[April 27, 2005] Register.com Forms Strategic Alliance with Small Business Mentoring Organization Tweet NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- April 27, 2005 -- SCORE and Register.com Team up to Offer Entrepreneurs Guidance for Launching and Running Successful Small Businesses At this week's Small Business Administration's SBA Expo '05 (April 26-28, 2004), Register.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:RCOM), a leading provider of global domain registration and Internet services, announced that it has formed an alliance with Washington, DC-based SCORE Association, an SBA-funded organization of more than 10,500 volunteers who provide free, confidential small business counseling to entrepreneurs. By teaming together, SCORE's "Counselors to America's Small Business" and Register.com will be able to service the existing small business community and help aspiring entrepreneurs establish successful online components for their ventures. "At Register.com, our goal is to be much more than a vendor of technology solutions; we want to be partners and advisors to our customers, continuing to support them long after they have established an Internet presence. Our alliance with SCORE is a great example of how we're going the extra mile to take that commitment to the next level," said Monica Hodges, general manager of Retail for Register.com. "Anything we as a company can do to help our small business owners be successful in their endeavors, like making it easier for them to access SCORE's valuable services, is a worthwhile investment." Initially, the first goal of the alliance will be to reach out to Register.com customers and invite them to participate in the ASK SCORE program, a free service through which small business owners can find a SCORE counselor online by searching a database of volunteers by area of expertise and location, and get advice by email. In addition, Register.com plans to sponsor upcoming seminars and Webinars that offer step-by-step instructions for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to get online. Register.com will also offer training to SCORE volunteers to ensure that they are well versed in the nuances and technology specifics involved with a number of Web related topics, including: getting a Web site up and running, marketing Web sites to a broader audience, search engine optimization, domain based email to extend their brands and simple steps small business owners can take to establish a professional brand image online. "From putting up a Web page with basic contact information to building an elaborate eCommerce site, today's small business owners are eager to take advantage of the Internet as a marketing, customer service and sales tool. Many, however, just don't know where to start," said Ken Yancey, CEO of SCORE. "By teaming with Register.com, we'll be better equipped to offer small businesses online tools and how-to content that provides guidance on how they can claim their online niche using the Web." For more information about Register.com, please visit www.register.com or visit the Register.com booth #621 at the SBA Expo '05. SCORE, which is a lead sponsor at this year's event, will be exhibiting at booth #400. About Register.com Register.com, Inc. (www.register.com) is a leading provider of global domain name registration and Internet services for businesses and consumers that wish to have a unique address and branded identity on the Internet. With approximately 2.9 million domain names under management, Register.com has built a brand based on quality domain name management services for small and medium sized businesses, large corporations, as well as ISPs, telcos and other online businesses. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in New York. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. These potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, uncertainty of future revenue and profitability from existing businesses, increasing competition across all segments of the domain name registration business, risks associated with high levels of credit card chargebacks and refunds, uncertainty regarding the introduction and success of new top level domains, including, customer acceptance of new products and services offered in addition to, or as enhancements of our registration services, uncertainty of regulations related to the domain registration business and the Internet generally, the rate of growth of the Internet and domain name industry, risks associated with any extraordinary transactions we may pursue, uncertainty regarding the timing of the Company's completion of the audit and filing of its 2004 Form 10-K, uncertainty regarding identification of additional control deficiencies as material weaknesses, uncertainty regarding unforeseen issues encountered in the completion of the financial statements for inclusion in the 2004 Form 10-K, uncertainties regarding the extent to which prior period financial statements will be restated and other factors detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004. prgen [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]