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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

On February 24, 2012, iContact was acquired for $169 million by Vocus, a public-relations marketing service ^[5] causing a 42% drop in the stock price.

On March 14, 2012 Vocus began laying off a significant numbers of employees to avoid the excessive cost in the overlap of a number of positions.

On March 20, 2012 Ryan Allis (Co-Founder/CEO) resigned from iContact.

Awards & recognitions[link]

In 2008, iContact received CED’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.^[6]

In 2009, iContact was named Software Company of the Year by North Carolina Technology Association.^[7]

In 2011, iContact was named the 2nd fastest growing company on their Fast 50 list of the 50 fastest growing companies in the Triangle.^[8]

Also in 2011, Deloitte’s 2011 Technology Fast 500™ Ranking ranked iContact 83 out of 500 top companies in all of North America for percentage growth from 2006 to 2010. It also ranked 17th out of all companies categorized as "Internet Companies."^[9]

In 2012, iContact is acquired by Vocus, Inc. for approximately $89.6 million in cash and 401,672 shares of Vocus common stock.^[10]

Similar Companies[link]

• HootSuite
• Constant Contact
• VerticalResponse

See also[link]

• Email Marketing

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Company Website