Though  having a full website  is nice, you don't need one to sell goods and services when you can use a simple landing page instead. Even if you do have a website, a landing page is a really nimble way to sell things with customized content for a specific audience. Our Shoppable Landing Page lets you customize your branding, choose the items you want to sell, customize the page's URL and share it  in an email ,  on social media , or  in a social ad , and then  track how the landing page is performing .   Visit our Knowledge Base to learn more about how shoppable landing pages can help your business. Let us know if you have any questions below! ... View more

If you’re a small business owner, surely someone has told you that you should be selling online. After all,   76% of US consumers shop online, and the biggest online shopping day of the year — Cyber Monday — is just around the corner.   It’s possible you’re already convinced and are interested in selling online, but it’s easier said than done, right?   Visit our Blog to learn more about how shoppable landing pages can help your business. If you have any questions about this feature, let us know below! ... View more

Think of any product. If you wanted to buy it right now, what would you do?   You would pull out your phone or computer, open a web browser and do a search for that product.    That’s why SEO matters.   Your business has to show up when someone types in the product or service you offer into a search engine. If your   website   doesn’t show up on a quick search, how do you expect to convert motivated buyers into happy customers?    To make your website show up, you need to understand what SEO is, start optimizing your page titles and meta descriptions, create valuable content and then start building a network of backlinks.   But what is SEO? If you're still looking for guidance, that's what we're here for! Let us know below and we would be happy to assist. ... View more

You want to bake bread, but how do you get people interested in your bread? The dilemma of all small business owners is how to navigate the world of marketing, let alone social media marketing. Constant Contact makes it easy and we’re trying to make it easier every day.   There are a variety of tools available in your Constant Contact account to share your campaigns on social media. But what social media platform is the best fit for you? How often should you share? How should you structure your social media content for maximum impact? The answers are varied. We’re here to help.   The Social Media Resources board offers a one-stop-shop to relevant articles in our Knowledge Base and Marketing Blog. This will set you up for success in how to navigate the product and market yourself successfully. Are you still not finding what you’re looking for? Post a new topic to engage with Constant Contact support staff and your fellow small business owners.   Not sure where to begin? Find out what social media platform works best for you. ... View more

Email Plus Giveaway   No purchase necessary. For full entry details  please read the full Terms & Conditions here.   We're excited about the features available in Email Plus and we want people to know! From December 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, we are running a giveaway for our Email Plus package. One lucky winner will get three free months (up to $1,000) of Email Plus! We welcome everyone to participate, but you must have a Constant Contact trial account, Email plan account, or Email Plus account to enter. This will allow you to post on the Constant Contact User Community. Keep in mind, after the first three months have ended, the potential winner will automatically be charged the current retail price for the Email Plus product unless they cancel their accounts or the applicable product.   How to enter? Post a reply to this article. That's it!   We'd love to hear about how Constant Contact has impacted your business, your favorite features, or any questions you have regarding Email Plus features. We will be monitoring this thread for activity, so post away!    ----   Seeing is believing, right? But how do you go from seeing to believing? Building your brand and getting your message out there is one half of the initiative, but ultimately what we want is for our audience to engage with us. How do we create opportunities for engagement?   Email Plus . The plan that takes your marketing to the next level. Email Plus offers a whole suite of products and features you can’t access in the standard plan There’s a lot to dig into, but let’s focus on a couple of great features this time around: Email Automation and Action Blocks.   Email Automation   For most small business owners, marketing can take a backseat to actually running a business. You only have so much time in a day. We say, let it take a backseat! Email Automation is a way for businesses to stay engaged with their contacts without having to be chained to the computer all the time. Some ways in which you can engage your audience with automation include:   Welcome Emails - Introduce your brand with a big splash, welcoming your new audience members to the fold. You can craft multiple Welcome Emails if you have a diverse contact portfolio and set the email to trigger when they sign up.   Birthdays/Anniversaries - Who doesn’t like being celebrated? Of course, if you cater to hundreds or thousands of people it can be hard to keep track of all those birthdays! Email Plus makes it easy with birthday reminders and anniversary callouts (i.e. as when they first joined your mailing list). Use these as opportunities to offer special promotions!   Action Blocks   The email is opened, but how do you prolong the moment before you end up in the pile of read emails? Action Blocks drive… action! Whether you’re launching your monthly newsletter or promoting an upcoming event, Action Blocks create opportunities for your audience to follow up with you. For example:   Eventbrite Action Block - Integrate with your Eventbrite account and drop your upcoming event right into your email! Reporting allows you to see how many tickets were generated from your email promotion.    Donation Action Block - This block is especially helpful to nonprofits. It may look simple on the outside, but after clicking, the contact is taken to a customized landing page where they can make a donation. Drive traffic to the causes that matter most to you!  Visibility is great, but engagement drives results! Try out Email Plus today and take your email marketing to the next level. ... View more

With Constant Contact’s SEO Tools, we make it easy for you to boost your online search rankings by providing you the insights and tools needed to get found across the top search engines, resulting in higher search rankings, more traffic, more leads, and more sales. You don’t need to be an expert in SEO to use our tools. We’ll analyze your website on an ongoing basis to create a comprehensive report. Then, we’ll explain in easy-to-follow steps what you can do to optimize your site.   For more information, visit our Knowledge Base. If you still have questions, let us know below!  ... View more

EDIT: The Holiday Sweepstakes is now closed! Thank you to everyone who participated! We will be drawing the winners this week.      Constant Contact 2019 Holiday Sweepstakes    No purchase necessary. For full entry details please read the full Terms & Conditions here.   Happy Holidays to all our wonderful Constant Contact customers! As I’m sure many of us say at this point: it’s been a year. And in that year, our developers have been hard at work bringing more features and options to the platform. We want to celebrate all that awesome with the return of our annual holiday sweepstakes! Another year, another chance to win some amazing prizes--and all you have to do is share your Third-Generation email template. Those prizes, without further ado: Grand Prize - 1-Year Free on your Constant Contact account 1st Prize (3) - $500 American Express Gift Card 2nd Prize - $400 American Express Gift Card 3rd Prize - 2 Free Months of Personal Marketing Manager ($395 Value) 4th Prize - 1 Free Premium Template Design ($300 Value) The sweepstakes will run from October 28th, 2019 through November 29th, 2019. Once concluded we will pick the winning entries and notify the winners!   Here’s how to enter the Sweepstakes:   Create a new email using our Third Generation editor using Click Segmentation and one of the following features: Personalized Subject Lines or Social Share Bar . Send your campaign to at least one contact (such as yourself). Copy the Short URL and post it here as a reply to this Sweepstakes Post for one entry. Share the campaign via Social Share using the hashtag #CTCTSweepstakes for a second entry.   Questions? Let us know below! ... View more

Sometimes a good first impression is the difference between a lost customer and a sale. When you’re   designing your website, that’s the goal– building a positive first impression. If a customer sees your product in an ad or on social media and heads to your website, the design should inspire confidence that you’re a legitimate business. You don’t need to be a professional graphic or web designer to make your website look good, you just have to know their tricks. After you learn a few simple principles of design, you’ll be able to look at websites across any industry and identify why they look good. Visit the Constant Contact Blog to learn more and we'd love to hear more about how you built your website below!  ... View more

Social posting and monitoring allow you to accomplish even more online marketing than before in your Constant Contact account! Watch the video and let us know if you have any questions!      ... View more

  Constant Contact is more than just email. We're an online marketing platform.     We want to help you reach new audiences and do more business, all within your Constant Contact account.    Build a professional, mobile-responsive website in minutes--we take the guesswork out. When you're up and running, make your business easy to find with Google Ads.    Grow your audience with email marketing. We still offer an intuitive, responsive email creation tool and a leader in deliverability in the industry.    Once the email goes out, leverage social media to expand your reach.   With so much to offer, it can be a lot to work through. Get started with a dedicated Marketing Advisor to build your online marketing strategy.  ---   What are your marketing goals? What tools have you been curious to try? Let us know below! ... View more

You might be surprised to hear that almost   half   of small businesses don’t have a website.   If you’re wondering if your organization really needs a website, the answer is yes. Absolutely yes. Unless your business sells time machines and you are somehow visiting this decade from the distant past, yes   you need a website.   Not only is a website crucial to showcasing your business, products, and promotions, but it can also be a major force in attracting new customers. Most people search for products and services online, so if your business doesn’t exist online, it’s almost like it doesn’t exist at all.   So why are there so many small businesses that still aren’t online? Visit the Constant Contact Blog to learn why and how you can start building your own website for your small business day!   If you still have questions, please let us know below and we would be happy to help!   ... View more

Litmus Live is coming to Boston, Massachusetts on October 9 and Constant Contact is giving away two tickets to the event! The process is simple - create an email in Constant Contact and send it our way!    Make sure to let us know why you think should win the tickets in the email. More details in the link above. We're excited to see you there!  ... View more

When you create and publish a website using Constant Contact's Website Builder , you can easily grow your email marketing list with built-in sign-up forms. By default, your website includes a “Subscribe” form for visitors to sign up to your mailing list and a “Contact” form to gather leads. Visitors who fill out these forms are added to your Contacts list in the Website Builder, but you also have the option to sync them to your Constant Contact email marketing account.   Interested in syncing contacts from the Website Builder to your Email Marketing account? Learn more on our Knowledge Base! If you have any questions, let us know below! ... View more

Customers expect your business to have a website. That’s usually how they find you in the first place! If you don’t currently have a website, or you have an outdated, non-secure, or non-mobile-responsive website, it might be time to upgrade. Don’t know where to start or overwhelmed by the thought of building a website? With Constant Contact's Website Builder , it’s free and easy to create, publish, and maintain an amazing-looking website.   Are you interested in creating a free customized website, but unsure of how to start? Visit our Knowledge Base to learn more. If you have any questions, let us know below and we can help!  ... View more