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iContact Corp. is a provider of e-mail marketing
and social media services to small and mid-sized businesses located in Raleigh, NC. The company was co-founded by Ryan Allis and Aaron Houghton, as Broadwick Corporation in 2003. In 2007, they re-branded themselves as iContact. ARIN's database shows iContact.com is owned by icontact and that icpbounce.com, the domain used in their customers' headers, is owned by Broadwick.
iContact allows customers to create, track, and send emails and social media messages. The company has over 70,000 customers and 1,000,000 users.
In August 2010, iContact closed on a Series B investment of $40M from JMI Equity, adding to previous investments from NC IDEA, Updata Partners, and North Atlantic Capital.
’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.
In 2009, iContact was named Software Company of the Year by North Carolina
Technology Association.
E-mail marketing
Email marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses email as a means of communicating commercial or fund-raising messages to an audience. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing...
and social media services to small and mid-sized businesses located in Raleigh, NC. The company was co-founded by Ryan Allis and Aaron Houghton, as Broadwick Corporation in 2003. In 2007, they re-branded themselves as iContact. ARIN's database shows iContact.com is owned by icontact and that icpbounce.com, the domain used in their customers' headers, is owned by Broadwick.
iContact allows customers to create, track, and send emails and social media messages. The company has over 70,000 customers and 1,000,000 users.
In August 2010, iContact closed on a Series B investment of $40M from JMI Equity, adding to previous investments from NC IDEA, Updata Partners, and North Atlantic Capital.
Awards & recognitions
In 2008, iContact received CEDCED
CED may stand for:*The UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design*Capacitance Electronic Disc, a playback-only video medium*Classical electrodynamics*Community economic development*Collective Earth Defense from the video game Descent³...
’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.
In 2009, iContact was named Software Company of the Year by North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
Technology Association.