When a fan ‘likes’ a brand’s Facebook page, they are inviting that brand into their daily lives along side status updates of personal friends and family. It’s an incredibly powerful sign of loyalty and a unique opportunity to build a community.

Beltsville, MD June 20, 2012

Vocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VOCS), a leading provider of cloud marketing software, today announced a 14-day free trial of its Facebook Apps. Vocus Facebook Appsis one module of the premium Vocus Marketing Suite. As a standalone product, users will be able to use as many of the 17 different Facebook Apps as they’d like for 14 days, with five different subscription optionsstarting at $19.99 thereafter.

Vocus Facebook Apps are based on the technologyacquired from North Social in 2011 and has been integrated into the Vocus platform. Some of the most popular Facebook Apps used include Fan Offer, which offers coupons to loyal fans, and Exclusive, where a set number of registrants must sign up before a deal is un-locked, and the Video Channel, which enables users to integrate and organize YouTube videos within their Facebook pages.

“Facebook marketing is unlike any other medium; it is both powerful and almost intimate at the same time,” says Vocus Senior Vice President of Products You Mon Tsang. “When a fan ‘likes’ a brand’s Facebook page, they are inviting that brand into their daily lives along side status updates of personal friends and family. It’s an incredibly powerful sign of loyalty and a unique opportunity to build a community.”

Registration is simple and easy and designed to provide free trial participants access to install and customize Facebook Apps within a minute. The free trial will not include integrated HARO queries, PRWeb releases or Vocus Social Marketing which are available in the premium Vocus Marketing Suite.

“Facebook’s social graph, and the inherent viral potential of social sharing, affords the opportunity to reach upwards of 900 million people,” added Tsang. “The challenge with Facebook is finding new fans and customers and Vocus Facebook Apps help you do that.”

For more information or to register for the free trial please visit:
http://www.vocus.com/content/trials/facebook/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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