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BELTSVILLE, Md., May 30, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Vocus (NASDAQ:VOCS - News), a leading provider of cloud marketing software, today announced a free trial offer for one of its new products, Vocus Social Marketing. Vocus Social Marketing is the social media marketing module of the premium Vocus Marketing Suite. As a stand-alone product, Vocus Social Marketing will be free for trial for 30 days with the option of a monthly subscription of $49 thereafter.

Vocus Social Marketing is unique recommendation engine that collects and analyzes thousands of data points from news, blogs and social media content in order to make specific, and relevant, recommendations. These recommendations provide direction to busy business owners or marketers such as who to follow or engage, and what content to post and where.

"Vocus Social Marketing solves two critical challenges: first how to get started amid an overwhelming amount of tools and content sources; and second, to ensure their efforts are integrated into a strategic and measurable marketing program," says Vocus Senior Vice President of Products You Mon Tsang. "Vocus Social Marketing provides businesses with the medium for building meaningful relationships online in just a few minutes a day."

The 30-day free trial of Vocus Social Marketing offers users the chance to register and get started in under a minute. Users will gain immediate access to the recommendation engine and begin monitoring and engaging future customers online. The free trial will not include integrated HARO queries, PRWeb releases or North Social Facebook apps that are available in the Vocus Marketing Suite.

"Several studies show that 70% of SMB marketing budgets will be focused on digital strategies in the next three years," added Tsang. "We're moving to meet the demands of the market by designing a product that's the easiest and most effective to use."

For more information or to register for a free trial please visit: http://www.vocus.com/content/trials/social-media/index.asp

About Vocus Vocus is a leading provider of cloud marketing software that helps businesses reach and influence buyers across social networks, online and through media. Vocus provides an integrated suite that combines social marketing, search marketing, email marketing and publicity into a comprehensive solution to help businesses attract, engage and retain customers. Vocus software is used by more than 120,000 organizations worldwide and is available in seven languages. Vocus is based in Beltsville, MD with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For further information, please visit http://www.vocus.com or call (800) 345-5572.

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Vocus Offers Free Social Marketing Trial