BillyBlogs Launches on the Internet

(PRWEB) September 14, 2004

Staten Island, NY, September 14, 2004 – 10 year Internet Viral Marketing expert and Public Relations guru Billy McDermott has launched BillyBlogs.com, an inexpensive way to have your own blog on the Internet. “We build, install, host, promote and submit it. Blogs are downloaded free from WordPress, whose software is based on the popular and widely used open source architecture. BillyBlogs is offering personal blogs for a flat fee of just $ 5.00.

In less than two weeks, 9 blogs are already operating. “Blogs will definitely replace e-mail. You can’t spam a blog, nor can you infect it with a virus. They perform all the necessary functions of e-mail,” stated McDermott. Search Engines love blogs because they provide up to date current content. “In four months, my traffic has risen 25 fold and 10 fold over the last six weeks. My site is now in the top 100,00 rankings. It was no coincidence that it parallels the activity of my personal blog. My website started showing in the top 10 rankings of Google for many keywords. More exciting is that they are showing up in Yahoo, MSN, AOL, HotBot, Alta Vista, Teoma (formerly Ask Jeeves) and All the Web as well.” McDermott added.

Billy McDermott has been providing web-hosting services for more than four years. He hosts more than 20 sites including the popular Liberty News Forum, a conservative discussion forum, and has just signed 700 plus member The Jewish Connection to be their host. McDermott installs and hosts discussion forums. He has published an article “Ten Reasons You Need a Discussion Forum.”

By hosting a community of blogs, BillyBlogs will attract many varied interests. So far, a gentleman who knows all the bargains in Niagara Falls has signed on – perfect for tourists and visitors on a budget; a travel company, AwayUGo, who specializes in fundraising group tours, primarily on Carnival Cruise Lines and Andiamo Coffee. The diversity and collective group participation will attract attention and visitors. Blogs are often used as online diaries or journals.

About Billy McDermott (http://www.williammcdermott.com )

He is a Business Networking and Personal Branding Expert, Speaker and Writer. He practices social networking and is a master at developing relationships. His strength is building relationships and virally promoting businesses over the Internet. It is easy for him to develop many new, targeted relationships. He is well connected and has the ability to brand your company or product through new and existing channels of distribution. He was able to grow a membership-only, retail-buying Internet company from 2500 members to 37,500 in just four months. As a senior executive, he provides management consulting, strategic thinking, and facilitation of new partnerships. His business development expertise includes Public Affairs, Public Relations, and Community Relations. He also has extensive experience utilizing the Internet.

Contact:

Billy McDermott

1-917-723-6943

http://www.billyblogs.com


http://www.williammcdermott.com


wjm@williammcdermott.com

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Feedster Launches Developer Network with iPod Giveaway

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 8, 2004

Feedster, Inc., a rapidly growing Internet RSS search engine that provides easy access to relevant and up-to-date information for both consumers and web service developers, today announced the launch of its developer network and contest for best new applications and uses for its technology.

“To show our appreciation for the efforts developers put forth to conceive new and innovative uses for Feedster’s Search applications, we created a contest with a meaningful reward,” said Scott Johnson, VP Engineering. “I am often amazed by the ideas that are conceived as extensions or new applications to our technology. I hope this contest will provide added incentive for new ideas.”

iPods will be awarded to the winners for the best use of Feedster in the following categories: standalone RSS aggregator, Web application, invoking a specific category (i.e. jobs.feedster.com), tutorial for RSS newbies, advanced search documentation, Safari extension, Firefox extension, Thunderbird extension, with a publishing engine like TypePad or WordPress. iPods will also be given for winners of the oddest use of Feedster and a wildcard for the overall favorite application.

Winners will become Founding Members of the Feedster Developer Network, listed prominently in the directory with links to their winning entries and web sites. More information about the contest is posted on Scott Johnson’s blog.

The field is not limited to new development. In fact, applications that have already been submitted to http://www.feedsterhacks.com are qualified for consideration. Feedster Hacks is a weblog and directory for the various hacks that have been created with Feedster. A hack can include a boookmarklet, an advanced search mechanism, or even a useful way of using Feedster for RSS and blog search. Steven M. Cohen of librarystuff.net independently launched http://www.feedsterhacks.com recently to create a directory and central repository for new extensions and uses for Feedster’s search applications.

About Feedster

Feedster is a rapidly growing search engine for online content and weblogs published using RSS, a popular XML standard. Feedster indexes more than 975,000 syndicated sources including over 50,000 professional feeds from The New York Times, BBC, CNET, IDG, Wired and more. Approximately 5,000 new feeds are added daily. The Company aggregates and publishes feeds for topical subjects and events such as jobs and sports events. For more information go to: Feedster.com.

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Mac Blog Software Released - MacJournal 3.0 from Mariner Software

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) January 18, 2005

http://www.marinersoftware.com/ – Mariner Software, Inc. developers and publishers of professional and personal Macintosh software for the writing and creativity markets, today unveiled the release of MacJournal 3.0, (http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=85) its popular journaling application and blog software for the mac. Version 3.0 introduces several feature additions, as well as many bug fixes. The product is available immediately from the Mariner Software web site at http://www.marinersoftware.com/

Included in the latest version are:

Online blog support for LiveJournal, Blogger, Movable Type, WordPress, and more

Nested journals

Manual sorting of entries

Wiki links

Sort Lines, Change Case, Remove Line Breaks. New text clean-up options in the normal place

Copy As HTML. The same functionality found in exporting to HTML but without all the hassle of creating a file

Full Screen. View menu item, toolbar item, and the F8 key all bring the text area of the window full screen so you can concentrate just on the text, or make a presentation

Menu item reorganization

New graphics

Plus much more…

“MacJournal 3.0 sets the standard for the way a journaling application, blog software or any application for that matter, should be developed,” said Michael Wray, President of Mariner Software. “Intuitive, flexible, and easy to use.”

Availability

Recently developed under Dan Schimpf Software, MacJournal 3.0 is the first release under the Mariner Software brand. It is now available for download and requires Mac OS 10.2 or higher. Pricing is set at $ 29.95. An upgrade path is also available for previous users by contacting Mariner Software. The shipping version will initially be offered in English but support for nearly a dozen other language versions is expected in the near future. For more information, visit http://www.marinersoftware.com.

About Mariner Software:

Mariner Software, developers of the industry-recognized products, Mariner Write Macintosh word processor and Mariner Calc Macintosh spreadsheet software, has established itself as one of the leaders in business, consumer, and educational productivity software for the Macintosh. With customers worldwide, Mariner Software is committed to delivering the highest quality software, with an emphasis on total customer satisfaction. For more information, visit the Mariner Software web site.

Mariner Write and Mariner are registered trademarks of Mariner Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

For more information contact:

Logan Ryan

Director of Public Relations

Mariner Software, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN USA

lryan (at) marinersoftware (dot) com

612-529-3770

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Team Up For More Than $7 Billion in SE Marketing

(PRWEB) August 19, 2005

New Orleans, LA – Approximately $ 7 billion* in annual spending is expected for the search engine (SE) marketing industry by 2007. And members at Content Desk, an Internet content syndication center and a source of high-quality, targeted content for webmasters, are excited to be a team of go-getters and share in the bounty.

“Monetizing our websites doesn’t just mean finding the best paying advertising and affiliate programs to put on our sites,” said Jack Humphrey, managing partner in the exclusive Content Desk Charter Members publishing group. “But making the most of the visitors we get, to keep them coming back and clicking on ads and buying from us again and again.”

And Humphrey does mean a LOT of visitors and clicks. Research shows that marketers will be targeting 15% of their budget to search engine marketing. In fact, marketers anticipate spending $ 3.3 billion on paid search listings and $ 238.5 million on site optimization services, according to MarketingSherpa’s Marketing Metrics Guide (2004). ** So that’s a lot of bounty to share.

“The only way to do that is to have updated, valuable information that Internet visitors are trying to find,” explained Humphrey. “BE that resource for them and you will reap rewards far beyond what you may have already experienced with plain directory sites.”

Content Desk has a variety of tools to help members create and use all types of content. The exclusive online community focuses on four things; community, learning, technology and profits.

“We cover a slew of tactics we are using for members, including all the successful and not so successful tests we have done to pull in more traffic and more profits for our content publishing networks,” said Humphrey. “We are in the right place at the right time.”

Charter member David Granoff shared his experience with Content

Desk.

INTERVIEW: DAVID GRANOFF

Q: How did you learn about Content Desk & what made you decide to sign up?

I heard about Content Desk through one of my Internet marketing newsletters, and after 2 years of building sites “the hard way” and another 2 years of working with a partner building “resource sites” that I wasn’t particularly proud of; I decided there must be a better way to build high-quality sites. I’ve been very happy with the site building system, the very supportive ContentDest partners, and the great community of like-minded members.

Q: Please share how you’ve successfully used the tools in Content Desk / Content Site Builder so far.

I’ve built a number of sites in the past few months, in various niches, experimenting with various formats – it’s very important to try different things and see what actually works. Sometimes the most “elegant” approach is not the most profitable, and the rules are always changing. Here are a few representative sites, in which I’ve used professionally-developed templates, home-made templates, and blogs like WordPress:

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Do The Math: Unveiled Cutting Edge Tool Dominates From Within

Kingwood, TX (PRWEB) September 1, 2005

While hurricane & other fierce weather forces are brutally ripping up portions of the world lately, another entity is brutally dominating from within, i.e. the Internet realm.

Underground search engine optimization (SEO) rebel Keith Baxter broke his silence and unveiled a hidden trick, a nifty tool he uses to dominate search engine listings, while consistently pocketing thousands of dollars every month in the process.

And the best part? He’s giving away his cutting edge tool to interested parties for just one dollar.

“I’m sharing one of my most brutally effective tools,” said highly respected traffic and SEO master Keith Baxter.

Baxter explained the background behind his tool in laymen’s terms to help all levels on reach out on the Internet today.

Nutshell Tech Demo:

WordPress, Blogging & WordPressMania

by Keith Baxter

WordPress, known as a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability* is a free download. And it’s widely used across the Internet as a communications tool for blogging.

Here’s the deal:

As many of you already know, WordPress is quite possibly the most powerful blogging software on the market. Combine WordPress, Google Adsense and free content – and you’re destined to make some cash. At least a little bit.

The reasoning is simple. Blogs are like crack cocaine for search engines. They constantly search out the fresh content that blogs deliver and rapidly index your blogs as fast as you can create them. Next thing you know, your sites are rocketing upwards on the search engine listing pages.

But it doesn’t end there. Throw a few Adsense ads on your blogs, and the money really starts to add up. Of course, Adsense is a numbers game – the guy with 100 Adsense ads will probably make more cash than the guy with just one ad.

Which is exactly why I developed my latest tool. You see, with WordPress software, it takes about 30-45 minutes to create just one blog. But with WordPressMania, you can create as many as 1,000 blogs in seconds.

“Imagine how much more money you could be making once you unleash 1,000 blog pages,” said Baxter. “Your traffic rankings will skyrocket… and your Adsense revenue could very easily explode to five-figures a month.”

WordPressMania is it’s a script built in PHP and is simple to install on your server. It allows you to create as many WordPress blogs as you desire.

“On the download page, you’ll find complete instructions for uploading the script to your server,” explained Baxter. “If you can cut and paste, you’ll have no trouble with the script.”

SEO Master History:

Keith Baxter is directly responsible for the successes of three of the

hottest search engine manipulation programs on the market… Ranking Power, Niche Monster, and Traffic Monkey. He founded one of the most respected traffic and SEO how-to mastermind groups still active on the Internet today, featured at http://www.nothingheldback.com . And he’s a regular “Top Affiliate” for many programs offered through Commission Junction and Linkshare.

When Baxter was in Washington, DC recently at Internet marketing guru Yanik Silver’s Underground Internet Marketing Seminar, he won an award for ‘Best Marketing Idea’. He also operates a ‘Members Only’ site called StealthTrafficSecrets.com where he shares tried and tested tips with news briefs and video newsletters for a rock-bottom monthly member fee.

“I receive the same question day after day, ‘Keith, how do I dominate the search engines?’ It’s really not hard and there are no magic pills involved,” explained Baxter. “It just requires research and the ability to analyze it. I can help.”

For more information, visit wordpressmania.com or contact Keith through his site at stealthtrafficsecrets.com .

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The Blogging Edge of Sales; A New Blog Helping Sales Organizations Adjust to the Challenges of the New Economy

Cleveland, Ohio (PRWEB) September 21, 2005

Through the clutter of millions of blogs that have been launched in recent years, a few business-related blogs manage to stand out because they provide a constant flow of relevant content, ideas, and exchange. SellingIsDead.com, a new blog aimed at helping business owners, senior executives, sales and marketing managers, and salespeople, is finding a distinct voice that is attracting a rapidly growing following.

The blog was inspired by a book entitled Selling Is Dead, which was authored by Marc Miller and Jason Sinkovitz and published by John Wiley & Sons on July 1st. The premise of the book is that selling teams must redefine their roles and adopt new selling frameworks – or risk becoming obsolete. The book also outlines a new and disciplined approach to selling innovation, which is a key problem for most organizations that must turn to innovation for survival and growth. Many companies can innovate, the authors contend, but few can sell innovation effectively and efficiently.

Upon completing Selling Is Dead, Miller and Sinkovitz looked for ways to extend their message and stimulate a more meaningful dialogue with the business community. They turned to the blogosphere and launched SellingIsDead.com just after the release of their book.

The blog, which is powered by free WordPress software (http://wordpress.org/), is now generating several hundred hits each day after only six weeks of existence.

Miller and Sinkovitz attribute the initial surge in interest to several factors. Most importantly, they believe that the majority of executives feel that their sales teams are underperforming. Many business leaders are looking for new ideas to stimulate and sustain greater sales productivity in the face of an accelerating onslaught of competitive and market shifts. Furthermore, although there is a lot of content and discussion focused on how to innovate, Miller and Sinkovitz feel that sales and marketing professionals are starved for good, credible information about how to go to market with innovative offerings.

SellingIsDead.com updates daily with ideas, advice, and resources for sales organizations – especially those faced with the complexity of selling high-risk innovations.

About Miller & Sinkovitz:

Marc Miller is the Founder and Owner of Sogistics Corporation, an 18-year-old sales productivity improvement firm located near Cleveland, Ohio. Jason Sinkovitz is the Director of Learning at Sogistics. Miller and Sinkovitz co-authored Selling Is Dead, a book published by John Wiley & Sons on July 1, 2005. The book is available at Amazon.com, Borders, Barnes & Noble (BN.com), and many independent bookstores.

Contact:

Jason Sinkovitz, Director of Learning

Sogistics Corporation

330-487-0300 ext. 15

http://www.sogistics.com


http://www.sellingisdead.com

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IndexCore(IC) Releases New Services

Glen Allen, VA (PRWEB) October 9, 2005

The internet is a powerful and effective communication medium. Client’s desires are to having themselves associated with a provider that can not only perform its duties, but also provide them with the range of tools necessary to simplify their everyday online business or personal experience.

IndexCore(IC) provides a unique solution to provide this solution. Letting clients see the difference with the way they are doing business, and the way they can do business. Tailoring not only to the business market, IndexCore(IC) is able to offer clients solutions that have the clients wants and needs in mind.

With IndexCore(IC)’s solution starting at Shared-Server level, this suit custom tailors to our clients wishes and demands, hosing the powerful One-Click Install WordPress Blog system, Urchin 5.0 Web statistics, and an easy to use five step website builder, these are only some of the features that IndexCore(IC) supports for its starting and intermediate range clients. Further support has been implemented for Ruby on Rails which lets clients develop around the existing framework provided within Ruby.

The Virtual-Dedicated Solution range or more formally known as Virtual Private Servers (VPS) has been implemented for the intermediate to advanced clients. Clients who are seeking the ability to control their own environment, without needing to utilize a fully pledged Physical-Dedicated Server range may consider options within this solution. The Virtual-Dedicated range housing a Plesk 7.5 control Panel and ColdFusion MX extension support provides the clients the ability to deploy ColdFusion sites and databases. IndexCore(IC) providing multi-language support enables clients to select from English, Spanish, and Russian. The feature rich system providing clients with a keynote insight into the service which lets clients start to control their own experience with a effective 24×7 support team backing them.

The above are only a few solutions that are currently offered by IndexCore(IC), more information can be found at the IndexCore(IC) web site http://www.indexcore.com. In the physical world if there is a problem you fix it. In the virtual world if there is a problem you want to make sure that the team fixing this problem is highly trained, and also has your concerns in mind.

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