:VPRT) provides more than eight million small businesses and consumers annually with the easiest way to make an impression at the best price. With a unique business model supported by proprietary technologies, high-volume production facilities, and direct marketing expertise, Vistaprint offers a wide variety of products for both small businesses and the home. Options range from business cards, brochures and websites to invitations, thank you notes, calendars and more. A global company, Vistaprint employs more than 1,850 people, operates 20 localized websites and ships to more than 120 countries around the world. Vistaprint's broad range of products and services are easy to access online, 24 hours a day, at www.vistaprint.com, and are satisfaction guaranteed.

Vistaprint and the Vistaprint logo are trademarks of Vistaprint N.V. or its subsidiaries. All other brand and product names appearing on this announcement may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.