Brainshark Expands SaaS Portfolio with Personal Edition for SoHo and Individual Users

Single-User Version Delivers the Power of Multimedia On-Demand Presentations to Individual Professionals

Waltham, MA - October 7, 2008

  • Brainshark, Inc. today announced the availability of the Brainshark Personal Edition, its on-demand presentation offering for Small Office Home Office (SOHO) professionals and individual business users.
  • Brainshark Personal Edition offers an easy-to-use and affordable way to create voice-enriched multimedia presentations, enabling professionals to increase the reach, impact, and measurability of their communications. Personal Edition is ideal for professionals who want to generate leads, stay in front of clients, deliver project updates, or enhance Websites and e-mail marketing campaigns and newsletters.
  • With the new release, the company expands its offerings across multiple editions of the patented Brainshark Platform. Other editions include Brainshark Standard Edition, a full-powered platform for departments and groups of large companies as well as the small- to mid-sized (SMB) market, and Brainshark Corporate Edition, a comprehensive platform for large enterprises. Like all Brainshark products, the Personal Edition is available as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and is easy for anyone to learn and use.

Key Features of Brainshark Personal Edition:

  • A $49/month subscription allows a single user to create up to 30 minutes of stored content. Content can be viewed by an unlimited audience inside and outside the company.
  • Tracking and reporting provides users with insight into how successfully they have reached their audience and who is most interested in their message; detailing who has viewed content, when, and how long they viewed. eMail alerts provide notification of viewing activity and enable users to launch follow-up activities with the right people at the right time.
  • Users can gather additional information from their key audiences by using easily-created registration forms, and can guide viewers to related resources such as Web pages or document files.
  • A free 60-day trial of Personal Edition is available to explore the product and create and send on-demand presentations. For more information on Personal Edition and links to purchase or try it free, visit: http://presentation.brainshark.com/personal

Quotes:

"For busy professionals that need to focus on building their business, serving clients, or launching successful projects, there is little time to learn new software - even if it's going to increase your productivity. With the release of Personal Edition, professionals have an easy and efficient way to get started in minutes creating more personal and impactful communications to stay top-of-mind with clients and drive increased revenue while saving cost and time."

Attributed to Joe Gustafson, CEO, Brainshark

About Brainshark Inc.

Brainshark is the leader in on-demand presentations, transforming static business content into high-impact communications. Delivered via Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Brainshark enables audiences to access and engage with business content when and how they want. Users also can access the Brainshark Content Network, the premier online marketplace for on-demand, user-generated business content. More than 1,000 companies - including a third of the Fortune 100 - rely on Brainshark software and services to help sales, marketing, training and HR experts cost-effectively deliver measurable results to their organizations. For more information, visit www.brainshark.com.