com/. Constant Contact is a Web -based email marketing solution
that enables small organizations to easily create and send
professional HTML email newsletters, promotions, announcements and
more with no technical expertise required.

With a portfolio of
direct and guaranteed business loans and disaster loans worth more
than $45 billion, SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer
of small businesses.

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SMBs, Constant Contact is affordable, easy-to-use and includes a free
60-day trial at: www .com.

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This online resource is made possible as part of a
cosponsorship between the SBA and Constant Contact.
Designed specifically for small business owners and entrepreneurs,
this new email marketing resource is now available at
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The web seminar series features:

Benefits of email marketing for building customer
relationships and growing business

Fundamentals for building and managing email lists using
proven best practices

Tools and resources for helping small businesses create and
launch effective email campaigns, measure results and
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Real examples of how other small businesses have effectively
put email marketing to work for their organizations

Up-to-the minute archive of Constant Contact's popular Email
Marketing Hints + Tips(R) newsletter, a "how -to" resource on
creating, implementing, and managing effective email marketing
campaigns

"We're pleased to cosponsor this online resource with Constant
Contact as we seek to better inform entrepreneurs about how to
successfully and cost-effectively use email marketing ," said SBA
Administrator Hector V. Constant
Contact is a founding member of the Email Service Provider Coalition
(ESPC), a group formed to fight spam while protecting the delivery of
legitimate email. Last year, SBA offered management and technical
assistance to more than 1.

Babson College Admits Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina

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For more information, please call 781-472-8100. First-year
students have the option of enrolling as permanent Babson students. Students have free use of Babson College laptop
computers.

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SBA's Web site includes "Email Marketing 101(R)," a free on-demand web
seminar series that provides email marketing education, easy-to-follow
instructions and advice. "We get a lot of questions from small
business owners and entrepreneurs about email marketing and this
training tool will help to improve our already robust customer
tutorial services.com, FTD, AOL,
Interland, IBM, Intuit, Network Solutions and Overture.5 million small business owners.
Babson is coordinating students' academic schedules to ensure that they
will be successful at Babson while being able to transfer credits to their
home institution.edu.

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Babson held special orientation sessions for interested students on
September 2 and on September 6. In
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College.

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"Reaching out to student is one of the many efforts that Babson can and will
do help those in the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

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About Constant Contact

With over 25,000 customers and a recent winner of
SmallBusinessComputing.

About the SBA

The U. Sloan Foundation, the special accelerated
program will provide a wide range of courses to serve the learning needs of
students at the community college, university and graduate level, regardless
of academic discipline. For more
information, visit http://www.

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Resource Site Includes Email Fundamentals for Enhancing Customer
Relationships and Expanding Business Opportunities

The U. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Constant Contact,
a Do-It-Yourself Email Marketing (R) service for small and medium
businesses (SMBs) and associations today launched a new email
marketing resource available through the SBA's Online Small Business
Training Network.

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SBA programs or cosponsored programs are extended to the public on a
nondiscriminatory basis. Babson grants BS degrees
through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and
MBA degrees through the F .

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million grant from the Alfred P.

* Katrina Fund -- Established the Babson College Katrina Fund, which is
administered by the College's Bernon Center for Public Service .

More information on Babson's response to Hurricane Katrina is available at
http://www3 . Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to
experienced managers worldwide .

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The support given by the U.
Babson is working with each student on an individual basis concerning
financial need and housing."

Additional Efforts At Babson In Response To Hurricane Katrina

* Paid Leave For Employee Volunteers -- Babson is prepared to authorize
faculty and staff members who would like to volunteer support to a
recognized Hurricane Katrina relief effort up to two weeks paid leave of
absence to participate in this relief effort.

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"The SBA is one of the
most widely known and trusted resources for entrepreneurs seeking to
start and grow a business , so we're excited about the work we've done
together to launch this new seminar series.com's "Excellence in Technology Award,"
Constant Contact(R) is the leading permission Do-It-Yourself Email
Marketing (R) service for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and
associations. The service is marketed
through over 800 Resellers and more than 100 marquee channel partners
including American Express OPEN, Website Pros, Register., Babson College has admitted
students from Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans who are
unable to attend college this semester because of the impact of Hurricane
Katrina . Money
raised will go directly to help current students and alumni of Babson
affected by the hurricane.

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"We're constantly looking for new ways to get the word out to
independent entrepreneurs and small businesses that email marketing is
one of the most effective and affordable tools for building customer
loyalty and expanding business opportunities," said Gail Goodman,
chief executive officer for Constant Contact. Constant Contact is funded by Morgan Stanley Venture
Partners, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners
and Hudson Ventures.S. Students interested in finding out more about
the program and the free courses can do so at http://www.com

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this activity does not constitute an express or implied endorsement of
any cosponsor 's or participant's opinions, products, or services.
Given changing dynamics in Louisiana, Babson will revisit Spring 2006
enrollment options for these students later in the semester. Barefoot.

Babson College, in Wellesley, Mass.

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SBA also
plays a major role in the government's disaster relief efforts by
making low-interest recovery loans to both homeowners and businesses.
"Our thoughts are with the people of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama," said Babson President Brian M.org.

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America's 25 million small businesses employ more than 50 percent of
the private workforce, generate more than half the nation's gross
domestic product, and are the principal source of new jobs in the U. These courses will be given by major universities and
other Sloan Consortium members. For information, visit http://www.

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* Free Online Courses -- The Sloan Consortium , an international
association of colleges and universities committed to quality online
education , which is administered through Babson College and the Franklin W.

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Small Business Administration, established in 1953,
provides financial, technical and management assistance to help
Americans start, run , and grow their businesses.S.
economy.

* Red Cross -- Raise funds for the American Red Cross relief efforts
through the College's Bernon Center for Public Service.

* Run For Shelter -- A portion of the money raised in the College's
Cruickshank Run for Shelter on Saturday , October 22, will go to the Katrina
Fund, as well as to support future Babson Habitat for Humanity efforts in
needy areas.

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Babson has accepted students for the Fall 2005 semester who are enrolled
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Babson recognizes the Tulane and Loyola students as full Babson community
members -- with full eligibility for campus involvement and full
participation in the life of Babson College.newswise.