MailerMailer was an email marketing and newsletter service provider offered primarily to small and medium-sized businesses to create, send, and track email newsletters.

MailerMailer
IndustryEmail marketing, email service, software
Founded2001
HeadquartersRockville, Maryland
Key people
Raj Khera
(co-founder and CEO)
Vivek Khera
(co-founder and CTO)
Kevin Kamel (VP)
ProductsEmail marketing and list management software
WebsiteMailerMailer.com

The company claimed over 70,000 customers worldwide and was based in Rockville, Maryland.[citation needed]

The company produced an email marketing trend report that was frequently cited by sources within the industry.[1][2][3]

In the first quarter of 2017, j2 Global acquired MailerMailer.[4] No terms were disclosed. It was reported that MailerMailer's sister service, Presstacular.com, was also included as part of the acquisition. In conjunction with the acquisition, MailerMailer was expected to shut down its existing services in late 2017.[5]

History

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MailerMailer was part of the holding company Khera Communications, which was founded by brothers Raj and Vivek Khera. Ventures such as the government contractor portal, GovCon and small business portal, MoreBusiness also emerged from Khera Communications.[citation needed]

GovCon.com was started in 1995 and acquired by VerticalNet in 1999. The profits from the acquisition were used to start MailerMailer in February 2001.[6]

Awards and mentions

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  • 2012,[7] 2011,[8] and 2010[9] W3 Silver Award
  • 2012 Communicator Gold Award of Excellence[10]
  • 2011 ABA Stevie Awards[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Email Tracking Study 2011". October 6, 2011. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  2. ^ Jan Zimmerman (November 22, 2011). Web Marketing For Dummies. ISBN 9781118050965.
  3. ^ Susan K. Jones (November 1, 2008). Business-to-Business Internet Marketing. ISBN 9781931644693.
  4. ^ "j2 Global Completes Five Acquisitions in Q1 2017". April 13, 2017.
  5. ^ "MailerMailer Acquired by j2 Global". April 10, 2017.
  6. ^ "Getting Started; Big Mistakes! And Some Tips on How to Avoid Them". NYTimes.com. May 6, 2003.
  7. ^ "2012 W3 Silver Award".
  8. ^ "2011 W3 Silver Award".
  9. ^ "2010 W3 Silver Award".
  10. ^ "Communicator Award".
  11. ^ "Stevies Awards".
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