Constant Contact Venue Partner Program
Isn’t It Time You Filled Your Venue with MORE Potential Customers?
Now with Constant Contact’s new Venue Partner Program, it’s easier than ever to fill your venue with savvy business owners right in your neck of the woods.
Here’s How it Works:
1. Host a Constant Contact seminar at your location. The seminar will be run by a highly-trained Authorized Local Expert with topics such as Email Marketing and Social Media Marketing.
2. Provide your space at no cost. Refreshments are up to you, but not necessary.
3. Provide your logo and the URL for your venue and we’ll promote your location to our contacts in your area.
4. There is no charge for qualified venues to participate in this program! We are looking for event space that hold anywhere from 20-150+ attendees.
What You Get:
(If selected for our Venue Program)
1. We’ll promote your venue to thousands of Constant Contact customers in your area.
2. You will have the opportunity to give a short talk about your venue at the beginning of our seminar.
3. You can distribute flyers, brochures, coupons, etc. about your business to all of our seminar attendees.
4. You can even invite your existing customers to our free event.
How to Get Started:
Tell us a little bit about your location. If your venue is a good fit for the program, we will contact you with further details!
Constant Contact Venue Partner Program Questionnaire:
1. Venue Name.
2. Venue Website URL.
3. Venue Street Address.
4. City.
5. State.
6. Postal Code.
7. Contact Person Name.
8. Contact Person Telephone Number.
9. Contact Person Email Address.
10. Do you have free parking?
11. What days is your venue available for presentations?
12. What hours is your venue available for presentations?
13. Please select all applicable items available at your venue? (Tables & Chairs, Projector, Microphone, Internet Access (for the presenter, not the attendees),
14. Do you have a screen or blank wall that can be used for PowerPoint presentations?
15. How many people can your venue accommodate classroom style? (less than 25, 25–50, 50–75, 75–100, 100–125, over 125).
16. Do you have an email list of your own customers/clients who can be invited to Constant Contact presentations?
Interested in the Constant Contact Venue Partner Program? Contact Us Today!
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New Internet Marketing Strategy Analysis For Small Business
The Free Small Business Web Marketing Strategy Audit
We conduct a free online evaluation of your current online marketing strategies and tools using proprietary and custom tools, and review our findings with you in a 30-minute in-person or phone conversation. Findings include an objective scoring of your entire online presence and activity and we will provide detailed, specific findings which you can use to improve your online marketing immediately. This is a no-cost version of our pioneering Web Marketing Strategy Audit.
To learn more or to request a free Small Business Web Marketing Strategy Audit, please visit www.web-marketing-audit.com, or call Endorphin Advisors at 518.250.9035.
About Endorphin Advisors
Endorphin Advisors is a unique management consulting firm and marketing agency. We help businesses develop and implement short and long-term strategic plans, while also providing day-to-day business development, marketing and financial forecasting services. We specialize in business-to-business and services organizations committed to excellence, innovation and expansion.
Since 2005, we have helped clients start, manage, grow, finance and sell businesses.
Our strategic marketing services focus on generating new business through the Internet. We specialize in closed-loop Internet (“inbound”) marketing; the use of relevant, useful content (widely distributed across web, blog, email and social media properties), targeted offers, landing pages and analytics.
We are Certified Business Partners and Solution Providers of Constant Contact and Hubspot.
For more please visit www.EndorphinAdvisors.com, call 518.250.9035.
RPI Organizing Its First Venture Summit – Thursday, April 12th
Rensselaer is organizing its first Venture Summit, to be held Thursday, April 12th.
This will be a day long series of events designed to draw investors to campus to learn about the Entrepreneurial culture and opportunities at RPI, but also designed for the RPI community to learn about invention from the investor community and from the government policy perspective.
Schedule:
9:00 Arrival / Check in
9:15 Discovery Showcase
Centers of Excellence: Focus on Advanced Research
A brief look at five areas of innovation on the Rensselaer campus.
- Center for Future Energy Systems, Associate Director, Marty Byrne ‘82
- Center for Biotech and Interdisciplinary Science, Director, Jonathan S. Dordick
- Smart Lighting ERC, Director of Industrial Collaboration & Innovation, Silvia Mioc
- CATS: Manufacturing Automation, Associate Director, Craig Dory
- Data and Web Science, Tetherless World Constellation Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science, and the Assistant Dean for Information Technology and Web Science , Jim Hendler.
12:00 Lunch
1:00 “Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer”
1:30 “Working with Early Stage Startups” Venture Investor Panel discussion
Confirmed Panelists: Graham Brooks, Principal, .406Ventures
A panel of venture investors will discuss their views on working with early stage startups, and will address issues associated with technology commercialization. Different technologies require varying lengths of development cycles, capital, and team resources. How the investment community makes decisions about which start ups they’ll work with, how they work with them and the specific types of financial and managerial control that can occur in an investor/start up relationship will be addressed.
3:30 Keynote “Impact of the America Invents Act on Universities”
The America Invents Act was signed into law this past September and is viewed as the most dramatic move in US patent law reform since the 1950s. One of its key tenets is that it changes U.S. law surrounding IP ownership to align with the rest of the world: from “first to invent” to “first to file.” These changes will have dramatic effects on how universities manage faculty and student born inventions.
4:30 Reception
For details, Registration & Directions, please visit RPI’s Lally School of Management & Technology
Endorphin Advisors Named Constant Contact 2011 All Star
Endorphin Advisors recognized for achieving exemplary marketing results
ALBANY, NEW YORK – March 16, 2012 – Endorphin Advisors, a unique management consulting firm and marketing agency offering services to Business-to-Business, services firms seeking excellence, innovation and expansion, has received the 2011 All Star Award from Constant Contact®, Inc., the trusted marketing advisor to more than half a million small organizations worldwide. Each year, a select group of Constant Contact customers are honored with the All Star Award for their exemplary marketing results. Endorphin Advisors’ results ranked among the top 10% of Constant Contact’s customer base.
“We’re happy to be recognized by Constant Contact for achieving superior marketing results for our clients (and ourselves),” said Erik Bunaes, Endorphin Advisors. “Constant Contact’s tools have helped our clients (and ourselves) better manage customer relationships, build strong engagement, and expand reach and awareness for their brands and services.”
Constant Contact looked at the following criteria to select this year’s All Stars:
- Frequency of campaigns, events, and surveys
- Open, bounce, and click-through rates
- Event registration rates
- Survey completion rates
- Use of social features
- Use of mailing list sign-up tools
“There is nothing we like more than to see our customers finding success. It’s the reason Constant Contact was founded, and it’s a thrill to see the fantastic results that our All Stars are achieving,” said Gail Goodman, CEO of Constant Contact. “This group is really leading the charge when it comes to delivering relevant, engaging content that drives real business results. We salute this year’s All Stars for their success, and are honored to have played a part in their achievements.”
About Endorphin Advisors
Endorphin Advisors is a unique management consulting firm and marketing agency. We help businesses develop and implement short and long-term strategic plans, while also providing day-to-day business development, marketing and financial forecasting services. We specialize in business-to-business and services organizations committed to excellence, innovation and expansion.
Since 2005, we have helped clients start, manage, grow, finance and sell businesses.
Our strategic marketing services focus on generating new business through the Internet. We specialize in closed-loop Internet (“inbound”) marketing; the use of relevant, useful content (widely distributed across web, blog, email and social media properties), targeted offers, landing pages and analytics.
For more information, please visit www.EndorphinAdvisors.com or call 518.250.9035.
Constant Contact Training Workshops offered in Tech Valley, NY. See www.Endorphin-Business-Center.com or call 518.250.9035
Additional Information:
Google+: www.gplus.to/EndorphinAdvisors
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/endorphin-advisors
Facebook: www.facebook.com/EndorphinAdvisors
SlideShare: www.slideshare.net/ebunaes
About Constant Contact, Inc.
Constant Contact is revolutionizing the success formula for small organizations through affordable, easy-to-use Engagement MarketingTM tools that help create and grow customer relationships. More than half a million small businesses, nonprofits, and associations worldwide rely on Constant Contact to drive ongoing customer dialogs through email marketing, social media marketing, event marketing, and online surveys. All Constant Contact products come with unrivaled KnowHow, education, and free coaching with a personal touch, including award-winning customer support.
Find out more at www.constantcontact.com.
Constant Contact and the Constant Contact Logo are registered trademarks of Constant Contact, Inc. All Constant Contact product names and other brand names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Constant Contact, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
Media Contact:
Erik Bunaes
Endorphin Advisors
518.250.9035
erik@endorphinadvisors.com
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Startup Weekend Tech Valley – Recap of Event & Results
Event Metrics & Recap:
Over 30 amazing organizers found 33 generous sponsors to make the event possible, that created over 160 amped attendees (approximate as it fluctuated throughout the weekend), where 42 excellent ideas were pitched, and 18 cool teams were formed, that were mentored by 15 awesome mentors in a 54 hour period which culminated in 6 outstanding judges (and their questions) to finalize in 3 Winning Teams and 1 Honorable Mention.
Event Winners:
• Congrats to PayWme for winning the 1st Place
• Congrats to GoMenuGo for winning the 2nd Place
• Congrats to Landlordia for winning the 3rd Place
• Congrats to Child Care Share for winning Honorable Mention
Startup Weekend Tech Valley in the news:
http://www.bizjournals.com/
Stay connected with Organizers & Attendees:
• Join LinkedIn Group - “startupweekend Tech Valley”
• Friend Facebook Page – http://www.facebook.com/pages/
• Follow Twitter hashtags – #swtechvalley, #grandslamalley
When is the next Startup Weekend Tech Valley?
The date of the next Startup Weekend Tech Valley will be announced within 60 days.
From the Organizers & Hosts:
John Max Miller (ceo@johnmiller.com)
Christine Tate (gunnafly@hotmail.com)
About Startup Weekend:
Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.
For more about Startup Weekend Tech Valley, please see http://techvalley.startupweekend.org/
About Grandslam Alley:
We are a new type of business accelerator based in Troy – the heart of gaming and technology in Upstate NY. Why Troy? It is a town whose time has come. It is a funky place where you can feel the electricity of change all around you. GrandSlam Alley is going to help motivate this change.
Our model is different! GrandSlam Alley is an accelerator manned full time by experienced entrepreneurs and business people. We will help your company succeed with our milestone based incremental funding model and our strong network of mentors.
GrandSlam Alley is part of a strong and growing gaming and software ecosystem. We expect to make Troy the gaming capital of the world over the next five to ten years. We want to assist in the accelerated growth of your company. Fill out our application and let us help you “hit it out of the park”!
For more about Grandslam Alley, please visit http://grandslamalley.com/
Grandslam Alley, a New Tech Incubator and Angel Investor, Hosts Startup Weekend Tech Valley
GrandSlam Alley banner at Startup Weekend Tech Valley
John Max Miller and Christine Tate just started Grandslam Alley, in Troy, New York, to help build up the entrepreneurial and technology company-supporting ecosystem in the Capital Region and Tech Valley, in upstate New York.
They are actively seeking new entrepreneurs and startups in which to invest and support.
Find out more about Grandslam Alley at http://grandslamalley.com/
GrandSlam Alley Accelerator
500 Federal, 4th, Floor
Troy, NY 12180
If you have any questions, or wish to request an introduction to Mr. Miller or Ms. Tate, please contact me at info@endorphinadvisors.com or 518.250.9035, and I will be happy to make a personal introduction.
Startup Weekend Tech Valley – First Night (at GrandSlam Alley, Troy, New York)
By Erik Bunaes, Endorphin Advisors
- Opening remarks and ground rules at Startup Weekend Tech Valley
Startup Weekend Tech Valley kicked off last night (March 2, 2012) in Troy, New York at Grand Slam Alley, a new technology incubator and angel investors group.
It was an incredible, energy-filled first night, with more than 50 entrepreneurs pitching the crowd with their ideas, in hopes to generating excitement, building a team on the spot, and working through the weekend toward the final pitch night on Sunday.
Entrepreneurs are competing for attention and talent and more than $30,000 in prize money in an “American Idol”-type contest.
The night started off with an introduction and overview of the weekend’s ground rules from event organizer and Grandslam Alley CEO, John Max Miller. He was followed by comments from two tech luminaries Martin Babinec (Upstate Venture Connect) on building out the upstate technology eco-system, and Tobi Saulnier, the CEO of 1st Playable Productions.
Entrepreneurs then lined up to give 60-second pitches in a rapid-fire “Pitchfire” format. They had to pitch their idea, describe solution they want to provide and say what resources and team they need to build to get it done, and attract interest from the crowd of potential partners, all in 60-seconds!
It was fast and exciting, with the crowd cheering for great pitches, unique ideas and energetic entrepreneurs. The range of ideas and solutions was mind-boggling and amazing!
If you want to join the event and see top teams present their fleshed-out work to the panel of judges, come join us on Sunday evening. They are competing for prize money and investor attention. Find out more details and buy your $40 ticket, which includes dinner, beer and networking at http://techvalley.startupweekend.org/!
The rest of the weekend’s schedule is here: http://techvalley.startupweekend.org/event/
For more about Startup Weekend Tech Valley, visit: http://techvalley.startupweekend.org/
- Entrepreneurs Lining Up to Pitch Ideas to Crowd
By Erik Bunaes, is President of Endorphin Advisors, a unique management consulting firm and marketing agency.
About Startup Weekend:
Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.
For more about Startup Weekend Tech Valley, visit: http://techvalley.startupweekend.org/
Service Above Self – The Rotary Club of Albany
Today I gave a presentation to a wonderful group of people at the Rotary Club of Albany (NY).
I spoke on the topic of using LinkedIn for Business, and I am proud to show off my certificate that I was given today.
“Service Above Self” Now that is a solid, worthy guiding principal.
Thank you Albany Rotarians!
Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar At Barnes and Noble
Thursday is the day to start your holiday shopping!
Once again we will be at the Barnes and Noble in Colonie Center. You may also go to any Barnes and Noble and mention CRSAS and we will be given credit, we will also receive credit from any cheesecakes bought on Thursday. If you are not able to shop on Thursday we have five days of in store shopping.
Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar At Barnes and Noble
Online Shopping at BN.COM/bookfairs
Shop 12/8/11 through 12/13/11 to support our bookfair!
Bookfair ID#10626521
Happy Holiday’s and Thank you for your support!
From all the team at Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar.
The team here at Endorphin Advisors and Endorphin Business Center are proud supporters of Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar.
About Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar
The major goal of Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar is to equip each of its 90 Albany, Schenectady and Troy High Schools students with the academic and emotional support needed to complete high school, be accepted to, and graduate from college.
Academic support for these economically disadvantaged students includes: mandatory, weekly homework/tutoring sessions; PSAT/SAT preparation courses; Advanced Placement/University in the High School classes; summer enrichment and college preparedness programs; and graphing calculators. By giving the students the resources to successfully complete and excel in their courses, they can present themselves competitively as they apply to the various colleges across New York State and beyond.
Our documented success has shown that we are achieving our mission and improving graduation rates in the Capital Region. Currently, CRSAS graduates 96% of its high school students and 74% of the students who start college, earn a college degree. 150 of our scholars are currently in college, 135 of our scholars have finished college and many are continuing on to graduate school.
Many of these students are returning to the area to attend graduate school or for employment opportunities and serving as positive role models for the next generation.
To learn more about Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar, please visit www.crsas.org or call Bill Corbett at 518.852.2967.
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About Endorphin Business Center LLC
The Endorphin Business Center LLC (EBC) is dedicated to learning, education and on-going business training. We are committed to providing superior, on-going educational and training opportunities to help businesses, and individual professionals, achieve more. More success. More prosperity. More opportunities. More satisfaction.
Endorphin Business Center offers in-person, hands-on training workshops. Some are designed as introductory workshops while others are advanced, technical classes for experienced business owners, entrepreneurs and executives. All are open to everyone.
We are an Albany-based organization serving New York’s Tech Valley, and sponsoring Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar™.
To view our schedule of workshops, and to register online, please visit www.Endorphin-Business-Center.com or call 518.250.9035.
Stay Connected on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/endorphin-business-center-llc
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EndorphinBusinessCenter
Endorphin Business Center – Workshop Schedule through First Quarter 2012
Business Skills Training Workshops
(First Quarter 2012)
12/8/11 – Social Media Marketing Made Simple (from Constant Contact)
1/19/12 – The Power of Email Marketing (from Constant Contact)
1/26/12 – Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About the Value of Your Business, But Were Afraid to Ask (from Teal Becker & Chiaramonte)
2/2/12 – Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs (from Law Office of Kara Conway Love)
2/16/12 – Social Media Marketing Made Simple (from Constant Contact)
2/23/12 – Getting Started with Constant Contact (from Constant Contact)
3/1/12 – Why Sales People Fail, and What You Can Do About It (from Sandler Training)
3/8/12 – HR Issues that Impact Businesses (from Pinnacle Human Resources)
3/22/12 – Brands and Trademarks Strategy: Learn How to Avoid the Many Common Pitfalls in Branding (from Hoffman Warnick)
For Workshop details and online registration, visit Endorphin Business Center now
About Endorphin Business Center LLC:
We are committed to providing superior educational and training opportunities to help business professionals achieve more. More success. More prosperity. More opportunities. More satisfaction.
Workshops will cover topics such as marketing, bookkeeping, corporate structures, financing, human resources and legal, tax, compliance and operations issues. Some are introductory workshops while others are intermediate or advanced-level workshops. All workshops are open to everyone.
We are an Albany-based organization serving New York’s Tech Valley, and sponsoring Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar™. Visit us at www.Endorphin-Business-Center.com.
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