Economic Crisis and Web Marketing: an Expert's Opinion

Economic Crisis and Web Marketing: an Expert's Opinion

Is your Seo and Web Marketing Agency ready to fight the Economic Crisis?

London, UK (PRWEB) February 28, 2009 -- With the economic crisis, what will happen in the web marketing sector? What repercussions will it have on the web services market in America and Europe?

According to Enrico Madrigrano, one of the biggest experts in web marketing and positioning in Italy, "To understand it you need to get to the root of the problem". In other words try to understand how the famous law of supply and demand will play out in this market.

"From the demand point of view," states Enrico Madrigrano "the companies that want to survive the crisis will inevitably have to cut their promotional costs to survive. This means that the first advertising spending to be cut will be that with a negative return which is perceived, in one way or another, as "risky". In this category are obviously included investments in TV, radio and press advertising, which have always given results that are unpredictable and hard to quantify. The advertising budget will therefore mainly be directed towards direct marketing and to those advertising methods, where the results are predictable and measurable and where the benefits of targeting will be best appreciated. In short "web marketing". But this transition will only happen under one condition: that companies and entrepreneurs become "aware" of all this, or rather that they become totally involved in the front line of their company web marketing strategies and that they perceive and appreciate their potential, right from the word go."

"On the other side of the equation, therefore, web agencies and SEO and Web Marketing consultents, who represent the "supply", will have to take responsibility for educating their clients, focussing directly on what their company is looking for, that is reducing their costs and getting a return on their investments."

However in this scenatio a phenomenen will develop, which web agencies and consultents will have to beware of. "A split will form, dividing the supply of professional web marketing services (which guarantee good results and profits) and the demand for low cost services, from more and more companies on the hunt for discounts and rock bottom prices."

"In this scenario," continues Enrico Madrigrano "web agencies that want to survive, shouldn't fall into the trap. The secret will be to go against the flow. In other words web agencies, instead of going after the biggest slice of the market, which will be looking for web marketing services at lower and lower prices, should do the opposite, that is "hand-pick" existing clients, focusing on those who value quality and results over price. Instead of leaping into the fray and struggling to corner new clients in savage price wars, web agencies should do the opposite, that is defend their own territory, cultivating and nurturing their own clients, focusing on numbers and concrete results.

In this way web agencies will be able to create a shield in the midst of a scenario of ever more ruthless deflation. Successful web agencies will know how to consolidate their experience, strengthening their hold on the niche in which they already operate, instead of looking for new markets, or worse still setting themselves up as a "jack of all trades" to bring home new clients."

According to Enrico Madrigrano this abnormal scenario will develop very rapidly in conjuction with other big social and cultural changes which will involve not just businesses but also (and above all) consumers. All this "acceleration" in the awareness and process of the supply and demand market forces will lead to what he defines as the new Web Marketing 3.0.

These and other subjects linked to change and the future of web marketing will be discussed in person by Enrico Madrigrano during the next international "SEO Web Marketing Experience" course in Rome, Milan and London (for more information: http://www.madri.com/swm-experience/indexen.php )

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Madri WEB Marketing PRESS Releases

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Prudential Lifestyle Realty Launches High Tech, User-Friendly Web Site To Empower Buyers and Sellers

Prudential Lifestyle Realty Launches High Tech, User-Friendly Web Site To Empower Buyers and Sellers

Leading Western North Carolina real estate firm celebrates 2009 by unveiling a new Web site that puts powerful new tools at the fingertips of clients 24-hours a day.

Asheville, NC (PRWEB) February 28, 2009 -- In a challenging marketplace where every advantage is an asset, Prudential Lifestyle Realty is proactively keeping its award-winning Realtors and satisfied customers ahead of the technological curve and the competition.

Highly educated consumers may make some businesses feel more vulnerable or irrelevant, but Prudential Lifestyle Realty recognizes the value of putting real estate resources and cutting edge tools directly into the hands of clients. The Asheville area real estate brokerage recently launched a sleek new Web site that includes free tools such as a high-speed MLS search engine.

"The online database of properties includes listings in all price ranges in and around Asheville, Hendersonville, and Brevard," explains Clay Johnson, Vice President of Marketing for Prudential Lifestyle Realty. "Anyone looking to buy a house, sell property, find a new home across town, or newcomers hoping to relocate to the Asheville area can all conduct specialized, customized searches on the user-friendly site."

The Web site is open to the public 24-hours a day, seven days a week, for users to do real estate research and take online tours of properties at their own convenience. The listings are updated daily and cover both urban and rural locations in several popular WNC counties. Users can even sign up to receive instant custom email alerts each time a home is put up for sale that matches their's desires.

The launch of the new site comes on the heels of another recent company achievement. One of the company's top Realtors was awarded 2008 Realtor of the Year by the Brevard Board of Realtors. Ea Dossey was chosen for this coveted distinction thanks to her tireless work to help improve the Brevard Board of Realtors. Dossey, who is a past President of the Brevard Board of Realtors, is presently the Broker in Charge of the Brevard office for Prudential Lifestyle Realty.

To learn more or to experience a test drive of the company's new site firsthand, or to learn more about Asheville real estate (http://www.prudentiallifestylerealty.com), visit PrudentialLifestyleRealty.com.

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Contact Information Mike Bagley

Prudential Lifestyle Realty

http://www.prudentiallifestylerealty.com/

(828) 254-7355

Linda Titus

Net Site Marketing

http://www.netsitemarketing.com

828-684-4445

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New Free People Search Engine Launched

New Free People Search Engine Launched

Peoplex-ray search provides free people finder service that gives billions of access to current addresses and phone numbers. With access to billions of public records, and background check services, Peoplex-ray search assures visitors of fast real time unlimited search results.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) February 28, 2009 -- Peoplex-ray search announces a new free people search engine that provide free people search directories that would include email addresses, names and addresses, phone numbers; as well as free search for persons by social security numbers. Other free person searches include free background checks, criminal record search, and free missing persons search all across the United States and abroad.

"We decide to provide free people search locator service not just to give access to billions of public records but to guarantee real time unlimited search results. Data shows that 30% of all searches on Google or Yahoo are people specific or people-related. In view of this development, peoplex-ray search and partners have decided to ensure people get free access to billions of current addresses and phone numbers," Towolawi said.

Peoplex-ray search provides unique features on the site that makes for fast real time search results these includes: Search by Phone- this feature gives search results that includes: names, addresses and the phone service provider etc. Search by SSN- gives search results not limited to - current address, address history, relatives and associates, death index, property ownership etc. Who is searching for you- gives search results that would help you find missing old friends, family and classmates. Run a Background Check gives search results not limited to criminal record history, but unlimited access to national registry records that includes divorce records, employees' records and lots more.

Peoplex-ray free search engine provides round the clock unlimited people search results online. So why pay to find people when you can get it for free.

For more information:

Visit: http://peoplex-ray.com

Richard Towolawi

http://peoplex-ray.com

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RMS Focuses on Unique Solutions for Managing Scarce Resources

RMS Focuses on Unique Solutions for Managing Scarce Resources

There is little question that organizations are facing an increasingly challenging competitive environment and economy. As a result, they are trying to use their internal resources more and more effectively. In response to this, Resource Management Solutions (RMS) (www.Consult-RMS.com) has focused on collaborating with its clients, jointly developing solutions to managing human capital that are well suited to both today and the future.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 28, 2009 -- There is little question that organizations are facing an increasingly challenging competitive environment and economy. As a result, they are trying to use their internal resources more and more effectively. In response to this, Resource Management Solutions (RMS) (www.Consult-RMS.com) has focused on collaborating with its clients, jointly developing solutions to managing human capital that are well suited to both today and the future.

Currently in its ninth year of operation, RMS boldly steps forward, with an eye on both the present and the future. With a CFO/Controller background himself, Rod Sherr, a CPA, President and CEO of RMS, and his team now leverage their historical specialization in time and attendance system implementation by broadening their horizons to provide comprehensive business solutions including such things as, process improvement, resource management, and advisory consulting services.

"The time has come for Business Innovation and Workforce Management Technology to merge. Companies want and need answers now, not 10 days after month-end close". The technology is currently available Sherr says. In fact, companies in industries such as Healthcare and Manufacturing gain the most benefit from the current Workforce Management Technology (www.Consult-RMS.com) (WMT).

These types of companies can lose hundreds of thousands of dollars each year if they don't understand exactly how to control their labor costs. Sherr recalls his 17 plus years in industry trying to focus on labor cost reduction. He says it was very hard to do and very labor intensive. Although Time and Attendance software was developed in the 70's, it was initially used only to capture time and share this data with the Human Resource and Payroll Systems. It has only been in the last few years that Time and Attendance software development companies started focusing on and designing their software to provide timely critical data for management to utilize in their critical decision processes. In fact today's technology allows a company to run real data scenarios helping a company to select the most cost effective teams when additional hours are required in a day or week. This technology allows an organization to tweak the line-up until the most cost effective employees are identified thus reducing overtime. This alone can save an organization a lot of money each week/month/year.

Sherr has focused on the concept of helping their clients understand the power and ability of truly managing their workforce by utilizing today's technology.

For each client, RMS (www.Consult-RMS.com) uniquely constructs process improvement and technology solutions, problem solving, and implementation expertise, to better manage and/or significantly lower labor costs. When coupled with their exceptional project management discipline, RMS delivers a total implementation solution which involves the proper training of management not just the end-users.

RMS also focuses on Software Application Utilization. On an average most companies only utilize their software's capability somewhere between 60% - 65%. This leaves out critical functionality Sherr says. This is why RMS works with their clients to raise this utilization percentage. Sherr invites you to call RMS for a free consultation which will allow you to explore options on how your company can save on labor costs.

Resource Management Solutions (RMS) is a professional services consulting firm specializing in improving the processes that directly affect the productivity and management of Human Capital. By making improvements to the processes in these areas and with the use of today's technology, RMS is able to show their clients how to increase productivity and reduce labor costs thus affecting the company's profitability. These cost reduction procedures RMS implements are sustainable for years to come. RMS has been serving their clients since 2000. A California-based Corporation, RMS (www.Consult-RMS.com) has a solid record of accomplishment. It has gained the reputation of doing whatever it takes to ensure projects are successful. RMS has helped companies with up to 45,000 employees successfully implement ERP and Workforce Management Technology solutions in a timely cost effective manner. Call one of our offices today and see why people call RMS "the missing piece" to their projects. RMS looks forward to serving you soon.

Contact:

NAME: Scott Siderman

PHONE: 866-361-1704 ext. 708

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866-361-1704

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Easyspace Launch 'Indefinite Reduction' on Domain Names

Easyspace Launch 'Indefinite Reduction' on Domain Names

More than 30 extensions now available at lower cost.

Glasgow, Lanarkshire (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- Easyspace, one of the largest web hosting and domain name providers in the UK, has launched an Indefinite Reduction across the majority of domain name (http://www.easyspace.com/domain_names) extensions offered on the Easyspace.com website.

The Indefinite Reduction applies to more than 30 domain extensions, including some of the most popular currently available such as .com, .co.uk, .net, .org, .mobi and .eu.

The Easyspace domain registration (http://www.easyspace.com/domain_names) tools have always been known for their flexibility, offering a general search facility as well as a keyword search tool and a domain auction search tool where you can find domains being sold privately from around the world.

Now, with a lower cost attached to this flexibility, domains quite literally have never been easier to search for and register.

"Price changing is always a sensitive issue but taking account of the current climate and considering the loyalty we have from our customer base, we felt the time was right to expand what used to be a monthly offer on a single extension to an indefinite reduction across more than 30 extensions." commented Errol Vanderhorst, Sales and Marketing Director for Easyspace.

"Customer no longer need to worry about adding extra extensions to their portfolios because the cost of doing is now cheaper."

The domain reduction comes quick after the recent launch of the highly anticipated .tel domain extension, with Easyspace being one of the few UK companies offering it during its Landrush period.

To find out more about Easyspace domain names, visit:

http://www.easyspace.com/news/250209

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Contact Information Lloyd Cooke

Easyspace Web Hosting

http://www.easyspace.com

+44 (0) 870 755 5088

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Managing Your PPC Campaign: Time-Saving Tips and Tactics - Live Webcast at Search Marketing Now, March 10

Managing Your PPC Campaign: Time-Saving Tips and Tactics - Live Webcast at Search Marketing Now, March 10

PPC expert David Szetela discusses how PPC advertisers can save time, improve efficiency and increase productivity when managing large PPC advertising campaigns

Redding, CT (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- On Tuesday, March 10, at 1 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Pay Per Click advertising expert David Szetela will present on a Search Marketing Now webcast, "Managing Your PPC Advertising Campaign: Time-Saving Tips and Tactics." This webcast is free and is sponsored by Marin Software.

Ask anyone who manages large pay per click (PPC) advertising campaigns and they'll tell you it can be extremely complex and time-consuming. There are a range of factors to consider, spreadsheets to maintain, sometimes different business goals across multiple publishers. The workload can often seem overwhelming.

Given today's economic climate, where we're all doing more with less, it's crucial to be as effective and productive as possible.

Szetela will offer tips on how to manipulate keywords using Excel and Word; what types of time-saving tools are available; how you can improve your efficiency; and, how to recognize when it's time to bring in outside help.

For anyone who manages a large PPC campaign -- spending more than $100,000 per month -- this webcast will provide valuable insight to improve your workflow, your ppc campaign, and, ultimately, your ROI.

This webcast is sponsored by Marin Software. Founded in April 2006 by experienced search marketers and software experts, Marin Software provides an end-to-end, enterprise-class paid search management application for advertisers and agencies. Marin Software's "No Black Box" methodology offers serious search marketers unprecedented control and transparency over their SEM programs. Marin Search Marketer® addresses the workflow, analysis, and optimization needs of advertisers and agencies, saving time and improving financial performance for large-scale SEM campaigns. Marin offers no term commitment and no up-front fees and is designed for those who are spending at least $100,000 monthly on paid search. Customers include Razorfish, ZipRealty, and Cobalt Group. Marin is backed by Benchmark Capital and Amicus Capital. For more information, visit www.marinsoftware.com.

Registration for this webcast is available at the Search Marketing Now website. (http://searchmarketingnow.com)

About Search Marketing Now and Third Door Media:

Search Marketing Now webcasts are produced by Third Door Media, Inc. Third Door Media's mission is to empower interactive and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful.

Third Door Media produces the conference series Search Marketing Expo - SMX, which includes SMX West, SMX Search Analytics (Toronto, March 31 - April 1) SMX Advanced (Seattle, June 2-3) and other SMX conferences. Third Door Media also publishes the search marketing news and analysis site Search Engine Land and Sphinn.com, the place for web, online, search, interactive and internet marketers to share news stories, talk within subject-specific discussion forums, build a network and stay connected to hot topics in internet marketing.

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Contact Information Christopher Elwell

Third Door Media

http://searchmarketingnow.com

(203) 664-1350

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DivShare Acquired by 3Sixty Enterprises

DivShare Acquired by 3Sixty Enterprises

Company Led by Internet Veterans to Accelerate Site Enhancements and New Features. Sees Acquisition as Significant Step Towards Ultimate Web-publishing Vision.

Reston, VA (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- 3Sixty Enterprises, LLC (www.3sixtyweb.com), a leading innovator in Web technologies, today announced that it has acquired the extraordinarily popular file-sharing site DivShare (www.divshare.com). Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, DivShare is privately held, and is owned and operated by founding partners Rob Howard & David Altschul.

Divshare is an industry-leading, award-winning file sharing Website that enables users to easily upload and publish photos, videos, music, and other files for friends, family, and colleagues. DivShare is one of the world's most popular file-publishing sites, with over a million users registered worldwide.

"DivShare is a key acquisition for us," said Donna Hemmert, 3Sixty CEO. "Their team has done a tremendous job growing the DivShare user base, and they have done it by providing exactly the services and features their customers want. We are ready to take the site--and our valuable and dedicated users--to the next level by enhancing features and expanding our services. DivShare is a huge piece of the overall vision of 3Sixty."

The 3Sixty executive team has vast experience in online technology, reaching back to the beginning of the Internet. Their achievements include creating one of the first useful Internet apps--NCSA Telnet--which became the foundation for InterCon (the first Internet software company for the Macintosh), as well as founding the first ISP in Japan. Their combined technology experience comes from premier high-tech companies such as Netscape, Verizon Wireless, AT&T, PSINet, Sybase, Lucent, InterCon, Roku Technologies, Inter.net, and OptiView Technologies.

"We were looking for a company that was serious about growing the business, and improving the DivShare experience," said Rob Howard, DivShare founder and President. "Given 3Sixty's track record in technology innovation, I know that they are going to bring a lot to the DivShare community--this acquisition is a perfect fit."

Though cofounded by Howard and his partner David Altshcul "in the garage" and without ever taking capital, DivShare has been exceptionally well-received in the file-sharing space, rivaling venture-backed enterprises such as Box.net and YouSendIt, both in user traffic and feature sets. The new management team intends to increase the R&D efforts underway and accelerate the rollout of enhanced services.

About DivShare

DivShare is the world's leading file-sharing site, providing an easy and secure way to share music, video, photos, and any other type of file with friends, family, and colleagues. DivShare creates an online home for all your files in a well organized, easily sharable, and elegantly displayed system all in one place, accessible from any computer in the world.

About 3Sixty Enterprises, LLC

3Sixty Enterprises is a leading content sharing and publishing company, formed by Internet and technology veterans to bring together complementary technologies that fulfill the vision of personal content sharing, with complete personal control. For more information on 3Sixty, please visit http://www.3sixtyweb.com.

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Contact Information Jason Wauer

3Sixty Enterprises

http://www.3sixtyweb.com

1 703 989 6594

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House-Kidder Entertainment Announces U.S. Video Game Tournament Offering $1,000,000 Prize

House-Kidder Entertainment Announces U.S. Video Game Tournament Offering $1,000,000 Prize

The NCAA Football 09 $1,000,000 Challenge, sponsored by House-Kidder Entertainment, is a new nationwide Tournament that will allow U.S. video gamers to compete using the NCAA Football 09 video game on the Xbox 360 for a Grand Prize that could be as much as $1,000,000.

Wynne, AR (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- The NCAA Football 09 $1,000,000 Challenge, sponsored by House-Kidder Entertainment, is a national tournament that gives NCAA Football 09 video gamers the chance to compete against each other in single-elimination competition on the Xbox 360 game system for a shot at a Grand Prize that could be as much as $1,000,000. The actual amount of the prizes will be determined based on the number of participants in the Challenge.

The inaugural Challenge will be limited to 65,536 participants nationwide and is open to US residents eighteen years of age or older who pay the one hundred fifty dollar entry fee. A portion of the proceeds from the tournament will be donated to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center located in Memphis, TN, and a second National Charity to be named in the next few weeks.

The Challenge will feature 64 Preliminary Session Tournaments in 32 major metropolitan cities around the United States. Preliminary Session Tournament cities include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia and 26 others. For a complete list of Challenge cities visit the Challenge's official website at http://www.housekidder.com.

The winner of each Preliminary Session Tournament will win a cash prize and an expense paid 6 day/5 night vacation to Orlando, FL this summer to compete against the other Preliminary Session winners in the Championship Finals. The winner of the Championship Finals will win a Grand Prize that could be as much as $1,000,000 depending on participation in the Challenge.

The Challenge is now accepting entries and registration will remain open until April 5, 2009. Actual Tournament Sites, Dates, and the Prize Package amounts will be announced on the Challenge's Official Website no later than April 11, 2009.

When asked why they are sponsoring the Challenge, Jon House, Tournament Organizer, said "We thought that this would be a fun way to raise money for Le Bonheur's. Plus, it would be cool for the winner of the Challenge to be able to tell their parent's 'See, I wasn't wasting all that time playing video games!'"

For additional information about the NCAA Football 09 $1,000,000 Challenge please contact Jon House or visit the Challenge's official website at http://www.housekidder.com. EA Sports, Electronic Arts, Xbox and Microsoft have no Involvement, Participation or Sponsorship of the NCAA Football 09 $1,000,000 Challenge.

About House-Kidder Entertainment:

House-Kidder Entertainment is a new company that was formed specifically to organize the NCAA Football 09 $1,000,000 Challenge to raise money for Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. With the successful conclusion of the inaugural event the company intends to sponsor more video game tournaments to raise money for charitable organizations.

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Contact Information Jon House

House-Kidder Entertainment

http://www.housekidder.com

870-945-0843

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FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc. Receives AVA Gold Award for its Web 2.0 Website

FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc. Receives AVA Gold Award for its Web 2.0 Website

Bill Ganz and Steve Aust Founders of FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc receive the Gold AVA Award honoring Excellence in website design based on its use of multi-media.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 -- The AVA (http://www.avaawards.com) Gold Award for 2008 honoring excellence in overall website design based on its use of multi-media and Web 2.0 interactive technologies was presented to Bill Ganz, Founder and CEO of More Media Group, Inc., and its subsidiary FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc. (www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com), Southern California based companies.

FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc., Founders Steve Aust and Bill Ganz have this to say "We are honored to receive this prestigious award on behalf of ourselves and all the great staff of people who participated in its development. It is always nice to be recognized by your peers especially when the competition includes companies from the Fortune 500."

FastTrack's website, although a commercial endeavor for training, was also designed to help company owners and executives get a grasp of this new marketing environment called "Social Networks (http://www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com/)". The basis of this is to understand conversational marketing and its impact on the new prosperity paradigm with Social Media.

FastTrack™ Online Marketing., Inc. has already developed and implemented one of the first monetized social networks for one of its clients. My Social Income (www.mysocialincom) (www.mysocialincome.biz) is the first Green, Monetized Social Media platform of its kind. This Social Networking platform is based on an affiliate based marketing program which pays its site customer for usage. MSI is leading the way in online community development that is Movement Based Marketing. The challenge seems to be, how do companies develop a Social Network that rewards the Social Networkers for their participation. After years of investment in web psychology and Social Media philosophy, Aust and Ganz have the answer.

The FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc. team is available for media interviews and guest appearances by contacting:

Bill Ganz

MORE Media Group, Inc.

310.937.9663

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http://www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com

310-937-9663

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Track Today's Newsmakers with New OneRiot Pulse Feeds

Track Today's Newsmakers with New OneRiot Pulse Feeds

Socially Relevant RSS Now Available on OneRiot

Boulder, Colo. and San Francisco -- OneRiot, the social search engine that finds the pulse of the web, today launched the alpha version of OneRiot Pulse Feeds - a new feature that enables anyone to track the most popular news and videos for any topic.

"We developed Pulse Feeds as an easy way for anyone to cut through the deluge of chatter on the internet and quickly find the news and videos that are important to real people, right now," said Kimbal Musk, CEO at OneRiot.

With OneRiot Pulse Feeds, users can now keep on top of emerging dramas with Octomom (http://topics.oneriot.com/octomom), Rihanna (http://topics.oneriot.com/rihanna) and Chris Brown (http://topics.oneriot.com/chris-brown) or simply stay plugged into the latest buzz on celebrities like Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie (http://topics.oneriot.com/brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolie).

Unlike other alert systems or traditional newsfeeds, OneRiot Pulse Feeds display the hottest news and videos from across the web, based on their current popularity with OneRiot's two million-strong community. This makes Pulse Feeds socially-relevant and bubbling with the real-time energy of the web.

Pulse Feeds are available for free as RSS (Really Simple Syndication), MyYahoo widgets, iGoogle gadgets and more, and can be easily accessed from the OneRiot search results page for a chosen topic (see the growing list here (http://topics.oneriot.com/)). OneRiot Pulse Feeds also include "Pulse History" - a history of the news and videos that people have been talking about over time. For example, the Pulse Feed for Barack Obama (http://topics.oneriot.com/barack-obama) shows the most socially relevant news and video results since he was elected. Laid out in a handy day-by-day sequence, this Pulse Feed makes it easy to view legislation news, polls, speeches and other socially significant developments surrounding the President.

"We're looking forward to getting feedback with this alpha release," said Tobias Peggs, VP and General Manager of OneRiot. "Our search engine finds the pulse of the web in real-time. Now users can track it via RSS too."

About OneRiot

Launched in November 2008, OneRiot is a social search engine (http://www.oneriot.com/) that that finds the pulse of the web. Thanks to the constant help of more than two million users, OneRiot makes it easy for anyone to find the news, and videos that people are talking about right now. Unlike any other search engine, OneRiot prioritizes the internet's information based on its current popularity with real people, which delivers search results that are fresh, friendly, and pulsing with the real-time energy of the web.

OneRiot is a privately held company headquartered in Boulder, Colo. with offices in San Francisco. To keep up to date on announcements from OneRiot, follow via Twitter at http://twitter.com/oneriot

Contact:

Courtney Walsh

Director of PR, OneRiot

303.938.3054

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Contact Information Courtney Walsh

OneRiot

http://www.oneriot.com

303.938.3054

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AutohausAZ Wins Online Sales Team of the Year & Ecommerce Customer Service Finalist Awards

AutohausAZ Wins Online Sales Team of the Year & Ecommerce Customer Service Finalist Awards

AutohausAZ.com brings home the "Business Oscar" for Online Sales Team of the Year in the 2009 Stevie Awards, held in Las Vegas, February 9, 2009. The Company was also honored for customer service achievement with an E-Commerce Customer Service Finalist Award.

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- AutohausAZ.com (http://www.autohausaz.com) (Autohaus Arizona, Inc.), a leading global auto parts E-Tailer that markets OEM auto parts (http://www.autohausaz.com/html/auto_parts_shopping.html) for European and Japanese (Asian) cars, was announced as the international winner of the Online Sales Team of the Year Stevie® Award and one of the three finalists worldwide for the E-Commerce Customer Service Stevie® Award in the 3rd Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, held in Las Vegas, February 9, 2009. The Stevie Awards, often referred to as "the business world's Oscars", were created to honor and generate worldwide recognition of the efforts, accomplishments and positive contributions of outstanding companies and their people.

AutohausAZ has built its 30-year reputation on professional integrity, personalized and friendly customer service and high-quality auto parts (http://www.autohausaz.com/html/winners.html). A large part of the company's success comes from treating customers with the utmost respect while also providing a unique personalized, caring touch. AutohausAZ.com strongly believes that customer service is a companywide commitment, not just a department. Therefore, everyone at AutohausAZ plays an important role in building long-term customer relationships (http://www.autohausaz.com/html/customercomments.aspx).

    

"We're thrilled to be recognized as the Online Sales Team of the Year and E-Commerce Customer Service Finalist. These awards, in addition to the Website of the Year Finalist Stevie Award bestowed upon us in November, demonstrate just how strongly committed AutohausAZ.com is to providing the highest quality customer service experience possible," stated Carolyn Lefebvre, President/CEO of Autohaus Arizona, Inc.

"It's extremely gratifying to receive worldwide recognition (http://www.autohausaz.com/html/autohausaz-press.html) from the Stevie® Awards Committee. These awards, along with all the positive feedback we receive from our valued customers, motivate everyone at AutohausAZ.com to continue providing the very best service possible to each and every one of our customers."

AutohausAZ.com stands out from the competition by internally performing all critical functions - designing and maintaining a user-friendly website (http://www.autohausaz.com/html/freequote.html), answering customer calls and emails, pulling, packing and shipping auto parts and designing in-house programs to continually improve accuracy & efficiency while decreasing training time. AutohausAZ feels it is not in the customer's nor the company's best interests to lose control over the performance of critical customer service functions and, unlike its competitors, does not "outsource" any of these areas. This has allowed AutohausAZ.com to consistently provide the personalized touch that its customers have come to expect.

'This year's Stevie Award honorees demonstrate that even in challenging economic times, it's possible for organizations to continue to shine in sales and customer service, the two most important functions in business: acquiring and keeping customers,' said Michael Gallagher, president of the Stevie Awards.

About AutohausAZ:

Autohaus Arizona, Inc. began in 1979 as Autohaus Phoenix, a local wholesale distributor of European auto parts in Phoenix. The Company launched its website in 1998 and today AutohausAZ.com distributes OEM European auto parts and Japanese auto parts to wholesale and retail customers worldwide. Specializing in German car parts (Audi, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Mini Cooper, Porsche, and Volkswagen), AutohausAZ.com also carries a wide selection of auto parts for Swedish (Saab, Volvo), British (LandRover, Jaguar) and Japanese/Asian cars (Acura, Honda, Infiniti, Lexus, Nissan and Toyota, to name just a few). For more information on AutohausAZ, please visit our website at http://www.AutohausAZ.com.

AutohausAZ.com is not a newbie to public recognition, with numerous prestigious awards having been bestowed upon the Company in the past two years including such honors as:

- Diversity Business (2009) - Top 100 Women-Owned Businesses in Arizona; Top 50 Diversity-Owned Businesses in Arizona; Top 100 Privately-Held Businesses in Arizona

- Diversity Business (2008) - Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses in the US; Top 100 Small Businesses in Arizona; Top 100 Diversity-Owned Businesses in Arizona; Top 100 Woman-Owned Businesses in Arizona

- Inc. Magazine (2008) - named to the Inc 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in the US; Top 100 Businesses in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metro area; Top 100 Retail Companies in the US

- Arizona Small Business Association - ASBA (2008) - Arizona Company to Watch

- Stevie Awards (2008) - Website of the Year Finalist in Women in Business Stevie Awards

- Arizona Woman Magazine (2008) - Million Dollar Club

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Contact Information Carolyn Lefebvre

Autohaus Arizona, Inc.

http://www.AutohausAZ.com

602-276-9402

Stephanie Anderson

Autohaus Arizona, Inc.

http://www.AutohausAZ.com

602-276-9402

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ClassicWines.com 2.0: Website Re-launches Featuring Expanded Wine Search Tools

ClassicWines.com 2.0: Website Re-launches Featuring Expanded Wine Search Tools

Personal virtual cellars and social networking tools for the modern wine enthusiast added to the largest search engine devoted to wines available online.

Chester, PA (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- ClassicWines.com unveiled a significant upgrade to its popular wine search web site. Dubbed ClassicWines 2.0 the new site brings social networking and community tools to ClassicWines, the leading online wine search engine and Internet guide for wine, and brings new meaning to company's slogan of "Drink. Learn. Share."

"People with a desire to learn and experiment with wine now have a new place to gather, interact and meet with people who are passionate about wine and wine lifestyles," explained Mark Shay, Founder of ClassicWines.com. "The goal of this upgrade was to help our audience learn from each other, not just the experts."

One of the major new enhancements Shay is referring to is the 'personal virtual cellar', a free service to registered users that allows the storage of wine tasting notes, reviews and social networking tools. Through social networking users share their opinions with others and in return see the comments of fellow wine enthusiasts. As with other Internet social network sites like Facebook and MySpace, ClassicWines.com now allows its members to publish updates as to their experiences and pursuits, but here they focus strictly on wine and their wine related experiences.

"We are hoping to take some of the elitism out of wine by empowering a community voice to wine reviews and ratings," explained Shay. "The wine industry has become too dependent on super reviewers which has kept some really great wines from getting the notoriety they deserve. We see the new features of ClassicWines.com as a democratization of wine rating and reviews."

The new user-focused tools are a new layer atop the already popular wine search engine, columns, videos and how to guides that ClassicWines.com has become known for. Launched in 2006, the site boasts that it is home to the largest search engine devoted to wines available online. Nearly 600 merchants and producers provide ClassicWines.com with data feeds of bottles available for direct shipment to consumers. In addition to tying to personal recommendations, the ClassicWines.com Search Engine allows people to directly search for wine using a wide variety of search options. "When browsing for a particular wine bottle, online consumers see a list of retailers who carry that bottle, and its price. Shoppers can then click through to the desired retailer, and purchase it from their online store. It's free market at its best!"

While not all states allow the online purchases of wine, most do and 75% of the nations population can legally purchase wine online. More than 350,000 different bottles are now listed on ClassicWines.com with many listing prices from multiple merchants. According to Scott Kastin of LiquidDiscount.com, an online merchant in New York, "connecting my inventory to the personal virtual cellars is one of the reasons we provide our data feeds to ClassicWines.com."

ClassicWines.com offers its wine lifestyle tools free of charge to people 21 years and older and is committed to providing a community open to all with an interest in wine. The company is based in suburban Philadelphia and draws revenue from advertising and sponsorships. According to Alexa.com, ClassicWines.com is one of the top 100,000 web sites on the Internet and one of the highest trafficked wine guide websites. Interested parties are encouraged to visit http://www.ClassicWines.com and begin to Drink, Learn and Share.

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Contact Information Mark Shay

ClassicWines.com, LLC

http://www.classicwines.com

610-619-0062

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Cross-Channel Retail Initiatives Are Critical For Increased Profits, Sales And Customer Satisfaction, New Research Shows

Cross-Channel Retail Initiatives Are Critical For Increased Profits, Sales And Customer Satisfaction, New Research Shows

Amid online "store" closings from retailers like Canadian Tire, new research finds that cross-channel retail initiatives play a critical role in increasing a retailer's profits, sales, and customer satisfaction. Cross-channel product and pricing consistency are no longer differentiating for the successful retailer - they have become table stakes. Perhaps more importantly, retailers enabling cross-channel inventory, order, and customer visibility achieve significant and quantifiable results from those initiatives. RSR's latest research defines and discusses those results.

Miami, FL -- RSR's newest research study, "Cross-channel Retailing for the Anytime, Anywhere Consumer", sponsored by IBM and Manhattan Associates, quantifies the value of cross-channel consistency and transparency in specific and somewhat stunning ways.

In RSR's third annual benchmark study on multi-channel retailing, retailers re-emphasized the importance of cross-channel consistency in establishing a positive brand identity with customers.

"Given the state of the global economy, we really expected to see retailers looking for cost reduction," said Paula Rosenblum, managing partner at RSR Research and co-author of the report. "In fact, while economic conditions do act as a barrier to making additional investments, Retail Winners (those who outperform their peers) are continuing to invest. They understand that impressions made now will remain with customers once the economy starts to turn around, and are willing to build brand equity for the future."

"We were amazed to see the quantifiable returns retailers achieved from initiatives such as cross-channel inventory and order visibility," added Brian Kilcourse, managing partner at RSR Research and co-author of the report. "Forty percent of respondents report a 2-5% increase in eCommerce profitability, 45% report at least a 2% reduction in warehouse space requirements, 27% report a 5-10% improvement in fill rates. The list goes on and on."

RSR's new study, "Cross-channel Retailing for the Anytime, Anywhere Consumer" explores the specific opportunities for retailers catering to customer needs in a consistent way across all selling and product research channels. The report, with benchmark data captured from November 2008 through January 2009, provides a fresh but reinforcing look at how retailers can use technology to their best advantage, even in an economic downturn.

To obtain a complimentary copy of the report, click here (http://www.retailsystemsresearch.com/_document/summary/868) or:

http://www.retailsystemsresearch.com/_document/summary/868

About Retail Systems Research

Retail Systems Research ("RSR") is the only research company run by retailers for the retail industry. RSR provides insight into business and technology challenges facing the extended retail industry, and thought leadership and advice on navigating these challenges for specific companies and the industry at large. To learn more about RSR, visit http://www.retailsystemsresearch.com.

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Contact Information Paula Rosenblum

RSR Research

http://www.retailsystemsresearch.com

305-757-1357

Brian Kilcourse

RSR Research

http://www.retailsystemsresearch.com

925-939-4643

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PokerLoco Reaches a Record of More Than 600,000 Registered Poker Players

PokerLoco Reaches a Record of More Than 600,000 Registered Poker Players

During 2008 PokerLoco had a record growth of over 300,000 new registered players making the total number of players exceed 600,000. PokerLoco is currently growing with between 20-25,000 new players every month of which 65 % comes from South America.

St Julians, Malta (Pokerloco) February 25, 2009 -- During 2008 PokerLoco (http://www.pokerloco.com) had a record growth of over 300,000 new registered players making the total number of players exceed 600,000. PokerLoco is currently growing with between 20-25,000 new players every month of which 65 % comes from South America.

"It is very encouraging to see the inflow of new players from South America. With our newly launched payment solutions we feel very comfortable that we will be successful in converting the registered players into real money players, says Stefan Mahlstein," Chairman of Homerun Gaming Ventures Ltd.

PokerLoco (http://www.pokerloco.com) started its business in February 2006. Although the company initially focused on Scandinavia the South American markets have been growing quickly. PokerLoco is now actively looking for strategic partnerships in the region in order to fully take advantage of its present position.

"We quickly noticed a very high inflow of South American players and therefore we grabbed the opportunity to further develop these markets. Still being a fairly small player in the market we would benefit from partnering with a larger media or entertainment company in the region," Stefan Mahlstein continues.

PokerLoco Nordic S.A. offers online poker via the site PokerLoco (http://www.pokerloco.com). PokerLoco is a secure and entertaining option for anyone interested in playing online poker. PokerLoco Nordic S.A. is a subsidiary to the Swedish and British owned company Homerun Gaming Ventures Ltd.

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Contact Information STEFAN MAHLSTEIN

PokerLoco

http://www.pokerloco.com

+46736508710

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Strategic Designs for Learning White Paper Explores Shared Leadership Trends in Family-Owned Businesses

Strategic Designs for Learning White Paper Explores Shared Leadership Trends in Family-Owned Businesses

More family companies choosing shared management options.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- It is increasingly common to now see a shared leadership structure at the top of many organizations within private industry. This management and succession planning (http://www.strategicdesigns.net/solutions.html#frag04) trend is never more important—or more complex—than within a family-owned business.

While not broadly recognized, a large percentage of U.S. businesses are family-owned. As these businesses mature and grow larger, they become more complex. Owners often find themselves involving multiple family members who must work together in some capacity.

In an update to its popular white paper, “Shared Leadership In Family-Owned Businesses,” http://www.strategicdesigns.net/whitepapers_leadership2.html, Strategic Designs for Learning (SDL) explores the three fundamental forms of in-family business management—controlling owner business, sibling partnership and cousin consortium.

“Over the last decade the trend in family business is towards shared leadership, where businesses transition control of the company to the next generation via a leadership group model,” said Renée Montoya Lado, SDL president. “While in many companies team management has become increasingly the norm, desiring equality and creating an environment that supports shared decision-making are entirely different things.”

The trends in implementing team leadership include various structures—Office of the Chairman, Office of the President or an Executive Leadership Team. While all these deal with overall strategic direction and policy, there exists little available guidance on how to structure such groups. This can actually benefit companies, which are then free to build leadership teams to meet specific business needs and that best deal with the complexity often typical within family-owned businesses.

Some common considerations of family-owned business when creating a shared leadership team include the size of the company, the organization’s culture and values, the complexity of the business and the quality of relationships among family members.

Additional business concerns influencing family-owned businesses towards shared leadership include:

• the need to provide accountability against a new strategic plan;

• preparing for succession or retirement of key positions;

• increasing organizational focus and accelerating decision-making;

• managing organizational realignment (i.e. downsizing, restructuring or acquisition);

• realigning corporate focus on global brands and multinational implementations.

More information on shared leadership among family-owned businesses is detailed in “Shared Leadership In Family-Owned Businesses,” available free of charge at http://www.strategicdesigns.net/whitepapers_leadership2.html.

About SDL

Strategic Designs For Learning assists organizations in assessing, aligning and developing talent. Specific capabilities include leadership development (http://www.strategicdesigns.net/cases.html), executive coaching, team development, and succession - with particular expertise as family business consultants and coaches (http://www.strategicdesigns.net/leadership.html). SDL provides a unique integration of leadership assessment (http://www.strategicdesigns.net/solutions.html#frag02), organizational development, coaching expertise, and business knowledge to effectively bridge the gap between business strategy and organizational effectiveness. More information is available at www.strategicdesigns.net.

Media Contact:

Gail DeLano

Fisher Vista/HRmarketer

(831) 685-9700

gdelano(at)fishervista.com

Renée Montoya Lado

rlado(at)trategicdesigns.net

(303) 347-0103

This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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Strategic Designs for Learning (SDL)

http://www.strategicdesigns.net

303-347-0103

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Sweet Spot Marketing and Doodlekit Website Builder Announce Partnership Streamlining the Process from Web Site Design to Search Engine Marketing

Sweet Spot Marketing and Doodlekit Website Builder Announce Partnership Streamlining the Process from Web Site Design to Search Engine Marketing

Sweet Spot Marketing® and Doodlekit® enter into an Affiliation Agreement to provide customers with first in class Web Site Design and Search Engine Marketing Services.

Lenxa, KS (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- Sweet Spot Marketing® and Doodlekit® announced today they have agreed to enter into an Affiliation Agreement to provide customers with first in class Web Site Design and Search Engine Marketing Services.

This collaborative effort will benefit clients when they combine great web design and the accessibility of top notch search engine optimization (SEO) and pay per click (PPC) marketing. Streamlining the exchange between site development and online marketing benefits clients by bringing together all cross functional goals, as well as accelerating a client's web presence.

Companies can sign up at Doodlekit.com (http://doodlekit.com/home/prices) and opt in for the SEO and PPC expanded service offerings provided by Sweet Spot Marketing to drive online traffic to Doodlekit's clients' Web site. Sweet Spot Marketing is a certified Google Adwords Company, Yahoo! Ambassador, and MSN Ad Excellence Professionals.

"A primary component of our affiliate strategy is to work with companies that will enable us to broaden our reach to small and mid sized companies that can benefit from our Paid Search (PPC) and Search Engine Optimization services," said David Barnes, President of Sweet Spot Marketing® (http://www.sweetspot-marketing.com). "Doodlekit is a highly respected, rapidly growing company known for providing outstanding service to its customers across the United States. "We see this partnership as a step towards greater success both in Kansas City and the greater US market. Our mutually complementing capabilities and backgrounds will equip businesses with an affordable marketing plan built on a solid foundation."

Online advertising has seen phenomenal growth over the last 5 years passing news print and just recently radio for total marketing dollars spent per month. During this economic recession online marketing is more important as shoppers seek better bargains. In an October 2008 Harris Interactive poll, the average amount of hours spent online increased to 14 hours per week - double the average of October 2001.

About Sweet Spot Marketing®:

Sweet Spot Marketing® LLC is a Search Engine Advertising Agency that is focused on developing, implementing and optimizing Search Engine Marketing (http://www.sweetspot-marketing.com/seo.php) campaigns. Specializing in Search Engine Optimization and Paid Search Advertising, Sweet Spot Marketing® was formed in 2007 and is based in Lenexa, Kansas. A second office was opened in San Antonio, Texas in 2008. More information can be found at SweetSpot-Marketing.com

About Doodlekit®:

Doodlekit is an online free website builder (http://doodlekit.com/) that not only allows you to create your website online, but hosts it as well. Unlike other free website builders, Doodlekit was built with the user in mind first. Doodlekit's primary focus is to empower novice users to create professional websites that are eye-catching. Doodlekit helps you achieve the right look by providing multiple layouts, color themes, stock photos, image cropping tools, background image library, custom CSS overriding, and much more.

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Contact Information David Barnes

Sweet Spot Marketing

http://www.sweetspot-marketing.com

913-859-9886

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Bumrungrad International Hospital Won 1st Place as "Best Website for International Medical Travel"

Bumrungrad International Hospital Won 1st Place as "Best Website for International Medical Travel"

Bumrungrad International hospital - www.bumrungrad.com, won 1st Place as "Best Website for International Medical Travel" at the 2008 Consumer Health World Awards event in the US capitol. Bumrungrad.com is a hospital website serving international audiences, Thais, and expatriates. The Award organizers said the site "makes it easy for prospective patients to find the information they are interested in, provide an efficient way to make inquiries and request appointments, and provide information to help international medical travelers understand how to get care at Bumrungrad."

Bangkok, Thailand (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- Bumrungrad International (http://www.bumrungrad.com) won 1st Place as "Best Website for International Medical Travel" at the 2008 Consumer Health World Awards event in the US capitol.

Bumrungrad.com is a hospital website serving international audiences, Thais, and expatriates. The Award organizers said the site "makes it easy for prospective patients to find the information they are interested in, provide an efficient way to make inquiries and request appointments, and provide information to help international medical travelers understand how to get care at Bumrungrad."

JWT Connect, Bangkok, helped the hospital redesign its home page, focusing on audience segmentation and content architecture, earlier this year.

The award adds to a list of honors (http://www.bumrungrad.com/hospital-news.aspx) achieved by Bumrungrad in 2008, including "Thailand's Most Innovative Company" by Chulalongkorn University's School of Business; top medical tourism destination (Tourism Authority of Thailand); top Thai company for quality of products and services (Asian Wall Street Journal); and excellence in information technology (Assoc. of Medical Directors of Information Systems).

About Bumrungrad International

Bumrungrad International (http://www.bumrungrad.com), is Southeast Asia's premier private hospital and a regional referral center for advanced care, offering 554 beds, 30 specialty centers, 940 medical specialists and over 800 nurses. It is Asia's first JCI accredited hospital and serves more than one million patients yearly from 190 different countries.

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Contact Information Mr. Kaorop Wongprasert

Bumrungrad International Hospital

http://www.bumrungrad.com

+66-2-667-2212

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Microsoft Security Centre� Recognize DriveSentry the World's First Personal Firewall for Drives

Microsoft Security Centre® Recognize DriveSentry the World's First Personal Firewall for Drives

Next Generation antivirus protection from DriveSentry in Security Centre. Microsoft ® customers protected from the very latest virus threats. Known as Zero day threats, the threats are the preferred method of identity theft on the web. These threats are combated with significant ease by the technology used by DriveSentry known as whitelisting.

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- By including Next Generation antivirus protection from DriveSentry in Security Centre, Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/uk/security/default.mspx) ® customers are finally protected from the very latest virus threats. Known as Zero day threats, they are the preferred method of identity theft on the web. However even these are thwarted with significant ease by the technology known as whitelisting.

"It is vitally important that Microsoft ® consumers are protected from zero day attacks such as the latest variant of the Mdropper Trojan that was reported by Adam J. O'Donnell for ZDNet (http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2658) earlier today. This fresh zero day virus is now in the wild and causes a code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel ® 2007 SP1" said Alan Jones CEO, DriveSentry. He continued "while other security firms scramble to patch their security products, DriveSentry users are already protected, as we use the latest whitelisting technology"

DriveSentry addresses the issues regarding how restrictive whitelisting can be by combining it with multiple protection technologies. Unique to the security industry, DriveSentry offers whitelisting (for the latest protection), blacklisting and heuristics (to reduce interference) and finally live community feedback in one simple package.

As DriveSentry (http://www.drivesentry.com/AntiVirus-Firewall-features-for-computers-and-removable-media.html) incorporates whitelisting into it's antivirus application, it is possible to operate the software with a minimal overhead. This major feature means that DriveSentry is an ideal solution for Netbook computers and also means a common issue with antivirus solutions -high memory usage - is avoided.

The product is incredibly simple to setup and use and is specifically designed to protect the user with minimal fuss, what's more the antivirus protection is free to use!

For more in depth discussions about DriveSentry antivirus or to find out how some of our customers are benefiting from using our products please contact Mike Quinn Director of Product Marketing.

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Contact Information Mike Quinn

DriveSentry

http://www.drivesentry.com

+44 (0) 115 959 7997

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Jobs Trend: Elance Cites Surging Demand for MySQL Experts

Jobs Trend: Elance Cites Surging Demand for MySQL Experts

MySQL rises to 3rd most in-demand skill on leading site for online work

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) February 23, 2009 -- MySQL (http://www.elance.com/mysql_experts/208) experts are seeing accelerating demand for their services on Elance, a leading site for online work where businesses hire skilled professionals to get work done. With over 1,300 MySQL jobs (http://www.elance.com/php/search/main/eolsearch.php?matchType=project#matchKeywords=MySQL) posted in the last 30 days, MySQL is now the third most in-demand skill on Elance, moving up three spots since October.

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system with over 11 million installations worldwide. When Facebook first launched, it used MySQL to manage all its data - and still uses it today.

Combined with PHP, MySQL forms a "dream team LAMP stack" for Web designers and programmers. PHP adds functionality to websites that html alone cannot while MySQL provides fast storage and access of a variety of data. Together, these two open source software platforms work together to create some of the most dynamic pages on the Web.

Robin Schumacher, MySQL Director of Product Management, and Brian Aker, Principal Engineer at Sun Microsystems are not surprised by the MySQL growth trend.

"When you need a strong database management system - one that gives you the best TCO (total cost of ownership) - you choose MySQL," Schumacher said.

Aker agrees, stating, "The thing that MySQL brought to the table when it came out was the ease of use and the ease of installation. MySQL came out in an era where comparable products were really complex and required a lot of knowledge to be able to use and install. With MySQL the user is able to take the database, download it, install it, understand it, and then apply it to their application."

MySQL is an open-source application, which has been instrumental to MySQL's product development success. "When you look at other open source software such as Drupal and Ruby on Rails - they're all fairly easy to use - and that's also what makes MySQL so popular," said Aker.

Maurizio Gianola, Elance's Vice President of Engineering agrees. "When I was Vice President of Engineering at MySQL, I experienced first hand the power of communities of remote developers working together. I could hire and work with the most talented developers, regardless of location. In many ways, the success of MySQL's distributed force of developers inspired me to recognize the beauty of the Elance model that similarly leverages remote expertise."

What are the future plans for MySQL? "From a product standpoint - we focus on three things: reliability, performance and ease of use," Schumacher said. "When working on the product, we make sure that every thing we do enhances one of those three things," said Schumacher.

"The future for the Web market is in the new micro-kernel designed from MySQL called Drizzle," said Aker. "The Drizzle MySQL micro-kernel will be what will power the next generation of Web and cloud applications."

And in all likelihood thousands of new Elance projects.

To view current MySQL jobs available on Elance, visit http://tinyurl.com/MySQL-on-Elance.

About Elance

Elance is the world's leading site for online work where businesses connect with skilled professionals to get work done.

Elance provides a marketplace for professional services where businesses find the expertise they need, and an online workplace that facilitates the entire work process from hiring to collaboration to making payment.

With its vast network of rated and certified technology and creative experts, Elance helps businesses cost effectively get the people and skills they need, whenever then need them. Independent professionals use Elance to find jobs and clients, deliver great work and get paid for doing what they do best.

The company is privately held and headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information, visit Elance at http://www.elance.com.

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415-963-4174 +1

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Strategic Travel Advisory Firm Issues "Five Steps Travel Companies Should Take Now" to Survive the Recession

Strategic Travel Advisory Firm Issues "Five Steps Travel Companies Should Take Now" to Survive the Recession

Hudson Crossing delivers advice on preserving a travel business and positioning for success in the next expansion cycle

New York, NY (PRWEB) February 23, 2009 -- In a new guide, strategic advisory firm Hudson Crossing offers recommendations for travel companies on steps that will help to weather an economic environment marked by declining demand and limited access to capital. Issued today, the Company's "Five Steps Travel Companies Should Take Now" helps companies prepare for the expectedly lengthy recession with suggestions for planning, streamlining and thinking outside the box.

"Unlike recent economic downturns, this recession is rooted in bank failures and limited access to capital for businesses and consumers. At a time when travel enterprises have no access to cash and consumer consumption is dramatically declining, surviving will in and of itself be an accomplishment," said Michael W. McCormick, Managing Partner, Hudson Crossing.

Hudson Crossing's summary of recommendations for travel companies include:

- Secure 12 Months of Cash: Expect no white knight at the 11th hour and, when possible, capitalize on market conditions.

- Strengthen Your Brand: Think beyond the dollar.

- Streamline Operations: Cost cutting is not the only answer.

- Review All Supplier Agreements: New value-adds to explore?

- Test Your Core Value Proposition: Ask the tough questions and look for bridges to new opportunities.

"Tough times call for creative measures," added McCormick. "When a business is strapped for cash, evaluating activities to determine not only what can be done without, but also what new alternatives should be pursued, is the key to keeping an enterprise afloat."

To further help travel companies develop a new strategy to face the changed marketplace, Hudson Crossing is offering a business strategy audit. The "Reality Check" evaluates a company's 2009 business plan against the backdrop of the economic environment, examines brand strategy, streamlines operations and identifies ways to improve financial performance.

The full guide and details about Hudson Crossing's "Reality Check" offering can be accessed at Hudson Crossing (http://www.hudsoncrossing.com/solutions-advisory-services-reality-check.php).

About Hudson Crossing

Hudson Crossing is a strategic advisory firm devoted to helping business owners raise the financial performance of their travel, tourism and hospitality assets. With more than 20 years of experience working with industry leaders like American Express, Rosenbluth International, PepsiCo, Travelport, GE, Delta, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Hudson Crossing's team of professionals execute bold ideas to bridge the gap between plan and performance, helping companies achieve important growth metrics through business assessment, course correction and translating strategy into outcome. Visit Hudson Crossing (http://www.hudsoncrossing.com) online.

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Contact Information Lauren DuBois

Hudson Crossing

http://www.hudsoncrossing.com/

212-446-1865

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TeeBeeDee CEO, Robin Wolaner, Reveals the Truth About Eyelifts in More Magazine

TeeBeeDee CEO, Robin Wolaner, Reveals the Truth About Eyelifts in More Magazine

Robin Wolaner's five-part diary of her eyelift, originally published on TeeBeedee, a Boomer Social Network, is featured in the February issue of More Magazine.

San Francisco, Calif. (PRWEB) February 19, 2009 -- Robin Wolaner, CEO and founder of TeeBeeDee (www.tbd.com), a social network for adults 40+, candidly talks about her decision to have an eyelift -- with before, during and after photos -- in the February issue of More Magazine. Wolaner's eyelift story, originally published on TBD as a five-part diary, set off a series of honest discussions and debate about aging, beauty and cosmetic surgery on the site. And it caught the attention of an editor at More Magazine, who is a TBD member. (Click here for the original story: http://www.tbd.com/content/discussion/1242226)

Responses to the diary from TBD members were overwhelmingly positive:

"Thanks for the most candid approach to cosmetic surgery I have ever read. I sit in front of the mirror at the hairdresser's and pull the skin back to my ears and wonder how I would look without the pouches under my eyes. Your surgery snapshots, however, have added 10 years to any tentative timeline I might have had in my head about having any procedure done..."

"Thanks so much for sharing this very personal experience in such an eloquent and helpful way.

I've thought many times about the eyelift procedure and only budget prevents me. If the opportunity should present itself I will certainly consider all you've shared in this superb piece."

"I continue to be amazed and inspired by your ability to say so clearly what lots of people are feeling. There is so much misinformation out there about procedures like yours which makes these 5 pieces even more of a gift. I think it is also important for successful, powerful women to speak frankly about the desire to have such surgery. This is the only way we will weed out the cranks and the crackpot procedures."

Robin Wolaner updates her story, one year after her surgery, in this month's More Magazine. Asked if she regrets sharing her experience in such full color? She says, "The reaction from TBD members might have been overwhelmingly positive, but my teenage son thought I looked like a 'freak.' I just carry the magazine with me to business meetings to show that there is nothing I won't do to make TBD a success. I'm still waiting for Oprah to call."

TeeBeeDee is a leading destination for the Boomer generation, typically described as adults between 44 and 64 years old. Boomers represent over 77 million people in the U.S. and are one of the fastest growing segments online. Boomers are embracing social networks like TeeBeeDee in greater numbers because they can meet new friends and learn from people with similar life experiences. At TeeBeeDee, Boomers come together to share and discuss their passions across a wide variety of topics such as pets, cooking, travel, family, and genealogy. It is also the place where Boomers ask questions and receive advice on careers, finance, family, health, relationships, sex over 40, friendships, and much more.

About TeeBeeDee

TeeBeeDee is a social network for people 40+ who know that life is still To Be Determined. TeeBeeDee is the place where people who have lived a little meet to re-invigorate their lives with new friendships and make the most of life's "second half." TeeBeeDee's social networking platform includes groups, discussions, private messaging, Q&A, profiles, quizzes, polls, alerts, tags, photos, and original editorial content. At TeeBeeDee, Boomers come together to share and discuss their passions across a wide variety of interests such as pets, cooking, travel, family and genealogy. It is also the place where Boomers ask questions and receive advice on topics as varied as careers, finance, family, health, relationships, sex over 40, and much more. For more information visit http://www.tbd.com.

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Contact Information Lora Ma

TeeBeeDee

http://www.tbd.com

415-947-0670