BillyBlogs Launches on the Internet

(PRWEB) September 14, 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contact:

Billy McDermott

1-917-723-6943

http://www.billyblogs.com


http://www.williammcdermott.com


wjm@williammcdermott.com

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Feedster Launches Developer Network with iPod Giveaway

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 8, 2004

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

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

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

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

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

About Feedster

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

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GoodStorm Launches MeCommerce Widget for WordPress Bloggers

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 3, 2006

GoodStorm, a progressive e-commerce provider, has launched a widget for WordPress bloggers that lets them recommend and sell products online.

Users of WordPress (http://www.WordPress.org), a free, personal publishing platform for bloggers, can now use GoodStorms MeCommerce product-serving platform to sell music, DVDs, books and video games.

MeCommerce lets bloggers insert single and multiple product listings inside a box on their blogs, and earn 50 percent net profit selling products they recommend to visitors. The entire, secure transaction takes place within the product boxwithout users ever needing to leave the site of origin.

MeCommerce delivers unique, unprecedented advantages to bloggers, such as: an easy to install widget, customized control of the product serving box appearance, full discretion as to the goods they sell through their blog, a wide product selection to choose from and generous profit marginswith customers never linking to a third-party commerce site.

Yobie Benjamin, CEO, GoodStorm, remarked: MeCommerce heralds a new generation of people-powered tools that allow anyone to become a buyer or a seller. Aligned with GoodStorms economic model of Capitalism Done Right, MeCommerce delivers a generous profit-sharing proposition –50 percent margin on all sales– versus other leading affiliate and ad-serving programs.

Matt Mullenweg, lead developer of WordPress, said: I like MeCommerce because it puts bloggers back in control and presents an innovative interface for browsing cool recommended products.”

GoodStorm handles billing, customer service and fulfillment using warehouses staged around the United States to ensure quick and cost-efficient shipping.

For more information visit http://www.GoodStorm.com.

About GoodStorm

Founded by serial entrepreneur Yobie Benjamin and venture capitalist and philanthropist Andy Rappaport, GoodStorm empowers organizations and individuals to generate higher income from e-commerce sales. The company develops and provides free tools, technologies and social networking functionality for sellers to create online stores to market print-on-demand apparel and co-branded merchandise through GoodStorm.com.

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Food Fete Launches Chocolate-Only Media Event Oct. 30 in San Francisco

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 7, 2007

Food Fete, producers of sponsored press events for specialty food and beverage companies, is branching out to create a new press event focused exclusively on premium chocolates. Known as Food Fete Chocolat, the new event will debut Tuesday, October 30 in San Francisco.

More information and regular updates can be found at http://www.foodfetechocolate.wordpress.com.

In addition to narrowing its focus on the chocolate market, Food Fete Chocolat is introducing an industry buying component that adds a new layer of marketing value for exhibitors. Along with food journalists, Bay Area caterers, food and beverage buyers from hotels, spas and restaurants, chefs, and event and wedding planners also will be invited to meet the chocolatiers and sample new products. Food Fete Chocolat’s October timing also supports short-lead holiday media opportunities and year-end events where chocolate is often a focal point.

Food Fete Chocolat is the latest creation of PR veteran Jeff Davis, who since January 2005 has produced Food Fete press events twice annually in San Francisco and New York City. According to Davis, Food Fete Chocolat signals what could become the first of more market- and product-specific press events to complement his growing event roster. Last month, Davis debuted Peek, a press event for consumer lifestyle products.

“Though we’re launching a category-specific event that includes a focused buyer component, helping companies build media relationships and debut new products is still what Food Fete is all about,” Davis said. “But in bringing together many of the area’s best chocolatiers under one roof, it makes sense to add a business development component that can directly impact exhibitor sales, which is among the overarching goals of most media relations programs.”

Clay Gordon, regarded as one of the country’s most knowledgeable chocolate experts, will be a special guest presenter at Food Fete Chocolat. Gordon will discuss chocolate appreciation, offering tips on how to taste and understand the nuances of fine chocolates originating from around the world. He also will discuss pairing chocolate with wine, spirits and other beverages at the Chocolate Pairings Bar, and will be available to sign his new book, “Discover Chocolate,” which hits bookstores Oct. 18.

Exhibiting and Sponsorships

Chocolate companies interested in showcasing their newest products, as well as beverage companies interested in participating in the Chocolate Pairings Bar should contact Davis at 404-812-0111. Other custom sponsorship opportunities are also available.

About Food Fete

Food Fete (http://www.foodfete.com) is a sponsored press event and new product showcase for specialty food, beverage and kitchenware products. Founded in 2005 by public relations veteran Jeff Davis, Food Fete augments public relations programs by creating an intimate setting for food companies to develop and strengthen media relationships.

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Web Poll Leader Launches Vizu Vote Maps Powered by Google and Records Conversion Increase of 69%

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 12, 2007

Vizu Corporation, a leader in providing free web polls and do-it-yourself market research, today announced the addition of vote maps to its poll results. The launch of Vizu vote maps concludes a series of redesign initiatives that resulted in a registration conversion increase of 69%.

“Like chocolate and peanut butter, polls and maps just go together,” says Vizu CEO, Dan Beltramo. The new interactive vote maps are a mashup powered by Google and allow Vizu users to see exactly where votes are being cast. The color-coded responses can be viewed from a world view all the way down to the zip code level. “Our users are curious by nature so adding maps to our polls was a natural fit for Vizu,” added Beltramo.

The Vizu free poll widget lets users create customized web polls and put them on sites, blogs or social networking pages. The polls are compatible with major blog platforms such as Blogger, TypePad and WordPress as well as popular social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Friendster.

The implementation of Vizu vote maps capped off a month of redesign development which also included user interface improvements and integration of Gigya’s Wildfire which allows one click posting of polls to social networks and blogs. These efforts produced a 69% increase in registration conversion, fulfilling the goal of making it easier to create and export polls.

“Vote maps are sure to entertain and engage our users,” says Wetpaint CEO Ben Elowitz. “The implementation of vote maps is just another example of Vizu’s commitment to innovation and exemplifies why Wetpaint selected Vizu as our polling partner for our consumer-friendly Wiki platform.”

To experience Vizu vote maps, go to http://www.vizu.com/index.html and create your own free web poll.

About Vizu

Vizu is an innovative service that combines an easy-to-use polling platform with a diverse network of websites. The technology allows anyone to conduct affordable market research or to provide interactive content through a free polling widget. Vizu users include Glamour, Sephora, Popstar! Magazine, Jobster, Orbitz, Cozi, Second Life, TeeBeeDee, TripWiser and is the polling partner for all Wetpaint Wikis.

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company is privately held with funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and angel investors including Bill Hambrecht, Esther Dyson and Ron Conway. To learn more about Vizu, please visit Vizu.

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Web Poll Leader Launches Vizu Vote Maps Powered by Google and Records Conversion Increase of 69%

Williams Kherkher Launches a Jones Act Blog

Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 22, 2007

In reaction to the ongoing injuries that are occurring at sea and being suffered by workers on ships and docks around the United States, the law firm of Williams Kherkher has launched a blog centered on the federal statute that oversees such issues, the Jones Act. The blog’s URL is http://maritimelawyers.wordpress.com/. The purpose of the blog is to provide the following information to its visitors:

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BodyLogicMD Launches First Bioidentical Hormone Therapy Blog

Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) September 19, 2007

The first blog dedicated to bioidentical hormone therapy debuts with an introduction from hormone therapy expert and BodyLogicMD founder, Paul Savage.

BodyLogicMD has a new way of communicating to women and men about treating hormonal imbalances including menopause and andropause (the male menopause). Through its new bioidentical hormone therapy blog, BodyLogicMD’s anti-aging physicians will discuss topics with those turning to the Internet as a source about the benefits of bioidentical hormone therapy, fitness and nutrition.

“BodyLogicMD’s bioidentical hormone therapy blog will act as one of today’s voices for preventive medicine. It gives us a channel to interact with our patients and the public,” said BodyLogicMD President, Patrick Savage. “Bioidentical hormone therapy is an innovative and effective way to treat women and men suffering from the signs and symptoms of aging, including hormonal imbalances such as perimenopause, menopause, adrenal fatigue and andropause.”

The BodyLogicMD bioidentical hormone therapy blog will add to the growing list of hormone therapy, anti-aging, preventative and wellness related blogs. The features of the blog include:

Physician-authored posts focusing on three main areas: bioidentical hormone therapy, nutrition and fitness
Physician developed videos and relevant content from other sources
Links to information on menopause, andropause, and hormonal imbalances

Beginning today, BodyLogicMD is encouraging men and women to visit http://bodylogicmd.wordpress.com and help advance the education and discussion relevant to bioidentical hormone therapy.

About BodyLogicMD

Founded in 2003, BodyLogicMD is a national network of anti-aging physicians specializing in natural bioidentical hormone therapy integrated with fitness and nutrition serving men and women suffering from hormonal imbalance, menopause and andropause. Suzanne Somers’ latest book, “Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones,” features BodyLogicMD as an expert source. BodyLogicMD currently has 15 locations in Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New Hampshire, Ohio, Texas and Virginia.

For more information about BodyLogicMD please visit http://www.bodylogicmd.com or contact Lisa Buyer at http://www.thebuyergroup.com or http://bodylogicmd.wordpress.com/

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OurWeddingDay.com Launches New Blog

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 18, 2008

OurWeddingDay.com, the fastest growing online wedding planning resource in America, today announced the launch of its new blog.

“Here at OurWeddingDay.com our priority has always been to personalize the bride’s online experience. Our brides already devote a large amount of time each day on our site. The creation of this blog was a logical next step for us,” said Henry Chamberlain, CEO for LifeStageMedia, Inc., the parent company of OurWeddingDay.com.

With frequent updates, the blog includes a wealth of commentary on wedding planning, fashion and trends, real-life wedding tales, celebrity weddings, photo-journals and updates on web development. Readers can subscribe, receive updates and post questions and comments.

The OurWeddingDay.com blog can be found at:

http://www.ourweddingdayblog.wordpress.com

Brides can also access the blog from the home page at:

http://www.ourweddingday.com

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National Safety, Inc. Launches Redesigned Website

Kent, WA (PRWEB) August 28, 2008

National Safety, Inc is delighted to announce the launch of their totally redesigned website for the online purchase of safety supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) at http://www.nationalsafetyinc.com. National Safety, Inc. has been in the safety market for 14 years, selling safety glasses, raingear, flame retardant clothing, fall protection, first aid, hard hats, gloves, ear plugs, confined space equipment, ergonomics, fire safety and more to individuals as well as Business to Business.

The new site brings the Web 2.0 experience to National Safety customers with many new features and many expanded features. Users will be able to get live help through the online chat right on the website starting in September 2008. The “Rate this product” feature will allow users to provide feedback as well as being able to view ratings by other users to determine the product that suits their needs best. They will be able to sign up for the bi-monthly newsletter, request a catalog and much more.

“Safety is something that is best lived out in community” says Cindy Parker who helps customers both online and over the phone “Solutions that one customer has found might help someone else, products that they have found beneficial for a certain application will probably work for someone else as well. We want to provide a place where users not only purchase a fall protection harness but also help someone else who might need to purchase a similar item.”

The web developers at Eporia, the Kirkland-based company responsible for the redesign, worked closely with National Safety, Inc. to enhance the site’s usability and navigation. In addition to the ecommerce shopping cart, http://www.nationalsafetyinc.com will also be expanding its database of technical articles and safety related information striving to become a complete source, not only for products but also for pertinent information.

National Safety continues to strive to be customer friendly, “We want to be the easiest and the friendliest company to deal with” says Jeff Johnson, the operations manager; “this means coffee and friendly service when you walk in the door of our facility and it means striving to make the online experience as hassle-free and interactive as possible for our online customers.”

Founded in 1995 National Safety, Inc. began over a cup of coffee between the general manager and four salesmen from Rice Safety. Rice Safety had just been purchased by a large industrial supplier. These five founders believed that their expertise was in personal protective equipment so they set out to form a company that would concentrate exclusively on safety equipment. Over the years two of the shareholders were bought out leaving the present owners and one retired leaving Dick Zugschwerdt and Ron Johnson as the present owned.

National Safety, Inc. continues to operate its business on the basis of its experience in the safety field. “There are literally hundreds of gloves out there” says Annie Freseth, internet marketer “How does anyone decide which one is the best one for them? It will depend on several factors and if you don’t get the right one, it may have detrimental effects. That’s what we are about. We can help you figure which one is right for the job.” The same applies for fall protection, safety glasses, first aid, hearing protection, confined space and all the other products available on their website.

National Safety, Inc. also has an online blog dedicated to safety related issues at http://www.nationalsafety.wordpress.com

Anyone interested in getting more information about National Safety, Inc. should contact Rob Vajko at 800-213-7092 robv(at)nationalsafetyinc.com.

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t5m Launches Content Studio, Syndication Network and Sponsorship Agency for Branded Entertainment

London, UK (PRWEB) December 21, 2008

Today, t5m (The 5th Medium Ltd – http://www.t5m.com) announced the launch of its London-based content studio which co-produces interview-based, factual entertainment content in partnership with events, celebrities, charities, venues and brands. t5m’s studio focuses on producing exclusive in-depth profiles with world famous personalities, and backstage ‘beyond the red carpet’ interviews at some of the biggest events in the UK. Unlike traditional production businesses focused on the ‘one-to-many’ world of broadcast, t5m specialises in producing and syndicating short-form interactive HD content of 3-5 minutes in length, edited specifically for Internet viewing. t5m works closely with brand sponsors during production to ensure they engage their target audience, convert that interest into leads and then have visibility of the results across its global network of syndication partners.

Helen Farrier, European PR Manager, Samsung Electronics Europe comments:

“t5m did a fantastic job at our recent Samsung Pink Ribbon Ball. Our goal was to come away from the event with some content of lasting value, which captured the excitement of the night while raising awareness for the important work that Samsung is doing for breast cancer awareness. t5m helped us achieve this goal and we look forward to working with them again in the future.”

With a worsening economic climate and broad adoption of digital video recorders, traditional TV advertising is facing a significant challenge. Budgets are now being cut, but brands must still fight to win customers in competitive global markets. Brands and their agencies are looking for new cost effective ways to understand their users, engage them, and convert their interest into sales with a clear and measureable return on investment. The explosion in time spent watching video on the Internet and the sheer number of sites supporting video presents new ways to achieve this. Online branded entertainment (or ad-funded content) allows brands to target their audience by the kind of content they watch rather than where they watch it. The content is distributed with a brand’s logo in the title sequence, and in some cases adjacent ad-units. It can extend to include deeper brand integration such as product placement and tagging of the content so viewers can interact with it by clicking on it.

t5m content studio offers brands a ‘one stop shop’ to create professionally produced HD content optimised specifically for the web; a new way to convert viewers into brand advocates. t5m has already produced over 300 hours of video content, including 100 in-depth profiles and over 20 events, already making it one of the leading UK providers of branded entertainment on the web. t5m’s customised syndication service enables its content to reach millions of users, both online and on broadcast TV. It includes YouTube and many of the largest sites and networks – further details of these will be made available in future announcements.

Charlie Muirhead, Founder and CEO, comments, “t5m works closely with brands like Samsung to carefully develop the narrative for the content right from the onset of production. We then ensure branded five-second title bumpers and a 20 second post roll, with a call to action to engage users. In February, the new version of our video player will allow viewers to click directly on the content to enter competitions, buy products that are featured, or bookmark products on t5m.com to access later.”

t5m’s content studio goes beyond just content. Brands benefit from a complete turnkey solution that includes everything from booking talent and presenters to building customised video platforms for a client:

t5m Launches Content Studio, Syndication Network and Sponsorship Agency for Branded Entertainment

Voike Launches Voice-to-Web Social Networking Technology

Miami, FL (PRWEB) January 5, 2009

These would include Voike web site and links to WordPress, Facebook, MySpace, and other social platforms.

This technology also enhances the impact of e-mails and conference calls, with the ability to e-mail, forward, redistribute, re-play, reply, comment, and relay interactive voice messages.

Voike Launches Voice-to-Web Social Networking Technology

Child"s Play Communications Launches New Web Site, "Mom Market Trends" Blog

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 12, 2009

Child’s Play Communications, the leading agency specializing exclusively in public relations and marketing communications for products and services targeted to moms, today officially launched a completely redesigned Web site and the company’s first blog, Mom Market Trends.

“The new Web site better reflects who we are and the scope of what we do,” said Stephanie Azzarone, company president. “It highlights the fact that we reach moms through traditional media, online and directly, and it also presents all our new, proprietary services.”

These proprietary services include:

Team Mom. Child’s Play Communications’ very own network of mommy bloggers, influencers who share their opinions and product recommendations with approximately 700,000 other moms per month.
Web Mom Directory. An extensive online program currently reaching close to 20 million moms annually.
Bloggers Brunch. A special invitation-only gathering for the most important online media reaching the mom market.
Insider Mom Network. This unique relationship with mom networking groups across the country creates product sampling and feedback opportunities.

“Our new blog, Mom Market Trends, is our own company’s formal entry into the blogosphere, a channel where we’ve already developed expertise for our clients,” continued Azzarone. “Our blog will take an ongoing look at the social and marketing developments that impact contemporary moms.”

Moms today are responsible for 85% of all household spending, and companies recognized as leaders in their fields have chosen Child’s Play specifically to reach this important and influential mom market. Child’s Play has marketed a wide variety of goods and services to moms, including products for their children; products created specifically for moms and moms-to-be; and general consumer products for which moms make up a significant portion of the buying public. Categories the agency represents include toys, books, TV shows, DVDs, music, films, baby care, Web sites, clothing, education, child care, foods, beverages, home furnishings, health and travel, among others.

Links:

Child’s Play Communications Web site: http://www.childsplaypr.com

Child’s Play Communications Blog: http://www.childsplaypr.wordpress.com

ABOUT CHILD’S PLAY COMMUNICATIONS

Child’s Play Communications is the leading agency specializing exclusively in public relations and marketing communications for products and services targeted to moms. Clients have included leaders in their fields such as Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Hasbro, CVS/pharmacy, Parents magazine, Elmer’s, Sylvan Learning Center, Samsonite, National Geographic, Gund and Kidz Bop. Based in New York City, Child’s Play celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2008 by launching exciting new services to help clients target moms most effectively through traditional media, online and directly. When it’s important to reach this influential market, Child’s Play is the agency to call. For more information, please visit http://www.childsplaypr.com or http://www.childsplaypr.wordpress.com.

Contact:

Stephanie Azzarone

Child’s Play Communications

(212) 488-2060 X 11

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MindBites Launches Optimized Support for Screencast Tutorials

Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 21, 2009

MindBites, the web marketplace and publishing platform for video instructional content, today announced that it has added functionality to offer optimized support for the uploading, selling, and playback of screencast-based tutorials. With this additional capability, the company expands its publishing and commerce platform to enable the first web marketplace for the buying and selling of screencasts, further empowering the market for technology tutorial.

“We’ve always viewed screencasts as an ideal content medium for MindBites, since they can offer a unique instructional experience, they are easy to create, and the dynamic technology content they cover benefits from a highly fluid publishing environment,” explains MindBites Founder and CEO Jason Reneau. “With the recent availability of low-cost, cross-platform screencasting tools and the increased focus on commerce and marketplaces in this tougher economic environment, the timing seemed ideal to expand into screencasts.”

In conjunction with the launch, MindBites is introducing the Screencast4Cash contest, in partnership with TechSmith, the makers of Jing Pro and Camtasia Studio screencasting software, and Download Squad, the popular blog focused on software and technology. In addition to TechSmith product prizes, the contest will award a $ 1000 Grand Prize and a $ 500 People’s Choice Award. Additionally, for every vote cast, $ 0.10 will be donated to the Youth for Technology Foundation, an organization that aims to provide marginalized people in under-developed communities with technology tools, training and resources.

“Enabling screencasts adds to the list of recent features we’ve rolled out to expand the flexibility of our platform for our authors, including the ability to price lessons from $ 0.99 to $ 99, bundle lessons into series, and host private stores on their own sites,” explained Huntley Tarrant, MindBites VP of Business Development. “Especially in these tough economic times, we are seeing a lot of interest from individuals and content companies looking for additional revenue channels and ways to monetize their content.”

http://www.mindbites.com/cast4cash

About MindBites:

MindBites is your place on the web to find, publish and sell how-to lessons and video tutorials. A full publishing and commerce platform, MindBites enables everyone from individuals to content sites and publishing companies to publish, sell and distribute video tutorials and how-to lessons in the MindBites marketplace, on their own site, and across the web. The resulting on-demand knowledge library, which covers everything from Calculus to Photoshop to Baby Sign Language, simply can’t be found anywhere else, and it offers individuals and organizations a unique monetization platform for their instructional video content. MindBites promises to revolutionize the way the world publishes and shares knowledge. MindBites launched publicly at SXSW last year and received an A round of financing from True Ventures of Palo Alto, CA, joining such other new media portfolio companies as Automattic (WordPress), GigaOm, Sphere, and GoodReads. For more information, visit MindBites at http://www.mindbites.com/.

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Conservatory Outlet Launches Conservatory Blog

Leeds, West Yorkshire (PRWEB) June 29, 2009

Leading manufacturer of uPVC conservatories, Conservatory Outlet, have added a new blog section to its website http://www.conservatoryoutlet.co.uk.

Matthew Glover, the Managing director of Conservatory Outlet, stated, “We’re continuously developing our online presence by adding more and more good quality content to our website. By adding the conservatory blog section, using WordPress, we are able to quickly and easily add up to date information in a search engine friendly format.”

They’ve taken on an online copywriter, Craig Priestley, whose role is to research information relating to conservatories, orangeries, double glazed windows and doors. By working closely with key managers at the company, Craig is able to find out the very latest news at the company, and then tell the world.

The main Conservatory Outlet website is already generating over 15,000 visitors per month, and it is hoped that the blog section will drive more traffic for people interested in uPVC conservatories and double glazing.

The company supplies a network of dealers in the UK, with showrooms in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumbria, Shropshire, South Wales and Mid Wales. Each dealer has a template website of a similar layout to the main Conservatory Outlet website. Combined, these sites are generating in excess of 800 customer enquiries per month.

In the first 6 months of 2009, each of the dealers has seen impressive growth in a subdued market, and Matthew Glover puts it down to concentrating on generating leads from their websites.

“Each dealer has a Google Adwords account managed by Conservatory Outlet, and also the dealers trust us with SEO and promotion of their individual sites,” said Matthew Glover. “And this strategy is paying off!”

Each Conservatory Outlet dealer offers a full range of uPVC conservatories, orangeries, uPVC double glazed windows and doors in a range of colours and styles.

The company is looking for new dealers to share the benefits of being a part of Conservatory Outlet. They are particularly looking for high calibre installation companies in the North East of England, and the East and west Midlands.

For more information visit http://www.conservatoryoutlet.co.uk/

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Conservatory Outlet Launches Conservatory Blog

Paragon Systems Launches Fixed Asset Management Blog

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 20, 2009

Paragon Systems (http://www.depreciationexperts.com), a provider of Sage FAS Fixed Asset Management Software, physical asset inventory services, fixed asset valuation, and cost reconciliation studies, has announced the launch of “Crazy About Your Assets,” (http://fasangie.wordpress.com) a new blog providing expert advice about fixed asset management issues. The blog is edited by Angie Bolton-Lyons, Senior Account Manager and Consultant at Paragon Systems and expert on asset accounting principles and procedures.

“The current economy actually presents a huge opportunity for people to learn how proper fixed asset management can help them save money,” Bolton-Lyons notes. “Fixed asset management is a unique breed of accounting and even experienced accountants can overlook opportunities. For example, many people don’t realize that a thorough and accurate physical inventory using the right tools and techniques routinely leads to a 20 to 30 percent savings on property taxes and insurance.”

‘Crazy About Your Assets’ will answer both fundamental and less obvious fixed asset accounting questions – like how best to recognize and depreciate fixed assets or which asset accounting software can best address a particular situation or need. Ms. Bolton-Lyons will share her experiences from the field and provide a unique perspective on fixed asset accounting issues based on over 10 years as a fixed asset management consultant.

Prior to joining Paragon Systems, Bolton-Lyons held the role of senior Sage FAS Consultant and Trainer where she was responsible for all aspects of fixed asset management and implementation of Sage FAS Asset Accounting Software (http://www.paragon-net.com/software.asp) as well as the development of business process controls and policy structure for hundreds of businesses in multiple industries.

“We’re looking forward to addressing fixed asset management issues and questions from every kind of reader,” Bolton-Lyon states. “That includes CFOs, controllers, accountants, IT folks, finance directors – anybody involved in tracking, managing and reporting on fixed assets, no matter what level. It’s a fantastic forum to create 2-way dialogue between the fixed asset accounting experts at Paragon Systems and anyone in the field that’s interested in saving time and money.”

You can check out some of the latest blog entries on Crazy About Your Assets at http://fasangie.wordpress.com.

About Paragon Systems:

Paragon Systems, a division of Paragon International, Inc. located in Schaumburg IL, is an authorized business partner of Sage Software and certified in the Asset Accounting and Inventory applications. Paragon has been working with Sage Software providing fixed asset management solutions for over 20 years. They provide a complete Goldstrike solution, including inventory services and bar-coding hardware, data conversion and integration, cost reconciliation and appraisal services, and software customization and training. As a member of the FAS VAR council, they regularly contribute to the development and enhancement of the fixed asset product line, specializing in FAS implementation and integration of inventory services. Visit http://www.depreciationexperts.com for more detail.

Paragon Systems Launches Fixed Asset Management Blog

WildTangent Launches WildCoins for Kids Program

Redmond, Wash. (PRWEB) March 17, 2010

WildTangent, the worlds largest games media company, today announced WildCoins for Kids, a collaborative effort between WildTangent and its more than 40 million customers worldwide to donate laptop computers to needy children throughout the world.

Beginning this week, WildTangent will travel across six continents to hand-deliver hundreds of laptops to children in more than 50 countries with the goal of increasing donations every year thereafter.

WildCoins for Kids is a program founded on the principle that games are global, games are fun and games help kids learn, said Sean Vanderdasson, senior vice president and chief traveler at WildTangent. Perhaps most importantly, games help kids be kids. This is part of our company culture and it is why we are excited to empower our customers to contribute directly to this effort, whether through playing the WildCoins for Kids Game of the Day or through directly donating WildCoins.

WildTangent loads each laptop it donates with 30-50 culturally sensitive, family-friendly games in the childs native language where possible. The company also installs productivity software to ensure the laptops can be used to improve educational opportunities as well as get a view into the world via the Internet.

WildTangent is partnering with SOS Childrens Villages and other childrens organizations in more than 50 countries that can benefit from these donations.

SOS Children’s Villages is an international non-governmental social development organization that has been active in the field of children’s rights and committed to children’s needs and concerns since 1949. In 132 countries and territories, its main focus areas are family-based care for orphaned, abandoned and neglected children and comprehensive community-based social programs for disadvantaged families.

WildCoins are a virtual currency that WildTangent consumers purchase to play any of the 1,000+ online and downloadable games on WildTangents game network. The number of WildCoins sold is fast approaching one billion since the currencys inception in 2007.

The WildCoins for Kids program allows consumers to contribute to this important effort in two very easy ways:

(1) Direct donation of WildCoins Consumers can donate one or more of their WildCoins (found at http://www.wildgames.com/donate).

(2) Playing Games Each week WildTangent designates one or more games from its catalog as WildCoins for Kids games. Each time a customer uses WildCoins to play a selected game, WildTangent contributes one WildCoin from that game session toward the purchase of laptops for kids.

100 percent of every WildCoin donated goes toward the purchase of laptops while WildTangent covers all travel and other expenses associated with the program.

Most aid organizations understandably focus on the common necessities of food, clothing and shelter, said Vanderdasson. We look to fill a different void, one that is also critically important, and one that we can excel at better than anyone elsehelping kids be kids while creating new opportunities to have fun, improve education, find a job and connect with the world around them.

For more information about the program, visit http://www.wildcoins4kids.com or contact helpkids@wildtangent.com. To follow Sean Vs travels in real time, track him on Facebook, Twitter or WordPress.

About WildTangent

Founded in 1998, WildTangent is a global games media company operating the fastest growing online games service and the largest game advertising network in the world. WildTangent has more than 40 million unique monthly gamers worldwide, offering the most popular online and downloadable games from the worlds top developers and publishers.

The WildTangent ORB game console has been selected by leading PC manufacturers including Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba to ship with new computers, giving it a huge global footprint of connected game playing consumers.

WildTangent advertisers include 20th Century FOX, Warner Brothers, Paramount, EA, Sony Playstation, Nintendo, Toyota, Honda, P&G, Unilever, Clorox and many others.

For more information visit http://www.wildtangent.com or http://www.wildgames.com.

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WildTangent Launches WildCoins for Kids Program

concrete5 Launches Version 5.4 With a Trip to SXSW

Portland, OR (PRWEB) March 29, 2010

concrete CMS was commercial software that went open source in late 2008, quickly winning project of the month on SourceForge and much attention from a community of open source fans used to dealing with painful user experiences and scattered code. During the last year the core team behind concrete5 has been flushing out features in their CMS, along with building an active community and marketplace at concrete5.org. Now with the release of version 5.4 concrete5 has really hit its stride and the core team expects continued great growth this summer.

concrete5 powers over 35,000 websites today, with a developer community some 18,000 members strong. “We’ve grown very quickly since going open source,” says CTO Andrew Embler. “The core application has always been very stable, but in the past we knew there were a few areas we wanted to clean up. With the sitemap improvements and even faster AJAX editing in 5.4 we’ve really covered the big items on my radar. “

Some architectural changes to better support the needs of enterprise level clients have already allowed some larger organizations to choose concrete5 over Drupal, Joomla!, and WordPress. The additional changes to fully embrace the Zend framework by using Zend Cache and Zend Translate has proven well worth the investment.

“It was great fun showing off the release candidate of 5.4 at SXSW:Interactive this year,’ says Franz Maruna, CEO. “We met a lot of Joomla! and Drupal developers who begrudgingly gave us 5 minutes to see the competition, only to walk away 20 minutes later lamenting about time they’d wasted on other systems. I think we showed quite a few people that you can build big powerful sites with concrete5 that really are easy to use.”

See the complete feature list in 5.4 here:

http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/background/version_history/version-5-4-0/

About concrete5

concrete CMS is a leading developer of next- generation open source solutions for web sites. The company’s flagship product, concrete5, combines the ease-of-use of a blogging platform with the flexibility and power of a web development platform. To date, thousands of advertising and creative agencies and web developers around the world have downloaded concrete5 for free and used the technology to quickly and inexpensively build enterprise-quality web sites that can be updated by end users. concrete CMS is a privately held company based in Portland, Oregon, and manages the concrete5.org project. For more information, please visit http://www.concrete5.org.

Contact:

Franz Maruna

503-235-0606

franz (at) concrete5.org

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Eternos Launches Automated Life Backup

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) April 28, 2010

Eternos (http://www.eternos.com) announces the public beta launch of its free automated archiving service. Eternos capitalizes on the tremendous growth within the social web, providing users a means to backup online interactions for future personal viewing and sharing with generations to come. Once setup, Eternos automatically and continuously archives Facebook activity, Twitter (tweets), blog posts (WordPress, Tumblr, any RSS feed), Picasa albums, and Gmail for posterity. Online activity and uploaded files are displayed visually on an easy-to-navigate timeline.

Marc Mauger, Chief Executive Officer of Eternos explains, Now more than ever people are interacting on social sites like Facebook and Twitter. Eternos is the easiest way to chronicle your life via automatic backup of the stuff you’re already sharing online. Additionally, Eternos is a secure place to archive your old family photos, movies, and important documents.” Marc continues, “Many people don’t know much about their ancestors, their heritage. If you use Eternos, your descendants will come to understand your personality through your interactions. Of course you’re able to edit, delete, and assign permissions to artifacts in your Eternos archive.

Eternos also caters to those who do not participate in social networking by providing a truly full featured life archiving platform. Features available to all Eternos users include a biographical profile and medical history, personal tag cloud, search, file upload, Life Key — which offers the ability to appoint account trustees — and McAfee Secure data testing safeguarding information from unauthorized access or compromise. In the months to come, the company will continue to assess usability, add third party services to our roster of compatible sites, and enhance the overall customer experience; developing and implementing upgrades as needed.

Learn more about Eternos at http://www.eternos.com or contact Eric Rogers at (206) 455-9946 or pr (at) eternos.com

About Eternos:

Founded in 2008, Eternos was developed by a few tech professionals with the assistance of a Genealogy expert and a Sociologist. Eternos automatically archives users’ data on the most popular social sites, preserving a lifetime of memories electronically for future generations and eliminating time-intensive manual processes. The companys mission is to provide users with tools that allow for easy chronicling of their life and times, while striving to deliver a full three-generation data guarantee.

Contact: Eric Rogers

(206) 455-9946

pr (at) eternos.com

http://www.eternos.com

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Eternos Launches Automated Life Backup

Amazon Consulting Launches New Exclusive Channel Research on Engaging the Services Partner; Free Webinar Discusses Findings on May 20 at 11am PST

Mountain View, Calif. (Vocus) May 11, 2010

Amazon Consulting, a leading partnering services firm dedicated to helping companies elevate the impact of partnering, today announced the release of it newest exclusive channel research focused on services business engagement models. The company will host an in-depth panel discussion on May 20th at 11 a.m. PST and will include panelists Paul Cronin, Chief Executive Officer of InService and Susan McKay, Director of Strategy and Alliance Development at EMC. Visit http://www.AmazonConsulting.com to register for the webinar or click here.

This webinar tackles questions around what channel service-based business models are successful, which services grow fastest, and what field engagement models are most effective between vendor and partner in delivering services to the customer, said Diane Krakora, Amazon Consulting CEO. Vendor channel professionals wanting to understand what type of program support solution providers need should definitely plan on listening in.

Weve had a lot of interest in this topic over the last 18 months, indicated Beth Vanni, Amazon Consultings Director of Market Intelligence. Our research and consulting work shows us that having a clean engagement model and strong channel program for partners delivering professional services, managed services or support has been an area targeted for improvement with many leading vendors. We think this research bring more details to light about how vendors should be engaging these emerging services-based partner types over the next 12-18 months.

The companys full research on this topic includes an Executive Brief of findings, two detailed research reports and the webinar featuring a panel discussion of the findings on May 20th at 11:00 a.m. PST. The research reports are available exclusively to subscribers of Amazon Consultings annual market intelligence subscription service called PartnerG2.

PartnerG2

Amazon Consulting offers market research studies through a comprehensive annual market intelligence subscription program called PartnerG2. Fueling channel management professionals with valuable research, analysis, thought leadership tools and expert advice to guide partnering success, PartnerG2 offers unlimited users under a corporate subscription, quarterly studies based on industry hot topics, a complete library of thought leadership materials and 4-hours of complementary consulting services. Channel industry analyst and speaker Beth Vanni is the Director of Market Intelligence for Amazons Partner G2 program and can be followed at http://amazonconsultingblog.wordpress.com/ or http://twitter.com/bvanni.

About Amazon Consulting

Amazon Consulting, LLC is a partnering development firm based in Silicon Valley, California, wholly dedicated to helping companies elevate the impact of partnering. We achieve this by effectively designing, implementing and automating channel and alliance models. We offer services ranging from channel models and program development plans to partnering operations and program execution. PartnerPath

Amazon Consulting Launches New Exclusive Channel Research on Engaging the Services Partner; Free Webinar Discusses Findings on May 20 at 11am PST

Domaining 2.0 Launches One-Stop-Shop for News, Information and Analysis in the Booming Domain Name Industry, and offers Free Domain Development eBook

New York, NY (PRWEB) May 26, 2010

Scott Carde, founder of the successful domain development franchise Beyond Domaining, and low cost web host and domain name registrar jRegister.com, today unveiled his latest series of services geared towards the domain name industry community. Domaining 2.0 (http://domaining20.com) provides a robust information portal to the world of Domaining, and includes an innovative browser based Domainers Toolbar and Daily Digest email newsletter of the top Domain Name Industry News Headlines. New Daily Digest newsletter subscribers will receive a free eBook from the very popular Beyond Domaining domain development eBook series.

In 2009 we empowered domainers with Beyond Domaining, our do-it-yourself web site development system, and with jRegister.com, a popular destination for cheap domain name registration and web hosting services. In 2010 we set out to release a next generation information portal with Domaining 2.0 that would be helpful to anyone interested in following the latest developments in the burgeoning domain name industry, says Scott Carde.

Domaining 2.0 syndicates, tags, categorizes, and re-broadcasts news and analysis from the most trusted sources in the domain name industry. Headlines from the leading authorities in the domain name industry at outlets such as David-Carter.com, DirectNavigation.com, DNJournal.com, DNXPERT.com, ICANN, IDNblog.com, MorganLinton.com, and many more can all be found at Domaining 2.0.

Mr. Carde and his team are experts at search engine optimization (SEO) and social networking, and at building online interactive communities. Domaining 2.0 leverages this expertise to provide incremental SEO benefits to Content Partners through advanced tactics such as Keyword, Category, and Tag Stacking. Such tactics help search engines determine the original author of a piece of content which protects original content authors from search engine results page (SERP) link spam.

Domaining 2.0 SEO methods crowd out competing and irrelevant search results from long tail search queries that rightfully belong to domain name industry blog and web site owners.

Users benefit from Domaining 2.0 in four ways: a more robust domain industry information search and browse experience, a daily digest of the top domain name industry news headlines delivered by email each day, a Domainers Toolbar that provides one-click access to common tasks during a domainers workday, and an open platform for publishing domain name news, thoughts and analysis at any time.

Our platform is the most flexible. We give complete control to all members of the Domaining community to publish content on our platform. Valued RSS content partners such as DotWeekly.com and UDRPcommentaries.com can choose exactly how much content to syndicate to us. Some partners choose to syndicate intro article excerpts of a limited length, and others choose to syndicate their full posts, says Mr. Carde.

Mr. Carde goes on to say, We have the flexibility to syndicate as much or as little content as an owner likes, and individual domainers without a blog or web site are welcome to post content on our site right alongside the big guys. They can just go in and sign up for an account, send us their Google AdSense or favorite Domain Name Affiliate Program code, and then begin publishing Domaining content on our site and earning money through Google AdSense almost immediately.

TRAFFIC Conference Co-Founder, and Internet Lawyer, Howard Neu was the first to break the news on Domaining 2.0s launch on his popular blog located at HowardNeu.com. In his blog post titled, Domaining.com Gets Serious Competition, he says, the winds of change are blowing and cites Domaining 2.0 as the new kid on the block, going on to observe Domaining 2.0, (Domaining20.com) features each new article that is blogged from the myriad of blogging sources.

As promotion for the new Domaining 2.0 web site, and for a limited time, Domaining 2.0 is offering a Free eBook from Beyond Domaining to new subscribers of the Domaining 2.0 Daily Digest email newsletter.

Beyond Domaining Domain Development eBooks have never been made available to the public for free before, so anyone curious about Beyond Domaining or Domaining 2.0 can take advantage of this opportunity to obtain a free copy of the eBook and a new subscription to the popular Domaining 2.0 Daily Digest. Beyond Domaining eBooks currently sell for $ 50 each and are perennially one of the most popular paid products in the Domains category in the ClickBank Marketplace.

About Domaining 2.0

Domaining 2.0 is dedicated to the promotion of domain name industry news, opinion and analysis. The brightest names in the industry can be found at the Domaining 2.0 web site, in Domaining 2.0 Daily Digest newsletter, and on the Domaining 2.0 Toolbar on a contributing and syndicated basis. Domaining 2.0 offers a collaborative environment with an open-door policy for all Domainers to syndicate their blog or web site content as an RSS Content Partner, or to publish their thoughts as a Contributing Writer at any time.

About Beyond Domaining

Beyond Domaining offers step by step illustrated guidebooks for rapidly launching powerful web sites. Initially developed for members of the Domaining community looking to earn more money from their domain names than parked pages, Beyond Domaining has been increasingly used by domain name owners and Internet entrepreneurs from all walks of life to launch full blown web sites. At last count, Beyond Domaining was powering nearly 1 million web pages indexed in Google, and it is currently being used to power the Domaining 2.0 web site.

About jRegister.com

jRegister.com offers full service web hosting and domain names at shockingly low prices. jRegister.com offers free one-click installs for all the popular content management systems (CMS), including WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, phpBB, Coppermine, Gallery, MediaWiki, and ZenCart with each new web hosting account. jRegister.com provides award winning 24/7 Free customer service and support.

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