Integration of Social Media with Mainline Marketing Programs is Key to Success in 2010

Corvallis, OR (PRWEB) January 6, 2010

A social media strategy cannot stand alone to fully promote a brand, said Hope-Johnstone, to reach full marketing impact, you must integrate social media into a complete marketing approach. You must develop a marketing strategy that reaches as many of the ‘touch points’ as possible with your consumers.

Based on the popularity of his social media blog, http://www.buzzmaster.wordpress.com and his marketing book, How to Market Tourism in the 21st Century, http://www.johnhopejohnstone.com, John Hope-Johnstone has opened a new Public Relations and Social Media coaching organization “HPR Social Media”. HPR assists organizations and individuals to integrate their social media campaigns within their full marketing program.

“We heard clients say too often,” continued Hope-Johnstone, “that they were cutting back on other marketing tools and adding more social media because they believe that it’s inexpensive. Well, social media is labor intensive and, if done properly, it is not cheap.”

Social media is another tool in the markekting arsenal, it is not a stand alone product, as it is being used by so many organizations today.

We have, in the past, continued Hope-Johnstone, tried stand alone social media strategies. While they provided adequate public relations returns, they did not reach their full potential until they were combined into a unified program that utilized as many of the tools of marketing as possible. In 2009, Corvallis Tourism under my direction won the Governors Tourism Award for New Marketing Programs by integrating a social media strategy with other marketing tools, we would not have had the amazing results we achieved in that promotion, had we not used social media combined with other marketing tools to create a complete marketing approach.

HPR Social Media has developed a suite of scenarios that combine excellent social media strategies that complement and support the full brand marketing program. They are part of the gestalt of marketing and not separate.

In November 2009, HPR began coaching diverse clients in social media integration including; Tourism regions such as Sunset Country in Ontario Canada, Real Estate companies, Trade Associations, Community Colleges and non-profit organizations.

The response to our social media integration technique has been overwhelming, stated John Hope-Johnstone, We offer Social Media integration. We also offer social media seminars and one-on-one coaching. We are not bound geographically and use WebEx to reach organizations and individuals through live Webinars when in-person is not a possibility. This allows us to offer our services nationally and internationally.

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PERI Software to Participate in the California Utilities Diversity Council"s 2010 Green Diversity Summit

Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) June 8, 2010

PERI Software Solutions Inc., a global business solutions company will participate in the California Utilities Diversity Council’s 2010 Green Diversity Summit next month. The June 28, 2010 Energy Summit takes place at the Sacramento Convention Center.

President and CEO Sarav Periasamy will speak on how he grew his successful company from a small startup to global business. PERI is one of the fastest growing minority owned business solutions company with 700+ employees, and it is the only diverse business enterprise in the nation with an end-to-end smart grid solution. It is based in Newark, New Jersey (headquarters), and with offices in San Jose, Los Angeles, and Chennai, India.

When I founded PERI Software in 1999 my goal was to make it one of the world’s leading technology companies, said Periasamy. It took about five years to really develop the upper management and firmly encompass the goals for each division. It has been a steep learning curve for me as a young executive and it was a real challenge coordinating management between divisions to keep them in tune on the same page and sometimes its hard to keep up with the growing pains.”

PERIs broadening of its products and services portfolio stems from critical attention to customer needs and market fluctuations. “All the changes we made over the last 10 years are due to how the market has been and what our clients have been doing with their technology, he said.

Periasamy will join more than 800 invited policy makers, educators, industry experts, labor leaders, investors, business owners, and community organization leaders are expected to participate in the California Utilities Diversity Council’s 2010 Green Diversity Summit.

According to the conference organizers this timely statewide summit will be the first green energy conference to directly address diversity. It will provide a first time opportunity for discussion of solution strategies that can generate tens of thousands of green jobs for all California. It will promote programs to increase green job training and education, as well as programs to stimulate green business development.

The primary goal is to broaden the understanding of how the transition to a clean energy economy can bring green investment and contracting opportunities to entrepreneurial woman, minority, service-disabled and veteran-owned business enterprise (WMDVBE) business owners. The Summit will also benefit underserved and underrepresented communities through green workforce education, training and green job creation.

PERI is a green company and is always conscious about the environment, which is why we are consistently developing software to help save on energy and operation costs from smart grid technology to numerous business solutions, explained Periasamy.

About PERI

Founded in 1999, PERI is a global business solutions company, which has grown to more than 700 plus employees and delivers high value-cost effective technology based business solutions. PERI draws on deep industry expertise and a portfolio of interrelated consulting, business processes, application development along with smart-intelligent hardware and software products. PERI blends strategic design, proven technology, and timely delivery of solutions that maximize customers return on IT investment. Be sure to visit PERIs blog for company updates and developments

http://perisoftware.wordpress.com.

Editors: For images and advanced media interviews with PERI Founder and President Sarav Periasamy, please call: Aida Mayo or George McQuade at 818-340-5300 or 818-618-9229 or email Publicity(at)MayoCommunications(dot)com.

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GigaOM Mobilize 2010: The Only Conference to Explore Where Mobile Meets the Cloud

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 15, 2010

GigaOM Networks, a leading business media company, today announced initial headline speakers and discussion topics for Mobilize 2010, the mobile industrys most influential conference. Technology and mobile industry leaders such as Kevin Lynch, CTO of Adobe; Thomas Keys, COO of MetroPCS Communications; and Nicholas Negroponte, technology visionary and Founder and Chairman of One Laptop per Child, will speak at Mobilize 2010, with more speakers soon to be announced.

Now in its third year, Mobilize has become the mobile industrys most influential conference, attracting top minds in infrastructure and apps, technology, internet, marketing, and venture capital who come together to discuss the latest trends in mobile communications, said Surj Patel, GigaOMs VP of events. Mobilize will explore the growing intersection between the mobile and cloud computing sectors, a unique convergence set to unleash a new wave of market growth.

Last year, Motorola Co-CEO Sanjay Jha officially announced the companys first Android phone, the Motorola CLIQ, at Mobilize 2009 and this years conference is set to be another highly newsworthy event. The speaker lineup at Mobilize 2010 is a virtual whos who of the mobile industry, and new speakers are being announced weekly for this years event expected to draw over 550 attendees on September 30th at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco.

Confirmed speakers at Mobilize 2010 include, among many others:

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World Cup 2010 South Africa: The WinkBall Story

(Vocus) July 16, 2010

World Cup 2010 came to an astounding finale this weekend with millions of people across the globe witnessing this historic tournament come to an exciting climax with a closing ceremony that celebrated South Africa as the first African World Cup host. This was a World Cup not too forget full of drama and emotion, it encompassed the true spirit of Bafana Bafana. We saw a country defy its detractors and take centre stage as a nation who could proudly and successfully host the most prestigious event in sporting history. World Cup 2010 was a tournament that united South Africa as one and brought its people together.

There was a story behind this event that went further than a game of football: it was a story of people, a story of fans. It was WinkBall.com, the UKs number one video website, that told this engaging story via the emotional power of video. With World Cup 2010 being the first African World Cup, it was set to be the first online World Cup. With the onset of blogs and Twitter, we have seen the World Cups coverage stretch further than television sets. For this World Cup, WinkBall went one step further and it was WinkBall who provided the World Cup with an online video platform and presented the real story behind the World Cup. By seeing the World Cup from the fans perspective and from the intimate view point of street level, WinkBall has shown a real insight into what the World Cup truly means for its many fans.

WinkBall gave World Cup fans every chance to get involved and become a part of this historic tournament. It was with WinkBalls extensive video coverage and numerous initiatives that made this World Cup the World Cup for fans.

Aside from reporting in the UK, WinkBall took its World Cup video coverage across seas to the host nation of South Africa. Employing 40 local South African people as citizen reporters, it was the WinkBall South Africa team that reported on the streets of South Africa and spoke to the nations people in the lead up to and throughout the World Cup. Asking them what they thought of the World Cup coming to South Africa, what they thought of the games, who their man of the match was and how they rated their teams chances, it was an honest and real look at the World Cup that had not been influenced by mainstream media. To see WinkBalls World Cup coverage and see the real story of the World Cup straight from the streets of South Africa, see the following links:

http://www.winkball.com/users/World_Cup_SA/

With the World Cup blogosphere becoming a peripheral part of this years tournament, WinkBall got in on the action and launched their WinkBall World Cup Blog. A topically updated blog, the WinkBall World Cup Blog discussed all the big football stories and showcased WinkBalls best videos from their World Cup coverage. Creating huge debate and discussion, it was another avenue to let fans have their say about World Cup 2010. To see the WinkBall World Cup Blog and the newly created WinkBall Blog, see the following links:

http://winkballfootball.wordpress.com/

With WinkBalls World Cup coverage came their biggest online initiative to date. For this years World Cup, WinkBall were proud to announce Faces of the Fans, a visually unique site that showcases the 30,000 plus fans that have spoken to WinkBall throughout World Cup 2010. Capturing all the drama and emotion of this years World Cup, Faces of the Fans has given the World a unique flavour of World Cup 2010 straight from the streets of South Africa and directly from the people who matter, the fans. Faces of the Fans is something original, unique and alternative and is a true representation of the World Cup in South Africa.

With its aesthetical beauty, it was fitting for Faces of the Fans to be projected in iconic parts of South Africa and London. Faces of the Fans was projected in Cape Town Square where thousands of South African citizens saw the many faces that WinkBall had spoken to in the World Cup. And recently, London hosted a projected screening of Faces of the Fans in iconic locations such as Wellington Arch and Covent Garden. Are you one of the many faces of the World Cup WinkBall has spoken to? See yourself and others at http://www.facesofthefans.com/.

WinkBalls World Cup coverage has undoubtedly been real, insightful, honest and above all unique and alternative. World Cup 2010 has made itself known in history as the first African World Cup and most importantly the first online World Cup. WinkBall has paved the way for this and World Cup 2010 will no doubt be the first of many World Cups that tap into the online world and furthermore tap into the power of online video. Its still not too late to hear your voice just log on and have your say at http://www.winkball.com/worldcup.


For more information, please get in touch with: WinkBalls Head of Press:

jennifer (at) winkball (dot) com – 020 8962 3030

Notes to Editors:

About WinkBall

WinkBall.com is a free, web-based, personal video communication service, which allows anyone to record, send and share videos with friends and family – privately. Users can also create and post content to video blogs and video walls for group viewing. Video messages delivered by WinkBall can be accessed anywhere, anytime through a web browser.

WinkBall is also used by brands and organisations to share video content, which users can actively choose to watch and share. All messages sent through WinkBall are supported by targeted five-second advertisements, which are played at the end of video messages.

WinkBall is safe, simple and fun and makes video the best way to communicate online.

Established in London in 2005, the WinkBall Project team has evolved to become a leading player in driving the future development of online communication.

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QNets Partnership with the Asian Bloggers and Social Media Conference 2010

New York, NY (Vocus) August 5, 2010

QNet, an international e-commerce and direct selling company, has recently partnered with the Asian Bloggers and Social Media Conference 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as part of its efforts to promote a better understanding of social media as an important communication and engagement platform.

In todays world of information overload and instant access to news and views from around the world, geographical boundaries and time zones seem to have little relevance. A recent report by Morgan Stanley on internet trends shows that people today are communicating more through social networking sites than through emails. This phenomenon also applies tobusiness and marketing strategies as the power that social media offers to consumers is significant. With blogs and online forums gaining more and more prominence as credible sources of information, it becomes important for businesses to listen in and participate in discussions about their brands and products.

Recently, the city of Kuala Lumpur hosted the Asian Bloggers and Social Media conference at the Berjaya Times Square hotel, which saw nearly 500 bloggers and social media enthusiasts gather for two days for a great lineup of speakers from various digital media.

QNet, as a prominent e-commerce company, has always strived to find innovative methods to communicate and engage with its customers. As a result, it was associated with this conference as the official e-commerce partner, and a delegation from QNets communication and marketing teams attended the two-day conference. Some of the key topics discussed included law and ethics in cyberspace; managing a brands online reputation; profit-making on the world’s leading blogging platform, WordPress; the differences between a journalist and a blogger; and the importance of developing social media strategies and objectives for one’s brand before jumping into the social media scene.

QNet Executive Chairperson Ms Donna Imson was one of the speakers at this event, on the topic Social Media Conversations: How to Gain Trust and Form Relationships with Your Community. She pointed out that an important aspect of QNets business model depended on the relationships people are able to form within their community. With QNet actively engaging with its customers through various social media channels, it has helped create a community within a community.

The keynote address at the conference was delivered by the 4th prime minister of Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir, himself a prominent blogger. He gave some thought-provoking ideas on how to stay relevant by using the medium as an engagement tool to develop a relationship with the audience. His message was simple and to the point: ‘Be responsible and always tell the truth.’ Other prominent speakers included Dato Seri Tony Fernandes of Air Asia, prominent Indian blogger and novelist Amit Varma of India Uncut, popular Malaysian Blogger and Journalist Niki Cheong, and social media specialist Rob Angeles from the Philippines.

ABOUT QNET

QNet is an international direct selling company established in 1998. Operating a global sales force, QNet offers a high-quality product portfolio consisting of innovative lifestyle products, including consumable and everyday items, personal care and wellness products, luxury and collectible items, vacation packages, and telecommunications.

QNet also provides business opportunities to millions of people around the world by offering entrepreneurial aspirants the opportunity to run their own business through an e-commerce platform, to promote the company and its products. QNet provides its representatives with the requisite training and business tools to succeed, and champions professional business and marketing practices at both corporate and network levels. Driven by the mission of RYTHM (Raise Yourself To Help Mankind), QNet is an active contributor to the support and sustainability of the communities in which it operates.

To learn more about QNet, visit http://www.qnet.net.

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Crossvale Sponsors OpenCamp 2010, the Southwest"s First Multi-platform Web Conference

Plano, TX (PRWEB) August 6, 2010

Crossvale Inc. (http://www.crossvale.com), a leading provider of tailored integration, automation and portal solutions, today announced that it has become a platinum sponsor of OpenCamp, the Southwests first multi-platform web conference, being held August 27-29.

Crossvale will also sponsor the Welcome Party for conference attendees, which will be held on Friday night August 27th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Addison, TX. The evenings festivities will begin with an exhibition jump by the U.S. Army Golden Knights, the world’s greatest parachute team, at 8:00pm.

Since its founding in 2001, Crossvale has been an active user of open source platforms. Continuing its dedication to open and collaborative computing, Crossvales financial sponsorship of the volunteer-run conference will help educate and foster a sense of community for open source enthusiasts.

Although the road of innovation is often a bumpy ride, it almost always leads to greater value and increased performance for the customer, to which Crossvale has been, and I am personally, committed, Crossvale President Jason Sharp said. The organizers and volunteers putting on this conference are some of the greatest innovators today, and this is an opportunity for Crossvale to give back to the open source community..

In addition to sponsoring OpenCamp, Crossvales Sharp will be leading a session on Multi-Departmental Authoring in Drupal on Sunday August 29th at 2:30pm. OpenCamps seminars will cover a broad range from social media to technical development, and will be guided by some of the most experienced practitioners in the country. The conference will provide tremendous benefits to its participants. For those who are trying to learn the basics of the webs leading edge, and for those who are reaching for mastery, there is no better value for your training dollar than OpenCamp.

We want to call out and thank the co-organizers, including John Pozadzides, Cali Lewis, and Jennifer Conleyall Internet and social media trailblazers without these tireless folks, OpenCamp would not be happening, stated Crossvale CEO Conor Brankin said. Their efforts going back several years to prior WordCamp and DrupalCamp events, and their ongoing support of Drupal, Joomla and WordPress, have created the foundation for the dynamic open source community we have here in the North Texas area.

The Welcome Party will provide an opportunity for conference attendees, speakers, and star attractions to mingle and get to know one another before the rush of OpenCamp sessions begins. We encourage everyone to register for OpenCamp (http://www.openca.mp) and join us at this event.

Sharp added, As if you needed any more reasons to attend, we will be giving away a brand new Canon T2i Digital SLR camera valued at over $ 1,000 and several other prizes, so you definitely do not want to miss the party!

About OpenCamp

OpenCamp is the Southwests first multi-platform web conference. With top speakers covering topics ranging from social media to technical development, content creation, revenue generation and more, webmasters and web developers, bloggers, podcasters and technologists on any platform are welcome.

About Crossvale

Crossvale, Inc. is a professional services firm singularly focused on helping their clients maximize the performance of their people, processes and technologies by providing tailored integration, automation and portal solutions that deliver results. Crossvale deploys solutions on Drupal, enterprise JAVA & PHP, Oracle and Software AG platforms. The Company infuses its technical capabilities with industry best practices in support of Human Resources, Banking and Government enterprises.

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Inman News Presents Start-Up Alley at Real Estate Connect SF 17 Start-Ups to Watch for in 2010 and Beyond

Alameda, CA (PRWEB) June 16, 2010

17 start-up companies will be exhibiting in Start-Up Alley, part of Real Estate Connect, held at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square on July 13-15, 2010.

These 17 innovative companies are using technology to break new ground in the world of real estate and marketing. These promising young companies are offering intriguing technologies in the areas of mobile devices, technology, web 2.0, social media and much more.

For over 14 years, Inman News publisher Brad Inman has brought the most innovative minds together for three awe-inspiring days of learning and collaboration. Real Estate Connect conference attendees can expect three jam-packed days of networking with the industrys sharpest minds. Attendees will be exposed to the very best business intelligence that will help rethink, reframe and recharge their business. Over 2000 real estate leaders and executives globally are expected to attend.

Here is a taste of the 17 Start-Up Alley companies:

Floorplanner

Floorplanner is a simple yet powerful web-based drawing application to create compelling 2D and 3D floor plans with almost no learning curve. Floorplanner is used by a growing number of Real Estate professionals in Europe and has recently started to offer their floor planning platform to US Realtors & building companies.

FUZeD Agent

Think of the hours you spend managing all your marketing channels. Ever wish it was simpler? More efficient? Offered better results? Ever wish you could just spend more time actually SELLING? Now its possible, thanks to the Fuzed Agent Fuzeboard. Socal Media Customer Relationship Management Websites Mores. Light Just One Fuze

HootHut.com

Hoothut.com simplifies social media and marketing for Realtors. Just add your profile and enter a quick listing. HootHut instantly creates Facebook real estate tabs, virtual tours, and flyers. While you’re sleeping, it feeds your listings to Zillow, Yahoo and Trulia. Visit HootHut to discover our cool Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter features! Done-for-you marketing. All in one little app at one little price.

IMAGEination.TV

IMAGEination.tv provides a suite of premium real estate marketing services, from video, photography, floor plans, copy writing and digital media through to our sophisticated, online artwork creation and ordering platform CampaignSPEED. CampaignSpeed is a turn-key online marketing solution, providing agents with compreshensive ‘online design’ functionality for print and web-based marketing, plus access to an innovative suite of digital marketing products and services.

List Globally

List Globally advertises the listings of agent and brokers to the world via our global network of market leading property portals. With one easy upload and one low fee per property, List Globally provides realtors with an effective listing and marketing advantage.

N-Play

N-Play.com is the industrys first online service that provides a simple way for buyers to place non-binding, comprehensive and secure offers on listings, interactively, without limitations. Sellers get a higher quantity of qualified offers and reduced time on market. Agents improve offer-to-close ratios, reduce wasted time on unproductive offers/clients and transact more sales.

NabeWise

NabeWise allows you to search for neighborhoods based on preferences by offering real-time rankings and a neighborhood scorecard in key categories such as Quality of Life, People, Things to Do, Character, and Schools. Its also a great place for agents to demonstrate local expertise online and to meet new clients.

NoteFlo

NoteFlo.com has created a Private Loan Marketplace that directly connects real estate loan seekers with thousands of private lenders across the country, all for free. Don’t hassle with the red tape of obtaining a bank loan, come to NoteFlo.com and get funded quickly.

PlaceLogic

PlaceLogic introduces PropertyScore for hyper-local neighborhood statistics, social information and mapping. Give your customers a private-label app where they can search and analyze properties and neighborhoods. Visit our booth to get started with a FREE version for your customers, and to see how our technology is working for CityTourVideo.com.

Pulse Realty

Pulse Realty Software helps real estate agencies focus on accountability, transparency and efficiency. Its business automation software solution, Pulse, organizes all critical data and activities along the entire customer lifecycle. Pulse improves agency profitability by increasing revenues through improved customer communication and by reducing costs through processing efficiencies.

RealtyJoin

RealtyJoin is the first social networking site for the entire real estate industry. Real estate investors, agents, mortgage brokers, contractors, and other professionals can find people, deals and opportunities on RealtyJoin. Since launching earlier this year, this free site has resulted in $ 1000s in new business for several members.

Real Metric

Real Metric, LLC was founded by real estate internet veterans Tom Ray & Justin Tracy. They previously developed, grew and sold the lead generation system, Realty Generator to Market Leader (House Values) in the fall of 2007. Years of experience within the IDX/MLS compliance space, have allowed the team to know the ins and outs of the real estate data dilemma. We feel it’s time to start giving these local MLSs the toolset to be able to secure and analyze their data in ways only huge tech start-ups normally operate.

RentJuice

RentJuice is the premier vendor in a new category of online software: Rental Relationship Management (RRM). With RRM, starting or growing a rental business is simple, even for sales brokerages. With one product, you can easily manage the entire rental process, from organizing and marketing listings to closing deals.

SCVNGR

SCVNGR is a game about going places, doing challenges and earning points. We are a Google backed technology company working with real estate brokers around the country to build high tech, city-wide adventures where a pre-qualified couple will win a down payment on a home. We use gaming dynamics to help sell more homes, list more homes, qualify buyers, generate leads, and attract news coverage.

Social Made Simple

Market yourself with Social Networks. SocialMadeSimple is the first all-in-one social network marketing solution designed specifically for Real Estate and Mortgage professionals. We combine Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and a Blog into one, easy-to-use system, with plans for success, and pre-formatted news, articles and links to post with one click.

Webrealestatetools.com

WebRealEstateTools.com. Dedicated to helping Realtors succeed with social media marketing, including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & WordPress blogging. Founded by active real estate professionals Drew Burkes & Peter Toner, they recently released “Social Media, Blogging & Web 2.0 Mastery School for Realtors”, the most important and complete Social Media, Blogging and Web 2.0 Course for Realtors ever created.

Working Equity

Working Equity, Inc. is an innovative financial services organization leveraging technology to deliver cutting edge solutions to the real estate industry. Using new advances in local home price indexes, Home Value Protection is a powerful new way to protect home owners from real estate market volatility.

For additional information about Start-Up Alley, or to receive a free press pass, please contact Katie Lance, Marketing Manager, Inman News at (510) 658-9252 ext. 147

About Inman News | Inman News (http://www.inman.com) is the leading source of independent real estate news, information, advice,

Inman News Presents Start-Up Alley at Real Estate Connect SF 17 Start-Ups to Watch for in 2010 and Beyond

Real Estate Technology Contests and Start-Ups Featured at Real Estate Connect SF July 13-15, 2010

Alameda, CA (PRWEB) July 1, 2010

Inman News’ (http://www.inman.com ) annual San Francisco real estate technology conference, Real Estate Connect, held at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square on July 13-15, 2010, will feature a number of innovative and cutting-edge companies, start-ups, sponsors and speakers focused on the future of technology in real estate.

Real Estate Connect San Francisco will feature two high-profile contests showcasing the best of online real estate innovation. The first contest is the Connect Developer Challenge. This will be the ultimate real estate technology 48-hour hack-a-thon. By the end of Connect SF, a brand new set of web applications will be unveiled. The Connect Developer Challenge brings innovation to Connect in real time, on the big stage, in a way that highlights the companies and people pushing the online real estate envelope. The app that receives the most votes from the audience will win thousands of dollars in advertising space on Inman.com and free passes to Connect 2011.

The second contest is the New Kids on the Block Challenge. Inman News is known for supporting entrepreneurs and giving new companies a platform to launch in front of the most important crowd in real estate. Six young companies (special preference is given to start-ups that launch at Connect) give their pitch in front of real estate leaders who, with the audience, choose a winning company.

Also featured at Real Estate Connect are 21 start-up companies who will be exhibiting in Start-Up Alley. These promising young companies are offering intriguing technologies in the areas of mobile devices, technology, web 2.0, social media and much more.

A complete list of Start-Up Alley participants can be found on the Real Estate Connect site. Out of the 21, these 4 companies were recently added to the list:

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GigaOm Mobilize 2010: New Speakers Announced

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 10, 2010

GigaOm Networks, a leading business media company, today announced that new industry luminaries have joined the speaker lineup for Mobilize 2010, the mobile industrys most influential conference. Renowned industrial designer Yves B

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Crossvale President Jason Sharp Speaks on Drupal at OpenCamp 2010

Plano, TX (PRWEB) August 24, 2010

Crossvale, Inc. (http://www.crossvale.com), a leading provider of tailored integration, automation and portal solutions, announces President Jason Sharp will speak on multi-departmental authoring in Drupal at OpenCamp 2010, Aug. 27-29. OpenCamp is the Southwests first multi-platform web conference, combining Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, .NET, social media, and SEO expertise.

Jason Sharp, co-founder and president of Crossvale, Inc. will present Multi-Departmental Authoring in Drupal, beginning at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 29. This intermediate-level presentation offers an effective and scalable solution to a common need for large enterprises as requested on drupal.org forums: authorizing multiple groups of authors to control subsections of a multi-departmental site. The session will illustrate how authors of the same department can edit, review and publish the same subset of content without overstepping content from a different department. Sharp, an Oracle ACE and founding BEA Technical Director, has introduced innovations such as: SOA, enterprise portals, BPM, business-to-business integration, and EAI to major comanies worldwide.

We have had the opportunity to design and deploy private enterprise portals since 2003, refining best practices and expertise for the special cases of these portals, said Sharp. Intranet portals for large corporations and institutions involve a slew of security policies, collaboration scenarios, content types, and legacy system integrations not typically applicable to external websites focused on public access. It is a privilege to speak at OpenCamp this year and present some of our Drupal techniques based on a comprehensive case study.

The presentation content will highlight a rich Drupal 6 case study in which an intranet portal serving 5000 employees for a national media company headquartered in North Texas required support for authoring content across its 14 departments. Attendees will walk away with specific knowledge about key Drupal modules and best practices for supporting multiple non-technical authors of large Drupal deployments.

As previously announced, Crossvale is also a platinum sponsor of OpenCamp. The Company has championed the use of open source technologies since their inception in 2001. Crossvale CEO Conor Brankin stated, Our sponsorship is a tremendous opportunity for Crossvale to give back to the open source community.

OpenCamps sessions cover a broad range from social media to technical development, content creation, revenue generation and more. Attendees will be guided by some of the most experienced practitioners in the country, which will be advantageous for all. We encourage everyone to register at OpenCamp today and join us at this event.

About OpenCamp

OpenCamp is the Southwests first multi-platform web conference. With top speakers covering topics ranging from social media to technical development, content creation, revenue generation and more; webmasters and web developers, bloggers, podcasters and technologists on any platform are welcome.

About Crossvale

Crossvale, Inc. is a professional services firm singularly focused on helping their clients maximize the performance of their people, processes and technologies by providing tailored integration, automation and portal solutions that deliver results. Crossvale deploys solutions on Drupal, enterprise JAVA & PHP, Oracle and Software AG platforms. The Company infuses its technical capabilities with industry best practices in support of Human Resources, Banking and Government enterprises.

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topseos Ranks SEO-Peace.com as 7th Best SEO Company Based Out of India for September 2010

Plymouth, IN (PRWEB) September 9, 2010

The independent authority on search vendors, topseos.com, has announced the best SEO companies in India for September 2010. An independent research team that was assigned to the search engine optimization category reviewed each applicant in order to determine the best SEO companies in India. SEO-Peace.com made its presence as one of the top players in the rankings for this month in a field of thousands worldwide.

An extensive review was completed and the research team found that SEO-Peace.com deals in intensive search engine optimization and off-site internet marketing using most advanced as well as conventional SEO and link building techniques. As a result, the firm consistently produces high quality results for their clients. SEO-Peace.com keeps updating the SEO inventory with new services with a range of packages to meet everybodys budget. The latest additions are niche contextual blog posts and advanced web 2.0 link wheels as their newly-launched product offerings.

Indeed, the SEO industry is a cut-throat competition among its players. SEO-Peace.com began implementing their world-class SEO strategies by highlighting one of its unique selling points, its current special offers section that is updated every month with interesting SEO packages at 10-30% discounts. These consistent offerings have distinguished SEO-Peace.com from the ordinary and made its mark on their Top #7 position among the very best SEO companies in India.

Sunita Biddu, Chief Executive Officer of SEO-Peace.com, said, We believe in winning the trust of a client before the deal. Our services and methods are safe, Google guidelines compliant, transparent and above all 100% results-oriented. There is almost 0% chance of failure of any SEO campaign we run for clients. There come only results, top rankings and sales.

SEO-Peace.com ensures that it differentiates itself from their competitors by offering a big inventory of SEO services, range of packages and competitive prices. Furthermore, SEO-Peace.com has put in additional fifteen (15) link builders and four (4) writers to its current staff, now having a team comprised of 72 employees. Recently, SEO-Peace.com has started in-house e-commerce web design and WordPress development services to be launched to the public by the end of the September.

SEO-Peace.com ensures its clientele in achieving top 10 rankings in all major and minor search engines through ethical search engine optimization. Employing advanced link building and marketing method backed by a premium quality content, SEO-peace.com has served and still serving hundreds of clients around the globe.

The company’s proven track record of success and their continued drive for excellence has earned SEO-Peace.com the ranking as the #7 Best SEO Companies in India. topseos has been ranking the best internet marketing service providers since 2002. As the independent authority on search vendors they have connected thousands of businesses with internet marketing firms that have provided top notch services. Over 50,000 visitors connect with topseos every month in search of the best. In addition to the rankings of the best internet marketing service providers, visitors to the site can find information on the latest changes within the SEO industry.

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Mile7 Wins Prestigious 2010 W

Portland, OR (PRWEB) November 25, 2010

Mile7, a web application development company working from Portland, Oregon, today announced that it had won a Silver Award for design and development of wherearethecures.org, created for the Myelin Repair Foundation. The website is focused on the development of a greater understanding of the barriers slowing the discovery and development of new patient treatments for multiple sclerosis and other chronic diseases. Developed on the WordPress platform, the website features an original Flash movie created by Mile7, as well as an online manifesto with more than a thousand signatories from around the world.

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GigaOM Net:Work 2010: Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff Joins All-Star Speaker Lineup

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 30, 2010

GigaOM, a leading business media company, today announced a growing lineup of top-tier speakers for its inaugural GigaOM Net:Work 2010 conference, set to take place December 9, 2010 in San Francisco. Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff will be interviewed on stage at Net:Work 2010, joining a luminary lineup of speakers from Cisco, Skype, Jive Software, Google, LiveOps, NetSuite, Elance, oDesk, Korn/Ferry International, Dropbox, Box.net, Citrix, and many other leading companies.

GigaOM Net:Work 2010 is the only conference to focus on how broadband and mobile technologies are shaping the future of work fundamentally changing the way companies run their businesses and how employees collaborate. Via engaging presentations and interactive debates, attendees of Net:Work will discuss the rise of the human cloud the 24×7 global workforce powered and connected by cloud, social, and mobile technologies.

At Net:Work, tech industry luminaries will share profound insights into how companies can transform their workforce with broadband wireless, web videoconferencing, corporate wikis, cloud computing, and other enterprise collaboration innovations, said Surj Patel, VP of events at GigaOM. The world-class speakers at Net:Work 2010 understand how technology has forever altered the way people work, collaborate, and achieve business success; we look forward to engaging in a dialogue with the industry veterans, entrepreneurs, and investors who are leveraging the human cloud to make the new world of work a reality.

Net:Work will take place December 9, 2010 at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco. The jam-packed, one-day event will gather GigaOM editors and research analysts alongside leading CEOs, CIOs, entrepreneurs, investors, and journalists to debate the technologies impacting enterprise collaboration, HR and recruitment, remote working, operational and office design, training and retention, and other critical aspects of running a business in the networked age.

Top tier speakers include Rebecca Jacoby, CIO of Cisco; Dave Hersh, Founder of Jive Software; Bradley Horowitz, VP of Product Management at Google; Maynard Webb, Chairman and CEO of LiveOps; Zach Nelson, President and CEO of NetSuite; Andrew Sinclair, Director of Enterprise Product Management and Engineering at Skype; Drew Houston, Co-founder and CEO of Dropbox; and many others. Speakers will share case studies and lessons learned, and engage in an open dialogue about the most important challenges to creating a modern business infrastructure.

In addition, eight leading companies harnessing the human cloud to transform the enterprise will present on stage during the Future Ideas Launchpad. The winners of this prestigious competition are the future leaders in the $ 222B enterprise technology market advancing collaboration, productivity, and workforce management with their next-generation technologies.

Anyone interested in the way companies must leverage technology to build their workforces, increase productivity, and boost profitability should not miss Net:Work. Spaces at Net:Work are selling quickly, so attendees should register as soon as possible.

Primetime sponsors include Korn/Ferry International, Plantronics, Accenture, and WordPress, and more sponsors are joining daily. Net:Work is supported by top-tier media partners, including The Churchill Club, The pariSoma Innovation Loft, StartupDigest, TiE, VC Taskforce, VentureBeat, and the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab. To learn more about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities that connect your brand to the top decision makers in enterprise technology, please visit the Net:Work sponsorship page or contact Mike Sly at (415) 235-0358.

About GigaOM

Founded in 2006, GigaOM has grown into the leading provider of online media, events and research for global technology innovators. The company is one of the most credible and insightful voices at the intersection of business and technology, with an online audience of more than 4 million monthly unique visitors; industry-leading events, including Structure, Mobilize, NewTeeVee Live, Net:Work, Green:Net and Bunker Sessions; and a pioneering market research service and digital community, GigaOM Pro, which provides insider access to expert analysis on emerging technology markets.

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Six Key Areas of Learning for Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing in 2010

(PRWEB) February 3, 2010

Pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare marketers have a new resource to look to for advice on marketing trends and learning for 2010. AdvanceMarketWoRx recently released free eBook titled Best Learning Actions for Healthcare Marketers in 2010, is the first of its kind to focus on helping pharma and healthcare marketers prepare for the year ahead by crystallizing the advice of a panel of experts.

Author of Notes from the Back of the Book blog, Ellen Hoenig Carlson, recognized voice in healthcare marketing says, Entering the second decade of the 21st century, the imperative to take a human-centered approach in everything rings loud. This means getting inspired by people; especially those who share the condition which we seek to improve, and adopting a more collaborative and engaging orientation. Excelling in a patient-centered world requires that we observe and dialogue with customers in their real-life environments.

Hoenig Carlson collaborated with 12 leading voices in healthcare and pharmacuetical marketing and communications to capture a breadth of thinking among industry experts. Each thought leader shared their reflections about where marketers might most benefit.

The early response to the eBook has been very positive and were seeing continued interest as healthcare marketers dig into complex change. Social media, e-patients, consumers and healthcare organizations continue to converge online, and brands are challenged to find a new voice and new online roles, Hoenig Carlson continued.

Six themes emerged from this unique collaboration of industry leaders:

1) e-Patients are at the center and critical to learning and design;

2) Authenticity isnt a nice to do, but a must have;

3) Dont get distracted by social media bells and whistlesremember the basics (especially SEO) and keep your brand core strong;

4) The marketing cycle of life is going through unprecedented change requiring the industry to unlearn muchmovement from paid marketing to earned marketing requires a different mindset and skills;

5) New marketing requires new ROI thinkingthe ROI of connection, authenticity and compassion; and

6) Effective marketing and engagement requires new kinds of leadership skills.

The eBook includes contributions from the following leaders in pharmaceutical and health marketing:

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Six Key Areas of Learning for Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing in 2010

Leaders Causing Leaders LEADERShift 2010

Los Angeles CA (Vocus) November 5, 2010

Empowering people to make a difference is the theme of Leaders Causing Leaders LEADERShift 2010, set for Nov. 6-7 at Long Beach Convention Center and featuring personal growth pioneers, workshops, youth and teen events, live music and more.

The new conference will showcase more than 100 luminaries from the fields of business, art, science, spirituality, human rights and environmental studies, including Grammy Award-winning musical artist Jason Mraz, Landmark Forum Leader Richard Condon, and Steven Covey, Jr., author of “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything.”

Leaders Causing Leaders LEADERShift 2010 was conceived by Kenneth Schwenker. People want to make a positive impact on the world, and this event is an amazing opportunity to learn from some of the incredible leaders who have successfully made their mark, Schwenker says.

Schwenker created the project in leadership courses of Landmark Education, a personal and professional growth, training and development company that has inspired more than 1.2 million people. In a 2008 study, Marketdata Enterprises reported, with (Landmarks) unique position in the self-development market, many top experts in the personal development and coaching industries got their start by participating in Landmarks programs. Landmark is recognized for having one of the best faculty bodies in the business.

The conference includes Designing Your Vision for the World, a series of four interactive workshops allowing participants to create new narratives for their lives and visionary world service projects based on harmony, sustainability and leadership. Dynamic presentations and discussion will be led by luminaries such as Ishmael Baeh (author of bestselling “A Long Way Gone”), Mark Victor Hansen (“Chicken Soup for the Soul”), Joie de Vivre CEO Chip Conley, motivational coach Byron Katie, angel investor Randy Haykin, National Development Council Chairman Sam Beard, third-generation yogi Guru Singh and Inka shaman Juan Ruiz. A Saturday evening music festival will include live performances from Donna De Lory, Larisa Stow and other special guests.

Youth ages 7 to 13 are invited to engage in the Youth Leadership program, a creative laboratory with workshops from the founders of Challenge Day, an organization that demonstrates the possibility of love and connection through celebrating diversity, truth and full expression.

Additional workshops include open collaborations for speeding the pace of change, conscious money, human rights, women in sustainable business, and social entrepreneurship, among dozens of others. Participants who register in advance will have the opportunity to be awarded a year of mentorship from Leaders Causing Leaders expert panel. More information is available at the Leaders Causing Leaders website: http://www.leaderscausingleaders.com/wordpress2/ .

Landmark Education, a personal and professional growth, training and development company, has had more than 1.2 million people use its programs to cause breakthroughs in their personal lives as well as in their communities, generating more than 100,000 community projects around the world. In The Landmark Forum, Landmarks flagship program, people cause breakthroughs in their performance, communication, relationships and overall satisfaction in life. For more information, please visit http://www.landmarkeducation.com .

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Tungle.me Named Official Scheduling Application for BlogWorld 2010; Extends Scheduling Support for Blog Platforms

Montreal (PRWEB) June 9, 2010

Tungle Corp., the company that makes scheduling meetings easy, has been named the official scheduling application of BlogWorld & New Media Expo, taking place October 14-16, 2010 in Las Vegas. The company also announced the release of its free WordPress and TypePad plug-ins for calendar publishing and integrated scheduling. WordPress and TypePad, with over 30 million blogs published on these platforms, have added Tungle.me to the widget selection, allowing users to integrate scheduling directly into their sites.

Ive saved a ton of time scheduling meetings since discovering Tungle.me, said Scott Stratten, President of Un-Marketing and opening keynote speaker at BlogWorld 2010. Im psyched that I can add the Tungle.me plug in and publish my availability directly through my site, and accept or reject meeting requests without a time-wasting email exchange.

WordPress and TypePad users with a Tungle.me account can now add the Tungle.me widget to their blogs. The widget embeds a mini Tungle.me page into the users blog or website, allowing visitors to click-to-expand and see availability, suggest times to meet, and send a meeting requestwithout leaving the site.

With over 350,000 posts daily and 250 million plus blog visitors monthly; corporate and personal blogs are at the heart of business communication, stated Marc Gingras, CEO and founder of Tungle. The Tungle.me widget closes the asynchronous communication gap between bloggers and their audience to make meetings happen. Now bloggers can share their availability and book meetings, right alongside their Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social widgets.

As part of its initiative to support bloggers, Tungle has formed a partnership with BlogWorld. Through this partnership, conference attendees, speakers and exhibitors can select a personalized Tungle.me URL upon registration for the event. They can then customize their Tungle.me page and synchronize it with online calendars. Attendees can also choose to be added to the BlogWorld group in the Tungle.me directory, making it easier for them to schedule meetings with other attendees.

At BlogWorld, it is as much about who you meet and the connections you make as it is about the content, said Rick Calvert, CEO at BlogWorld & New Media Expo. By partnering with Tungle, we are able to offer our attendees better service, enabling them to easily schedule meetings with each other onsite, as well as before and after the show.

The free Tungle.me WordPress plug in can be found at: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tungleme-official-widget/

The free Tungle.me TypePad widget can be found by logging into your Tungle account at http://www.tungle.me and clicking on Management, then Widget.

About Tungle

Tungle Corp.s Tungle.me makes scheduling meetings easy–across organizations, calendar systems and time zones–by eliminating the multiple emails, phone calls and double bookings that typically come with finding a time to meet. Tungle.me synchronizes with leading online calendar systems including Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple iCal, Entourage for Mac, and Lotus Notes, and does not require visitors to sign in or register to schedule meetings. Tungle.me supports scheduling meetings on-the-go with Tungle.me for iPhone and Tungle for Blackberry.

Founded in 2006, the Montreal-based company is venture-backed by investors Commonwealth Capital Ventures, JLA Ventures and Desjardins Venture Capital.

About BlogWorld & New Media Expo and Social Media Business Summit

BlogWorld & New Media Expo is the first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference, and media event dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of new media including all forms of blogging, podcasting, social media, social networking, online video, music, Internet TV and radio. The BlogWorld conference features more than 120 educational sessions, panel discussions and keynote presentations, while the New Media Expo features the only industry-wide new media marketplace where thousands converge to network and find all of their online business and marketing resources. Running concurrent with the BlogWorld conference, the Social Media Business Summit is the worlds largest social media business conference where marketing executives, business owners and world-renowned companies send their teams to learn the strategies, tactics, tools and technologies they need to build their brands and grow their businesses with social media.

Additional information on BlogWorld & New Media Expo, including conference and registration details, is available at http://www.blogworldexpo.com

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Tungle.me Names Official Scheduling Application for BlogWorld 2010; Extends Scheduling Support for Blog Platforms

Montreal, QC (Vocus) June 10, 2010

Tungle Corp., the company that makes scheduling meetings easy, has been named the official scheduling application of BlogWorld & New Media Expo, taking place October 14-16, 2010 in Las Vegas. The company also announced the release of its free WordPress and TypePad plug-ins for calendar publishing and integrated scheduling. WordPress and TypePad, with over 30 million blogs published on these platforms, have added Tungle.me to the widget selection, allowing users to integrate scheduling directly into their sites.

Ive saved a ton of time scheduling meetings since discovering Tungle.me, said Scott Stratten, President of Un-Marketing and opening keynote speaker at BlogWorld 2010. Im psyched that I can add the Tungle.me plug in and publish my availability directly through my site, and accept or reject meeting requests without a time-wasting email exchange.

WordPress and TypePad users with a Tungle.me account can now add the Tungle.me widget to their blogs. The widget embeds a mini Tungle.me page into the users blog or website, allowing visitors to click-to-expand and see availability, suggest times to meet, and send a meeting requestwithout leaving the site.

With over 350,000 posts daily and 250 million plus blog visitors monthly; corporate and personal blogs are at the heart of business communication, stated Marc Gingras, CEO and founder of Tungle. The Tungle.me widget closes the asynchronous communication gap between bloggers and their audience to make meetings happen. Now bloggers can share their availability and book meetings, right alongside their Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social widgets.

As part of its initiative to support bloggers, Tungle has formed a partnership with BlogWorld. Through this partnership, conference attendees, speakers and exhibitors can select a personalized Tungle.me URL upon registration for the event. They can then customize their Tungle.me page and synchronize it with online calendars. Attendees can also choose to be added to the BlogWorld group in the Tungle.me directory, making it easier for them to schedule meetings with other attendees.

At BlogWorld, it is as much about who you meet and the connections you make as it is about the content, said Rick Calvert, CEO at BlogWorld & New Media Expo. By partnering with Tungle, we are able to offer our attendees better service, enabling them to easily schedule meetings with each other onsite, as well as before and after the show.

The free Tungle.me WordPress plug in can be found at: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tungleme-official-widget/

The free Tungle.me TypePad widget can be found by logging into your Tungle account at http://www.tungle.me and clicking on Management, then Widget.

About Tungle:

Tungle Corp.s Tungle.me makes scheduling meetings easy–across organizations, calendar systems and time zones–by eliminating the multiple emails, phone calls and double bookings that typically come with finding a time to meet. Tungle.me synchronizes with leading online calendar systems including Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple iCal, Entourage for Mac, and Lotus Notes, and does not require visitors to sign in or register to schedule meetings. Tungle.me supports scheduling meetings on-the-go with Tungle.me for iPhone and Tungle for Blackberry.

Founded in 2006, the Montreal-based company is venture-backed by investors Commonwealth Capital Ventures, JLA Ventures and Desjardins Venture Capital.

About BlogWorld & New Media Expo and Social Media Business Summit:

BlogWorld & New Media Expo is the first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference, and media event dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of new media including all forms of blogging, podcasting, social media, social networking, online video, music, Internet TV and radio. The BlogWorld conference features more than 120 educational sessions, panel discussions and keynote presentations, while the New Media Expo features the only industry-wide new media marketplace where thousands converge to network and find all of their online business and marketing resources. Running concurrent with the BlogWorld conference, the Social Media Business Summit is the worlds largest social media business conference where marketing executives, business owners and world-renowned companies send their teams to learn the strategies, tactics, tools and technologies they need to build their brands and grow their businesses with social media.

Additional information on BlogWorld & New Media Expo, including conference and registration details, is available at http://www.blogworldexpo.com

Media & Industry Analysts Contact For Tungle:

Jonathan Levitt

VP Marketing – Tungle Corp.

514-678-9181 ext: 222

press (at) tungle (dot) com

Media Contact for BlogWorld & New Media Expo

Leslie Denson

Porter Novelli for BlogWorld & New Media Expo

512.241.2232

leslie.denson (at) porternovelli (dot) com

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