Pixmeup Launches Pixel Micro Ads

 

Pixmeup Launches Pixel Micro Ads

Pixel micro ads take internet by storm. In just 2 weeks Pixmeup is the largest seller in micro ads with over 1.3 million in sales.

(PRWEB) December 23, 2005 -- The compensation plan for PixMeUp.com has been designed by experts with decades of experience in network marketing. This plan has two primary objectives. First, to make it easy for you to share with others. Second to get money in your hands as soon as possible. We believe that nothing drives a deal more than you sharing the excitement of making money, not accumulating business volume or points. We belive that You want to make MONEY.

This plan is simple. We have a 3x8 Matrix that pays you from level 3 through level 8. On level one there are only 3 business centers. People are place under you whether you refer them or not. Levels 2 through 8 have (in order); 9,27,81,243,729,2187,6561 business centers. Now here's the good news. Whether you refer the people who fill these levels or they come from other people in the company they are placed in your matrix.

Here are the details…

When you join PixMeUp.com and buy an ad for $25(US) you will receive two income generating Business Centers in our 3x8 Matrix. You receive a Gold Business Center and a Silver Business Center.

You can buy as many $25 blocks of ad space as you want and you will receive a Gold and Silver Business Center for each.

Your Gold Business Center is placed [top to bottom - left to right from the top of the structure down starting with the company in the order that people join. It doesn't matter who refers them or what country they are from, they just keep filling in. Every time a Business Center falls on your 3rd through 8th levels you will get paid.

Everyone's Silver Business Center is placed under your sponsors Silver Business Center. Every time sales take place on your 3rd through 8th levels you're making money.

Filling an entire matrix would make you $9,564.75. Once you have filled an entire Matrix you will be give a new Business Center. Remember you get TWO Business Centers for every $25 ad block, so it's possible to make $19,129.50 for every $25 spent on advertising.

There are never any sponsoring requirements to get paid, but of course you will make more if you do refer others.

Matching Bonus

20% Matching Bonus on all Personally Referred People. Example: You personally refer 10 people, in their first 60 days and they each make an average $1000.00. This will entitle you would get a matching bonus of $200 per person, making you $2000. In the same scenario if you referred 100 people you would make matching bonuses of $20,000.  

The Excitement of the Plan

Every time someone buys a $25 pixel block from PixMeUp.com they get 2 business centers. Each business center pays 6 people above where that business center is placed. So, for each $25 pixel block 12 people get paid because there are 2 business centers per $25 pixel block. In addition, the 12 sponsors of these business centers all get matching bonuses. That is 24 people getting paid on one $25 sale.

Now, imagine if someone buys 10-$25 pixels for a total of $250, over 100 people could get paid!

Contact
Mike Erskine
800-951-9271
www.pixmeup.com/pixel

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Press Contact: Mike Erskine
Company Name: pixmeup
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 800-951-9271
Website: www.pixmeup.com/pixel

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[Editor's comment: Please ask yourself what the real value is to you in buying these faddish pixel ads before throwing away your money. Don't get sucked in by greed. If this had any real value they would not have to offer money to get others to sell for them. Avoid! -(hris ]

 

Managed Email Marketing Programs Produce Results For WSI

 

WSI Managed Email Marketing Programs Produce Results

Email marketing is an effective tool for all businesses when used correctly; the WSI managed email marketing service solves the resource problem typically found with the do-it-yourself technology.

(PRWEB) December 22, 2005 -- WSI Internet Consulting & Education in Rochester Hills, MI has just announced that they will be offering a new managed email marketing service for small and medium sized businesses. The service includes a market analysis, collection of email addresses from current customers, custom HTML templates, and the research, writing, distribution, and tracking of all email messages. Used in conjunction with WSI’s other internet products and services, full internet marketing programs can be developed.

Email Marketing – It is more than what you think
Email marketing is successful when used correctly for just about any business. Yet many people write-off email marketing because they only think of the emails they receive from online retailers boasting of their latest sale with “free shipping.” The term should actually be used to describe targeted, traceable communications to potential and current customers, or individuals who can refer others to your business. All messages should be targeted with information that is relevant, informative, valuable, actionable, and timely and they should be traceable with information on who received the message, how many people opened the message, and what action they took as a result of the message.

The Resource Problem
There are many do-it-yourself email marketing programs available online, but ask anyone who has tried them and you will find there are many drawbacks. The most overwhelming of these drawbacks are usually realized quickly after signing up – Who in the organization is going to collect the current customer’s email addresses and put them into the system? Who is going to research, write, and manage the system? And how is a system going to be developed to start collecting future email addresses? When these questions remain unanswered, the system remains unused.

The Managed Solution
WSI has recognized this problem and developed a managed system that allows companies to reap the benefits of email marketing, without the typical resource problems. Leonard Magro, Internet Consultant with WSI, said “What we are finding is that our clients all have the need for email marketing, but very few have the resources to carry out an effective campaign. This is why we are offering managed email marketing services. We help our clients generate more business and they focus on meeting the increased demand.” Email marketing can be effective on its own, but used in combination with WSI’s other services, such as search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising, and website design, WSI can offer clients a full suite of services that help grow their businesses using the internet’s latest tools.

About WSI - Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, WSI is ranked the No.1 Internet services business in the world. With systems that have been developed, utilized and proven by over 1000 Internet Consultants in 87 countries worldwide, WSI delivers thousands of e-business solutions to small- and medium- sized businesses annually. The Rochester Hills, MI office is run by Leonard Magro. Leonard has a Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oakland University and an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

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Website: http://www.strategicwsinetsolutions.com

Mailing List Factory - The Future of Email Marketing has Arrived

 

Mailing List Factory - The Future of Email Marketing has Arrived

Mailing List Factory offers a unique way of doing business that is revolutionizing the marketing industry. New technologies now allow targeted marketing to virtually every interest group and marketing niche imaginable.

(PRWEB) December 21, 2005 -- We have all experienced the bane of the online world; SPAM. We have grown to hate receiving unsolicited e-mail and a whole industry has emerged that enables us to filter out and kill unwanted correspondence and junk mail.

The recent CAN-SPAM Act now makes it a criminal offence to send out unsolicited e-mails. However, e-mail marketing is alive and thriving and represents one of the most cost-effective ways to reach large numbers of people; providing that it is done so legally and with the recipient's permission.

As always, the most important task in marketing is consistently finding ready to buy customers as easily and as cost effectively as possible. A new Irish company has become a roaring success literally overnight; by offering the international marketing community a rage of exciting new services.

Internet marketers and marketing executives are now stampeding their way to the website of Mailing List Factory. This unique Irish company enables companies to reach millions of targeted potential customers, fast, legally and affordably.

Targeted opted-in mailing lists have always been the Holy Grail of the marketing community, and finding lists of high-quality can be a difficult and time-consuming chore. Mailing List Factory now offers a wide range of permission based e-mail delivery solutions, as well as targeted mailing lists.

This new company claims to be able to source leads from virtually every sector and industry imaginable. Both permission based e-mail leads and mailing lists are available at low cost, and in numerous useful formats.

Clients can rent or buy e-mail lists of millions of potential clients from almost every interest group; all who have consented to being contacted.

Mailing List Factory has as a particular speciality in creating large customized lists of opportunity seekers. These are all people who have recently requested information about business opportunities and getting started in online marketing. A number of lead packages for this particular category are available for outright purchase on their web site

One might wonder how Mailing List Factory can possibly do all this and still stay legal. Well, these lists are generated in a number of ways and through a large network of web sites. Those requesting information about opportunities in every case have filled out a form on a website and ticked a box or boxes signifying their interest.

Mike Pettigrew of Mailing List Factory explains “all the e-mail leads we offer are generated through our vast network of web sites. Visitors to these sites have specifically requested information about business opportunities and have requested to be contacted with this information. All our leads come complete with names, mailing addresses, IP addresses and the dates on which the leads requested information. With this data, our clients can prove to the recipient of each e-mail that they are responding to their information request. This is very powerful and allows our clients to reach large numbers of people; all who are interested in exactly what they have to offer.'

Pettigrew also explains that they can source leads from virtually every sector imaginable. They get a lot of clients looking for business leads targeted at executives in many different types of industry. These are usually companies wishing to deliver e-mail, direct mail and telemarketing campaigns.

Many clients are also seeking leads from a wide range of consumer interest groups. These include people who regularly buy CDs and DVDs, those interested in beauty & healthcare products, those who take part in online gaming and just about every other interest area you can imagine. Mike Pettigrew claims that, if it's out there, they can source it.

Okay, so Mailing List Factory can supply you with mailing lists and permission based e-mail leads, but what about delivery of e-mails? This is often a thorny area where many fear to tread.

Mailing List Factory says that they can deliver e-mails to millions of opt-in leads through their servers and track the delivery process in real-time from beginning to end. They offer customers a unique login, where they can view these vital statistics for themselves.

Mailing List Factory also offers clients bulk e-mail campaigns on a cost per click basis where the client only pays when an e-mail is opened or a link is clicked or the recipient visits the client's website.

Mailing List Factory is a subsidiary of The Corporate Services Group, an international outsourcing company, aimed at helping small businesses to grow rapidly.

The Corporate Services Group provides a vast array of services including telemarketing, web design, translations, virtual assistants and professional writers, to name but a few.

In this fast-paced world where it is becoming increasingly difficult to consistently find ready and willing to buy customers, Mailing List Factory offers a valuable service that is sure to help many companies grow rapidly and boost profits.

Mailing List Factory and it’s subsidiaries can be contacted as follows:

Address:
Mailing List Factory, Northumberland House, 44 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Telephone:
Tel: (US Tollfree) 800-930-1804
Tel: (New York) 212-812-7343
Tel: (Ireland) +353 1 6678818
Fax: (Ireland) +353 1 6961166
Mobile: (Ireland) +353 86 2078977

Group & Subsidiary Web Sites:

Mailing List Factory:
Mailing Lists, Lead Generation and Email Marketing
www.mailinglistfactory.com

The Corporate Services Group:
Telemarketing, Web Design, Virtual Assistance, Creative Writers
www.corporate-services-group.net

Corporate Design Web:
Logos and Web Site Design & Development
www.corporate-design-web.com

Corporate Translation Services:
Translations of Business and Technical Documents and Web Sites
www.corporate-translation-services.com

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Press Contact: Mike Pettigrew
Company Name: THE CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP
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Phone: +353 86 2078977
Website: www.mailinglistfactory.com

Business.com Directory Traffic: Small Business How-To and Commercial Real Estate Top Professionals' Search Lists

 

Latest Top Business.com Directory Traffic; Small Business How-To and Commercial Real Estate Top Professionals’ Search Lists

Business.com, the leading search engine designed and organized for business, today announced the top directory traffic on its network, which highlights the business-to-business topics most important professionals.

Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) December 22, 2005 -- Business.com, the leading search engine designed and organized for business, today announced the top directory traffic on its network.* The list highlights the business-to-business topics most important to the Company’s audience of more than 30 million professionals:

Starting A Small Business
Commercial Real Estate
Commercial Building Materials
Display Cases and Racks
Human Resources Management
Lead Generation
Currency Converters
Promotional Products
Virus Protection Software
Office Furniture

While general search engines offer broad results cluttered with consumer content, Business.com’s proprietary directory of more than 65,000 key industry terms deliver the most relevant results strictly related to products and services critical to the B2B sector. Business.com reaches a concentrated audience of people who hold decision-making power within their company.

The Company releases the top directory traffic to provide the market with a glimpse into industry-wide trends and unique needs of the small business market.

*Traffic for November, 2005.

About Business.com

Business.com is the leading search engine designed and organized strictly for business. It provides professionals easy access to business products, services, companies, news and other business information to help them get their jobs done more efficiently.

Business.com was founded in 1999 by eCompanies. With more than five years of growth and momentum, Business.com continues to attract leading strategic investors including Institutional Venture Partners, Evercore Partners, Reed Business Information, and McGraw Hill. Still privately-held, Business.com added Benchmark Capital as a preferred stockholder in 2004.

Today, Business.com serves the needs of more than 3 million business searchers each month across a wide array of industries and job functions. Business.com reaches another 32 million through its distribution network which includes partners such as Forbes.com, Businessweek.com, Inc.com, FastCompany, and Internet.com.

With a proprietary taxonomy and classification system consisting of over 65,000 business categories, the company is a leader in the next generation of search. By categorizing business results in an intuitive order and filtering out unrelated consumer content, Business.com is able to anticipate the needs of professionals and allows them to easily locate relevant business information. For more information, please visit www.business.com.

Media Contact:
Sara Myers
Tel: 310.586.4194

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ASP SEO Tool For All-in-One Search Engine Optimization From ClickSplash.com

 

All-in-One Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tool: ClickSplash.com

Info Cubic LLC has announced the release of a revolutionary new all-in-one Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tool called ClickSplash.com. ClickSplash is an ASP (application service provider) system that allows users to automatically optimize their own websites in an effort to improve their ranking on the major search engines.

(PRWEB) December 19, 2005 -- Info Cubic LLC, a worldwide leading SEM (Search Engine Marketing) consulting company, has announced the January 2006 release of a revolutionary new all-in-one Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tool called ClickSplash.com. ClickSplash’s one-of-a-kind product is an ASP (application service provider) system that allows users to automatically optimize their own websites in an effort to improve their ranking on the major search engines. By improving their website’s ranking in the major search engines, ClickSplash users can help increase their site’s traffic.

Search Engine Optimization is one of the hottest markets in website promotion. ClickSplash’s innovative product aims to help web beginners and business owners to take on traditional SEO companies. Traditional SEO services typically cost several thousand dollars and can take weeks to be completed. ClickSplash provides its SEO services at a much lower cost to users (starting at $59 per month) and allows users to analyze and optimize their existing websites in less than 15 minutes. Furthermore, ClickSplash provides Keyword Effectiveness Index (KEI) analysis tools, search engine ranking reports and several other tools to help users analyze and track their websites’ optimization. These additional services are provided free of charge as part of the ClickSplash service. ClickSplash is touted as the first true “do-it-yourself” service of its kind to provide an all-in-one SEO website marketing tool. The difference between ClickSplash and traditional SEO do-it-yourself services is that the ClickSplash system not only teaches users how to optimize their website but also analyzes and automatically optimizes the user’s existing website. The user can then upload their newly optimized website and then track it’s ascension in the major search engine rankings.

ClickSplash has several different target markets. The primary target market is individual users or small business owners who are looking to improve their website ranking in a cost-effective and efficient manner. ClickSplash does not require any prior knowledge of SEO, nor any particular website expertise. Another target market is the SEO companies themselves. Traditional Search Engine Optimization is a timely and labor-intensive process. By utilizing ClickSplash’s system, SEO companies can provide their same services with less manpower and costs involved. What used to take weeks to accomplish could be done in less than 15 minutes for much less cost.

About Info Cubic

Info Cubic is a nationwide Website Marketing company that has been on the leading edge of Search Engine Marketing since its inception in 2000. Info Cubic is a global company with office locations in the US, China and Japan. Info Cubic provides its website marketing expertise to over 250 companies worldwide. Visit www.clicksplash.com for additional information.

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Company Name: INFO CUBIC
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Website: www.clicksplash.com

PureThink Offers College Newspapers New Tool to Bolster Ad Revenue

 

PureThink Offers College Newspapers New Tool to Bolster Ad Revenue

Free classified ad portal, StudentTrader.com, seeks to help student newspapers recoup lost advertising revenue.

HERNDON, Va. (PRWEB) December 15, 2005 -- In an effort to help college newspapers boost shrinking ad revenue, PureThink today unveiled its plan to partner student newspapers with its free classified ad portal, StudentTrader.com.

Through this partnership plan, college newspapers would offer local advertisers the ability to buy local, non-intrusive ad space on StudentTrader.com, a free cyber marketplace for college students. StudentTrader.com provides a forum for college students to buy, sell and barter books and other items with students on their campus, and also allows advertisers to reach one of the most sought-after demographics.

Partnering college newspapers can use StudentTrader.com as another revenue source, keeping a percentage of the proceeds from the online advertisements and paid job postings for their specific school, offsetting the revenue lost to free ad portals.

In addition, PureThink would provide college newspapers with essential tools to translate their print ads to an online version for posting on the newspaper’s web site. In return, partnering college newspapers would provide marketing and advertising assistance to StudentTrader.com by promoting the portal’s free services, building usage at the specific school and generating more revenue that can be shared with the newspaper.

The mounting success of free classified ad portals such as Craigslist, Yahoo Classifieds and Google Base is taking a toll on newspapers large and small. Student newspapers, in particular, rely on classified ad sales to help cover operating expenses, and are taking a hit as the trend towards cyber shopping via these free ad portals continues.

“Unfortunately, college newspapers are losing classified ad revenue as the trend is gearing towards free classified ads and they typically do not have the Internet presence to implement an advertisement-based revenue model like that being used by Google and Yahoo,” said John Mark Suhy, PureThink Vice President of Technology. “They’re feeling the pinch as consumers move on-line for a large percentage of their buying, selling and trading needs. That’s where StudentTrader.com can help.”

About StudentTrader.com
First made available in 2000, StudentTrader.com is a free online resource for college students to buy, sell and trade books and other items with students on their campus and nationwide. A new version of StudentTrader.com is expected to be released in February and will offer a new barter system. To learn more go to www.studenttrader.com.

About PureThink
Based in Herndon, Va., PureThink is an innovative software company providing cutting-edge solutions for businesses small and large. These solutions and service offerings include building corporate Intranet sites, providing custom Web applications, modifying existing systems and constructing new technology infrastructures. To learn more go to www.purethink.com.

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Press Contact: John Mark Suhy
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Website: http://www.studenttrader.com

Online Advertisers Embrace Software Solution to Combat Click Fraud

 

Online Advertisers Embrace Software Solution to Combat Click Fraud

Online retailers and other Internet-based companies that use PPC advertising are increasingly concerned about “click fraud,” a phenomena that occurs when a company repeatedly clicks on a competitor’s ads to drive up advertising costs, or when an affiliate repeatedly clicks ads on its own site to increase its commission. Complaining that PPC advertising venues such as Google do little to combat click fraud, Internet advertisers are embracing ClickFraud247.com, a software solution that identifies potential click fraud and provides advertisers with reports alerting them to suspicious activity.

Clearwater, FL (PRWEB) December 14, 2005 –- Cyber Monday, the Monday following Thanksgiving, marked the peak of the online holiday shopping season, and research firm ComScore Networks projects online consumer spending for the holiday season will reach $19 billion, a 24 percent increase from last year. Despite record sales, online retailers can’t help but notice that their bottom lines may be seriously impacted by runaway price-per-click (PPC) advertising costs.

Online retailers and other Internet-based companies that use PPC advertising are increasingly concerned about “click fraud,” a phenomena that occurs when a company repeatedly clicks on a competitor’s ads to drive up advertising costs, or when an affiliate repeatedly clicks ads on its own site to increase its commission. Complaining that PPC advertising venues such as Google do little to combat click fraud, Internet advertisers are embracing ClickFraud247.com, a software solution that identifies potential click fraud and provides advertisers with reports alerting them to suspicious activity.

Ashley Woodyatt, a 26-year-old British entrepreneur, developed ClickFraud247.com after seeing his PPC advertising costs skyrocket. “Click fraud is a very serious problem,” says Woodyatt. “Once I implemented ClickFraud247, I was able to pinpoint and stop repeat clickers. As a result, my PPC advertising costs dropped by 20 percent.”

ClickFraud247.com analyzes every click on a client’s PPC advertising, and provides clients with reports detailing the date and time of each click, as well as the IP address of the clicker and the site where the advertisement appeared. It also provides visitor alerts, so that if the same IP address clicks on an ad several times, a pop-up window will appear on the user’s screen that recommends the user bookmark that site.

Londoner Carol Brown attests to the effectiveness of ClickFraud247.com. “At first I was very skeptical about click fraud, but the software has reduced my monthly advertising costs by 20 percent,” she says. “It’s well worth paying the monthly subscription.”

ClickFraud247.com offers their software for a flat $30 monthly fee for up to 3,000 clicks, or for volume users, a flat one-cent per click rate. “ClickFraud247.com is designed to save companies money and improve their profit margins,” says Woodyatt. “We provide a low cost solution that saves PPC advertisers a fortune.”

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Press Contact: Nina Ruley
Company Name: IN TOUCH MEDIA GROUP, INC
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 727-465-0925
Website: www.ClickFraud247.com

Pricefish.com Comparison Shopping Website Campaign Increases Traffic Rank by Over 3,300 Percent

 

Pricefish.com Comparison Shopping Website Reports Branding Campaign Increases Traffic Rank by Over 3,300 Percent

Advertising and promotion efforts include a New York focused radio campaign, a “Holiday Haul” sweepstakes during December and online advertising, all designed to drive web site traffic and build brand awareness for Pricefish.com.

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 13, 2005 -- Pricefish, Inc. creator of Pricefish.com, an innovative online comparison shopping and information delivery tool, reports today that its daily traffic rank, as measured by Alexa.com, has increased by over 3,300% from levels three month ago. Three-month Alexa.com measurements or Pricefish.com show that Reach is up by over 1,800% and Page Views are up by over 150%.

Pricefish has been working to enhance their comparison-shopping website and build brand awareness in preparation for the Holiday shopping season. The current campaign includes radio advertising on Infinity Broadcasting station, 1010 WINS-AM Radio in New York, a “30 / 30 Holiday Haul Sweepstakes,” and online banner advertising. The overall theme of the radio campaign is “Before you shop online, Pricefish It First at Pricefish.com,” which will be reinforced by four different radio spots airing throughout the month of December.

“We are very pleased with the response of our current marketing and branding efforts. In a very short timeframe we have been able to achieve increased visitor traffic and page views. Our Alexa.com traffic rank, reach and page views continue to show dramatic growth over the previous measurement period. Pricefish.com has also been successful in attracting a number of new merchants, said Mark Dresner, President of Pricefish.

Millennium Communications, Inc. is responsible for creating and coordinating the Pricefish.com radio campaign, sweepstakes and online advertising. "Millennium is uniquely qualified to help Pricefish.com position itself in this exploding marketplace,” said Millennium’s president Patrick Macri. “Pricefish.com embraces the online world as a key component of their tactical marketing strategy. Millennium continuously works with Pricefish to maximize both consumer and merchant acquisition and retention while keeping a keen eye on return on investment.”

“This is just the beginning for Pricefish.com,” declared Mark Dresner. “We believe that one day people won’t shop, instead, they will Pricefish!”

About Pricefish, Inc.

Pricefish, Inc is the creator of Pricefish.com, an innovative online comparison-shopping and information delivery tool, which assists online shoppers to easily find, compare and purchase items from a variety of online merchants. Shoppers can search for items in a number of categories including: Photography, Electronics, Apparel, Jewelry, Home and Garden, Computers, Movies, Toys, Tools, Appliances, Luggage, Furniture and much more.

Pricefish.com streamlines the process of comparing product features and finding the best overall price, for millions of products in a number of different categories, from customer-rated merchants. In addition, Pricefish.com incorporates unique multi-media features and other useful content all designed to achieve the ultimate shopping experience – for both consumers and merchants. For more information about Pricefish, Inc. please visit: www.pricefish.com

About Millennium Communications Inc.

Founded in 1993, Millennium Communications Inc. is an Integrated Communications company specializing in Marketing, Advertising, Promotional Marketing, Interactive Technology and Managed Hosting.

Millennium clients include American Greetings, America Online, Boboli, Kraft Foods and Thomas’. The company has also won numerous Industry awards in recognition of its work. For more information about Millennium Communication please visit www.millenniumweb.com

Contact: Pricefish, Inc. Investor and Media Relations Department - Telephone: (646) 330-4972 - Fax: (480) 275-3645

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Website: http://www.pricefish.com/

Businesses use Weblogs to Communicate with Customers

 

Businesses use Weblogs to Communicate with Customers

Businesses across the country are replacing traditional marketing devices with another, much more powerful marketing tool: the weblog. Shawn Weeks, a marketing consultant from Columbia, South Carolina, explains how weblogs are highly beneficial marketing strategies for any company – large or small.

Columbia, SC (PRWEB) December 13, 2005 – Many businesses are using their websites, accompanied with a weblog, to satisfy old customers and entice new ones.

Weblog is a buzzword that has gained incredible popularity lately, particularly in the media; it’s simply an online journal or diary. While weblogs began with such a simple, wholesome purpose of allowing individuals to keep in touch with friends and family, blogs (short for weblog) are now turning into an additional means of advertising for many savvy companies.

The advantages of weblogs to businesses, both large and small, are abundant. Large corporations, such as FedEx, Mitsubishi, and Starbucks are using blogs to appear less like colossal, faceless entities and more like trusted mom-and-pop shops. For example, visitors who frequent the weblog managed by Google can find stories and pictures of Google employees at baseball games, marathons, and other leisurely events.

One key concept behind the Google weblog, as well as other corporate blogs, is widely prevalent in the television shopping industry. Sales representatives on television shopping networks appeal to potential customers by creating a sense of friendship and trust. The sales reps accomplish this by referring to his or her family members, friends, and daily lives while selling a product. The consumer feels safe, secure, and happy – knowing that by making a purchase, they are fulfilling their own need and buying from a friend.

Small businesses, on the other hand, use weblogs to become even more accommodating to their normally small, loyal customer base. They are using blogs to keep frequent shoppers aware of any new product arrivals, while announcing specials and sales to keep existing customers happy and to attract new ones.

About Shawn Weeks
Shawn Weeks is a marketing consultant from Columbia, South Carolina who provides creative marketing solutions for small businesses. He can be reached at (843)303-4836 or through his website at www.shawnweeks.com.

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Adsignal Launches Exclusive Interactive Radio Ad Solution

 

Adsignal Launches Exclusive Interactive Radio Ad Solution

Adsignal, a leading interactive advertising agency has just launched “iRadiomedia”, a new interactive radio ad solution which has been set up to offer a cross media platform to perfectly match advertisers’ needs.

(PRWEB) December 9, 2005 -- Adsignal, a leading interactive advertising agency has just launched “iRadiomedia”, a new interactive radio ad solution which has been set up to offer a cross media platform to perfectly match advertisers’ needs.

Millions of People listen to Internet radio every day. They are listening at home when sitting at their computers, they are listening while using their mobile phones or via digital satellite stream. They are listening in their cars whilst traveling, or in their hotel rooms all around the globe. The interactivity of internet or mobile radio streams enables the listeners to instantly react to an advertising message, get more information about the products and directly make a purchase online. This is where iRadiomedia gets into action.

iRadiomedia is redefining radio advertising!
Discard the traditional idea and perception of radio. With iRadiomedia advertisers will have a highly flexible solution in their hands which enables 24 hour contact with listeners all around the world and precise targeting, for example by genre, country, media and time of day just to mention a few. Interactive ads served by iRadiomedia will perfectly match the user’s skills and interests. All this is possible by offering multiple advertising channels in just one ad-solution:

- multimedia internet streams
- interactive radio advertising
- mobile radio advertising

iRadiomedia is a media brand launched by Adsignal, an established and reputable advertising agency with a vast experience in the interactive advertising sector. iRadiomedia is a unique, cross-media advertising provider, representing the best that online radio has to offer. Please take the opportunity to browse through our website www.iradiomedia.com to learn more about the fantastic iRadioMedia advertising opportunities.

For further information please contact:

iRadioMedia
Interactive radio advertising

Frank Hugger    
Rua Castilho, 4, Sala 17,
PR & Sales Director    
1250-066 Lisbon
Portugal
    
www.iradiomedia.com    

>From US, Canada:
Telephone: +1 347 427 9335

>From Europe, LATAM, Asia:
Telephone: +351 213 595 071

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Website: www.iradiomedia.com

Local Search Platform Provider Launches RegisterLocal, a Master Profiling Service for Businesses

 

Leading Local Search Platform Provider Launches RegisterLocal, a Master Profiling Service for Businesses

RegisterLocal provides a simple and cost-effective method for small businesses to create and maintain their own up-to-date business profiles which are distributed across key Internet destinations (including Google, Yahoo, Superpages, Switchboard and many more), from one single, simple online interface.

CHICAGO (PRWEB) December 4, 2005 -- LocalLaunch, Inc., a leading local search platform and fulfillment provider, has released RegisterLocal™ – a powerful new product to create, publish and distribute structured information for local businesses. Through the creation of a Master Business Profile™, RegisterLocal enables a business to easily create and maintain current and detailed information across Internet Yellow Pages (IYPs), Data Aggregators, Local Search Engines, Internet Directories, and Mobile Devices.

With an increasing number of local search providers seeking information from businesses to fuel their search utilities, RegisterLocal aims to ensure that a business can easily, and in a cost-effective manner, enter business information including description, logo, products and services, brands, hours of operation, service area, contact information and more. By creating a Master Business Profile, RegisterLocal provides the Internet’s first single environment to create, publish, distribute and update this important business information.

Until now, it has been very difficult for a business owner to take full advantage of a growing number of local online listing resources. The dizzying number of available platforms, sites, and directories, combined with disparate listing requirements, has discouraged local business owners from utilizing these important marketing resources. Many small businesses often have out-of-date information or even no information at all, on the Internet. RegisterLocal is a cost-effective method of helping these businesses develop a strong Internet presence and distribute its business information across the Internet.

"We are pleased to provide a product that enables local businesses to take advantage of local search marketing at an affordable price” said LocalLaunch president Justin Sanger. “The accurate and comprehensive dissemination of local business information is the most important low-cost marketing strategy that a small- or medium-sized business can employ on the Internet."

Already, RegisterLocal, in a private-labeled form, is a centerpiece interactive marketing product that powers several of the world's leading Yellow Page publishers and Newspaper organizations.

RegisterLocal is expected to have a significant impact upon the local search marketplace. As Sanger puts it, “It's a business's foundation on the Internet.”

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Press Contact: Noah Weiner
Company Name: LOCALLAUNCH!COM
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 800-617-8263
Website: http://www.registerlocal.com

World's First Toll-Free to Direct Mail Postcard Marketing Service

 

World's First Toll-Free to Direct Mail Postcard Marketing Service ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
eprintwerx launches a turn-key solution for businesses, enabling automated full color direct mail custom postcard campaigns to be sent to inbound callers to a ... 

 

Your gun is in the mail
Ottawa Sun - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
... More than 60% of the country's international mail is sorted at the Gateway mail processing centre, just west of Toronto, where it is also screened by customs ...  

 

Fraternities protest Postal Service's forwarding policy
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
... postal official said Friday. Postal rules prohibit the forwarding of mail from a business to individuals. And so, when fraternity ...  

 

US Man's Porn Sales Helping Fight AIDS Overseas
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
... million. He eventually pleaded guilty to one charge, a technicality for violating Alabama postal regulations, and paid a $250,000 fine. ...

Turning ads into sales: Context is king
WTN News - Madison,WI,USA
... Direct mail - When it comes to personalization, direct mail can be almost as effective as the Internet. A good direct mail campaign requires a good list. ... 

Building permits needed for demolition, renovations and repairs
Picayune Item - Picayune,MS,USA
... his office is facing is that people aren't posting their street address where it can be seen from the road as required by ordinance and postal regulations. ...  

PrintDepartment.com Helps Watson Realty Cut Costs, Add Powerful ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... By simply clicking the "Send" button, the print job is received by PrintDepartment.com, which handles all the printing, bundling and mail processing for each ... 
 

Teleseminar Offers Research Findings to Improve Email Marketing

 

Teleseminar Offers Research Findings to Improve Email Marketing; Silverpop partners with MarketingSherpa

Just in time to boost email marketing results in the coming year, Silverpop presents a teleseminar reviewing key findings from MarketingSherpa’s newly released “Email Marketing Benchmark Guide 2006.” Silverpop’s “Email Metrics: Top Trends for 2006” is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 13 from 2 to 3 p.m. EST.

Atlanta, (PRWEB) Dec. 5, 2005 – Just in time to boost email marketing results in the coming year, Silverpop presents a teleseminar reviewing key findings from MarketingSherpa’s newly released “Email Marketing Benchmark Guide 2006.”

Silverpop’s “Email Metrics: Top Trends for 2006” is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 13 from 2 to 3 p.m. EST. To register for this free teleseminar, visit http://www.silverpop.com/teleseminar/marketingsherpa/index.html.

The session will provide data on the types of email testing tactics that work best, results from email eye-tracking maps, and advice on increasing list growth along with other findings. Presenters include MarketingSherpa’s President Anne Holland and Research Director Stefan Tornquist, as well as Silverpop CEO Bill Nussey.

“I was impressed with the wealth of information in this year’s Benchmark Guide from MarketingSherpa,” Nussey said. “While marketers surveyed for the report say email generates ‘great results,’ it’s clear that many seek new ways to improve results.”

For example, three-quarters of email marketers say growing their opt-in lists is a top priority. Yet research conducted by Silverpop earlier this year and included in the Benchmark Guide found that only half of Web sites evaluated prominently positioned the invitation to register for emails. While 59 percent of companies used information about sales and promotions as an incentive to obtain opt-ins, 73 percent of consumers said they would be more encouraged to register if the company explained how recipients could control what they received and when.

“Consumers continue to demand control over how and when they will accept marketing messages,” Nussey said. “More than eight out of 10 consumers want control over the types and frequency of email they receive, and more than 6 out of 10 said they’d have more trust and confidence in merchants who offered such control.”

When asked what works best for gathering names to a company’s opt-in list, marketers reported that a check box on registration or order forms works best, followed by offering free trials or downloads. Co-registration and email appends to offline addresses were ranked as methods that either didn’t work or weren’t worth the effort.

Other findings from MarketingSherpa’s report include how marketers with high click rates manage email, the return on investment of various email tactics, list building techniques and much more.

About Silverpop
Silverpop is a leading provider of permission-based email marketing solutions, strategy and services, with offices throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom. For the second year in a row, in 2005 JupiterResearch ranked Silverpop as the email service provider with the highest overall value for emailers with lists of more than 150,000 recipients.

About MarketingSherpa
MarketingSherpa, Inc. is a research firm publishing case studies, benchmark data, and how-to information for marketing, advertising, and public relations professionals.

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Press Contact: Kay Cavender
Company Name: SILVERPOP
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 678-247-0544
Website: www.silverpop.com

New Securities Fraud Hotline Blog

 

New Securities Fraud Hotline Blog

Eppenstein and Eppenstein announces the creation of the new Securities Fraud Hotline Blog, providing information and insights on current business news that is relevant and of interest to the business community and investing public.

New York, New York (PRWEB) December 3, 2005 -- Eppenstein and Eppenstein, the New York-based law firm of national and international securities fraud and commercial litigation attorneys who have recovered approximately $50 million for their clients in the past five years, has a new blog at http://www.securitiesfraudhotline.com.

The purpose of the blog is to provide information and insights on current business news that is both relevant and of interest to the business community and the investing public. Senior partner Theodore Eppenstein, who argued on behalf of investors before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark Shearson/American Express, Inc. v. McMahon case, assists investors, employees and businesses with valid claims to recover their losses in court or arbitration.

Mr. Eppenstein’s expanded list of common broker and brokerage firm abuses includes over twenty practices which can be accessed easily through the internet portal to the firm’s website, http://www.securitieslawarbitration.com, or directly on the firm’s main website at http://www.eppensteinlaw.com. Each one of these potential claims is fact-specific and can differ according to jurisdiction.

According to Mr. Eppenstein, the five most common investor claims of broker misconduct are: breach of fiduciary duty; recommending unsuitable investments; fraudulent misrepresentation or omission to state material facts; breach of contract; and churning or excessive trading.

Five Most Common Claims Against Brokers

Unless a broker is merely an order taker, he may be acting as a fiduciary of the investor. Granting discretion to the broker is an excellent example of the broker being given special ability to trade a customer’s account without seeking approval first. Many cases have been filed against brokers who abused this relationship by placing their personal benefit above the interests of their client.

Unsuitable investments are those recommended by the brokerage firm to the customer that do not match up with the customer’s investment objectives or risk tolerance. The losses resulting from speculative investments with high risk to an individual’s retirement account, if it was opened to preserve capital with limited risk, can easily fall into this category.

Fraudulent misrepresentations can consist of knowingly false communications given by the broker to the customer, or the failure to give adequate notice about the risks or nature of investments which the consumer relied on and resulted in investment losses.

Typically when investment accounts are opened, contracts are executed which govern the dealings between the brokerage firm and the customer. When the provisions of these contracts are violated and cause investment losses, claims for those losses are often asserted.

Excessive trading or “churning” can occur when brokers trade more to earn their commissions than to make profits for their customers. The trading patterns of brokers who make recommendations for heavy trading should be investigated for possible claims.

Tips to Investors to Prevent Abuse and Recover Losses

Recent Securities Fraud Hotline Blog postings by the Eppenstein firm are instructive on how to avoid becoming the victim of securities fraud, commodities fraud and other investment abuses. The “Top 5 Investor Tips You Must Know to Protect Yourself from Deceptive Brokers” is a brief but clear-cut set of guidelines for investigating your investment advisor, establishing a personal relationship with your advisor and the branch manager instead of using an anonymous call center, knowing your investments, avoiding the practice of giving full discretion to a stock broker and writing down and confirming your investment objectives and risk tolerance to your broker and his supervisor.

The Securities Fraud Hotline Blog posting “What to Do If You Suspect Securities Fraud” gives a simple 3-step plan of action you can follow to try to recover your investment losses: gather your investment records; set up a client meeting with an attorney experienced in investor rights and protections to discuss the facts of your case; and get on the fast track to file your case, since there are various statutes of limitations that may apply to actions and eligibility rules at the SRO (self-regulatory organization) forums that normally adjudicate such claims, such as the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

For additional information about the new Securities Fraud Hotline Blog and to read our postings, contact Theodore G. Eppenstein, or visit the firm’s Blog at http://www.securitiesfraudhotline.com.

About Eppenstein and Eppenstein:

Eppenstein and Eppenstein, in business over 25 years, is a respected New York-based litigation firm with a domestic and global practice, widely known nationally and in the international community for protecting the rights of defrauded investors and businesses, as well as for obtaining significant arbitration awards for their clients. The attorneys at Eppenstein and Eppenstein--securities, commodities and commercial litigation lawyers--have extensive experience representing investors in actions against securities and commodities brokers and their broker dealer firms and representing individuals and businesses in commercial litigation. They have successfully recovered millions of dollars in assets for investors, including a record-setting $46 million USD recovery in 2002 against Refco Inc. The portal to the firm’s newly updated website, http://www.securitieslawarbitration.com, is an introduction to the firm’s history of successful representation of investors and businesses.

Theodore G. Eppenstein, the firm’s senior partner and a practicing securities fraud and commercial litigation attorney, is frequently called upon to author articles and speak at conferences on investor rights and securities fraud and commodities fraud litigation and arbitration, including appearing as a primary speaker in symposia at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange in 2000 and at the Cairo-Alexandria Stock Exchange in 2003. He is a two-term member of SICA, the Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration, an advisory group to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and has testified in Congress twice to try to level the playing field in arbitration for aggrieved investors. Mr. Eppenstein has been quoted frequently in the major media, including the major financial magazines and newspapers, and has made numerous network and cable television appearances promoting the interests of public investors.

Contact:
Theodore G. Eppenstein
Eppenstein and Eppenstein
767 Third Avenue, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
212-679-6000
Website: http://www.securitieslawarbitration.com/

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Press Contact: Madelaine Eppenstein
Company Name: EPPENSTEIN AND EPPENSTEIN
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 212-679-6000
Website: http://www.securitieslawarbitration.com

Freedom of Speech - The DOUGLAS Art Prints News News Legal Defense Fund

 

Freedom of Speech - The DAP News Legal Defense Fund

DOUGLAS Art Prints® News is the Plaintiff in a SLAPP lawsuit to silence free speech by International Galleries, Inc.(IGI) for reporting on IGI being a pyramid scheme. Facing bankruptcy because of the legal expenses to defend against this suit a fund has been set up to prevent IGI from winning by financial default.

(PRWEB) December 2, 2005 -- DOUGLAS Art Prints® News is the subject of a SLAPP lawsuit filed in Federal Court by International Galleries, Inc. for reports on this blog about the company being a pyramid scheme. (A SLAPP Suit is a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. A lawsuit in which a corporation or developer sues an organization in an attempt to scare it into dropping protests against a corporate initiative.) Actually the corporation DOUGLAS Photography, Inc. and Douglas Konkol personally are being sued. (U.S. District Court. Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division Case No. 05 CV 2299) It is not just Konkol’s opinion but the opinion of many, including one or more top flight attorney's with expertise on pyramid schemes and other pyramid scheme experts that International Galleries, Inc. is a pyramid scheme.

“You can find that on DOUGLAS Art Prints® News that I have found not only documents and expert opinion supporting this but I have also found that on May 5, 2003 one Stanley Leitner formed the IGI corporation and was the sole director of the corporation. On April 14, 2004 Mr. Leitner also formed and was sole director of the Megafund Corporation. Mr. Leitner was the Director of Megafund and International Galleries, Inc. until July 11, 2005 when he was replaced as director. Seven days prior, on July 1, 2005, Stanley Leitner and Megafund were formally charged by the SEC for operating a $13.8 million dollar investment fraud. There are State of Texas documents that prove more than one of the Megafund Officers were also and are still officers of International Galleries, Inc. In fact Megafund Officer Robert Fridd was named Co-Director of International Galleries, Inc. to replace Stanley Leitner. In fact SEC documents should prove that Stanley Leitner ran Megafund from the offices of International Galleries, Inc.” Konkol said.

“I am being sued for opinion I offered in my reports exposing International Galleries, Inc. being a pyramid scheme and the ties between them and Megafund. Not only is International Galleries suing me but they are also suing a hispanic newspaper in Chicago, La Raza, for the same report,” Konkol continued. “I was fully prepared to go represent myself. I have no insurance to cover this and more important I believe I could easily prove to a jury that I had every reason to believe what I said is true and documents and sources included in my reports would further prove that. Because International Galleries is not just suing me personally but me and the corporation they have found a way to prevent me from defending this suit myself, pro se. There is precedent that a corporation must be represented by an attorney. I am being forced into a very expensive legal defense in federal court.”

DOUGLAS Art Prints® News can not afford these legal expenses. International Galleries, Inc. could win by forcing Konkol and the corporation into bankruptcy simply trying to defend the right to free speech in this SLAPP suit. Konkol continued, “I have ‘no horse in this race.’ I saw what I and others believed to be a pyramid scheme that was defrauding hundreds or maybe thousands of people possibly causing bankruptcies, divorces or even suicides. I reported on that company on my blog. Me personally and my corporation could be forced into bankruptcy and lose because I exposed a pyramid scheme that was being run by a man, by the same people who were at the same time operating a $13.8 million fraud. I need help. I am proud of what I did and now I need help to prevent International Galleries, Inc. from winning my silence. I am proud of what I did and now I need help to prevent International Galleries, Inc. from forcing me and the corporation into bankruptcy and winning because I could not afford the expense of the defense of this SLAPP lawsuit.”

DOUGLAS Art Prints® News has set up a defense fund hoping to get donations to pay legal expenses and prevent International Galleries, Inc. from winning this SLAPP suit and silencing free speech by financial default. If you want to help please make checks payable to "DAP News Defense Fund".

Mail to:

    DAP News Defense Fund
         c/o Key Bank
    29900 Detroit Rd.
    Westlake, OH 44145

Douglas Konkol and/or his attorney Ken Myers are available for public statements. Call 800-888-5790.

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Press Contact: Douglas Konkol
Company Name: DOUGLAS ART PRINTS
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 800-888-5790
Website: http://www.DOUGLASArtPrints.com

Investigator Directory PInow.com Announces Beta Release

 

Investigator Directory PInow.com Announces Beta Release

ServeNow.com announces the PInow.com Worldwide Directory of Private Investigators and Investigative Specialists.

(PRWEB) December 1, 2005 -- From the team that brought you ServeNow.com, the Internet’s most visited Process Server Directory, comes PInow.com, a worldwide directory devoted entirely to investigators. PInow.com will feature statewide and local listings designed to lead clients to your investigative agency with ease. The established success of ServeNow.com ensures that this advertising model is a simple and effective way to generate business for your company.

“Many of the process servers listed on ServeNow.com also do investigative work. Over the past year, we have received an overwhelming number of requests for a pure investigator directory that delivers similar results to ServeNow.com,” stated Adam Camras of ServeNow.com. “PInow.com is the answer to those requests.”

The official PInow.com launch date is projected for late 2005. A beta version of PInow.com will be available within the next month.

Secure your Spot
PInow.com is currently offering non-binding statewide advertising agreements for those advertisers eager to secure their spot on the PInow.com directory. The amount of advertisers listed per region will be limited and availability of listings at launch cannot be guaranteed.

Free Basic Listing
Also, for a limited time, current ServeNow.com advertisers and subscribers to the ServeReport Newsletter, can take advantage of a free local listing, to be activated when PInow.com goes live.

Listings on PInow.com are first come, first serve. Those interested in securing premium placement on PInow.com should contact Mike MacDonald at (877) 737-8366 ext 83.

About ServeNow.com
With over 80,000 visitors per month, ServeNow.com is the most widely used source for finding process servers Worldwide. ServeNow.com assists lawyers, paralegals, legal assistants and the public locate process serving and legal support professionals throughout the United States and Canada. ServeNow.com’s international process server directory is due to launch in late 2005.

Need a summons & complaint, subpoena, judgment or other legal documents served? Need document filing & retrieval or skip trace performed? Visit the ServeNow.com process server directory at http://www.serve-now.com/.

Visit the PInow.com Investigator Directory at http://www.pinow.com.

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Press Contact: Trent Carlyle
Company Name: PInow.com - Directory of Investigators
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 877-737-8366
Website: http://www.pinow.com/

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[Editor's comment: Looks like a nice site, however I thing they should sell the domain to someone who could really take advantage of the domain name of PinOw.com (Pin Ow!)... (hris ]