CRM News and Resources

INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ExactTarget, a leading provider of on-demand, email and one-to-one marketing solutions, is hosting a series of one-day seminars entitled: “Route 1to1: The New eMarketing Essentials,” in cities nationwide. Sponsored by Omniture, salesforce.com and SLI Systems, this nationwide email marketing tour kicks off in Atlanta, Ga. on April 22, 2008 and New York City, N.Y. on April 24, 2008. Designed to respond to the needs of marketing professionals, attendees will receive practical advice on how to engage prospects, increase sales and build brand loyalty through the optimized use of email marketing, web analytics and CRM tools.

CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SugarCRM, the world’s leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, today announced its CRM Acceleration World Tour, covering 15 cities on three continents. The first CRM Acceleration will take place in Atlanta, GA on Thursday, April 10th, followed by two events in May in Los Angeles and Orange County. The CRM Acceleration World Tour will also visit Boston, Chicago, Miami, New York City, Frankfurt, London, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto. IBM and Research In Motion will serve as global sponsors for the CRM Acceleration World Tour.

NEWTON, MA–(Marketwire - March 20, 2008) - Neolane, Inc., the software company for new-generation marketing, today announced details of its upcoming webinar with BtoB Magazine and AberdeenGroup, “New Generation Lead Management: Discovering the Missing Link.” Taking place on Wednesday, March 26, the webinar will address the convergence of CRM and marketing technologies to support new customer engagement methods while offering best practices for highly efficient and effective lead advancement processes.

ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwire - March 4, 2008) - The Customer Relationship Management Association (CRMA) will host its Second Annual Return2Customer National Conference in Atlanta, GA, April 1-2, 2008, at Villa Christina in Perimeter Summit.

Riptide Worldwide, Inc. (OTCBB:RTWW) (“Riptide”) announced today that its subsidiary, Riptide Software, Inc., has begun hosting a series of webinars related to the implementation and use of Salesforce.com. The webinars are designed to educate organization of all sizes on the benefits of using On Demand services to manage their business. Riptide has developed six different webinars and will be offering at least one webinar per week at no charge.