Agape3 Business Services Annouces the Launch of "Learn WordPress" for Business Owners

Mcdonough, GA (PRWEB) November 22, 2005

Agape3 Business Services would like to announce the official launch of a new blog geared to business owners entitled, “Learn WordPress Quickly.” The WordPress blog was created by Kim Beasley who is Your Business Connector. You can find the blog at http://www.learnwordpress.com.

The purpose of this blog is to provide essential informaton about blogging to help business owners “learn WordPress quickly”. As visitors experience this website, they will find articles about blogging, RSS feeds, business blogging, and of course, WordPress.

Kim’s goal is to be a one stop shop for business owners who want to launch their own blogs using WordPress. Articles shared on “Learn WordPress Quickly” are provided by key industry leaders who have provided WordPress and blogging information that will help business owners develop a successful blog.

Membership is also available to “Learn WordPress Quickly” on a monthly basis which include member benefits. The benefits include…

(1) Access to key private articles that are specifically geared towards WordPress blog owners;

(2) Individual WordPress blog support from the specialist team (this is important because we will walk you though any WordPress blog issues that you may have;

(3) Monthly newsletter that will provide addition support to WordPress blog owners;

(4) and many more benefits…visit http://www.learnwordpress.com/?p=15 to find out more about this great new WordPress blog tool.

The first 100 people who sign-up and pay for at least a semi-annual membership will receive their one month free (the one month free will be refunded back to the member after the full semi-annual payment is received).

About Kim Beasley…

Kim earned an undergrad degree in Human Resource Management and an MBA in eBusiness that she parlayed into a successful business, Agape3 Business Services (http://www.agape3.com). She is also the host of an Internet Radio show entitled, “My Business Connection” (http://www.mybusinessconnection.com) that provides opportunities for business owners to connect and to learn from industry experts.

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New Script Helps Affiliates Grow Online Business With Datafeeds

Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) May 24, 2006

Teli Adlam has developed an affiliate tool, http://www.wordpressdatafeedimport.com/?id=prw , designed to help affiliates generate full product websites quickly using datafeeds provided by the affiliate merchant and the free and open source WordPress blogging software.

Affiliate marketing is growing at a breakneck speed and more successful affiliates mean more money for the merchants. In order to capitalize on this growth, affiliate merchants have been looking for ways to make the process of developing affiliate sites easier for their affiliate partners. One such advancement has been the affiliate datafeeds which can contain an entire inventory of products within a single file. However, using the datafeeds in a useful manner has been elusive to many affiliate marketers.

Adlam saw this as an opportunity to simplify the process of using affiliate datafeeds while combining it with the power of blogging. Blogs tend to be search engine friendly based on their naturally clean code and optimized link structure. The WordPress Data Feed Import script, http://www.wordpressdatafeedimport.com/?id=prw , is designed to let affiliates build entire sites powered by WordPress blogging software in as little as 30 minutes. (A video example is available on the website.)

“I’ve just set my first one up today; very easy, especially considering Id never touched data-feeds before.I’m just so impressed with how easy it is to use the [WordPress Data Feed Import] script,” says Adrian Bold, a WordPress Datafeed Import script user.

A limited number of the script licenses are being made available through http://www.wordpressdatafeedimport.com/?id=prw, however, there may be potential for a joint venture opportunitiy. Please contact Teli Adlam with your idea for a joint venture.

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The Expertise Experts Conduct Global Webinar on Information Product Strategies to Grow Your Business

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 3, 2007

“Information Product Strategies to Grow Your Business: A Surefire Way to Produce Passive Income” is a free webinar that shows independent service professionals, small business owners and entrepreneurs how to turn their expertise into information products. This innovative, interactive event will be held in a virtual conference room at 7:00 p.m. PT on Wednesday, January 10, 2007. The webinar covers the basics of developing passive income through information products and includes: what are information products, why small businesses need them, how to create them and how to market and profit from them.

This is an introductory session that precedes a four-week in-depth webinar beginning in February. The free event is being conducted by the Expertise Experts a partnership composed of Debra Simpson, an expert digital publisher, speaker and podcaster and Andrea Susan Glass, an expert copywriter, copyeditor and award-winning ghostwriter.

“We want to show the typical small business owner how to turn their wisdom into wealth,” said Glass, founder of WritersWay, a professional writing enterprise. “Most independent service professionals trade their time for dollars, max out their income capacity at 40 hours/week or more and are probably burned out. Unless they increase their hourly rate or work even more hours they’ve reached their limit.”

Simpson, founder of Magic In Words, and a former website programmer found many of her clients would have a website sitting in cyberspace, serving as a virtual brochure and nothing more. They would either send prospects to visit it, which probably less than half do, or they practiced the “hope and pray” method of Internet marketing, hoping and praying someone would find them in the search engines or somehow magically land on their page. Most business owners are paying out hosting fees, but not getting anything back to cover costs or make a profit.

“I started realizing there was a way to turn these websites from freeloaders to feeloaders,” said Simpson. “All these service professionals were experts in their field. If I could show them how to turn their expertise into profits by creating information products, they could generate passive income and cut back on their long hours providing services.”

Glass and Simpson, both members of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and the San Diego Professional Coaches Alliance, joined forces to create the Expertise Experts. With this venture they plan to teach entrepreneurs how to create information products through webinars, talks and seminars as well as their own information products. And they have a team in place to create information products for clients who don’t want to create them but would like to have them.

Information products are generally digital products such as eBooks, podcasts, e-courses and teleclasses, and also include books, CDs, reports and newsletters. Many successful Internet marketers like Tom Antion, Robert Middleton, Jack Canfield, Alexandra Brown, Corey Rudl and others have all cashed in big time with information products.

Among the many benefits of information products that the webinar will cover include: creating an ongoing passive income stream, expanding a brand and credibility as an expert, having back of the room sales for seminars and talks, and creating products others can sell for commission with affiliate programs. To register for this free event which includes networking, sign up at http://www.magicinwords.com/expert.html.

About The Expertise Experts

Debra Simpson, an expert digital publisher, speaker and podcaster and Andrea Susan Glass, an expert copywriter, ghostwriter and copyeditor, are the Expertise Experts. Between them, they have over 40 years experience and are considered experts in their fields. They show independent service providers and entrepreneurs how to turn their expertise into passive income through information products. They also develop information products from inception to completion for their clients who do not want to do it themselves. For more information visit http://expertiseexperts.wordpress.com.

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The Expertise Experts Conduct Global Webinar on Information Product Strategies to Grow Your Business

Social Media and the Enterprise Day to be Held at Upcoming Blog Business Summit

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 15, 2007

Businesses shopping for a Web 2.0-style platform to facilitate internal and external communications will need to look no further than the first day of September’s Blog Business Summit conference.

This year’s conference, which begins on September 17th, will feature a one-day workshop titled “Social Media in the Enterprise: Blogs, Wikis and Beyond.” Representatives from many of the major companies that produce platforms that leverage blogs, wikis and social networking tools to foster employee collaboration and creativity will be in attendance.

Companies signed on to demonstrate their tools and technologies for enterprise collaboration include: IBM Lotus, Blogtronix, WordPress, and Near-Time Systems.

“The idea is to expose our attendees to enterprise-relevant tools and platforms,” said conference organizer Steve Broback. “The day will give them a thorough understanding of what’s available and the best ways to use these tools to improve communications and manage knowledge.”

“CIOs and CTOs are now focusing on collaboration based on services-oriented architectures,” said Ed Brill, Business Unit Executive, Worldwide Lotus Notes/Domino Sales, IBM Software Group. “It’s clear that Web 2.0 technologies are taking us far beyond what Email and calendaring provide. We’re excited to have the opportunity to show how enterprise-based social networks can create truly integrated collaboration environments.”

“We’re thrilled to be included in the day,” said Vasil Mladjov, CEO of up-and-coming enterprise blogging platform Blogtronix. “This is an opportunity for us to showcase what makes Blogtronix unique while sharing our general expertise in the field of enterprise blogging.”

Companies that use internal collaboration software have seen their intra-office e-mail traffic reduced by as much as 30%. The result has been more time spent actually innovating and less time sorting through stacks of backlogged e-mail.

“We are excited to join the Summit,” said Reid Conrad, CEO of hosted wiki and weblog platform Near-Time. “This is a timely event to help businesses learn how to transform how they work with their customers, partners and markets by leveraging the new read-write Web.”

“I recently read that EMC is using our WordPress Multi-User offering to facilitate an internal communications system,” said Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of the popular open-source WordPress blogging software. “One of the great things about open-source software is that it can be customized for just about any purpose. EMC’s internal effort is a great example.”

Mullenweg will demonstrate WordPress MU at the enterprise day, and will deliver a keynote about open source blogging software at the main conference.

About the conference:

The Blog Business Summit is a conference series focused on the use of blogs and other social media in business. It is a leading authority on the development and implementation of successful business blogs. Its mission is to bring together expert bloggers and thought leaders with entrepreneurial and corporate executives for the purpose of developing and leveraging blogging platforms for profit, collaborative and public relations benefits.

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Social Media and the Enterprise Day to be Held at Upcoming Blog Business Summit

NEW PROGRAM BREAKS GROUND FOR MONEY MAKING BLOGS Business in Internet Marketing Teaches Users to Earn With their Blog

(PRWEB) December 19, 2007

It seems that everyone has a money making internet strategy and they all promise great returns. But how many actually deliver? Jack Lan’s MFB-Money From Blog system delivers. A complete system that helps users learn how to make money with their blog, Money From Blog offers solid instructions that anyone can follow and make money, even if they don’t know a thing about blogging. People who are looking for a business in internet marketing can readily apply this information and begin drawing an income from their blog. The Money From Blog system offers hands on training through intensive, informative materials that are part of a system that really works.

Blogging is the next big thing and has emerged, almost overnight, as not only a great way to network and communicate ideas, but also as one of the easiest, fastest ways to increase web site traffic and boost search engine rankings. When this is done with the right formula, all of those hits and higher search engine rankings convert to earnings. People who are “in the know” can earn hundreds, even thousands of extra dollars from their blog. What is most striking about the Money from Blog system is that a person can accomplish this regardless of whether they have a business online, a brick and mortar business or even if they do not have a business at all.

The Money From Blog Internet Coaching system is backed by some of the most intense research in the industry. When blogging first emerged onto the landscape of the world wide web, it was an endeavor that was pursued by the kings and queens of the very tech savvy and trendy. The creators of the Money From Blog system read every item that they could get their hands on regarding blogging and business in internet marketing. As they conducted their research, it was the research itself that helped to form the system of Money from Blog. What the creators found was that there was very little data regarding how blogging could potentially be used in business. They also found insufficient information on the step by step process that showed people how to make money from their blog.

The strategies that are outlined in the system have been used by the creators themselves. Even though they can not physically be there to hold each user’s hand as they strive to achieve success, they do provide through the Money From Blog MFB system worksheets, checklists, flowcharts, monitor charts and videos. This makes it much easier for the user to follow and implement in their own internet marketing and blogging. They provide simple, clearcut instructions that nearly anyone can follow, meaning that nearly anyone can succeed.

The Money From Blog system can help users build a powerful blog on any topic with WordPress and they can teach them how to generate at least 200 unique readers every day without making any monetary investment. Special inclusions such as 10 Unrevealed Traffic Generations that are used by the top leaders in the blogging industry and 10 Most Profitable Monetization Methods that can turn blogs into instrument for generating income. There is potential with a blog for making money and people who are interested in starting a business in internet marketing can truly profit.

The system includes videos that are created by a blogger who is successful and making money with his blogs. In the videos he will impart his secrets with those who purchase the Money from Blog system. Additionally, there are included 24 videos that are hands on, coaching users at their own pace that guarantee success in the blogging business. What’s more, they are only available through the Money for Blog system.

There are thousands of dollars that are lost each year by people who throw it away at inferior products in the hopes of learning how to earn money on the internet. The bad press that is currently in the media does not help the case, but people still click that button and type in that credit card number. Maybe this time it will take, they think, hope against hope, only to be let down. Jack Lan, however, made a dramatic decision to no longer be a victim of the schemes and scams online. He developed the Money from Blog system and spent a countless hours during the 12 month development time to create a product that spoke to the user and delivered real results. Lan put together all the information that he had found, researched and compiled to create a system that does deliver and does make money for the user. Users who want to make money with their blog or who wish to start a business in internet marketing can certainly benefit from the system.

Users of the Money from Blog system will learn the fundamentals of blogging, the history of the blog business, how they can set up a WordPress blog with money making capabilities, how to create a system that they can maintain and keep up with and how to generate traffic with many new visitors on a daily basis. They will also gain coaching in the latest web 2.0 techniques that will drive traffic to their site and learn advanced strategies that are the well kept secrets of the top internet marketers.

“The Money From Blog system is a no fail, win-win for the people who purchase and use it.” Says Jack Lan, “It is simple to follow so it is simple to begin making big bucks just through their blog.” For those who want to start a business in internet marketing and make a nice supplemental income or a full time income, the Money From Blog Coaching Club is the answer. The Money From Blog system can be found at Learn From Money From Blog Coaching Club and there are currently deep discounts for purchase of the entire system and accessories. The wait for a great internet income is over, enter the era of the Money From Blog Coaching Club.

Jack Lan’s Money from Blog offers a complete program for teaching users how to make money with their blog. For more information, contact MFB Coaching Club or Our Official Blog at MFB Official Blog

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Reed Holden to Speak at Columbia Business School"s Executive Education Seminar "Strategic Pricing"

New York, New York (PRWEB) April 21, 2008

Holden Advisors announced today that Dr. Reed Holden has been chosen to co-present at Columbia Business School’s Executive Education seminar “Strategic Pricing,” being held May 6-9, 2008, and in a fall session September 22-25, 2008, on Columbia’s campus in New York City. Dr. Holden will team up with Dr. Noel Capon, R.C. Kopf Professor of International Marketing, to lead the seminar.

The curriculum will include Dr. Holden’s latest book, Pricing with Confidence: 10 Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table.

“This seminar is perfect for upper-level and mid-level executives – especially those who analyze, recommend, or approve pricing strategies,” states Holden. “Those executives who are introducing new products, facing significant price competition, or looking for new approaches to weathering a downturn in the economy will be especially interested in what this seminar has to offer.”

The four-day program will provide attendees with strategies, tools and best practices for rigorously tackling pricing and profit growth issues at both strategic and tactical levels. It will prepare attendees to systematically identify practical opportunities within your organization for boosting profits through improvement in pricing. Attendees will leave the program with powerful new insights into pricing issues, and a new awareness of additional ways to drive business results via strategic pricing.

Attendees of the seminar will also learn how to:

Set prices at levels that maximize profits
Measure customers’ willingness-to-pay–and learn how to shape it based on the value you create
Understand which costs are relevant for pricing decisions
Establish price levels that maximize profitability
Anticipate competitive moves and design your strategy accordingly
Segment the market and get different customers to pay more or less based on their perceived value
Approach pricing decisions from the standpoint of customer lifetime value
Understand how to align prices across the product-line for maximizing overall profitability
Identify key leakage points between the list price and the final realized price – and ways to reduce the leakage
Maximize the profitability of negotiated pricing deals

Reed Holden is a world class speaker and I am very excited to have him joining me as faculty for Columbia Executive Education’s Strategic Pricing program,” stated Professor Noel Capon, author of Marketing Mavens. Capon continued, “Reed Holden is a strong example of Columbia’s commitment to bridging theory to practice. As a thought leader and practitioner in pricing, he brings a unique perspective to the seminar of leading edge pricing approaches with practical application to our attendees.”

For more information on Columbia Executive Education’s Program on Strategic Pricing: please visit http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/execed/open/programs/pw.cfm

About Columbia Business School Executive Education

Columbia Business School’s renowned Executive Education creates a bridge between theory and practice by offering programs that deliver a rich, global perspective. Columbia’s nondegree open-enrollment programs address individual development needs in leadership and strategy, marketing, and finance, providing executives with an understanding of powerful new academic approaches and their application to achieve results. Columbia Business School partners with custom clients on designing and executing organizational initiatives that enable a critical number of top-level executives to meet their corporation’s strategic goals. Through Columbia’s Institute for Not-for-Profit Management (INM), participants can enroll in programs that build organizational capacity and leadership in the not-for-profit and public sectors. For more information, please visit http://www.gsb.columbia.edu/execed

About Dr. Reed Holden

Dr. Reed K. Holden is Founder of Holden Advisors. His new book, co-authored with Mark Burton, called Pricing with Confidence: 10 Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table (Wiley & Sons, 2008), is one of the top ten pricing books on Amazon.com. He consults to senior executives in Fortune 500 companies, and runs targeted sessions with management teams to jump-start change in go-to market strategies to improve profitability. For recent thoughts and comments and an opportunity to speak with Dr. Holden, please see his blog: http://reedholden.wordpress.com.

About Holden Advisors

Holden Advisors http://www.HoldenAdvisors.com is a pricing strategy, consulting and training firm that helps clients become confident about their pricing and achieve greater revenue and profits. To ensure success, Holden Advisors delivers analysis, strategy, processes and training that are analytically sound and closely integrated with a client’s business culture.

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The Etelos Marketplace Transforms Software Distribution Models, Connecting Business Customers With Web applications

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) June 9, 2008

Etelos, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLO) today announced the availability of WordPress, SugarCRM, Media Wiki and phpBB on the Etelos Marketplace. The applications are now available as hosted solutions ready to deploy on-demand for enterprises, small businesses, bloggers and individual users looking to connect with customers and others. These on-demand applications help foster collaboration, online communities and increase efficiency.

Users can come to the Etelos Marketplace and have a secure WordPress blog, Media Wiki or phpBB bulletin board up and running in minutes. Even better, this can be done at a fraction of the cost of many other similar applications. Etelos takes care of the technical details; all a customer needs is a browser from which to access their applications.

The Etelos Marketplace is changing the business of software distribution by connecting developers and customers in ways that make it simple to adopt on-demand applications. Etelos is making it easier for Open Source developers to get their applications into the mainstream by continuing to implement its Opportunity Computing platform. The Etelos Marketplace provides an ever-broadening selection of Web-based applications that can be assembled immediately, easily and securely deployed as custom suites or as individual applications to solve business productivity and personal challenges.

“Etelos is your MAP to SaaS Success,” said Shelley Symonds, Etelos VP & Chief Marketing Officer. “The Etelos Marketplace is fast becoming the best place for businesses and individuals to build their scalable best-of-breed solutions. With a wide selection of quality applications available on a platform that allows hosting any place the client chooses, Etelos eliminates the downside of using multiple solutions from different vendors by providing common user management, billing, updates, support and security.”

Etelos is providing businesses, teams and individual users within larger organizations the flexibility and choices necessary to assemble solutions that are capable of solving their specific problems. Because of this agility, the Etelos Marketplace is the destination for businesses, teams and individual users looking to expand their tool sets while cost effectively streamlining operations.

About The Etelos Marketplace

The Etelos Marketplace gives developers an easy place to license, distribute and support applications while giving businesses a wide selection of on-demand business applications to license and transparently deploy on-demand solutions within the hosting environment of their choice.

It takes more than a great Web application to sustain success in the Software as a Service business. The MAP to SaaS Success brings together a Marketplace as a Service, Applications as a Service and a Platform as a Service to enable Web application developers and users to develop, distribute and consume Web apps easily and cost effectively.

For more information on these applications or the dozens of others available, please visit the Etelos Marketplace at http://www.etelos.com/marketplace.

About Etelos, Inc.

Etelos provides on-demand browser-based applications on the hosting environment that you choose. Etelos technology for developing and deploying on-demand applications is revolutionizing the world of software distribution. The Etelos Marketplace gives developers an easy way to license, distribute and host their applications, and businesses a wide selection of fully customizable, on-demand applications. Etelos, Etelos CRM, Etelos Projects, and Etelos Marketplace are trademarks of Etelos, Inc.; other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Etelos, please visit etelos.com.

“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Etelos’ business which are not historical facts may be “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements concerning the availability of applications on the company’s marketplace, the future financial performance of our company, the acceptance of our products and services, the success and timeliness of our product and platform roll-out and other statements qualified by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “may” and other words of similar import. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in the Company’s reports that Etelos files periodically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and Etelos undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as required by law, even as new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

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How To Create A Buzz For Business and Nonprofits is Now Posted on YouTube

Los Angeles (PRWEB) July 11, 2008

How To Create A Buzz For Your Business and nonprofits has been captured in a live TV newscast interview and has been posted on YouTube for the public.

“If one can help the media do their job in telling a good story, they will get quoted, and that’s one way the company or nonprofit organization will get promoted,” Vice President George McQuade of MAYO Communications, told News Director Tami Di Vine, Crown City News (CCN), Pasadena, CA recently.

The entire segment has been posted on YouTube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiBB2lIUoVw

“The media is in the business of telling stories, not promoting companies, products or nonprofits,” explained McQuade. He appeared first on the TV show before several nonprofit organizational leaders were scheduled to appear and later helped them with ways to improve their public relations. On the air he offered five ways to create the ultimate buzz for your business:

1. The Internet — one of the most under utilized communications is a website, search engines, blogs, directories and there are a lot of free services for websites, directories, large and small business. A new trend is a personal social network

2. Newsletters/ezines (electronic newsletters) help announce business developments and activities, where potential new media and business associates will subscribe

3. Public Speaking — When a person speaks on current issues or “hot button” topics at a business luncheon or event you’re making your company and yourself newsworthy

4. News releases and a calendar of events about a company or activities alert editors about the company and you become a future resource and possible expert

5. Word of Mouth — mixers, meetings, Toastmasters, Rotary clubs, fundraisers and other business events a person attends or speaks at are great places to create a buzz about the business, nonprofit activities and events.

About MAYO

MAYO Communications (http://www.MayoCommunications.com) is a full service marketing communications and PR firm with offices in LA, San Diego, New York and Bern, Switzerland, serving celebrity, corporate, government and nonprofit clients. A short list of clients have included: USC, Wal-Mart, California Chamber of Commerce, Southern California Leadership Council, SafeMedia Corporation, World-Trade Center LA/LB, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) with Chief Economist & Senior Vice President Jack Kyser,

On the entertainment side the short list includes: H20 Productions, Whittaker Bay TV drama on Fox Television this fall; Swirl Films, NC, Artists Eddie Money, Benny Mardones, Stevie Wonder benefit concerts, Saints of the Underground (legendary rock artists from Alice Cooper, Ratt and Warrant) and Crash Kelly on Warrior Records. Independent artists include: Aron Cowen and Seven Silvasy.

MAYO Websites:

MayoCommunications.com

LAentertainmentPublicity.com

MayoPR.com

MayoGreenPR.com

MayoPRSwitzerland.com

LACountyGreen.com

MAYO Blogs:

http://mayocommunications.wordpress.com/

http://mediaguru-mayopr.blogspot.com/

http://mayocommunications.wordpress.com/

http://warriorrecords.wordpress.com/

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Communications is Key to a Business" Competitive Advantage - The Professional Edge, Inc. Announces New Program to Aid Executives in Communication

York, PA (PRWEB) July 23, 2008

Companies looking to create a competitive advantage in today’s tight market should look no further than their own people. So notes Lynne Breil, president of The Professional Edge, a firm dedicated to improving the speaking, presenting and communication skills for business executives, managers and employees.

“Your people are really the face of your business,” says Breil. “The experience your customers and prospects have with your people make or break the sale and the on-going relationship.”

Breil states that training your people in these skill sets is one of the most powerful ways to create a competitive edge.

“By increasing the mastery of your people you are showing the marketplace that you value the relationships with them. You are also showing your employees that they are a true asset to your company.”

Breil presents several workshops and training sessions for corporations that are looking for a valuable competitive edge. The training sessions she offers include: Speak Easy: The Presentation Skills Boot Camp; Act Your Wage: The Advantage of Etiquette in Business; Dine for Dollars: Building Relationships with the Business Meal; and Master Your Message: Workplace Communication Strategies for Executives.

“Presentations and public speaking are still a big fear factor for most managers and employees,” says Breil. “They usually don’t have experience in these areas and so they need basic tools to give them a framework for their content and confidence in this skill set.”

Breil notes that she can see tremendous progress with people in just a one-day training session. In addition to the lectures and content, Breil’s sessions are very interactive and include videotaped practice sessions, which the participants can have when they leave the session.

“Sometimes it’s a brutal experience for people to see themselves on camera,” notes Breil. “But there’s nothing quite as effective as seeing yourself the same way that others see you. It’s a painful experience at first, but people tell us all the time that it was incredibly helpful.”

In addition to the presentation skills training, Breil has tapped an enormous need for business executives to understand acceptable and appropriate business etiquette.

“We have had so many shifts in our culture that people really don’t know what they can do that’s acceptable and appropriate in terms of business behavior,” says Breil. “Apart from the obvious skills of meeting and greeting people, there’s been such a lack of knowledge about how to handle technology. Cell phones, blackberries, texting and all of the new applications have blurred the lines of what constitutes good business etiquette.”

All of which is complicated by a digital generational divide.

“Our capability to spell is challenged by texting and the shortcuts that are needed for ease of communications,” says Breil. “But that doesn’t change the fact that rude behavior is never acceptable. For example, it’s still a good business practice to turn off your phone or PDA when you’re in a meeting or taking a client to lunch. Even though some of the rules of etiquette have changed, being rude has never been a good relationship builder.”

One of the most impactful programs that Breil leads is the communications workshop developed for top-level executives. Lack of good communication skills is often the cause of misunderstandings that lead to project delays and failures. Breil’s workshop focuses on the key skills that executives need to master to be able to communicate clearly and concisely and avoid the downtime that poor communication causes.

Executives who participate in this workshop begin to master this core leadership skill and are able to increase their value to the company and build a foundational level of competitive advantage.

“The sign of a good leader is his ability to communicate to his people in such a manner that they get the message, but that they are inspired and motivated to act on the message and to give more of themselves because they have been communicated with in a meaningful way.” Breil adds that she has never seen an executive with poor communication skills be able to maintain his position and to move up the executive ladder.

“Poor communication skills hold people back more than any other thing,” says Breil. “And most people don’t know how bad they are. But, trust me, their employees know!”

The Professional Edge, Inc. provides workshops, consultation and coaching on Business Etiquette (including International Business Etiquette), Presentation Skills, Communication Mastery for Managers and Executives and Sales Communication Skills. Lynne Breil is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), as designated by the National Speakers Association, and is a national keynote speaker. The company is located in York, Pa and more information is available at http://www.theprofessionaledgeinc.com or at (717) 755-3333. Breil’s blog can be found at http://botched.wordpress.com.

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Baby Boomer Business Owners Pave the Way for Huge Wave of Private Business Transfers

Lancaster, PA (PRWEB) August 14, 2008

As the millions of Baby Boomer Business Owners begin planning for retirement, their businesses will also go through transitions from one generation to the next; to inside executives or to an outside buyer. Most business owners want to maximize their business’ value and that creates difficult scenarios for the owner.

“The value these business owners will receive for all of their hard work and investment is highly dependent upon how they approach and execute the sale process,” says Jim Eshleman, president and founder of Strategic Endeavors LLC. “Failure to plan for this most important event can result in under-selling your business or worse yet, liquidation at a fraction of the going concern value.”

Eshleman has been selling businesses since 2000 and is seeing an increased interest in how to position a business for sale. “Sadly, many business owners do no planning or wait until they are burned out, bored or in poor health and then hope for an employee or buyer to approach them. They sell from the weakest position.”

“But if these same owners had run their businesses, year in and year out, as if they were going to sell them, they would be building value over time and positioning themselves to get the maximum value at whatever time the sale occurs. Life’s unexpected events can change an owner’s timing in an instant.”

Eshleman also notes that the other key to maximizing value is to create a market for your business. “Due to confidentiality concerns, owners instinctively feel that they should wait for that one right buyer to come to them. You can run all the formulas and models you like, but at the end of the day, a business is worth what a buyer is willing to pay. If you only have one buyer with no competition, how do you know that he/she is the one that will pay the most for your business?”

As a result of what the team at Strategic Endeavors has seen in the marketplace and through the experience of actually selling companies, they have developed several new tools for business owners who are ready to begin planning for the eventual sale of their businesses.

“We have taken some of the processes that we use over and over in business sale transactions and made them available to business owners on an a la carte basis,” notes Kate Eshleman, a senior business analyst and Eshleman’s daughter.

“What we see more and more frequently with the Baby Boomers is that they are thinking ahead. They want to maximize enjoyment of life after business but they don’t know how to prepare and are afraid to get advice for confidentiality reasons.” Eshleman notes that “business sales are heavily influenced by the last 3 to 5 year history. The ideal time to begin planning is about 5 years out.

“It’s an exciting time for these Baby Boomer business owners,” says Kate Eshelman. “They have worked their entire lives to build these businesses and now it’s time for them to reap the benefits. The exit planning process can re-energize and refocus an owner as well as lead to a much more financially secure retirement.”

Strategic Endeavors LLC serves owners who want to plan for and execute the sale of their privately owned business. In working directly with the business owner and a team of professional advisors, Strategic Endeavors spearheads the selling process to maximize the value of the business. Based in Lancaster, PA, the father-daughter team has transacted businesses in manufacturing and distribution, service contractors and professional service businesses. More information can be found at http://www.strategicendeavors.com, on their blog at http://privatebusinesstransfer.wordpress.com or at 717-898-7662.

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During Economic Slow, Student and Father Succeeds with Los Angeles DJ Business

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 23, 2008

The pressures of the failing economy are being felt by everyone, but one Los Angeles DJ feels he may have found a recession resistant industry. Los Angeles DJ Sam House, founder of House Entertainment, has provided entertainment for weddings, birthdays, and special events since 1998. Sam loves his work, and feels he is blessed to be able to do what he enjoys for a living. On the weekend, Sam can be found behind the turntables at some of the most elite Hollywood events. During the week however, you’ll have a better chance finding him playing with his one and a half year old son Max, or studying on campus at UCLA. Sam can also be found at djsamhouse.com.

Growing up in Detroit, MI Sam was no stranger to economic hardship. Raised by a single mother on welfare, Sam’s story is truly that of triumph over insurmountable odds. After making his way to California to live with his father at the age of 13, Sam developed a passion for music and performance. That passion later developed into the driving force behind Sam’s success. While working full time and going to Riverside Community College, Sam decided to take the leap into the DJ world and bought his first turntables. At first, just playing for friends at local coffee shops, Sam found he was in love with his new hobby.

The forces of the post 9-11 economy struck at Sam once again in 2002, when he was laid off from an account executive position at Sprint. Fortunately for thousands of party goers, this was the catalyst that brought about the greatest change in Sam’s life. He decided to start his own mobile DJ service. Founding House Entertainment and creating his own website at http://djsamhouse.com.

Sam’s new weekend warrior lifestyle went together nicely with an admittance into UCLA. There Sam studies linguistics with the hope of possibly attending law school after completing his B.A. in the Spring. Focusing on universal properties of language, Sam has had the opportunity to study French, Japanese, Arabic, and even Ancient Egyptian.

With all of this education in the works the next logical question for most would be, “So, what do you plan to do with your degree?” This is a question that Sam often answers when asked by the people he meets. His response, “Keep DJ-ing, because I love what I do!” It is that love for what he does that has allowed him to continue with his education and start his family. Now, with less than a year to go until he obtains his undergraduate degree, he finds himself realizing that college will have ended up being just for personal development, since DJ-ing will always be his passion.

Los Angeles DJ Sam House also publishes pictures and reviews of his events at his blog. http://djsamhouse.wordpress.com by subscribing you can receive updates and never miss a beat. If you are planning an event you can receive an instant online quote at http://djsamhouse.com/quote.html.

About House Entertainment:

Los Angeles DJ Sam House is a Professional DJ & MC with years of Experience creating Fun Parties. State-of-the-Art Equipment, a Pleasing and Cooperative Personality, Extensive Music Library, Reliability, Enthusiasm, and Personal Attention all come standard with his Quality Service.

Contact:


Sam House, director of public relations

House Entertainment


310-948-2999

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http://www.danielmcgonagle.name is a New Free Blog that Promises to Help "Average Joe" Beat the Financial Crisis by Building a Successful Online Business

Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 11, 2008

US-based, Daniel McGonagle is helping ordinary people to beat the financial crisis by building a successful and reliable online business. He is relaunching his unique home business advice blog (http://www.danielmcgonagle.name) in response to the current crisis and the problems that so many home business owners have by using his own experience to guide them through the confusion and failure to focus on what really works for online business development.

Daniel McGonagle, Owner of the new blog explains, “I wanted to reach out to those who were in my position once and struggling with their online business. Some things on the blog are controversial but written from self-experience so it’s written the way I see things and experienced them personally.”

Daniel freely admits that he struggled with Internet Marketing at first and failed a lot, just like everyone else and while enjoying his success he also enjoys helping others “get there” too. As well as the blog that is packed with free help and advice he also sells a $ 17 blueprint to Internet Marketing success at http://yourimtoolkit.com/ and personal coaching for just $ 37 a month via http://marketersrelief.com.

According to Daniel, this new home business advice blog will allow him to, “reach people in a way that makes them stop and really think about their online business. The aspiring internet marketer is an “Average Joe” who may not be cut out for business so I try to instil some business sense into people looking for some sort of progress with their business!” says Daniel. “The blog contains tons of top quality stuff for free but it’s only valuable to you if you do something with this information and cure yourself of the Internet ADHD syndrome of non-stop learning, and no action.”

This home business advice blog covers a variety of topics including;

http://www.danielmcgonagle.name is a New Free Blog that Promises to Help "Average Joe" Beat the Financial Crisis by Building a Successful Online Business

EastEdge Partners Creates New Japan Real Estate Business in Changing Market

Tokyo, Japan (PRWEB) October 30, 2008

EastEdge Partners, an innovative Tokyo-based real estate advisory firm, is seizing opportunities in Japan’s dramatically changing property market.

“This is a strategic time to buy real estate in Japan, our clients are looking for stability in fundamentals and value,” says Jason Holt, CEO of EastEdge Partners.

Despite turmoil in the global equity markets, October has been a month of growth for the new real estate firm. EastEdge’s advisory division recently completed the sale of a two-acre prime view estate in Hakone, Japan for a foreign high wealth buyer. The company was appointed as exclusive Japanese broker for the Above + Beyond luxury hotel condominiums in Niseko, Japan. And in the Philippines, EastEdge signed a hotel management contract for a luxury resort property.

Holt views EastEdge’s business mix as a unique model for Japan.

“We are succeeding in this market by focusing on opportunities that are not traditional. We attempt to be very progressive and build on an international perspective,” says Holt. “For example, helping foreigners find Japanese vacation properties and get a mortgage to buy it, or helping a ryokan owner to improve his marketing and bottom line, or simply sourcing good offmarket deals for institutional size investors and then providing what other advisers can’t: a hands-on solution adding value applying hospitality, such as branding or services.”

EastEdge was founded last year by Holt, who has significant experience on the forefront of the Japanese real estate and equities markets, participating in various capacities of public and private investment management and project management.

EastEdge Partners Creates New Japan Real Estate Business in Changing Market

"Get Booked Solid in 2009" Boot Camp Offered to Women Business Owners Throughout New England

Concord, NH (PRWEB) April 2, 2009

The edge in these dark days of gloomy global economic reporting will be with those willing to shake off the pessimistic prognosticators and hunker down with clarity and discipline to do what is necessary to gain a loyal following of raving fans; planning and executing efficient and effective marketing to attract their ideal clients. Especially in difficult times, who you know, trust and like will trump the competition every time.

Get Booked Solid in 09 is the title of two-day Boot Camps offered by Book Yourself Solid

"Get Booked Solid in 2009" Boot Camp Offered to Women Business Owners Throughout New England

Comcast Business Class and BizTechDay Put Small Businesses with a Social Mission in the Spotlight

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 2009

The Big Success Contest, the nation’s first video business pitch contest on Facebook, is giving small business owners a chance to be noticed by the entrepreneurial community while also winning an exclusive TV appearance and a trip to Miami.

Inventors, entrepreneurs and small business owners can enter the competition by submitting their 90-second video pitch on Facebook to be voted on by the entrepreneurial community. The competition consists of three quarterly rounds and leads up to the Big Success Grand Finale where the winners will present in front of a live audience and a panel of judges for a chance to win a 30-minute exclusive interview on CBS5 and a trip to Miami.

The finale will be presented as part of BizTechDay, the annual technology conference for small businesses held in San Francisco on Oct. 22-23, 2009.

The winner of the first round, which finished this spring, was the inventor of GymyGym, the world’s first ergonomically designed home/office chair combined with a full body fitness system. The judging event was attended by 150 people and the panel of judges included CEO of Eventbrite, former Google investor and Regional Vice President of Comcast Business Class.

The contest is currently in its second round, which emphasizes businesses with a social mission.

“During this economic downturn, entrepreneurs are looking for creative and economical ways to market their business,” said Edith Yeung, founder of BizTechDay and San Francisco Entrepreneur Meetup. “This contest is where the business community can broadcast their ideas to the world for free. The only rule is that your business should have a social mission that you believe everyone in the world should know about.”

During last year’s contest, held as a live event in San Francisco, even the runner up received national attention, which helped grow her business.

“After the contest last year, I was interviewed by the San Francisco Business Times and two other local publications that led to national interviews with my industry trade publications,” said Lucy Needham, President of LabelCalc. “My company’s revenue in the past quarter tripled, making the revenue close to the amount generated from the previous full year. The contest was one of my best experiences!”

About The Big Success Contest

The Big Success Contest (http://www.bigsuccess.tv or http://apps.facebook.com/bigsuccess), the nation’s first video business pitch contest on Facebook, provides opportunities for entrepreneurs to broadcast their businesses on the internet and in person.

About BizTechDay

BizTechDay (http://www.biztechday.com), the nation’s first annual technology day for small businesses, will be held Oct. 22-23 in South San Francisco. Last year’s conference featured Tim Ferriss, NY Times best-selling author of “The 4-Hour Workweek.” This year’s BizTechDay plans to attract 1200 small business owners and feature founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, popular non-fiction author Michael Gerber and other well-known business leaders.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 24.4 million cable customers, 14.7 million high-speed Internet customers, and 6.1 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast’s content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten Comcast SportsNet networks and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast’s Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (http://www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

For more information:

Website: http://www.bigsuccess.tv

Facebook contest: http://apps.facebook.com/bigsuccess

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Baby Modeling Could be a Way for Parents to Save for College - Scooter"s Fab FC Can Help - Celebrating Over 21 Years in Business

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 1, 2009

As every newlywed or new parent will tell you getting your family going in this economy is a difficult road to travel. Newlyweds have turned to in-laws for help with down payments for their first homes, if they can help. In addition more families are using special offers for first time buyers, Veteran’s benefits, etc. The building of a family; home and children, is no longer the American Dream we once knew. In these rough economic times, young couples just starting out have had issues with getting their engines started.

If you are a Veteran you can try the Veterans Affairs pages online at http://www.homeloans.va.gov or the US Dept. of Housing and Urban development at http://www.HUD.gov, at least you will get some info to help in your search for a safe and suitable environment for your growing family.

In most cases, both parents have to go back to work once the little bundle of joy arrives. Two incomes are needed as jobs are standing on unsteady feet. Some Mothers are looking for at home job opportunities when their children are young, because of child care costs, some cannot leave the home and make enough to justify putting their child in day care. Every parent knows just how much goes into building a family, clothing diapers, schooling, etc. Families in certain areas of the country have access to the entertainment industry for their children. If little Johnny can grab a TV commercial, or some print work, and stick away $ 50,000 dollars towards college, why not? If the children have fun, why not give it a shot…it is an opportunity many parents attempt. Of course you must know who you are dealing with, and know what they do….

http://www.babymodels.wordpress.com

In Los Angeles, Scooter’s Fab FC is such a company….specializing in agency placement for the under 5 yr. old club, Scooters has been in the business for over 21 years, and has been educating new parents to the industry, working with licensed and bonded Talent Agents.

http://www.scootersfabfc.com

All in all new families are not in a position to be frivolous with money these days. Families struggle, but help is out there, you just have to do a little research.

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Techaisle Small Business Survey Finds 50 Percent of Netbook Owners Use Push Email

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) July 21, 2009

Techaisle ‘s study on ownership and use of Netbooks among businesses shows that current and potential Netbook buyers are more technologically sophisticated than non-Netbook owners and support mobility products within their businesses. These small businesses not only support and use mobile applications such as direct push email they have a defined policy for the use and support of Smartphones. Surveys were conducted across several countries in both developed and emerging markets.

The study conducted by Techaisle, a market research and consulting organization focused on Emerging Markets, Emerging Technologies and Interactive Entertainment also found that 46 percent of small businesses that are “Likely to Buy” Netbooks currently use push email. These small businesses are tech savvy using databases, SaaS and collaboration technologies.

As per the study, ASUS brand with 52 percent penetration is strong among small business primarily due to early entry into the market and availability through online retailers and local VARs/Resellers. Dell and HP are stronger players with higher penetration within Mid-market and Large Businesses.

The netbook study also found that purchase channels are uniquely different for Netbooks than those of notebooks and desktops. The channels differ not only by the size of business but also the brands being purchased. Small businesses in Europe have shown a propensity to purchase through service providers.

“Savvy business buyers are realizing the role of Netbook in their IT architecture with considerable implications for the way vendors’ distribution channels and go-to-market models should be structured”, says Paolo Puppoli, Techaisle, EMEA Region.

Techaisle Small Business Survey Finds 50 Percent of Netbook Owners Use Push Email

Third Video: Developing Google APIs a Big Money-maker for your Online Business

Louisville, KY (PRWEB) November 8, 2009

The third video of the six-video series called “How to Make Money with Google” premiered today at http://www.arnoldit.com/video. This video, released by Arnold Information Technology, http://www.arnoldit.com, focuses on developing program interfaces using Google resources and leveraging those applications for business use.

The purpose of this short video series–watching all six videos takes about 30 minutes–is to give clear, factual information on four specific ways an enterprising individual, a services company, or a diversified company can use the Google platform to produce revenue while meeting the needs of their customers and prospects. The videos are available for personal and educational use with no fee.

This newest video highlights how using and developing Google APIs–application programming interfaces–can be a big money-maker for your online business. It also describes Google’s certification program, which is beginning to take shape. Arnold characterizes how a third-party developer can put technical skills to use to build a large business around Google.

“Keep in mind that Google is a moving target. The company is evolving and changing policies and procedures very rapidly,” Stephen E. Arnold, president of Arnold Information Technology, said. Arnold has published three Google monographs and these videos are based on the information compiled for The Google Legacy, Google Version 2.0, and Google: The Digital Gutenberg. The monographs are available from Infonortics Ltd., in Tetbury, Glos., at http://www.infonortics.com.

Other videos include an overview of money-making opportunities, including why the Google opportunity is similar to the opportunity Microsoft created with its MS DOS software in the early 1980s; using Google’s Adsense advertising module; search engine optimization consulting and services; the Google partner and reseller program; and a video titled “Google Creates Opportunity,” which emphasizes the opportunity to grow with Google as the company strives for $ 100 billion in revenue.

“I wanted to provide some basic, factual information about what I see as the Google revenue opportunity. Information about Google is everywhere, but the upside of Google as an opportunity is not widely known,” Arnold said. “The increase in ‘get rich quick’ with Google e-mails I was receiving convinced me that a more measured discussion of the opportunities was needed. I will make these videos available without charge in the hopes that the Google revenue opportunities get broader dissemination.”

The series will be posted at http://www.arnoldit.com/video. Videos will be released on a seven- to 10-day cycle from today to Nov. 20. ArnoldIT.com has no relationship with Google. The information presented in the video represents the views and findings of ArnoldIT.com’s analyses of Google. The videos were directed by Chris Forrester, Perceality Productions, at http://twitter.com/perceality. The samba music is courtesy Sounddogs.com. For information about other uses of the videos, contact ArnoldIT.com at seaky2000 [at] yahoo.com.

About Stephen E. Arnold

Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his office in Kentucky. He works with colleagues worldwide on a wide range of online and content-related projects. The company’s Web site is http://arnoldit.com, and the Beyond Search blog is at http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/.

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Announcing Think Tank Live! Internet Marketing Conference for Wisconsin Business Owners and Marketing Professionals

Milwaukee, Wisc. (PRWEB) February 4, 2010

Integrated Marketing Think Tank has announced a one-day seminar, Think Tank Live! Internet Marketing Conference, to take place on Feb. 23, 2010.

In this economy, business leaders look for strategies and practical ideas to attract customers and increase profits. Digital online marketing is the new landscape, we will help people to navigate the various disciplines for success, said Jo Stumpner of Top Floor Technologies in New Berlin, WI.

Emphasizing the opportunity to raise awareness of search marketing and social media regionally, the event features speakers from Wisconsin and Chicago who are highly experienced digital marketing professionals.

Lisa Sabin Wilson, a resident of West Bend, WI will speak about building online communities. Lisa is the author of WordPress For Dummies and BuddyPress For Dummies (Wiley Publishing), and is a regular speaker at national conferences like SXSW Interactive, and WordCamp events across the country.

Another local expert, Anthony Verre, known as MilwaukeeSEO to the local Twitterati, will give a talk named: When Local Means Business The Secrets of Local Search Engine Optimization Marketing. And Chris King, SEO and Web Analytics Specialist for Agency.com, a graduate of Marquette University, will lead a panel presentation on: Unlocking the Power of Search Engine Optimization for your Website.

I.M. Think Tank’s event offers a clear vision to use online marketing tools in an effective and relevant manner. Business leaders who attend Think Tank Live! will learn step by step lessons on how to use key internet marketing tools. We will show you how to increase profits and gain more clients for real business results, said Mert Sahinoglu, inbound marketing expert from Chicago. Mert first came to Wisconsin from Turkey as a foreign exchange student. He lived in Oostburg, WI during high school.

Each attendee will receive a folder of handouts and access to PowerPoint presentations to help make the information easy to use once they get back to their place of business after the event.

SEMINAR FOCUS: Help businesses to grow by mastering the power of Internet Marketing.

SCHEDULED TOPICS: Digital Marketing Strategy, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Online Advertising, Pay-Per-Click (PPC), Web Analytics, Social Media, Online Reputation Management,Twitter, LinkedIn, WordPress, BuddyPress, Facebook

LOCATION: Country Springs Hotel, 2810 Golf Road, Waukesha, Wisconsin (in the Milwaukee area)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Business Owners, Online Marketing Professionals, CMO’s, CXO’s, Web Developers, Social Media Experts and Entrepreneurs.

DATE: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 9am-5pm

Check in & voluntary web site reviews begin at 8am

After-Party details: to be announced.

SPONSORS: Mashable and BizTimesMedia, Top Floor Technologies, SunAnt Interactive, KD Interactive and ExPrT Exhibits.

REGISTRATION FEE: $ 225.00, includes lunch. Check social media outlets for discounts and promo codes.

To Register, visit: http://www.thinktanklive.com/register/

Contact: Mary DuQuaine, Founder and President, I.M. Think Tank, (414) 367-9725

Twitter (@ThinkTankLive), Conversation Tag #ttlmke

About I.M. Think Tank / Think Tank Live: Integrated Marketing Think Tank is a collective group of integrated marketing professionals in Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The group provides conferences and customized executive retreat and training events with in-depth strategies on how to create online and offline communication channels. Each of I.M. Think Tanks members represents different specialties within digital marketing.

I. M. Think Tank is the source of talent for all of our events. I.M. Think Tank is an organization dedicated to providing strategic c-level intensive trainings and corporate consultation. As a think tank of professionals and practitioners on the cutting edge of social technology, we clarify the connections between search, social media and integrated marketing to improve business profitability on the internet.

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SOKULE Provides a Powerful Social Media Platform for Serious Business Exposure

New York City (PRWEB) April 18, 2010

SOKULE.com, a new social media network, offers small businesses a forum that allows them to save time while marketing their brands using the popularity of social media marketing. Business owners who are committed to utilizing a smart, profitable, and streamlined social media platform are now turning to SOKULE to help them quickly meet their online marketing needs.

SOKULE is a uniquely designed social media platform that operates in a similar fashion to Twitter, but includes additional features that streamline the process of social media marketing for small businesses.

Members of Sokule.com have the opportunity to “squeek” messages of up to 500 characters through Sokule.com, while simultaneously posting the same message to 38 additional social media profiles as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, while also pinging blog sites like WordPress and Blogger with just 1 click.

This multi posting and pinging process ultimately provides better marketing exposure, because the messages will get indexed by search engines much more quickly than if a business owner were to update each site individually.

The primary goal of SOKULE founder Jane Mark and developer Phil Basten was to create a profile for small business owners that worked in the same way as other popular social media platforms.

Part of what can make running an e-commerce website difficult is the task of getting the message seen and heard by others online, especially in the beginning stages.

SOKULE makes this process simple and easy by alerting various blogs and social media sites in a manner that causes search engines to take notice of posts that originate from SOKULE.

This, in turn, offers fast and widespread exposure and faster search engine indexing for those who need traffic to their websites in order to get their businesses up and running.

SOKULE has also pioneered a mobile platform that allows members to post updates and send out messages while they are on the go and away from the office.

However, the main difference between SOKULE and traditional social media sites is that business owners can profit from using SOKULE to promote their own individual brands and products.

Though a base membership at SOKULE is free, another factor that makes SOKULE special is the ability for SOKULE upgraded members to earn commissions each time they refer a new upgraded member to the service.

Developer Phil Basten says that “This is the perfect membership for a business or individual who is really serious about using social networking to dominate their industry.”

For further information, please visit http://www.SOKULE.com

Media Contact:

Jane Mark, President

SOKULE

736 Broadway, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10003

http://www.Sokule.com

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