Share Your Success Sweepstakes 2024

[Nick_S]

The Sweepstakes is now closed. 

We know how challenging it can be to stay ahead of rising costs and finding the time to market your business. At Constant Contact, we’re always looking for a way to give the small businesses that rely on us an edge.

Tools are one thing, but marketing know-how is another. You might not know where to start, or don’t have the time, or just need a little extra help to get comfortable with using the platform. Our Professional Services team has you covered with personalized marketing services that pairs you with an in-house marketing expert to help take your efforts to the next level!

Our Marketing Managers have helped hundreds of customers just like you pivot successfully and reach their goals. In that spirit, we wanted to create a space where our hard-working community members can reflect on the last year and share their successes.

And for taking the time to share your stories, you’ll be entered to win from a selection of great prizes, offered by our amazing Professional Services team! Scroll down to see what's up for grabs!

Say Yes to Success!

It’s been a year of trying new marketing strategies with our Marketing Manager customers, helping them reach their business goals. Here are some of the results we saw:

Click to download PDFOne client, a car wash on the east coast of the U.S., aimed to boost their SMS contact list to promote daily specials. Their Marketing Manager advised them to display a printed QR code linked to a sign-up landing page to gather SMS phone numbers. They placed signage at checkout counters, which drove an average of 30 new contacts monthly and a 93% yearly increase in new contacts! When they launched a daily special, sending an SMS text message with a coupon link, cars lined up at the car wash within the hour. “I think this is working. We have a line already!”

Another Marketing Manager helped a retail client promote a Labor Day sale, driving one of their most successful holidays ever. By running a Facebook ad and a Google Search ad, they generated over $2,000 in online sales and drew in numerous first-time customers!

A restaurant in a highly competitive market aimed to boost its social media presence. Starting with Facebook ads, the client achieved a staggering 2,800% increase in reach, hitting 236,262 views. This drove over 6,000 visits—a 549% surge—and a 411% jump in page likes. Their Instagram page also saw significant growth: a 54% boost in reach and a 140% increase in new followers. These remarkable results demonstrate the Marketing Manager’s effective approach, strengthening the restaurant's online presence, broadening its audience reach, and fostering high community growth.

Our Marketing Managers are here to help you reach your business goals. And we are excited to see your success! Interested in reading about more success stories from our Marketing Managers? Check out the following case studies:

• Professional Services
• Restaurants & Catering
• Retail & Ecommerce
• Social Media Strategy

Now that you’re feeling all nice and inspired, it’s time to enter!

How to enter:

You can gain one ticket for entry by sharing your success story in a comment on this post. We want to hear about your accomplishments and victories, big or small, in the last year that have helped your business grow!

Some topics, for inspiration:

• A marketing campaign or other activities that contributed strong growth to your business
• A positive customer experience
• Any progress made toward your nonprofit goals
• A new or updated physical store location or office expansion
• Share a positive review you received from a customer

What are the prizes?

• Grand Prize - 3 months of Marketing Manager service ($1605 value)
• First Prize: 2 months of Marketing Specialist service ($500 value)
• Second Prize: 2 hours of Marketing Advisor Phone Consultation ($120 value) 
• Third Prize: 3 Pack of Animated Templates ($99 value)

Winners will be chosen at random for selection. If you are a winner we will notify you by the contact email address listed on your Constant Contact account, so make sure it is up-to-date!

Questions? Let us know in the comments!

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*No Purchase Necessary. Share Your Success Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 50 United States (and D.C), 18 years or older. For Official Rules, visit here. Promotion ends on December 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. The Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Khoros.

[wrtpbigstep]

We used Constant Contact to send email invitations to our nonprofit's annual fundraising event and raised more than $70,000 in unrestricted funds, which we use to ensure our pre-apprenticeship training programs are always free for participants.

[user94210]

I got my company an open rate of 44% to 53% open rate consistently. Some were targeted email campaigns and others were blasts. The key was to keep the design elegant but short and sweet. I never really liked the email campaigns that I get that have too much to scroll and distracts me. By keeping it short and sweet and to the point with story telling. You can achieve great results. 

[julianae6]

story telling is so important!

[NancyJ44821]

A Big Win That Represents More Than Just Business Growth

In 2024, I set a powerful goal for myself: to create and invite my ideal clients into a transformational program called Love Your Business - Love Your Life Inner Circle. This wasn’t just another program — it was a dream come true. A mastermind for heart-centered entrepreneurs, crafted from the expertise of a handpicked group of experts who serve a similar audience, but in unique ways.

Fast forward one year, and this program has already exceeded my expectations in more ways than one.

Not only have we welcomed an incredible group of clients, but 75% of them loved their experience so much that they chose to renew their memberships. This is a monumental win for me, as this was the first time I’ve created a “premium offer” in the coaching industry—something truly special that I poured my heart and soul into.

What makes this even more meaningful is the story behind it. After facing a life-threatening illness in 2022, I was determined to make a comeback — not just any comeback, but a comeback that would allow me to focus on both loving my business and my life. Because, truthfully, one without the other isn’t enough.

To bring this vision to life, I created a compelling invitation that resonated with my ideal clients, reaching out personally to invite them into this powerful community. I used Constant Contact to amplify my message, sharing authentic client testimonials, summit interviews related to the program, and podcast guest spots that ignited curiosity and helped build trust.

The results speak for themselves.

This program has been a BIG win—not just for me, but for the amazing clients who’ve joined me in this journey. We’ve created a community of like-minded entrepreneurs who are focused on achieving the ultimate outcome: loving both their businesses and their lives.

Together, we’ve proven that when we have the right support, the possibilities are endless.

[PaulL5095]

In the first year of reviving our now 40 year old adult learning consortium of IRP Detroit, Constant Contact was integral to our list building, sending learning opportunities and event emails, and in facilitating online dues and tribute donations. Going into 2025, we are regrowing our membership above pre-Covid levels and are ramping up activity levels coordinated on our virtual website office using constant contact to drive effective communications that link our community members.

[MaureenM09]

My monthly newsletter is a BIG hit with my realtor clients.  It is consistent and full of valuable information.  Thank YOU!

[user98413]

I am new to the team and have jumped right in to help elevate our client experience and plan events! My success this year has been getting this role and joining this amazing team. It has been such an incredible experience and exactly what I needed when I needed it. I am looking forward to growing my role in 2025 and having more team successes! 

[JessicaE3]

One amazing nonprofit-sponsored doula training led to several more, allowing us to increase our trainings by 50% this year. I always say that the very best marketing is doing a great job! Constant Contact is also a big part of our success, helping us stay in contact with past and future trainees. No one can know what you're offering if you don't stay in their in-box. The doula business is hot in Michigan right now and we're loving the opportunity to support all the birth workers. 💜

[rlaplibrary]

As a public library, our main goal is to reach the people in our community and help them learn about all the amazing and free resources the library has to offer. This past year, we had our biggest marketing campaigns wherein along with the usual routes, such as posters, bookmarks, flyers, and email newsletters, we also got a billboard to try to reach more of the community who doesn't know about the library.

Recently, we've been trying to upgrade our style when creating emails, and constant contacts' features have been a big help. 2024 has been a good year, and we're excited to see what's in store for the library in 2025.

[JohnS3195]

I started my home inspection company in 2017. It's a grind working in the real estate sector (it never sleeps!), and in a business with significant liability, where you rely on your reputation, it takes time and a lot of hard work to gain traction.

Then came the pandemic. After a standstill of a couple weeks when we were all trying to figure things out in California (and real estate was then deemed an “essential business”), the housing market took off like a rocket! Things got too busy to spend time marketing because I was constantly inspection, along with the one employee inspected I had (thankfully) just hired.

At the beginning of 2024, I had two inspector employees (and a full-time assistant). Within the first three months of the year, both my inspectors left for different personal reasons, leaving me with 1/3 of my work force (the remaining third being me!). This was a huge setback for the business.

I got to work hiring and training a new inspector and doing a lot of inspecting myself. I kept up the grind! At the end of the November, 2024, my new inspector is still honing his craft, but with just one employee inspector, in eleven months, we have surpassed last year’s twelve-month gross revenue by nearly 12%. And our average job size is up over 13% for the year.

I have big plans for 2025, but I’m very proud to have weathered the sudden loss of my entire employee work force and still come out ahead in 2024, even though the year’s housing market has been among the worst in U.S. history.

Thank you, Constant Contact, for being my go-to mass communication method for marketing my business!