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 it will be exhibiting at The Great Bridal Expo at the Boston Park Plaza on January 31. Expo attendees can stop by Vistaprint’s booth to view the wide variety of items the company offers to couples who are preparing for their special day. In addition, couples can participate in some fun by having their photos taken in the company’s uniquely designed photo station. Visitors to Vistaprint’s booth will also have a chance to win $500 in free customized stationary for their upcoming wedding.
“Our design team has done a great job adding to and enhancing our wedding content over the past year, and we are excited to showcase its efforts to attending brides,” said Mindy Sanderson, event marketing specialist at Vistaprint. “From save-the-date notes to thank you cards and everything in between, Vistaprint offers couples a one-stop shop to make their special day a success. Even better, couples can conveniently create their wedding stationary sets from the comfort of their home and have them shipped directly to them in as little as three business days. We are excited to show couples at the Boston show what we have to offer.”
Visitors can stop by Vistaprint’s boo
th to connect with Vistaprint representatives and examine wedding samples while seeing firsthand the ease of creating their wedding content with Vistaprint. All visitors will receive a special discount code on a number of Vistaprint’s wedding related products including engagement announcements, wedding invitations, programs and photo books. In addition to exhibiting, members of the Vistaprint team will have activities setup for visitors, including a picture booth with a special bride and groom display. Thepictures will be featured on Vistaprint’s Flickr page and customers will have the option to view them at a later date. Couples interested in viewing Vistaprint’s wedding solutions can do so by visiting www.vistaprint.com/brides.
The Great Bridal Expo has been serving brides and grooms-to-be and their families around the country for 30 years by connecting them with some of the best vendors in the industry.
Vistaprint offers customers convenience by providing products they can hold confidence in. Products include high-quality, low-cost printed products such as business cards, postcards, address labels, and custom banners; promotional apparel including hats and custom T-shirts; and marketing services such as websites, copywriting, email marketing, design and photo mugs. 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 8 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 1,950 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.
Friday, January 29, 2010
VISTAPRINT HELPS COUPLES AT THE GREAT BRIDAL EXPO
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
VISTAPRINT TO CONSTRUCT WORLD-CLASS CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER
Vistaprint Jamaica Limited, 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 the finalization of a land purchase in Montego Bay, Jamaica. After site development work is completed, Vistaprint will build a new state-of-the-art customer support and design center on the parcel. The building will encompass over 90,000 square feet of workspace and incorporate several “green” features that will make it environmentally friendly.
“Jamaica has proven to be an ideal location for our customer service operations. This project shows Vistaprint’s commitment to the country and provides us ample room for growth while offering our current and future employees an ideal workplace,” said Vistaprint Jamaica General Manager, Roger Williams. “This new construction is important to the future of Vistaprint; not only will it help us better serve our growing customer base, but as a ‘green’ facility, will allow us to contribute to protecting our environment as well.”
Since 2003, Montego Bay has been the home for Vistaprint’s English language customer service and design services operations, which includes phone and email support for customers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other English-speaking countries. As the company’s customer base has grown, so has its customer service workforce, with hundreds of agents in Jamaica. Additionally, over the past three years, the copywriting and graphic design teams in Montego Bay have created high-quality marketing materials for customers who have purchased Vistaprint’s expanded marketing services offerings.
This land purchase was facilitated by multiple officials and departments within the Jamaican government including Hon. Daryl Vaz, Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, With Responsibility for Information and Technology, Hon. Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, JAMPRO/Jamaica Trade and Invest, and the St. James Parish Council.
Kingsland Scott Bauer Associates, a Pittsburgh-based architectural firm recognized as an international leader in customer service center design, and Neustone Limited, a Kingston-based project management firm, have been commissioned to implement this project.
Vistaprint offers consumers convenience by providing printed products they can hold confidence in. Products include high-quality and low-cost printed products such as business cards, personalized mugs, return address labels, and custom banners; promotional apparel including photo keychains and custom 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 8 million small businesses and consumers per year with the easiest way to make an impression at the best price. With a uniquebusiness 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, January 14, 2010
VISTAPRINT EXPANDS WEBSITE PACKAGE TO CONSUMERS
Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq: VPRT), the company that provides high-impact personalized products and services for small businesses and the home, today announced it has extended its user-friendly website offering to cater to consumers looking to create personalized, high quality websites. Similar to the company’s website offering geared toward small businesses, these websites are a great value when compared to competitors, with packages starting at just $4.99 per month. As with many of Vistaprint’s electronic services, customers can try the website offering for free, with trial offers available in all packages.
With its home and family customers in mind, the Vistaprint software development team augmented its already robust but simple website builder to allow users to conveniently create their personal websites in just minutes. In addition to easy-to-use design tools, Vistaprint has added new features to help customers personalize websites to fit their individual needs. These include a guestbook that allows website visitors to post messages, create registry links for weddings and baby showers and send eNotes to keep their friends and family up to date with new content on their sites.
“With the success we have seen with small businesses adopting our website solutions packages, it just made sense to expand our offering to include designs for events such as weddings and baby showers as well as for customers looking for a personal website. Our convenient do-it-yourself tools coupled with quality designs and templates create a recipe for great looking website designs,” said Jeremy Pallai, product marketing manager at Vistaprint. “Vistaprint consumer websites are ideal for our customers who might not know how to create them on their own but want a site for an event or to share content with their friends and families. Meeting the needs of our customers was vital in the development of our consumer websites offering, much like it was when we launched them for small businesses.”
Whether it’s a website for an upcoming event such as a wedding, a birth, a family reunion or just a personal site to share content with friends and family, Vistaprint has created hundreds of templates to help get started. Customers can simply select their design and begin populating their website with images and text. They also can choose a template that matches a previously ordered invitation or postcard. Customers looking to create a website can do so by visiting: www.vistaprint.com/personalwebsites.
In addition to consumer websites, Vistaprint offers consumers convenience by providing printed products they can hold confidence in. Products include high-quality and low-cost printed products such as business cards, personalized mugs, return address labels, and banners; promotional apparel including hats and custom 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 8 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, January 7, 2010
VISTAPRINT GIVES BACK TO FANS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA SWEEPSTAKES
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 it has partnered with Overdrive Interactive to launch the Vistaprint Giveback Giveaway. This sweepstakes will offer a number of great prizes including computers, electronics, gift cards and Vistaprint products.
“Over the past six months, we have seen our community grow exponentially among our social media profiles and we’ve gained a lot of knowledge through those interactions,” said Trynka Shineman, chief marketing officer of Vistaprint North America. “The Vistaprint Giveback Giveaway is our way to say thank you to everyone that has interacted and connected with us on a very personal level. We have lined up some great prizes that will hopefully reward a lucky few already in our community and potentially bring new valuable members into our network.”
To enter the contest, users can log onto www.vistaprintgiveaway.com to begin the registration process. Once on the site, entrants are offered two chances to enter and can enter once a day via an email address or Twitter account. Each entrant may enter once a day but is only eligible to win one daily prize which could be a Dell Mini Net Book, a one-year subscription to Vistaprint’s email marketing services, Starbucks gift cards and other prizes, depending on the day. All entrants will also be automatically entered into the grand prize drawing for a MacBook Pro. A complete prize schedule and prize list is available at http://vistaprintgiveaway.com/prizes.php. Winners of both the daily and grand prize will be selected with a random generator and will be posted at http://vistaprintgiveaway.com/winners.php.
To implement the sweepstakes, Vistaprint turned to Overdrive Interactive, a trendsetting agency, who has implemented dozens of successful social media campaigns for both national and local companies.
“We are thrilled to be able to assist Vistaprint in the launching of this interactive campaign,” said CEO and Managing Partner of Overdrive Interactive, Harry Gold. “This campaign brings together a unique marriage of the prizes and the brand. Each one of them can be tied back to the core business and consumer customers that use Vistaprint’s services.”
Vistaprint offers customers convenience by providing products they can hold confidence in. Products include high-quality, low-cost printed products such as business cards, postcards, address labels, and banners; promotional apparel including hats and custom 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 Overdrive Interactive
Overdrive Interactive is a full-service online marketing agency based in Boston that helps clients grow their business with engaging and measurable online media, social media and search engine marketing campaigns and services. The agency specializes in creating genuine consumer connections that help companies build their brands, generate leads and drive revenue. Overdrive serves organizations that are seeking a high level of accountability from their marketing firms and advertising investments. For more information, please visit http://www.overdriveinteractive.com/.
About Vistaprint
Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq:VPRT) provides more than 8 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 frombusiness 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, atwww.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, December 17, 2009
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO ORDER YOUR HOLIDAY CARDS
Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq: VPRT), the company that provides high-impact personalized products and services for small businesses and the home, is offering the easiest and most convenient way to design and receive holiday cards this season. Those that might have waited until the last minute to order and send their holiday greeting cards still have time. With Vistaprint, customers can choose from hundreds of design options, customize their cards with photos, colors and text, and get high-quality cards delivered in as little as three business days.
“At this time of year, people are busy and oftentimes one of the things that fall by the wayside is the Christmas or holiday cards,” said Melissa Crowe, vice president of marketing services at Vistaprint. “In the past, that meant having to run out to the store to grab whatever they had left on the shelves. Now you don’t have to settle for those standard cards – you can hop online and design your own unique card in just minutes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition, with shipping options as fast as three days, you can have them out to friends and family in no time.”
Vistaprint offers a host of great holiday options at a tremendous value, including a newly released designer collection that features unique designs, 5’’ x 7’’ flat and folded photo cards, 4’’ x 8’’ photo cards, foil accented cards, and a plethora of design options. These include photo collages, heartfelt messages, and even caricatures. Customers can choose from glossy or matte stock, and for the holiday season, can get as much as 50 percent off by going to www.vistaprint.com/holiday.
Vistaprint has also partnered with the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to offer unique holiday card options, including cards that feature iconic Toys for Tots images as well as one card designed by children in a West Virginia community center helped by the charity. Purchasers of these cards can know they are making a difference this season because 50 percent of the proceeds from sales of the cards will go directly to the foundation. Customers who wish to purchase the cards can go to www.vistaprint.com/toysfortots.
In addition to holiday cards, Vistaprint offers customers convenience by providing printed products they can hold confidence in. Products include high-quality and low-cost printed products such asaddress labels,postcards andbanners; promotional apparel including hats and custom 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 8 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 frombusiness 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, atwww.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, December 10, 2009
VISTAPRINT SURVEY INDICATES THAT ONLINE MARKETING TAKING HOLD AMONG SMALL BUSINESSES
and Social Media Options in 2010
Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq: VPRT), the company that provides high-impact personalized products and services for small businesses and the home, recently conducted a comprehensive survey that unearthed interesting trends in small business marketing. According to the survey results, small businesses are likely to increase their use of online forms of marketing including email marketing, paid and organic search, and custom websites over the next 12 months. As small businesses have more time and money to focus on marketing, many indicated that they are considering testing online programs, among other areas.
“It’s apparent from the results of our survey that small businesses are adapting to market changes and are considering trying other methods, including online initiatives,” said Trynka Shineman, chief marketing officer for Vistaprint North America. “Not only are online options like email marketing, local search and unique websites cost efficient, especially in a recession, but the Internet is where potential small business customers are moving. This survey has confirmed that small businesses will start to try and incorporate online options as part of their overall marketing plan. Of course they are still using tried and true methods like direct mail, but it seems they are more willing to diversify than ever before.”
Vistaprint’s survey was an in-depth look at marketing avenues that small businesses are currently embracing. After analyzing the results of the survey, Vistaprint expects the following small business behaviors in the next year:
• Social media avenues like Twitter and Facebook are an area many small businesses will look to explore and capitalize on in the next 12 months. Time is the biggest perceived barrier to these efforts.
• Despite time and money being perceived barriers to starting websites for small businesses, it’s clear that their adoption rate will continue to increase, especially amongst micro and single proprietor businesses. Currently only 38 percent of small businesses have a website.
• YellowPage ads and listings continue to be frequently used, indicating that local search is very much an area of focus for small businesses, especially online.
The survey also found that small businesses might need more education when it comes to marketing, including resources they can tap into. Almost 50 percent of the survey respondents don’t regularly seek any type of advice or counsel with regard to their marketing efforts. When they do, they typically look online for resources. Only four percent took advantage of their local Small Business Administration office, and only eight percent actively participated in their local chambers of commerce. Finally, many small businesses are interested in testing and tracking their marketing campaigns, but only 50 percent are currently doing so to ensure success.
Done in conjunction with Hawk Partners the survey was conducted over a one week period and looked at 300 various employers, including businesses with a sole proprietor, businesses with two-10 employees, and over 10 employees for a true sampling of small business behavior.
The entire study can be found at the Vistaprint Small Business Blog.
Vistaprint offers small businesses peace of mind by providing everything they need to market their business. The company continues to diversify its marketing products and services, both online and off, recognizing that customers continue to need many different avenues to reach customers. Recently the company announced the unveiling of a local search option for small businesses, and also offers email marketing services, website hosting and design services, andpostcard marketing services. Products include high-quality business cards andpostcards and promotional apparel including hats and T-shirts, to name just a few.
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 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, atwww.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, December 3, 2009
VISTAPRINT UNVEILS EXCLUSIVE DESIGNER COLLECTION
Vistaprint N.V. (Nasdaq: VPRT), the company that provides high-impact personalized products and services for small businesses and the home, today announced another avenue for customers to spread holiday cheer with an exclusive designer collection. These designs were selected from a bevy of concepts submitted during an internal competition among Vistaprint’s talented internal design team. The unique cards feature designs based on creative industry trends that are expected to be popular for the 2009 holiday season.
“Sending out holiday cards is a time-honored tradition during the winter season, and people want to send a stylish greeting that is unique and really stands out,” said Jeffrey Prus, vice president of content and user experience at Vistaprint. “Our customers can distinctively express themselves with our designer collection, which was specially created by our own talented designers, and the best designs were hand-selected by the management team. Not only are the cards high-quality and fully customizable with photos and text, but they are also a great value.”
Earlier in the year, Vistaprint’s management team issued a challenge to the company’s internal design team with a unique contest. The premise was to design an original concept for a holiday card that captured the trends of the season and showcased the designer’s individual personality and style – the winning designs, as selected by the management team, would be sold exclusively on the company’s site. Out of the dozens of submissions, the team selected several designs and expanded on them for the collection. To see images of content, please visit Vistaprint’s Flickr page.
“We all used this challenge as a way to share with our customers their individual design styles. The team pushed their designs to meet current trends while introducing their unique personality, and in the process set new trends for this holiday season,” said Megan Morahan, consumer products art director at Vistaprint. “I’m amazed with the team and what they accomplished in such a short time.”
This collection is comprised of both photo and non-photo design templates that are sure to make an impression among the holiday cards received by friends and family and is available exclusively in 5”x7” flat high-quality matte stock, starting at $11.48 for 10 cards. Much like the company’s other products, the designer collection holiday cards are fully customizable and easy to order. Customers simply log onto www.vistaprint.com/designercollection. Once a design is selected, they can customize their cards with family photos and text and have the cards delivered to their home in as little as three business days.
In addition to the designer collection, Vistaprint offers consumers convenience by providing printed products they can hold confidence in. Products include high-quality and low-cost printed products such as graduation announcements, postcards, return address stickers, 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 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.