SES Chicago to Offer “Small Business Track” that Will Help Small Businesses Integrate SEM into Business Strategy

SES Chicago to Offer “Small Business Track” that Will Help Small Businesses Integrate SEM into Business Strategy

Track will contain three core sessions and will take place at SES Chicago, Tuesday, December 8; SES Chicago to run from December 7 through December 11

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 30, 2009 -- Attendees from small businesses will have something to Tweet about this December at SES Chicago 2009. On December 8, SES Chicago will be featuring a “Small Business Track” consisting of three panelist sessions and one sponsored session from Google, Inc.

This track will cater to small businesses looking to increase their marketing ROI through Social Media, SEO or SEM campaigns. The sessions, Small Voices, Big Impact: Social Media for the Little Guy, Search on a Dime, and Turning Simple Change Into Big Profit are all taught by well known leaders and experts in the search industry. Attendees to any or all of the sessions on this track will find that the techniques they learn on this track will translate into a potentially huge opportunity for marketers.

“Small businesses are the heart and soul of the SES conferences, and the Small Business Track is one of the most important series of panels at SES Chicago,” said Matt McGowan, Vice President and Publisher for Incisive Media's Interactive Marketing Group. “Attending SES Chicago could tremendously help out small businesses in terms of online visibility, site traffic, and business profitability. Effective application of the skills discussed in our Small Business Track could increase the relevancy of small businesses many times over. The sky is truly the limit!”

The Sessions

All sessions in the Small Business Track take place on Tuesday, December 8.

Small Voices, Big Impact: Social Media for the Little Guy (http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/chicago/agenda-day2.php#social-media-little-guy?utm_source=PR) (10:30am-11:45am), led by Stoney deGeyter of Pole Position Marketing, will cover how a small business with a small budget can use social media to conduct market research, organize focus groups, and build a consumer base without spending a dime.

Search on a Dime (http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/chicago/agenda-day2.php#search-on-a-dime?utm_source=PR) (1:00pm-2:15pm), led by Jennifer Evans Laycock of SiteLogic, will go over the tips and tricks on how a small business can maximize its exposure through organic search, paid search and local search without overspending its budget.

Turning Simple Change Into Big Profit (http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/chicago/agenda-day2.php#big-profit?utm_source=PR) (4:15pm-5:30pm), also led by Jennifer Evans Laycock, will review a number of simple changes to either organic search or paid search campaigns that can dramatically increase both traffic and conversions. This panel will also share free tips and tools on cheap and easy campaign testing.

Register for SES Chicago here. (http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/chicago/registration-details.html?utm_source=PR)

About SES

Incisive Media's Search Engine Strategies (http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/?utm_source=PR) is a leading global conference and training series focused on search engine optimization and search engine marketing. Other Incisive resources for interactive marketers include ClickZ.com (http://www.clickz.com/?utm_source=PR) for digital marketing news, information, commentary, advice, opinion and research and Search Engine Watch (http://searchenginewatch.com/?utm_source=PR) which provides news and information about search, analysis of the search engine industry and tools for improving search marketing effectiveness.

Incisive Media is a leading global provider of specialized business news and information, in print, in person and online. The company's principal markets include financial services, legal services, commercial real estate, marketing services and risk management. Incisive Media's market-leading brands include Accountancy Age, Computing, Investment Week, Legal Week, Post, Risk, and Search Engine Strategies. For more information, visit http://www.incisivemedia.com/?utm_source=PR.

For more news and event updates visit the SES Blog at: http://blog.searchenginestrategies.com/?utm_source=PR

Editorial Contacts

Greg Jarboe

SEO-PR

978-549-9537

Christian Georgeou

Incisive Media

212-457-7844

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Contact Information Jamie O'Donnell

SEO-PR

http://www.seo-pr.com

415-643-8947

Search Marketing Expo - SMX West Rates Increase December 12

Search Marketing Expo - SMX West Rates Increase December 12

Silicon Valley's only search engine marketing conference returns to Santa Clara March 2-4, 2010; features keynote by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and sessions for internet marketers of all skill levels. Rates increase on December 12

Redding, CT (PRWEB) November 30, 2009 -- Search engine marketers have until December 12 to take advantage of the lowest rate on tickets for Search Marketing Expo - SMX West (http://smxwest.com), which will be held March 2-4, 2010 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley.

The agenda for SMX West 2010 will be posted the week of December 14. Until then, those registering can take advantage of the pre-agenda rate, the lowest available. A $1095 All Access pass includes more than 50 sessions of exceptional content on topics including search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising (PPC), social media marketing, local and mobile search marketing, and search-friendly design and development.

Register for SMX West online at http://searchmarketingexpo.com/west/2010/register or by phone at (877) 242-5242.

Highlighting this year's SMX West will be a keynote conversation featuring Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and SMX chair and Search Engine Land editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan. This appearance marks the first time Ballmer will address the search marketing community at an industry event.

In addition, SMX West 2010 will offer three in-depth one-day seminars:

* SMX Boot Camp (http://searchmarketingexpo.com/west/2010/boot-camp) - a program for those just starting out in search engine marketing

* In-house SEM Exchange (http://searchmarketingexpo.com/west/2010/in-house-sem-exchange) - a program addressing the challenges faced by internet marketers who work at a company

* And, Bruce Clay SEO Training (http://searchmarketingexpo.com/west/2010/seotoolset-training) - a workshop designed to teach marketers how to get the most out of their sites and organic search

All three of these seminars are also available at the lowest rates until December 12. Register online at http://searchmarketingexpo.com/west/2010/register or by phone at (877) 242-5242.

About Search Marketing Expo - SMX West and Third Door Media:

SMX West features sessions just for you, whether you are just starting out in search or looking for advanced tactics, work on an in-house SEM team, hail from an agency, or own your own business.

Attend SMX West for:

* Exceptional content so compelling, you'll want to implement what you've learned before leaving the conference. Super-charged sessions on PPC, SEO, local search, search friendly design and social media marketing will help you succeed today, tomorrow and in the future.

* Invaluable connections made possible by the ultimate mix of structured networking opportunities and social events. SMX makes it easy to make new contacts and exchange ideas with industry thought leaders and colleagues.

* Essential conveniences to help you juggle your every-day responsibilities while maximizing your conference time: always-available and free Wi-Fi; hot lunches, snacks and beverages all day; access to all presentations and tools to plan your custom itinerary.

The Search Marketing Expo - SMX conference series is produced by Third Door Media, Inc. (http://thirddoormedia.com) Third Door Media's mission is to empower internet and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful. Search Marketing Expo conferences are held around the world and include: SMX West (Santa Clara, CA), SMX East (New York City), SMX Advanced Seattle (Seattle, WA), SMX Advanced London (England), SMX Munich, SMX Sydney, and SMX Stockholm.

Third Door Media publishes Search Engine Land (http://Searchengineland.com), the leading search marketing news and analysis site. The company also produces Search Marketing Now, a lead-generation marketing solution for suppliers of SEM-related products and services, and operates Sphinn.com, a social news site that allows search and internet marketers to share news stories, participate in subject-specific discussion forums, and build their professional networks.

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Contact Information Claire Schoen

Third Door Media, Inc.

http://searchmarketingexpo.com/west

(203) 664-1350

Moravia Worldwide to Participate in the 5th EU-China Business Summit 2009 in Nanjing China

Moravia Worldwide to Participate in the 5th EU-China Business Summit 2009 in Nanjing China

Moravia's Nanjing-based Service Delivery Center one of EU's Investments in Jiangsu Province

Brno, Czech Republic (PRWEB) -- Moravia Worldwide, a leading globalization solution provider, is pleased to announce its participation in the 5th EU-China Business Summit 2009, to be held in Nanjing, China, on November 30, 2009. Moravia Worldwide is one of the European Union-based companies that have established and grown a presence in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. It is home to one of the company's three global operations centers, the other two located in Brno, Czech Republic, and Rosario, Argentina.

The annual EU-China Business Summit is recognized as the most high-level platform for exchange between European and Chinese business and political leaders. This year's keynote speakers include Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President; Wen Jiabao, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China; and Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden and the current President of the European Council. The event is being jointly organized by the European Chamber and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). The Summit will include a business delegation tour to key trade and investment locations in Jiangsu Province.

Moravia Worldwide established its Nanjing operations in 2003, to provide a broad range of outsourced services to leading multinationals to globalize, test and engineer their products prior to their international release on local markets. The office has grown to become Moravia's second largest production hub and recently moved to new premises in Nanjing's Xuanwu district to accommodate current and future growth.

"The Nanjing operations are an integral part of our global services. We have continued our investment in China to make our production center here integrated seamlessly into our global service delivery," commented Jan Stanek, Moravia's Director of Operations Asia. "We have found Nanjing to be the right place for us in China, thanks to its pool of qualified IT resources, convenient business infrastructure and the support from local municipal and provincial authorities. I look forward to sharing our experience with other European and Chinese business leaders during the Summit."

About Moravia Worldwide

Moravia Worldwide is a leading globalization solution provider, enabling companies in the information technology, e-learning, life sciences and financial industries to enter global markets with high quality multilingual products. Moravia's solutions include localization and product testing services, internationalization, multilingual publishing, technical translation and content creation. With dedicated testing and engineering solutions, Moravia helps companies release their software and hardware products globally by providing services that include test development, localization and functional testing, test automation and software engineering. Moravia Worldwide maintains global headquarters in the Czech Republic and North American headquarters in California, with local offices and production centers in Japan, China, Latin America, Ireland, USA and throughout Europe. To learn more, please visit http://www.moraviaworldwide.com.

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Contact Information LIBOR SAFAR

Moravia Worldwide

http://www.moraviaworldwide.com

+420-545552222

CaptureTheMagic.com Announces 2009 Black Friday Launch to Help Parents Create Photographic Proof of Santa's Magical Christmas Visit

CaptureTheMagic.com Announces 2009 Black Friday Launch to Help Parents Create Photographic Proof of Santa's Magical Christmas Visit

CaptureTheMagic.com re-launches their 2009 version of a website that gives parents the ability to quickly and easily create stunningly realistic photographic proof of Santa's magical Christmas visit

(PRWEB) November 27, 2009 -- An enterprising team of Santa's elves has launched a clever Web site, CaptureTheMagic.com (http://www.CaptureTheMagic.com), updated for the 2009 Holiday Season, that will bring smiles of joy and wonder to millions of children, and help parents make this coming Christmas morning unforgettable.

With a simple, three-step process, Capture The Magic allows parents to

1.) upload a photo of their living room decorated for Christmas,

2.) merge with a stunningly perfect image of Santa (over 200 poses to chose from), and

3.) download immediately to share and enjoy with family on Christmas morning.

"Kids will go crazy with excitement when they see proof that Santa was in their home kneeling next to the Christmas tree," said James Hallihan, a real life elf who created the innovative site after recognizing the curiosity and fascination about Santa with his own children, Brooke, age 6 and her brother Chip, age 2. His first prototype of the new technology was created last year and his daughter loved it so much that he turned the idea into a company.

Capture The Magic has conducted extensive research about the magical beliefs of children. "Three out of four children under age 7 still believe in Santa Claus, and one percent never stop believing" he says. "We're on a mission for Santa to make more believers…..globally," he adds with a grin.

The online photo process is priced at less than $10. Capture the Magic offers a special program that allows partners to register and become affiliates. Affiliates download a personalized link, monitored by Share-A-Sale professional affiliate management system, that they can share with their distribution and earn valuable holiday $cash$.

That can certainly help buy a few more presents this Holiday season.

Web links:

Website: www.CaptureTheMagic.com (http://www.CaptureTheMagic.com)

Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/CaptureTheMagic (http://www.facebook.com/CaptureTheMagic)

Ning: http://CaptureTheMagic.ning.com

Media Contact:

For more information or to interview the elves that designed this Web site, please contact Jim Hallihan, Director of Public Relations

Phone: 888-860-2079

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Contact Information Jim Hallihan

CaptureTheMagic.com

http://www.CaptureTheMagic.com

888-860-2079

New Rates at Harvard’s Central London Business Lounge and Day Offices

New Rates at Harvard’s Central London Business Lounge and Day Offices

Serviced office and meeting rooms specialist, Harvard Managed Offices, has announced the launch of new rates for use of its drop-in business lounge at one heddon street in central London W1, just off Regent Street.

London (PRWeb UK) November 26, 2009 -- New lower rates at Harvard Managed Offices' central London business lounge (http://www.oneheddon.com/about) and day offices in heddon street W1 mean that business professionals will now be able to turn up and work in quiet and comfort for just £7.50 per session.

Harvard has introduced the change of rates to attract a new wave of highly mobile workers looking for dedicated, on-demand work space in central London without prohibitive costs or booking restrictions.

“The way people do business is changing – and permanently,” says James Parris, Harvard’s Business Development Manager. “Business people are working on the hoof more than ever but busy coffee shops or hotel lobbies rarely provide the right services or facilities for serious work and productivity outside of the office. Everything about our heddon street business centre is set up to serve clients well and to allow them to work efficiently. Working in this environment, even if it’s just for a few hours, is far more beneficial than the corner of a coffee shop – and the coffee’s free. The surrounding areas – Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus - are extremely well-served with entertainments, restaurants, shopping and, of course, excellent transport connections, for when the work is finally done.”

The drop-in business lounge at one heddon street is equipped with high speed Wi-Fi and laptop plug-ins plus comfortable work stations. IT and administrative support are available for drop-in guests, together with free refreshments. Financial and news channels plus the day’s newspapers and business magazines are also provided in the lounge.

Harvard also has several day offices which can be booked in advance or on the day. They range in size from a two-person office, ideal for employee performance reviews or recruitment interviews to larger offices which are often used by small teams or project planning groups. Rates now start from £12.50 per person per hour.

Heddon Street (http://www.oneheddon.com)is a pedestrianised area in London W1 which forms part of the famous Regent Street Food Quarter. It is particularly well-supplied with fine dining restaurants and informal places to grab lunch or snacks. It is situated at the south end of Regent Street, on the edge of Mayfair and just over the road from Shaftesbury Avenue and London’s theatre-land.

www.oneheddon.com

Contact: Business Development Manager, James Parris – 020 7470 7103

Editors’ notes

One heddon street provides serviced offices, meeting rooms, day offices, virtual office packages and business lounge facilities in London W1. Some parts of this handsome building used to be an ‘electric cinema’, which was famous for screening Disney premieres in the 1920s. It is now Grade II listed and has been refurbished to an extremely high standard to ensure it provides a first-class business environment for its clients.

One heddon street is a Locartis Elite Five-Star Centre operated by Harvard Managed Offices.

Harvard is a founder member of Locartis - the global network of independently owned and run office business centres and serviced offices which provides clients with access to facilities around the world.

Media contact:

Sarah Watts, Harvard Managed Offices Marketing

+44 (0)1273 773002

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Contact Information James Parris

Harvard Managed Offices

http://www.oneheddon.com/contact

020 7470 7103

Winner North American Streaming Delivery Network

Winner North American Streaming Delivery Network

Streaming Media Hosting won the Readers' Choice Award for North American Delivery Network at Streaming Media West 2009 at the San Jose Convention Center.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) November 25, 2009 -- Streaming Media Hosting won the Third Annual Readers' Choice Award from Streaming Media magazine for North American Delivery Network at Streaming Media West 2009 at the San Jose Convention Center.

"We appreciate the recognition of our delivery network as the best in North America," said Robert Klug, CEO of Steaming Media Hosting. "This award is a testament to our continued commitment to service, speed and reliability for our clients. Not only was Streaming Media Hosting the only candidate that is both an Adobe Flash Video Streaming Service provider and a Microsoft Certified Partner, but we also operate one of the largest and highest tier data centers in Southern California."

About Streaming Media Hosting

Streaming Media Hosting provides content delivery services and mission-critical data center facilities for businesses and consumers worldwide. Streaming Media Hosting’s proprietary technologies empower clients to manage and deliver multimedia and rich interactive experiences over the Internet. www.streamingmediahosting.com

About Streaming Media

Streaming Media, an Information Today, Inc. company, is a diversified news media company serving and educating the streaming media industry and community. Originally founded in 1998, the company was sold by Penton Media to Information Today, Inc. in December of 2002. Our business consists of three core areas: StreamingMedia.com, exhibitions and conferences, and research and publications. Lead by a team of recognized industry experts, Streaming Media is dedicated to providing industry professionals and corporations utilizing digital media technology with global real-time news, resources and services through editorial, discussion lists, feature articles, and much more.

About Information Today, Inc.

Information Today, Inc. is a leading publisher and conference organizer in the field of technology and technology applications in today’s enterprise. Information Today publications include Streaming Media magazine, CRM magazine, KMWorld magazine, Database Trends and Applications magazine, EventDV magazine, and EContent magazine.

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Contact Information David Sanchez

Streaming Media Hosting

http://www.streamingmediahosting.com

949 722 8600

Buying Time for IT Managers: Announcing Monitis’ Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework

Buying Time for IT Managers: Announcing Monitis’ Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework

Monitis, the leading provider of affordable, easy-to-use, 100% Cloud-based, network and systems monitoring solutions, today announced a another major release in its crusade to save IT managers’ time - a Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework that enables external and internal monitoring from all Cloud hosting providers.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) November 25, 2009 -- Monitis, the leading provider of affordable, easy-to-use, 100% Cloud-based, network and systems monitoring (http://portal.monitis.com)solutions, today announced a another major release in its crusade to save IT managers’ time - a Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework that enables external and internal monitoring from all Cloud hosting providers.

Until today, Monitis was providing monitoring only forAmazon’s EC2 and S3 services (http://monitorcloud.com). With the release of its Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework, Monitis can now sync to other Cloud computing providers very quickly - from Rackspace, GoGrid, Softlayer, and more. Monitis’ Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework will automate monitoring in highly dynamic cloud environments, where customers’ servers maybe added and terminated according to the load by management software or manually.

Given this dynamism, setting up end-user experience monitoring can become a tedious, resource intensive and error-prone process. Monitis’ Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework automates the configuration of external monitoring and server monitoring tools every time a new installation is called for - saving IT managers and system administrators around the world enormous time and hassle.

In addition to saving IT managers’ time, Monitis’ Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework gives users the confidence that comes from using a 3rd party tool to monitor Cloud infrastructure in an independent manner. Even when Cloud computing providers provide some sort of monitoring, there is an inherent conflict of interest – as they are keen to show higher uptime. By providing a customized, independent audit of SLAs (service level agreements), Monitis’ Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework increases the credibility of Cloud computing providers claims, which ultimately benefits both users and the industry, as a whole.

“We are passionate about one thing: saving IT managers’ massive amounts of time. The release of our Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework does just that.” said Monitis’ Founder and CEO, Hovhannes Avoyan. “It is also the first sortie in our move to become the industry standard for monitoring from the Cloud. We are already far, far ahead of the rest of the competition, but watch this space - more exciting things are yet to come!”

About Monitis All-in-One Monitoring Platform

Monitis is the only service which provides Cloud Monitoring from the Cloud. It is leading a new era of systems management tools – the Cloud generation. Monitis is a 100% Cloud-based, complete, and flexible IT monitoring solution, offered on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. Monitis consolidates backend server (http://portal.monitis.com/web/guest/internal-monitoring)and network monitoring (http://portal.monitis.com/web/guest/internal-monitoring), application monitoring (http://portal.monitis.com/web/guest/transactions-monitoring), website monitoring (http://portal.monitis.com/web/guest/external-monitoring), cloud monitoring (http://monitorcloud.com/monitorcloud), andload testing (http://webloadtester.com)in an all-in-one service. The platform is easily customizable and may be used for managing of all kinds of IT assets such as websites, servers, routers, switches, VoIP devices, DNS, databases, processes and any other IP devices. Monitis provides users with a comprehensive view of their system’s health and performance.

About Monitis

Monitis believes that the Cloud is the biggest thing to happen in IT management since IT management. Having seen this vision early, Monitis is now the global leader in developing this market. It is the first affordable network and systems monitoring solution based 100% in the Cloud.

Besides Monitis’ enthusiastic and loyal user base of 50,000 customers from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies to government agencies and educational institutions, Monitis has won rave reviews from the technology analyst community. Recently, because it’s Cloud-based monitoring helps companies reduce system downtime, improve the productivity of their IT staff, and reduce operational expenditures, Monitis was namedthe Most Innovative Start-up (http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2009/11/09/monitis-wins-the-innovator%E2%80%99s-showcase-at-the-451-group-annual-conference/) for 2009 by The 451 Group at their annual Client Conference.

Monitis was founded in 2005 by a team of seasoned entrepreneurs and fed-up and worn-out developers who were tired of complaining about the limits of software-based tools, while inspired by the promise of the Cloud. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Monitis is lead by a team of IT professionals with deep experience running enterprise-grade IT businesses, as well as starting and selling several IT start-ups. Using a global workforce, particularly its R&D team based in Yerevan, Armenia, Monitis is poised to move from strength to strength. At present, it has a loyal and enthusiastic user community of 50,000, and an average month-on-month revenue growth of over 10%.

Contact:

Monitis Inc.

Sales & Marketing Department

http://www.monitis.com

US & Canada Toll Free: +1-800-657-7949

UK + International: +44-845-527-3346

France + International: +33-48-607-9035

2880 Zanker Road Suite 203

San Jose, CA-95134

USA

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Contact Information Mikayel Vardanyan

Monitis Inc.

http://monitorcloud.com

1-800-657-7949

Larry Fitzgerald Launches New Website

Larry Fitzgerald Launches New Website

The 2009 ProBowl MVP Gets Ready For A New Season With A Revamped Website.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) November 24, 2009 -- Larry Fitzgerald fans have yet another way to quench their thirst for information about the Arizona Cardinals wide receiver. On Sept 21, 2009 Plaudit Design, a Minneapolis based web design firm, officially launched www.larryfitzgerald11.com, Larry Fitzgerald's official website.

LarryFitzgerald11.com is decked out with a host of exciting features to pique fans' interest, including links to follow Fitzgerald "On The Field", "Off The Field", get updates from Larry's blog at "In My Words", follow "In The News", surf his "Pics & Vids", and catch what's happening "On the Web" - including podcasts and audio files. An up-to-date statistics ticker will follow Fitzgerald through the 2009 season, tallying his receptions, yards, and touchdowns, as well as the Cardinals' NFC West Division Standings record.

The site is about more than Larry's professional football career. He feels blessed to be provided the opportunity to be involved with charitable works. The website encapsulates Larry's commitment to "giving and giving back", such as his work with Cold Stone Creamery to help fight breast cancer and provide information on his various fundraisers. The "Off The Field" portion of the website will highlight these causes.

From every angle LarryFitzgerald11.com is the hottest NFL player site on the web. The next best thing to watching him play, surfing his web site will keep you in tune to every play Larry makes, and let you know what he has to say. Keep visiting LarryFitzgerald11.com for updates on the NFL's most explosive player.

Local Minnesota Ties

Born and raised in Minnesota, Fitzgerald's choice to use a Minneapolis web design firm was an easy one. His father, Larry Fitzgerald, Sr. is a sports writer for the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.

About Larry Fitzgerald (http://www.LarryFitzgerald11.com)

Drafted third overall in the 2004 NFL draft, Larry Fitzgerald is an NFL wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals. Fitzgerald quickly became an NFL star with a long list of accomplishments, including three ProBowl appearances, ESPY award for "Best NFL Player," and a 2009 Super Bowl appearance. The wide receiver had a record breaking 2009 postseason, racking up 546 receiving yards, 30 receptions and seven touchdown receptions in the playoffs. Fitzgerald caught two incredible touchdown passes in Super Bowl XLIII, making him one of the game's most memorable players. He is widely considered one of the best receivers in the NFL.

About Plaudit Design

Plaudit Design (www.plauditdesign.com), a Minneapolis web design company, provides web design and Internet marketing services to businesses both in Minnesota and nationally.

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Contact Information Ann Viitala

Larry Fitzgerald

http://www.LarryFitzgerald11.com

651.305.2959

Michael Schlotfeldt

Plaudit Design

http://www.PlauditDesign.com

651.646.0696

Announcing eMompreneurs.com Launch -- Internet Marketing Coaching for Moms by Moms

Announcing eMompreneurs.com Launch -- Internet Marketing Coaching for Moms by Moms

Moms often struggle with the decision of whether to go back to work or to stay at home with their kids. They no longer have to choose between the two. Moms looking for "work from home" coaching that they trust and with members and mentors who they can relate to, finally have a place to turn - a forum and support network founded by moms, for moms - eMompreneurs.com.

(PRWEB) November 23, 2009 -- Moms often struggle with the decision of whether to go back to work or to stay at home with their kids. They no longer have to choose between the two. Moms looking for "work from home (http://www.emompreneurs.com)" coaching that they trust and with members and mentors who they can relate to, finally have a place to turn - a forum and support network founded by moms, for moms.

Ashley Rader, President of ARK Ventures, Inc and Ashley Coombe, President of Sunshine Ventures, LLC have partnered for this joint venture and announced the pre-launch of a revolutionary new training community for moms looking to build or grow online businesses. Both moms have built successful online businesses which allowed them to work from home while raising babies and toddlers.

eMompreneurs.com will provide training, marketing tools, a community of support and networking opportunities for moms looking to start a new online business or grow an existing one. The focus will be on 3 specific online businesses formats– ecommerce, blogging and affiliate marketing. The program will support moms as they build their websites and teach them techniques to grow their business such as search engine optimization (SEO), keyword and niche research, conversion, monetizing a blog, social networking, pay per click marketing (PPC), video marketing and outsourcing.

eMompreneurs is also dedicated to supporting moms and communities of women beyond their reach. Their commitment to donate 10% of all proceeds each month to charities that work to empower women locally, nationally and worldwide reflects their "moms helping moms" philosophy and their dedication to teaching women to rise up and learn skills that can help support them and their families.

"After seeing the successes we had with our own ecommerce businesses and the freedoms it allowed us to be able to work from home and be there with our children, we met with many moms wanting to learn how to do the same. We realized there was a huge market and need for bringing these women together in a supportive community to coach and encourage each other towards those goals," says Ashley Rader, co-founder of eMompreneurs.

"In this economic climate, many families are out of work and under great stress. We want to empower and show moms that you don't need someone else to hire you, but that you can learn the skills to start your own business, work for yourself from home, and make a lot of money from it." added Ashley Coombe, co-founder of eMompreneurs.

eMompreneurs.com will be open for new members on December 1, 2009. Prior to launch, they will be running several contests and free giveaways in anticipation of the doors opening for business.

For more information on eMompreneurs, please visit emompreneurs.com (http://www.emompreneurs.com)

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Contact Information Ashley Rader

eMompreneurs, LLC

http://www.emompreneurs.com

630-539-1216

Ashley Coombe

eMompreneurs, LLC

http://www.emompreneurs.com

720-468-3507

ARMORLOGIC Reduces Price of Profense Web Application Firewall by 50% to Improve Level of Website Protection and PCIDSS Compliance for SME's

ARMORLOGIC Reduces Price of Profense Web Application Firewall by 50% to Improve Level of Website Protection and PCIDSS Compliance for SME's

Armorlogic, makers of the Profense™ web application firewall, has substantially reduced its pricing to encourage web site and web application security amongst SME's. New studies show that PCI DSS compliance among small and medium size enterprises may be below 15% although 79% of US companies surveyed in a Ponemon Institute report indicated they had lost credit card information. Armorlogic have today announced a 50% reduction to their license fees making their full featured, standalone and fully PCI DSS section 6.6 compliant Profense Web Application Firewall available for a one time payment of only $2995 which also includes a year of support and upgrades.

Victoria, B.C., Canada/Copenhagen, Denmark (PRWEB) November 23, 2009 -- Armorlogic, makers of the Profense™ web application firewall, has substantially reduced its pricing to encourage web site and web application security amongst SME's. New studies show that PCI DSS compliance among small and medium size enterprises may be below 15% although 79% of US companies surveyed in the Ponemon Institute report indicated they had lost credit card information. In an earlier study, Gartner Research estimated that 75% of successful attacks by hackers occur at the application layer.

Armorlogic's Profense Web Application Firewall offers industry leading web application protection and full PCI DSS section 6.6 compliance in an easy to use and implement, software appliance. They have today announced a 50% reduction to their license fees making their full featured, standalone Profense Web Application Firewall available for a one time payment of only $2995 which also includes a year of support and upgrades.

"In order to make the web a safer place to do business and share sensitive information, we felt web application security had to become more affordable. Now at only $2995, we have made our full featured standalone web application firewall affordable for even the smallest business." said Jakob Gercke, CEO and co-founder of Armorlogic. "In addition to PCI DSS requirements for those accepting payment card information, industries and agencies are being asked to comply with a dizzying array of electronic information and privacy laws and standards, including HIPAA, UK Data Protection Act, DATA , CFAA, DMCA, FACTA, , FCRA, FISMA, GLBA and of course Sarbanes-Oxley. We want to help make it affordable and easier for all businesses and agencies to comply regardless of their IT and financial resources."

Armorlogic's Profense web application firewall is used by thousands of businesses and agencies around the world to secure their websites, web applications and web services from hackers. The full featured, complete and powerful standalone Profense Web Application Firewall, which provides full PCI DSS compliance, is now priced at $2995. In addition to allowing installation in the production environment, Profense allows additional nodes to be deployed in the development and staging environment. This enables integration of the web application firewall through the development process without having to buy an extra license. For a full list of features and capabilities, or to download a full trial version, please visit http://www.armorlogic.com (http://www.armorlogic.com).

About Armorlogic APS

Armorlogic is the developer of Profense™ web application firewall (http://www.armorlogic.com/profense_overview.html) software solutions that provide cost effective and easily implemented proactive web security and protection for web sites and web applications. Profense provides complete OWASP Top Ten (http://www.armorlogic.com/profense_owasp_top_10_defenses.html) vulnerability protection and fully complies with and satisfies the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirements (http://www.armorlogic.com/profense_pci_dss_compliance.html). Armorlogic's Profense line of web application firewalls also include auto learning, advanced load balancing, acceleration, high availability (including active/active), session persistence and compression, and XML, JSON and SOAP support. For further information or to download a free trial of Profense web application firewall software, please visit www.armorlogic.com.

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Contact Information Matthew Watson

Armorlogic

http://www.armorlogic.com

250-590-0793

Power Tagging Announces National Science Foundation Grant

Power Tagging Announces National Science Foundation Grant

Company Selected Amongst Thousands to Continue to Evolve Data Structures to Support the Emerging NIST Smart Grid Standards.

(PRWEB) November 22, 2009 -- Power Tagging, a leading provider of next generation smart grid communications technologies, today announced that the company has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF (http://www.nsf.gov)). Power Tagging’s technologies allow the adoption and integration of smart grid mapping, security, automation and integration of electric vehicles for ease of adoption. Power tagging enables the integration of the applications it provides at an unprecedented level of affordability.

The grant will allow the company to accelerate the growth of its eGRID(tm) database development that provides the intelligence hub for all its deployments. The company is also expanding its development of grid intelligence devices that incorporate state of the art digital signal processing, amplification and high voltage analog circuit design.

"Colorado's New Energy Economy continues to bring good jobs and opportunities to our state. I want to congratulate Power Tagging for receiving a grant that will create over 300 new jobs in the next three years," said Governor Bill Ritter (http://www.colorado.gov/governor). "Power Tagging further extends the Colorado smart grid ecosystem with NIST, NREL and the most progressive green tech and smart grid projects in the country. Our state is creating the technologies that will allow all utilities to deliver power in a more reliable and affordable way."

“We are thrilled to have been selected by a prestigious organization like the NSF. This grant will allow us to ensure that our offerings are in full compliance with the emerging new smart grid standards being formulated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST (http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/)),” said John LoPorto, Power Tagging President and CEO ” Our solutions drive a new dimension of grid intelligence that compliment the growth and standardization of smart grid technologies.”

About Power Tagging

Power Tagging is the leader in next generation smart grid communications for the 21st century. Power Tagging’s rapidly growing team is focused on delivering excellent solutions that fundamentally transform what is expected from the power grid. Power Tagging leverages it’s patent pending technology for digitally “tagging” electric power and attached devices to drive solutions in grid mapping, fault isolation, electric vehicle integration, demand side management and grid cyber security. By working with Utilities, the stewards of the power grid, Power Tagging solutions are ready for immediate adoption and maximal impact.

For additional information please visit: www.powertagging.com.

Contact: Steven Berens 303.532.4406 x 825

www.powertagging.com    

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Contact Information Steven Berens

Power Tagging

http://www.powertagging.com

303532-4406

QuinStreet Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

QuinStreet Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

QuinStreet, Inc., a leader in vertical marketing and media on the Internet, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock.

Foster City, CA (PRWEB) November 19, 2009 – QuinStreet, Inc., a leader in vertical marketing and media on the Internet, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. It is expected that all shares of the common stock to be sold in the offering will be offered by the company. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers and underwriters for the offering. Qatalyst Partners LP is acting as financial advisor to QuinStreet in connection with the proposed offering.

The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, 1B, New York, NY 10010, Phone: (800) 221-1037; BofA Merrill Lynch, 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080, Attn: Preliminary Prospectus Department or email Prospectus.Requests at ml dot com; or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by telephone at (866) 803-9204.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC, but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About QuinStreet

QuinStreet is a leader in vertical marketing and media on the Internet. The company provides a strong set of capabilities to engage Internet visitors with targeted media and connects its marketing clients with their potential customers online. QuinStreet is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Contact:

Kenneth Hahn

QuinStreet, Inc.

(650) 578-7700

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Contact Information Kenneth Hahn

QuinStreet, Inc.

http://www.quinstreet.com/

650-578-7700

ABCTE Offers Cyber Monday Discount for Aspiring Teachers

ABCTE Offers Cyber Monday Discount for Aspiring Teachers

Non-profit ABCTE will offer a $150 discount to those who enroll in the organization's teaching certification program on Cyber Monday -- November 30, 2009. The special ABCTE discount code for this offer will be posted on the ABCTE website that day.

Washington, D.C. (Vocus) November 19, 2009 -- Cyber Monday takes place the Monday following Black Friday and is known as the biggest online shopping day of the year—and it’s not just about saving big money on product purchases. Thanks to the non-profit American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE), aspiring teachers will have the opportunity to save $150 as they get started toward their new career.

For the second year in a row, ABCTE will offer a Cyber Monday discount (http://www.abcte.org/cyber-monday-discount) on November 30, 2009, providing $150 off for anyone who enrolls in the ABCTE teaching certification program that day. The program normally costs $975 for most certifications.

Founded in 2001, ABCTE is a non-profit organization, dedicated to recruiting, preparing, certifying and supporting dedicated professionals to improve student achievement through quality teaching. The organization offers an innovative, online teacher preparation and certification program for highly knowledgeable individuals who want to change careers and become a teacher (http://www.abcte.org). The program includes over 250 hours of content and pedagogy to ensure teachers are ready to help increase student achievement.

ABCTE has issued over 2,000 certifications to date, with a focus on mid-career professionals. ABCTE offers certification in ten subjects including the high-need areas of math, science and special education. The program is currently accepted by nine states for public schools: Florida, Idaho, Missouri, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Utah. Many charter schools and private schools in other parts of the country also accept ABCTE certification.

“Cyber Monday was a big success for us last year and we thought we’d bring the promotion back again, so more people can take advantage of the discount. This is a great opportunity for those who have been thinking about pursuing a career in teaching. Our program is already very affordable compared to most of the alternatives and this discount makes it even more accessible,” said ABCTE COO Bonnie Zuckerman.

For more information on ABCTE, call 877-669-2228 or visit www.abcte.org.

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Contact Information Mike Holden

ABCTE

http://www.abcte.org

202-261-2636

Allvoices Launches "Provoices" Professional Journalists Network

Allvoices Launches "Provoices" Professional Journalists Network

Platform for news offers global outlet and compensation for professionals.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 18, 2009 -- Allvoices, Inc. (www.allvoices.com (http://www.allvoices.com/)), the leader in citizen reporting, is today announcing a program to provide journalists a new way to get their reporting published--and to get paid for it. Allvoices is augmenting its tens of thousands of global citizen reporters by building a professional network of journalists to cover key beats and cities around the world.

"We recognize that these are tough times for many journalists as news organizations downsize," Allvoices CEO Amra Tareen said. "We're providing a platform for the best of these journalists to continue to cover their beats, communicate with a global audience and earn money doing it."

Allvoices will pay up to $250 per story to qualified journalists who are selected for the Provoices program--and may pay much more for certain high-traffic stories. The Allvoices platform provides instant worldwide distribution of content in multiple forms, including text, photos and videos, and the optimization and enhancement of content through search and social media.

The Provoices program will complement Allvoices' global community of more than 200,000 registered citizen contributors, reaching more than 4 million monthly visitors. Allvoices is the largest user-generated news site in the world, providing news coverage and opinion on a wide range of topics on a local, national and global scale.

Provoices offers an open-source platform for professional reporters looking for another outlet for their reporting. Consolidation and downsizing in the news industry has created an immediate need for experienced professionals to bring their talents to a new distribution platform optimized for the web. "Allvoices provides the largest credible source of citizen reporting from hyperlocal to global feeds," Tareen said. "We're looking for journalists to cover important beats in key cities around the world and to supplement our growing base of citizen contributors."

Allvoices will select journalist participants with an eye toward building a worldwide network of correspondents in key cities and on important beats. These journalists will become regular contributors to the site, adding top-quality work to Allvoices' citizen content. Allvoices will enhance each story by building a package of contextual and related information around it through its proprietary software. Each story will be at the center of a package surrounded by other relevant news, blogs, videos and images and optimized for a worldwide audience through search and social media.

Award-winning journalist Lynda Gorov will oversee the Provoices program as Chief of Correspondents. Gorov has been a correspondent for The Boston Globe and a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, and has reported from Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and throughout the United States.

Interested journalists can join Allvoices (http://www.allvoices.com/incentive), create a profile and start posting alongside other contributors. To be considered for the Provoices paid journalist program, they must also email journalist@allvoices.com, and include a resume and clips for consideration. The number of journalists selected to participate is limited based on available beats and geographies.

About Allvoices, Inc.

Allvoices' mission is to create a global community for sharing news, videos, images and opinions from multiple points of view that invoke an emotional connection between individual perspectives from around the world. A community of diverse, engaged and globally minded citizens serves as news reporters, opinion leaders and publishers to share with the world the realities on-the-ground. Allvoices.com brings together context, insight and diversity of opinions around a broad range of topics and issues on the global, national and local levels. Allvoices is one of the largest global communities offering unedited and relevant news and perspectives in one place. Using a set of proprietary algorithms, Allvoices utilizes professional and online news sources, blogs, images and videos to determine relevancy, foster credibility and maintain openness with each contribution made to the site.

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Contact Information Amra Tareen

Allvoices

http://www.allvoices.com

415-713-0023

ActiveState Introduces Firefly, a New Hosted Project Management and Collaboration Solution for Software Development Teams

ActiveState Introduces Firefly, a New Hosted Project Management and Collaboration Solution for Software Development Teams

Leader in developer solutions makes teams even more productive with turn-key source code hosting, project management, issue tracking, collaboration.

Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) November 18, 2009 -- Today, ActiveState (http://www.activestate.com/), the dynamic languages company, launched Firefly (http://www.activestate.com/firefly), a hosted project management and collaboration solution for managing commercial software development projects. As a turn-key solution, Firefly comes pre-configured with integrated source code revision control and code hosting, project management, issue and time tracking, and collaboration tools like wikis, blogs and forums. Firefly eases administrative pain that goes hand-in-hand with software development and makes it easy to share information between team members and customers.

With Firefly, software and web development teams in large enterprises and small-to-medium sized businesses can become more productive, more efficient and deliver higher quality software projects on time. Firefly simplifies project management with built-in systems to track and manage features, bugs and team tasks. Managers can set clear priorities, understand dependencies and gain visibility into project status and progress.

“Putting a project management system in place can be challenging for small development teams,” said Shane Caraveo, Firefly Product Manager. “Nearly 20% of small development teams report they do not use a solution for source code hosting, project management or collaboration according to a recent survey. Free solutions can take significant time, knowledge and effort to install and configure while commercial solutions may lock you in. As a commercial solution built on the open source Trac system, Firefly gives you the best of both worlds providing you with a reliable, easy to use solution without any contract."

Caraveo added, "With a system like Firefly in place, developers can focus on what they need to do, rather than spending precious time configuring and maintaining system necessary for their work. Firefly provides the management infrastructure that helps developers keep the correct focus during their projects."

Built with small development teams in mind, Firefly is a hosted, centralized and secure environment where development teams can work on projects anytime, anywhere, and simultaneously without conflict. Firefly standout features include:

•    Pre-configured and ready to use; easy permissions management and privacy for team members

•    Integrated source code hosting, revision control, issue tracking, and version control with Subversion and Mercurial

•    Project management tools for tracking time, workflow, project progress, milestones and team work activity

•    Collaboration tools including wikis, blogs and forums

•    Visibility into project status at a glance for managing milestones effectively

Firefly offers peace of mind with enterprise-grade security and continuous data backup using Amazon’s secure EC2 datacenters and encrypted communications via SSL. Firefly also integrates with a development team’s current toolset, including IDEs, third-party wiki editors and other applications with the XML-RPC and JSON API.

Availability & Pricing

Firefly is now available in four editions to suit development teams and independent developers: Team ($39/month), Professional ($19/month), Solo ($9/month), and Community (free). For more information about Firefly and the editions, visit www.activestate.com/firefly (http://www.activestate.com/firefly/).

About ActiveState

ActiveState, established in 1997, creates and provides professional business solutions and industry-recognized tools for corporations and developers who use dynamic languages including Perl, Python, and Tcl. Its open source language distributions - ActivePerl, ActivePython and ActiveTcl - are renowned for their quality and relied upon by companies and developers worldwide. ActiveState is owned by its employees and Pender Financial Group, a private merchant bank focused on technology in British Columbia. For more information, visit www.activestate.com (http://www.activestate.com).

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Contact Information Liliya Apostolova

ActiveState

http://www.activestate.com

778.786.1134

Cheapflightsfinder.com Launches New Meta-Meta Search Engine for Flights

Cheapflightsfinder.com Launches New Meta-Meta Search Engine for Flights

New flight comparison site compares multiple flight aggregators with one user query comparing over 650 travel sites in the process.

London, UK ( PRWEB ) November 17, 2009 -- Cheapflightsfinder.com officially relaunched its website today with a new search tool that compares 16 flight comparison sites with one single user query performing what it claims is the world's first meta-meta search for flights. The new search engine enables consumers to compare prices from top online aggregators including Kelkoo, Kayak, Dohop, Skyscanner, Mobissimo, Momondo, Cheapflights.co.uk, Travelmarket.co.uk, Fly.com, Wego, Bing travel, Easyvoyage.co.uk, Globaltravelmarket, Tripadvisor, Travelfusion and Travelgrove.

"The future of flight finding belongs to meta-meta search" said Shahab Siddiqui, CEO and founder of Cheapflightsfinder.com. "A perfect flight aggregating method still eludes the meta search engines due to numerous uncontrollable factors when collating flight prices. A virtual concensus still exists amongst leading travel journalists that consumers need to compare prices from multiple flight comparison sites and other travel providers directly in order to find the cheapest flights."

The relaunch comes on the back of a recent report featured in Which? Holiday's consumer magazine which undertook a study comparing 12 of the leading flight comparison sites. The aim of the study was to ascertain which comparison sites are most efficient at finding the cheapest flights online. After analysing the results of two distinct flight routes the study confirmed that no particular comparison site will find the lowest fare every single time. They concluded the report by saying that consumers should continue to compare multiple flight comparison sites and other flight providers directly in order to find the best deals.

Cheapflightsfinder.com acknowledged this problem a while ago and now presents the first flight search engine to compare over a dozen aggregators with one simple search, eliminating the need to tediously enter the same details in different sites over and over again.

For more information please visit www.cheapflightsfinder.com

About Cheapflightsfinder.com

Cheapflightsfinder.com is the first website to compare 16 flight comparison sites with 1 single user query comparing over 650 travel sites. Cheapflightsfinder's unique meta-meta search allows consumers to quickly compare prices from top online aggregators including Kelkoo, Kayak, Dohop, Skyscanner, Mobissimo, Momondo, Cheapflights.co.uk, Travelmarket.co.uk, Fly.com, Wego, Bing travel, Easyvoyage.co.uk, Globaltravelmarket, Tripadvisor, Travelfusion and Travelgrove.

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Contact Information SHAHAB SIDDIQUI

Cheapflightsfinder.com

http://www.cheapflightsfinder.com/

+44 (0)7957 191 342

Central Desktop Announces Zoho as Online Spreadsheet Partner

Central Desktop Announces Zoho as Online Spreadsheet Partner

Key Features Available Include the Ability to Publish Charts to the Web

Pasadena, Calif. (Vocus) November 16, 2009 -- Central Desktop, a leading Software-as-a-Service-based social technology platform for next-generation business teams, today announced a partnership with Zoho as its new online spreadsheet provider. Zoho’s online spreadsheet Zoho Sheet is now fully integrated into Central Desktop, allowing users to create, edit and share online spreadsheets in real-time with additional key features and enhancements.

“When considering the options for online spreadsheet partners, Zoho Sheet stood out for its performance, stability and robust feature set,” said Isaac Garcia, CEO and co-founder of Central Desktop. “Many of our customers rely on online spreadsheets for tracking data and building reports. We’re happy to introduce Zoho Sheet’s extended platform and capabilities to further establish Central Desktop as the most comprehensive online collaboration software (http://www.centraldesktop.com) solution for the small and medium-sized business market.”

Key Features of Zoho Sheet for Central Desktop

•    Publish Charts – Ability to publish charts from online spreadsheets into Central Desktop online documents, wiki pages, or any external Web sites such as blogs. Data in online spreadsheets will also be automatically updated and reflected in the published pages.

•    Macros and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Editor – Zoho Sheet supports VBA, the programming language used to write macros. Users can now create new macros to automate or do a variety of tasks in Zoho Sheet.

•    Better Remote Data Range Support – Ability to pull remote data into a single cell as well as update an entire range of cells with table data every 15 minutes.

•    Microsoft Office 2007 Support – Support for Excel 2007 file (.XLSX) imports.

•    3D Charts – Upgraded chart views including new 3D charts.

•    Embed Images – Ability to upload and insert images directly into spreadsheets from a local computer.

“We’re excited to work with Central Desktop to provide its customers with the most feature-rich online spreadsheet available,” said Ian Wenig, Senior Director, Strategic Alliances for Zoho. “Our API makes it simple for partners to integrate Zoho Sheet – with its powerful capabilities, designed specifically for businesses so Central Desktop’s customers are the perfect target users.”

Zoho Sheet is available immediately within Central Desktop. Current Central Desktop users have automatically been upgraded to Zoho Sheet from the previous spreadsheet provider, EditGrid.

About Central Desktop

Central Desktop delivers a pure Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) social technology platform that allows next-generation business teams to communicate and collaborate more efficiently. Easy to implement and scalable for small and medium-sized businesses, Central Desktop’s collaboration software solution allows business teams to interact, share and manage their daily work activities from anywhere at any time. Key Central Desktop customers include the Humane Society, CBS, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Avid Technology, Omniture, Gymboree, InterContinental Hotels Group and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founded in 2005, Central Desktop is a privately-held company with headquarters in Pasadena, California. For more information about the company, visit http://www.centraldesktop.com.

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Contact Information Jenny Chai

Central Desktop

http://www.centraldesktop.com

626-381-9313

Job Seekers Get Paid Cash to Post Resumes with Resumark.com

Job Seekers Get Paid Cash to Post Resumes with Resumark.com

A popular new service (www.resumark.com) is offering Job Seekers $1 each time their resume is downloaded by an employer.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 16, 2009 -- A popular new service (www.resumark.com) is offering Job Seekers $1 each time their resume is downloaded by an employer. In today’s economy job seekers are embracing this concept of getting paid while looking for a job.

With the U.S. unemployment rate topping 10%, job seekers are turning to Resumark.com for new innovative job search strategies and to make extra cash while looking for a job.

“Job seekers are now realizing that major job websites have been making millions off of their resumes and they don’t like it,“ says Andrew Kucheriavy, the founder of Resumark.com. “With the traditional model, job websites get resumes for free and then sell them to employers. With our model, employers actually pay job seekers for their resumes. All job seekers have to do is post resumes (http://www.resumark.com/). We handle the rest.”

Of course, not everyone is happy. Resumark.com has caused some controversy by shedding light on other job board’s scams and ploys to get cash-strapped job seekers to pay for extra services. “Running a job website is a big business,” says Andy Sauter, previously employed by a major job board and now a consultant for Resumark.com. “Often jobs websites resort to questionable practices like resume 'upgrades' or resume 'enhancement' services that all have very little effect and are designed to take advantage of job seekers’ emotional state and desperation while promising instantaneous results.”

“Job seekers’ privacy is becoming a real concern on the Internet,” says Andrew Kucheriavy. “We’ve heard of cases where posted resumes in open format were sold to telemarketers or even to identity thieves. Our model helps protect privacy because a job seeker’s contact information is only available to pre-screened, verified employers who actually paid the job seeker for their resume.”

Resumark.com has been getting a lot of attention from employers who are invited to post jobs for free (http://www.resumark.com/post-jobs-for-free.html). With this performance-based model, employers pay only to download resumes that interest them so the service inherently has no risks for them.

Resumark.com has become one of the fastest growing job websites on the Internet. With thousands of new job seekers joining, Resumark.com may soon become another household name similar to Twitter or Facebook.

For more information on how the service works or to post resume (http://www.resumark.com/post-resume.html) visit: http://www.resumark.com.

Media Contact: Andrew Kucheriavy

847-970-6190 Ext. 114

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Contact Information Andrew Kucheriavy

Resumark.com

http://www.resumark.com

847-970-6190

Accorto Releases Cloud Billing in Salesforce

Accorto Releases Cloud Billing in Salesforce

Web billing directly from your Salesforce system is faster and increases accuracy.

Redwood City, CA (PRWEB) November 16, 2009 -- Accorto (http://www.accorto.com), an internationally recognized leader in agile model-driven business applications, today announced the release of Accorto Cloud Billing (http://www.accorto.com/products/cloud_billing.html).

"With Cloud Billing you can create Invoice directly from Salesforce Opportunities." The invoice can be based on the Salesforce quantity and revenue schedule of the opportunity (video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGkkRkznw8s)). Custom fields are copied from the opportunity to the invoice.

You can also create invoices for Time & Expense (http://www.accorto.com/products/cloud_te.html) reports. Billing rates are defined on Resource level with optional specific rates for Customers, Contracts or Projects. Resources allow you to have different billing rates for the same person (video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w16DpNVuPmo)).

Cloud billing supports Sales Tax, Canadian Tax as well as VAT. Flexible Payment terms allow relative (e.g. 10 days with 2% discount 30 days net) and fixed dates like next Friday, the first or 10th next month with rounding of the discount or due date to Monday or Friday if the date is on a weekend. The payment term text template allows you to have full control of content and wording of the payment term which appears on the invoice.

Document types allows users to have different document numbering or sequences, e.g. for wholesale or international sales. Gapless document sequences are supported as well. Document types also provide the ability to create quotes and proposals and convert them to invoices at a later time.

You can automatically send invoices per email and include a "Play Now" button using PayPal or Goggle Checkout.

Cloud Billing is the base for extensive Revenue Recognition support to be released later this year.

Pricing and Availability

Accorto Cloud Billing (http://www.accorto.com/products/cloud_te.html) is available as part of the Cloud Plus suite which includes Time & Expense management. Pricing begins at $899 annually for 10 users and includes up to 3 hours initial implementation consulting.

Accorto on Dreamforce

Accorto's Salesforce certified consultants are available during Dreamforce 09 to help with Billing, Revenue Recognition, Timesheets and Expense Reports as well as Resource Scheduling in Salesforce. To schedule your free consultation, contact Accorto via the web (http://www.accorto.com/about/contact.html) or call (650) 227-3271 now.

About Accorto (http://www.accorto.com)

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., Accorto is an internationally recognized leader in agile model-driven business applications. Previous products include Compiere, the premier Open Source ERP solution.

The company's latest offering, Accorto Cloud Billing is built on Salesforce for increased productivity and customer satisfaction. It's designed for organizations to increase invoicing speed and accuracy. Accorto's subscription SaaS solutions enable companies to manage projects, resources and financials more efficiently, resulting in lower operational costs and increased profitability.

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Contact Information Kathy Pink

Accorto

http://www.accorto.com

(650) 227-3271

New iPhone App Saves ShopRite Customers Time and Money

New iPhone App Saves ShopRite Customers Time and Money

ShopRite teamed-up with Vermont-based MyWebGrocer to design and produce a new iPhone App to help customers save time and money. The new ShopRite Weekly Specials App allows shoppers to browse an online version of the weekly sales circular and add items directly to their grocery-shopping list from their iPhone.

Keasbey, NJ (Vocus) November 13, 2009 -- ShopRite (http://www.shoprite.com/) has launched a new iPhone App to help customers save time and money. The new ShopRite Weekly Specials App allows shoppers to browse an online version of the weekly sales circular and add items directly to their grocery-shopping list from their iPhone. Now shoppers can search for savings virtually anywhere -- while rooting for their child’s basketball team, waiting in line at the bank, or working out at the gym.

ShopRite has always offered its customers value and now it is even more convenient to take advantage of the weekly sale items, according to Cheryl Williams, ShopRite VP of Marketing. “We have a lot of customers who plan their shopping lists based on what’s on sale. The new ShopRite Weekly Specials App is a great tool that can help them save time and money.”

But convenience is key, says Williams, adding that, “This new App not only helps our customers save money, but more importantly, it takes our ShopRite message to them wherever they may be. We want to do everything we can to enhance the customer experience at ShopRite and the iPhone App is a mobile extension of those efforts. Our customers are constantly on-the-go -- our goal was to provide them with a mobile solution that makes sense for their lifestyle.”

ShopRite is the first grocery store to provide its weekly sales information on an iPhone. The App can be downloaded for free from the iTunes store (search word: “ShopRite Weekly Specials”). All data is provided in real time, making out-of-date coupons a thing of the past.

ShopRite teamed-up with Vermont-based MyWebGrocer (http://www.mywebgrocer.com/) to design and produce the application. “This App provides shoppers the opportunity to create highly-customized, brand-specific, budget conscious grocery orders with minimal effort,” according to MyWebGrocer’s EVP, Alec Newcomb. “Thanks to our mobile platform, it’s never been easier to create a budget-conscious shopping list.”

About ShopRite

ShopRite supermarkets are members of Wakefern Food Corporation, a retailer-owned cooperative. Through the more than 200 stores located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves more than five million customers each week. A long-time supporter of key community efforts, ShopRite was named Feeding America’s (formally named America’s Second Harvest) Grocery Distributor of the Year (1999) for its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, a year-round initiative dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities served by ShopRite stores. Since its inception, ShopRite Partners In Caring has donated more than $20 million to 1,500 worthy charities and food banks.

About MyWebGrocer, Inc.

MyWebGrocer, founded in 1999 and based in Colchester, VT, is the leading digital service provider for retail grocers, connecting retail brands to their customers through ecommerce and online tools. MyWebGrocer has the largest online grocery-advertising media platform in the country with more than 5,000 grocery stores nationwide using their services. Advertisers include Kellogg’s, Unilever, Nestle, P&G and 60 other leading brands.

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Contact Information Elisabeth Loeb

ShopRite

http://www.shoprite.com/

732-906-5156

Alison Kosakowski

MyWebGrocer, Inc.

http://www.mywebgrocer.com/

802-857-1221

Pod Digital Design Unveils Innovative Prototype for One Economy’s Application that Connects Underprivileged Science Students and Mentors at AFI Digifest

Pod Digital Design Unveils Innovative Prototype for One Economy’s Application that Connects Underprivileged Science Students and Mentors at AFI Digifest

Pod Design leads the design effort on AFI Digital Media lab’s One Economy project.

(PRWEB) November 13, 2009 -- Pod Digital Design (http://www.poddesign.com) was a presenter at the AFI Digifest (http://www.afi.com/Education/dcl/) in Hollywood, CA, on November 5th, unveiling a prototype for connecting underprivileged students interested in the sciences, with mentors working in their areas of interest. The presentation was made at the legendary Mann Chinese Theatre, with AFI Digifest as one of the highlights of the AFI Film Festival.

As a mentor in the AFI Digital Media Lab, Pod Design worked for six months on the project, working virtually with One Economy, a global nonprofit, as well as team members from companies including Sprout, Invoke and Semillita Consulting. The result was the concept and prototype of a site the team named EnVisor, a unique hybrid of content search and social networking, designed to allow teens to explore and find a wide range of information, advice and inspiration about careers in the sciences.

“The guys from Pod were all star mentors and collaborators from the AFI Digital Content Lab's 2009 team,” said Tom Quick, Media Manager of One Economy. “They brought the right mix of smart business and fun to meetings, and their can-do attitude and creative approach went beyond our expectations. They navigate business goals and user experience like it's old hat.”

Envisor was conceived as a simple, engaging and fun experience that allowed teens to quickly find entry points via search on a wide-variety of scientific subjects, explore the content, and connect with mentors who can provide inspiration and guidance to students who otherwise might not have access to role models in their areas of interest.

About One Economy

One Economy is a global nonprofit organization that uses innovative approaches to deliver the power of technology and information to low-income people. More than 17 million people have used One Economy's online tools and resources to build better lives, including the Public Internet Channel. To date, One Economy has launched on-the-ground programs in 42 U.S. states, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. To learn more visit, www.one-economy.com. (http://www.one-economy.com)

About Pod Digital Design

Founded in 2002, Pod Digital Design is a leading developer of interactive branded content, social media, viral marketing and entertainment. Pod has created breakthrough viral marketing, games and branded content for companies including Warner Brothers, History Channel, Biography, Discovery Channel, Yahoo!, AETN and many others. Recently, Pod’s was selected Gold Winner for best Integrated Campaign for their History Channel Expedition Africa Campaign at the 2009 Hatch Awards, recognizing the best advertising in New England. Visit Pod at http://www.poddesign.com (http://www.poddesign.com).

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Contact Information Steve Curran

Pod Digital Design

http://www.poddesign.com

781-674-1188

Adblade Reaches Over 150 Million Monthly Uniques

Adblade Reaches Over 150 Million Monthly Uniques

Rapid growth fueled by industry-leading ROI for advertisers and improved revenue for publishers. By focusing exclusively on premium publishers and using unique ad formats and placements, Adblade provides both a refuge for click fraud weary advertisers and the partner of choice for many premium publishers.

Somerville, NJ (PRWEB) November 13, 2009 -- Adblade (www.adblade.com), the web's largest premium-only online and technology provider, today announced its online reach has surpassed 150 million monthly unique U.S. users. This rapid growth is fueled by industry-leading ROI for advertisers and improved revenue for publishers.

Adblade reaches these users by partnering with over 1000 premium branded local and national websites, as confirmed through online analytics providers such as Quantcast who place Adblade’s reach at over 150 million monthly unique users.

By focusing exclusively on premium publishers and using unique ad formats and placements, Adblade (www.adblade.com) provides both a refuge for click fraud weary advertisers and the partner of choice for many premium publishers,

Most of the top 20 ad networks partner primarily with long tail publishers, distributing ad code to hundreds or even thousands of independent websites. While this is a highly efficient model, these smaller sites are precisely the inventory plagued with impression and click fraud, significantly reducing advertiser return on investment.

A recent study by Radar Research found that more than 50% of ad impressions and 95% of clicks on typical online ad network buys were fraudulent. Brand-name publishers that allow their impressions to be grouped with those of lower quality sites risk harming the value of their ad inventory. The impressions from the lower quality sites dilute overall ad campaign performance, resulting in reduced bids from advertisers.

"With problems like fraud and inconsistent impression quality plaguing other networks, our goal at Adblade has been to create an online advertising network from the ground up focused exclusively on highly trafficked premium local and national branded publishers”, said Ash Nashed CEO of Adblade. “Adblade is the only place today where advertisers can reach the vast majority of US users with one buy, without exposure to problematic inventory.”

Adblade’s portfolio of premium-only sites provides brand advertisers and direct marketers greater reach into target audience segments through one media buy across multiple quality publishers. Adblade helps advertisers extend their reach with contextual, lifestyle and behavioral targeting as well as by providing the insight and acumen of seasoned professionals that have years of online advertising experience.

About Adblade

Adblade (www.adblade.com) has quickly become a leader in online display advertising by offering advertisers and publishers unique features and technology that improve the economics of online advertising for everyone. Adblade represents much of the advertising seen on premium branded local and national websites. Adblade now serves its unique ad units, as well as standard display units, to over 150 million monthly unique users in the US, making Adblade the largest premium-only ad platform on the Web. More information is available at www.adblade.com.

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Contact Information Rafael Cosentino

Adblade

http://www.adblade.com

908-707-9200

Michael Vick Launches Official Website

Michael Vick Launches Official Website

Controversial NFL star to use personal blog to get across his message at www.michaelvickzone.com.

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) November 13, 2009 -- Michael Vick, quarterback for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and three-time NFL Pro Bowl selection, goes live with his new website today at www.michaelvickzone.com, in conjunction with www.playerpress.com.

The site features a personal blog, videos, action photos, links to Michael’s appearances and charitable foundations, a social networking community for fans and much more.

“I’ve been through a lot the past couple years and it was really important to me that I reach back out to the people who have supported me through it all and also reach out to those fans who I may have disappointed,” Vick says. “This site is going to be a direct connection into my life on and off the field."

“Being away from the game for the past two seasons has really humbled me and I take my responsibility as a role model very serious.”

Since returning to the NFL after two years away, Vick, the first pick overall in the 2001 draft, has fit in well with the Eagles as a backup quarterback. He is known as perhaps the best running quarterback in the history of the NFL, a claim to fame he earned while leading the Atlanta Falcons for six years.

Vick’s website is one of many from professional athletes designed and managed by Player Press, LLC (www.playerpress.com), the fastest-growing destination for professional athlete blogs on the Web.

"We were delighted with the opportunity to work with Michael in helping him effectively communicate his message through his website and social media,” John Hernandez, CEO of Player Press, said. "Now fans will be able to hear directly from Michael in his own words."

The New York City-based company lists close to 50 websites for professional athletes, with a clientele that includes Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber, Houston Texans first-round draft pick Brian Cushing, Carolina Panthers All-Pro linebacker Jon Beason and Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith, as well as San Jose Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle from the NHL and Utah Jazz first-round pick Eric Maynor from the NBA, among others. For a complete list of Player Press' athlete bloggers go to www.playerpress.com/athletes.

        

About Player Press, LLC

Player Press, LLC, provides a dynamic sports/entertainment platform for professional athletes to increase their exposure on a national level, build closer relationships with fans and bypass the mainstream media through personal blogs. Player Press builds innovative websites that feature exclusive athlete content in order to promote increased athlete-to-fan engagement. Player Press designs, manages and publicizes each athlete website and manages hundreds of websites for sports teams and fans. Our content is powered by the athletes and fans themselves. The goal of the Player Press platform is to bring fans across the globe together and get them closer to the sports and athletes they love – all in one online community. The central hub for the Player Press Sports Network is located at www.playerpress.com.

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Contact Information Todd Schmerler

Player Press, LLC

http://www.playerpress.com

212-956-7280

AffiliateBenchmarks' Second Annual Survey Reveals Challenges Associated with Significant Growth in Industry

AffiliateBenchmarks' Second Annual Survey Reveals Challenges Associated with Significant Growth in Industry

Largest Affiliate Survey To-Date Highlights Disparity between Available Tactics and Community Usage; Points to Opportunities for Immediate and Long-term Improvement

(PRWEB) November 13, 2009 -- Today, AffiliateBenchmarks (http://affiliatebenchmarks.com/), the research division of NETexponent, announced the general availability of its second annual report based on a survey of the affiliate industry. The goal of the survey was to determine the current landscape of the industry and the opinions of its key contributors. Among the survey's 3500 responses, AffiliateBenchmarks uncovered several key opportunities for affiliates to improve their practices and generate more revenue from advertising programs, many of which are tactics that can be implemented immediately. The report also contains valuable information for the entire online marking ecosystem, including advertisers, publishers, affiliate networks, managers and consultants.

By evaluating the survey responses individually as well as comparisons between five unique skill and income based profile segments, AffiliateBenchmarks uncovers the needs, challenges and opportunities in today's rapidly growing affiliate landscape. The results found that nearly half (49 percent) of survey respondents joined the industry in the past two years, and over half consider affiliate advertising to be a part-time job or hobby. While many newcomers are getting into the game on the side hoping to make supplemental income, nearly half of the survey respondents reported that less than five percent or none of their links generated a sale in the month before completing the survey.

With commission amount being the number one reported reason affiliates join a new program (69 percent), it's apparent that the potential to earn money is a major driver for new affiliates in the space. However, many are overlooking or are unaware of today's technologies and strategies that are driving success and revenue for more experienced affiliates in the industry.

For example:

• Although there is a clear correlation between the reported number of keywords purchased and the reported monthly revenue of the affiliate, only 36 percent of survey respondents utilize PPC search.

• The use of flash ads and video widgets performed excellent or well for those who claimed to employ these tactics, however, the large majority of survey respondents did not leverage these formats.

• Nearly 40 percent (38.5 percent) of survey respondents do not read any blogs for up-to-date information and helpful tips.

• Nearly half (46.9 percent) of survey respondents do not collect data on their websites' audiences; 14.4 percent of those did not even know where this information comes from.

"The affiliate industry is growing and evolving rapidly, and it is essential for new affiliates joining the game to quickly come up to speed on the latest trends and strategies if they want to compete in this lively marketplace," said Peter Figueredo, CEO of NETexponent. "The AffiliateBenchmarks report can be a great getting-started guide for these newcomers as well as a tool to help seasoned marketers improve results."

To purchase the full report, visit: http://affiliatebenchmarks.com/.

About AffiliateBenchmarks

AffiliateBenchmarks is the affiliate research division of NETexponent. AffiliateBenchmarks designs and executes affiliate marketing research with the purpose of increasing industry education and providing useful data and statistics to the affiliate community. We focus on the benefit of the affiliate marketing industry as a whole and strive to provide reliable information that is interesting and useful to a wide range of people involved with affiliate marketing. To achieve survey participation for the second annual report, AffiliateBenchmarks partnered with supporters such as Commission Junction, Google Affiliate Network, Linkshare, Mediatrust, Pepperjam Network, Performance Marketing Alliance, Shareasale and Zanox.

Reproduction or redistribution is prohibited without written permission. Copyright ©2009 AffiliateBenchmarks™, a division of NETexponent LLC. 115 West 30th Street Suite 900, New York, NY 10001 | 212.981.2700, option 2 GetResults (at) NETexponent (dot) com

About NETexponent

NETexponent is a full-service online performance marketing agency based in New York City. Since 2001, NETexponent has developed efficiency-driven online marketing programs for premier clients. In addition to operating AffiliateBenchmarks, we offer innovative strategies in affiliate and search engine marketing as well as other areas, including social media marketing and lead generation. Our ground-breaking strategies and holistic approach to performance marketing help our clients achieve aggressive goals while maintaining brand integrity and customer quality. NETexponent is committed to being the industry's most efficient and ethical performance marketing agency, continually evolving to address changing market conditions and client needs.

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Contact Information Carla Vicens

(919) 833-9975