Beltsville, MD May 14, 2012

Vocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VOCS), a leading provider of cloud marketing software, today announced a free webinar, Think Negative! Generate Trust and Sales with Brutally Honest Content on Wednesday, May 16th at 2:00pm ET. Presenter, Marcus Sheridan, who publishes the blog The Sales Lion will share tips on dealing with negative comments and reviews, and managing the impact these reviews have in your Google results.

Marcus believes customers don’t just search for great reviews. They search for content that businesses don’t like to discuss: problems, pricing and bad feedback. So why not blog about it and attract a ton of search traffic?

Specifically, attendees will learn how to:

• Turn gripes into growth by blogging about pricing, problems and issues that will drive traffic to you.
• Build trust and traffic by discussing customer concerns honestly and helpfully
• Attract new customers: learn how to convert all that new search traffic into sales

Sheridan started his own company in 2001 and after growing to be the largest of its kind in the world, he became a full-time web coach for businesses. He has also published one of the most popular free eBooks in the world: Inbound and Content Marketing Made Easy.

The free, one-hour webinar will be held at 2:00pm ET on Wednesday, May 16th. To register, click here:http://bit.ly/KNYDtN

About Vocus
Vocus, Inc. 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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