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Roost

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Roost by VerticalResponse helps local professionals get more business from social media. Roost was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco.

Roost’s unique social marketing platform is entirely focused on helping small businesses and independent professionals manage their social presence and engage with their customers across key social networks. Roost has more than 30,000 customers across over 50 industries using its social products.

Recent Milestones

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  Roost was acquired by VerticalResponse. (12/15/11)
  Posted 12/15/11 at 6:26am via techcrunch.com
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  Roost added Chris Henley as VP Technology. (5/20/10)
  Posted 9/20/10 at 10:10am
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  Roost added Brad Selby as Director Product. (4/1/10)
  Posted 9/20/10 at 10:13am
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  Roost received $8M in Series B funding. (12/9/08)
  Posted 12/9/08 at 9:26am via techcrunch.com
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  Roost added Derek Overbey as Sr. Director of Community Development. (6/16/08)
  Posted 7/9/09 at 9:00am
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  Roost added Matthew Cullen as VP of Business Development. (7/1/07)
  Posted 1/28/08 at 1:02am
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  Roost added Kevin Friedman as Sr Mgr, Corp Strategy. (1/1/07)
  Posted 6/4/10 at 7:36am
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  Roost received $5.5M in Series A funding. (1/1/07)
  Posted 1/28/08 at 1:09am via techcrunch.com
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  Roost added Howard Wolk as Board.
  Posted 1/28/08 at 1:03am
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  Roost added Jason Pressman as Board.
  Posted 7/9/09 at 9:10am
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  Roost added Thomas Gottlieb as Board.
  Posted 1/28/08 at 1:03am
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  Roost added Joel Cutler as Board.
  Posted 1/28/08 at 1:03am
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  Roost added Greg Slyngstad as Board.
  Posted 1/28/08 at 1:02am
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  Roost added Brad Selby as Director of Product.
  Posted 9/20/10 at 10:08am
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  Roost added Alex Lange as CTO & Co-Founder.
  Posted 1/28/08 at 1:01am
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  Roost added Alex Chang as CEO & Founder.
  Posted 1/28/08 at 1:01am

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Roost

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Website	roost.com
Blog	blog.roost.com
Stage	Live
Launch Date	January 22, 2008
Tags	realty

Roost is a San Francisco-based technology company that helps local professionals get more business from social media. Roost was founded in 2007.

Our flagship product is the Roost Social Media Toolkit(sm). The toolkit, built for use within Facebook, empowers real estate agents, real estate brokers and other local service professionals who rely on word-of-mouth marketing to approach social media with greater confidence — and better results.

The Roost Social Media Toolkit(sm) enables professionals to:

Establish a professional, brand-enhancing presence on Facebook Deliver relevant, engaging data to their connections (and their connections too) Expand their sphere of influence & connect with new prospects Convert prospects to clients Leverage existing clients for online referrals Save time, rather than waste it The Social Media Toolkit(sm) makes these processes simple and measurable so users can focus on what works. It is sophisticated enough for social media masters and easy for new users to understand.

Above: Roost Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

Above: Roost Homepage
Uploaded: 7/13/09

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1. VerticalResponse Buys Social Media Marketing Technology Startup Roost (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. techcrunch.com [edit]
3. Real Estate Search Engine Roost Closes An $8 Million B Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]