Global Education Development Association Selects iAPPS Platform to Power Next-Generation Websites

BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 7, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bridgeline Digital, Inc. BLIN, The Digital Engagement Company™, announced that a global association of educators has selected the iAPPS Digital Engagement Platform to power its next generation websites. The association joins the American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Maryland Hospital Association as associations to select the iAPPS platform to power websites that help increase membership and improve retention rates.

The association of educators is comprised of nearly 150,000 members, including superintendents, principals, teachers, professors, and advocates from more than almost 150 countries. The organization selected the iAPPS Platform for its native integrated capabilities in content management, eCommerce, email marketing and analytics as well as Bridgeline's expertise in developing successful websites for other leading associations. The web presence will accommodate unique organizational requirements by incorporating several eCommerce-based APIs and heavily integrating with Personify's Association Management Software (AMS).

"We are ecstatic to add yet another leading association as an iAPPS customer," says Thomas Massie, President & CEO of Bridgeline. "The selection was made possible because our extensive discovery process, where our team demonstrated its superior ability to interpret the organization's needs and outlined how the iAPPS Platform will help substantially increase their market share and strengthen brand awareness."

About Bridgeline Digital

Bridgeline Digital, The Digital Engagement Company™, enables its customers to maximize the performance of their mission critical websites, intranets, and online stores. Bridgeline's iAPPS platform deeply integrates Web Content Management, eCommerce, eMarketing, Social Media management, and Web Analytics to help marketers deliver online experiences that attract, engage and convert their customers across all digital channels. Bridgeline provides end-to-end Digital Engagement solutions and boasts an award-winning team of interactive services professionals. Headquartered in Burlington, Mass., with nine additional locations throughout the United States and a .NET development center in Bangalore, India. Bridgeline has thousands of quality customers that range from small- and medium-sized organizations to Fortune 1000 companies. To learn more, please visit www.bridgeline.com or call (800) 603-9936.