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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-07-01</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001352952</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Accelerize Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ACLZ</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001602982</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Akselrud Gregory</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ACCELERIZE INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>20411 SW BIRCH STREET SUITE 250</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEWPORT BEACH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92660</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-07-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>120000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>120000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Issuer agreed to issue, as partial annual compensation for the Reporting Person's service as a director, a number of shares of the Common Stock of the Issuer having a value equal to $60,000 at $0.50 per share, which shares vest in four equal quarterly installments commencing on July 1, 2016.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Reporting Person is a partner in a law firm. While the Reporting Person receives the shares of Common Stock for service as a director, the Reporting Person holds such shares for the benefit of such law firm, and reserves the right to cause the shares to be transferred to the partners of the law firm in accordance with their pecuniary interests therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Gregory Akselrud</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-07-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
