Minneapolis, Minnesota - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - March 27, 2008 - Global e-commerce and web hosting outsourcing provider, Digital River, has issued a call for entries for its 2008 ICE AwardsSM (Internet Commerce Excellence).

The awards recognize Digital River clients that are putting its e-commerce best practices to work in creative new ways to attract customers, build loyalty and drive revenues and efficiencies through their online stores. Digital River’s ICE Awards will be presented to clients at the company’s Spring Global Network Sales Summits, which are being held in Athens, Greece and Minneapolis, Minn. All entries must be received at Digital River by April 14, 2008.

Joel Ronning, CEO of Digital River noted, ”The ICE Awards recognize our clients for implementing the latest e-commerce tactics and tools to energize and expand their online businesses. Our clients continue to find success by launching targeted online programs and marketing campaigns, and optimizing their e-commerce sales using precise, disciplined and analytical methods. By combining these growth strategies with Digital River’s e-commerce and e-marketing best practices, our clients can generate some amazing results, clearly demonstrating why they should be recognized as 2008 ICE Awards winners.” Read more of this news »

Minneapolis, Minnesota - (Website Hosting Directory) - January 18, 2008 - Global e-commerce and web hosting outsourcing provider, Digital River’s BlueHornet Networks, has added new companies to its client roster, including Mikimoto, Wilton Industries, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Johnny’s Selected Seeds and Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.

Jo Arnone, Production Director of Editorial Projects in Education, Inc., remarked, ”BlueHornet is helping us deliver highly personalized content to educators who have a wide variety of interests and needs. BlueHornet’s eMS allows us to customize our messages for subscribers based on data they volunteer, such as their job title and area of specialization. The eMS application also makes it much easier for us to create more effective follow-up campaigns based on responses to previous campaigns. We are happy to be a new BlueHornet client and look forward to a long partnership.”

Using BlueHornet’s flagship email marketing application, eMarketing Suite (eMS), these new clients can enhance the value they offer subscribers by delivering highly targeted email campaigns with content and offers that evolve to match their customers’ position in the purchasing process or lifecycle. BlueHornet’s eMS helps online marketers build stronger customer relationships and improve email response rates by increasing email relevance as recipients needs and interests change over time.

Tim Marusich, Vice President and General Manager for BlueHornet remarked, ”We are pleased that companies with well-known and respected brands across multiple industry verticals continue to select BlueHornet. With eMS, we can help marketers not only significantly reduce the complexity of sending more personalized messages throughout the duration of messaging campaigns, but also use advanced segmentation tools to ensure that email content evolves as the customer moves through the purchasing process.” Read more of this news »

Minneapolis, Minnesota - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - October 24, 2007 - Global e-commerce and web hosting outsourcing provider, Digital River, has inked an agreement, with Japanese productivity software for visualizing and using information firm, Mindjet Corporation, to launch and manage the company’s e-commerce interests.

As part of the agreement, Digital River recently built and launched a localized Japanese online store, located at www.mindjet.com/jp. For the Mindjet site, Digital River is hosting the e-commerce operations, managing the online sales, and delivering the digital and physical software applications.

Jon Wong, Vice President of e-commerce and distribution for Mindjet explained, ”We have doubled our Japanese e-commerce business since engaging with Digital River. Local product fulfillment for online store orders, along with the acceptance of local credit card transactions and payment methods like Konbini, were among the essential services we looked for in an e-commerce provider. Digital River is able to provide all of these to help us successfully sell through the online channel into Japan.” Read more of this news »

Minneapolis, Minnesota - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - October 17, 2007 - Global e-commerce and web hosting outsourcing provider, Digital River, recently accepted an invitation to participate as a sponsor of the Sixth International Independent Software Developers Forum 2007.

The Independent Software Developers Forum 2007 will feature an exhibition and presentation from the e-commerce web host, from Oct. 18-22, 2007, at the Foresta Tropicana in Moscow, Russia.

At the conference, where Digital River is a premier sponsor, the company will host an exhibit booth, sponsor an evening social event for conference attendees and present breakout sessions. E-commerce experts from the company will speak on a variety of topics, including the state of the shareware industry, and strategies and tactics on how to increase online sales and effectively price software for online sales.

ISDEF is an annual conference devoted to software development and marketing issues. The event attracts more than 500 participants, including independent software developers as well as international IT professionals.

Recently, the company was featured at the ad:tech London 2007, for affiliate marketing network and services. ad:tech London 2007 was held at the Olympia 2 conference center in London, England. Digital River hosted exhibit booth 122, located on the ground level of the conference center. The booth featured a variety of online direct marketing tools and services from its business unit Direct Response Technologies. The tools and services are designed to help online marketers, including merchants, advertising agencies and advertising networks, manage and implement affiliate marketing programs, search-engine bid management campaigns, and ad serving and email delivery capabilities. The solutions, which are privately branded, allow online marketers to convey a seamless brand message to affiliates as well as perform real time tracking, reporting and ROI statistics. Read more of this news »