Digital River Hosts Global Network Sales Summit for Software Publsihers
MINNEAPOLIS, May 24, 2006 -- Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced it is hosting a Global Network Sales Summit for its clients, including software publishers, online retailers and other high-tech firms. At Digital River’s Summit, clients can build joint sales and marketing partnerships with publishers from around the world as well as attend educational sessions on the latest e-commerce trends and revenue-generating methods. The company’s upcoming Global Network Sales Summit is being held at the Blau Privilege Porto Petro Beach Resort & Spa in Mallorca, Spain, from May 31, 2006, to June 2, 2006.
Throughout the conference, Digital River’s clients will have opportunities to create sales and marketing partnerships with other clients during pre-scheduled meetings. Based on these partnerships, software publishers agree to market and sell each other’s products to their respective customer bases in exchange for a shared-revenue arrangement.
“At the Global Network Sales Summit, our clients have a unique opportunity to come together, to create partnerships and hear from leading experts about industry trends for growing their online revenues,” says Digital River’s vice president of Europe, John Strosahl. “We believe this is an ideal venue for our clients to build and capitalize on strategic marketing programs that can take their e-commerce operations to the next level.”
As part of the education program at Digital River’s Global Network Sales Summit, guest speakers from Forrester Research and PartnerCentric Inc. will give presentations on social computing and the power of networks as well as building lasting affiliate partnerships. In addition, Summit participants will be able to attend more than a dozen education sessions to learn how they can grow their online businesses by leveraging Digital River’s oneNetwork marketplace and affiliate program, opening and marketing in new geographies, and using various e-marketing best practices, technologies and tools.
During an evening event at the Global Network Sales Summit, Digital River also will present its ICE (Internet Commerce Excellence) Awards to honor its clients’ outstanding achievements and successes in building and growing their online businesses. The ICE Awards recognize Digital River clients that implement creative new e-commerce strategies to attract customers, build loyalty and generate online sales. ICE Awards will be presented in the following categories: “Best Network Sales Performance,” “Best International E-Commerce Strategy,” “Best Performing Promotion,” “Rookie-of-the-Year,” “Highest Online Sales Growth,” and “E-Commerce Achievement.”
About Digital River, Inc.
Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, builds and manages online businesses for more than 40,000 software publishers, manufacturers, distributors and online retailers. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The companys comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services.
Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. cities as well as Cologne, Germany; London, England; Shannon, Ireland; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Taipei, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234.
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