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Lynn Tilton, CEO of Patriarch Partners, and a Billionaire Explains How to Re-build a Fallen Brand on the CEO TV Show with Robert Reiss

Lynn Tilton, CEO of Patriarch Partners, a holding company currently owning 75 companies employing over 120,000 people, explains how to re-build a “fallen brand” on the CEO TV Show with Robert Reiss. Tilton reveals how she breathes new life into companies, where that effort begins, and where she concentrates. Tilton provides examples including the Rand McNally turn around. Later, Tilton speaks out about “Made in America” and the need for an industrial policy lead by government. - October 20, 2011 - Reissource, LLC

CPX Interactive Names CSO, CRO and CFO

Digital Advertising Network Adds C-Level Positions as It Prepares for Next Stage of Growth - October 19, 2011 - CPXi

Ad-Juster Teams with Adometry to Help Online Publishers Improve Advertising Performance

Integration with Adometry TagScan™ Gives Ad-Juster Publisher Partners Automated Tag and Page Testing to Reduce Display Ad Delivery Discrepancies and Secure Data - October 19, 2011 - Ad-Juster, Inc.

JumarMarketing, LLC Selected to Expand Reach of Deco Wrap®

JumarMarketing, LLC responsible for SEO for Do-It-Yourself Window Treatment Company. - October 19, 2011 - JumarMarketing

Postcard Services Brings Magic to Direct Mail Marketing

Postcard Services' patent-pending software makes it extremely easy for businesses to create direct mail postcard campaigns. Many added benefits are now available to clients. - October 19, 2011 - Postcard Services

Entrepreneur Stanley Rao to Deliver Keynote Address at 2011 TFM&A

Stanley Rao, Chairman of Champions Group to discuss huge opportunity of marketing outsourcing in the decade ahead. - October 19, 2011 - Champions Group

AromaEarth Signs with Allison Dawn PR as Their PR Firm of Record to Launch Cali Blue Fragrance

AromaEarth, Inc. has engaged Allison Dawn PR to launch its debut fragrance, Cali Blue. - October 18, 2011 - AromaEarth

MyMediaInfo Launches Revolutionary New IMA Platform

Industry’s first integrated platform allows for key influencer identification across all mediums in one simple interface. - October 17, 2011 - RedEgg Solutions, Inc.

Formic Media Makes Donation to Help Increase Literacy in Children

Formic Media, Inc., a search engine and social media marketing agency, announced that it would be making a $500 donation to SMART (Start Making A Reader Today), a local charity enabling children to become more confident readers through volunteer support, as well as the purchase of children’s... - October 17, 2011 - Formic Media, Inc.

90octane Included in ColoradoBiz Magazine "Top 250 Private Companies" List for Sixth Year

The Denver conversion-driven marketing agency’s gross revenue grew by 13 percent from 2009 to 2010. - October 16, 2011 - 90octane

VisionPoint Marketing Sponsors Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament

Integrated Online Marketing Firm Sponsors Hole at Annual Raleigh Chamber Event - October 16, 2011 - VisionPoint Marketing

Cuker Interactive Wins Five 2011 WebAwards

Leading San Diego digital agency receives recognition for Excellence in Web Development from Web Marketing Association. - October 15, 2011 - Cuker

Discover What 15 Experts Say is "the Truth About Marketing" - What Really Works to Attract New Clients

Bestselling marketing and sales authors and speakers come together to reveal the truth about marketing, and discuss what really works in marketing professional services and attracting new clients. Participants are able to attend live for free or receive the audios for $13 or less (with purchase of host Dr. Larina Kase's new book Clients, Clients and More Clients - Create an Endless Stream of New Business with the Power of Psychology). - October 15, 2011 - Larina Kase

Media Made for You Adds Sushi Eye to Its Roster of Companies Seeking Small Business Marketing Options

Media Made for You is proud to announce that popular local restaurant Sushi Eye has signed on as the latest company to take advantage of the company's media rich, digital signage marketing solution. Tempe-based Media Made for You offers a small business marketing solution that markets businesses... - October 15, 2011 - Media Made for You

Entrepreneurs at MyFreebeez.com Make a Living by Giving Away Products for Free

In this terrible economic environment, the founders of MyFreebeez.com are able to make a living by giving away free stuff. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? But it’s true and just goes to show that fellow entrepreneurs can thrive if they find innovative solutions to current issues. Small... - October 14, 2011 - MyFreebeez

[x+1]’s Media-Aware Home Pages Connect Display Media, Website User Experiences to Improve Engagement, Conversion

A unique new offering, Media-Aware Home Pages from [x+1], www.xplusone.com, allow digital marketers to personalize a consumer’s website experience even if they didn’t click on a banner ad. They do this using contextual data gathered from sites where the person was served an ad. So no ad click – or even ad view – is required to tailor a message in real time. - October 14, 2011 - [x 1]

Aptamil Experts to Offer Advice on Facebook and Twitter

Aptamil has joined Facebook and Twitter in a bid to offer more mums and mums-to-be easy access to feeding and nutritional advice from their team of experts. - October 13, 2011 - Aptamil

MyMediaInfo Announces Winners of $25,000 Subscription Giveaway

Five non-profit organizations selected to receive one-year subscription. - October 12, 2011 - RedEgg Solutions, Inc.

Chicago Interactive Marketing Association (CIMA) Seeks the City’s Next Big Digital Start-Up

Local Businesses Could Win Up to $15K in Grant Funding - October 12, 2011 - Chicago Interactive Marketing Association (CIMA)

GMPCS Connects Martina McBride with Toll-Quality Voice via Mobile BGAN

GMPCS supports Martina McBride as she conducts radio and print interviews using satellite phone technology across country on Amtrak in her campaign for breast cancer awareness and new album release: ELEVEN. - October 12, 2011 - Network Innovations

The Ming Group Announces David Almstrom as New Advisory Board Member

Mobile Industry Veteran Joins The Ming Group Advisory Board. - October 12, 2011 - The Ming Group

Karsh Hagan Welcomes Nikki Burmaster as Media Planner

Karsh Hagan, www.karsh.com, is pleased to announce that Nikki Burmaster has joined the agency as a media planner. Nikki will lead the Colorado Tourism Office account as an SEM specialist. “Nikki’s expertise in search engine marketing and travel is a perfect combination for Colorado... - October 12, 2011 - KarshHagan

LMA Tampa Bay October Meeting: Law Firm Economics

Marketing professionals should have an understanding of basic law firm economics and how it plays a role in achieving marketing goals. To shed some light on law firm economics, LMA Tampa Bay will have a panel discussion on: • Basics of law firm economics • Firm profitability... - October 12, 2011 - Legal Marketing Association

Mix 94.1’s Bite of Las Vegas First Major Event to Use Text Message Technology from gograbme™ Technologies, Inc.

Mix 94.1 has partnered with gograbme™ Technologies, Inc., to bring innovative information services with the new gograb411™ and gograbdeals™ text marketing products. - October 12, 2011 - gograbme

Media Made for You Adds Horne Kia to Its Roster of Companies Seeking Small Business Marketing Options

Company Offers Small Business Marketing Solutions Through Digital Signage, Custom TV Channels - October 12, 2011 - Media Made for You

Grepler.com Banned in Germany for Free Usenet Access and User Content

Grepler.com is a provider of Free Usenet a.k.a. the other side of Internet, that allows access to limited content and functionality of Usenet completely free of charge. Due to several anonymous abuse reports against the site and refusal by ISP to understand the limitation of the service, Grepler.com decided to leave Germany where they had a large setup to provide this free service. It is possible Grepler.com will not be accessible in Germany and other countries sooner or later. - October 11, 2011 - Grepler.com

InTopic Media Builds Brand Awareness with New Micro-Banner Technology

Micro-Banners Increase Consumer Engagement, Says Innovative Search Engine Marketer Jayson Hahn. - October 11, 2011 - InTopic Media

SARA Solution Selected by San Antonio’s Air Force Village for Emergency Response and Mass Notification

Following an extensive request for proposal (RFP) process to replace an older emergency response system at its campuses, Air Force Village selected the SARA alerting engine because of its positioning system (SPS). - October 11, 2011 - Status Solutions

Former Teacher and School Principal, Thomas Hall Releases His Second Novel

Spectrums follows the life of Jenna MacDonald, who like many young women her age is a contradiction. On one hand, she is bright, independent, and confident. On the other hand, as she readily acknowledges, there is a large part of her that remains wide-eyed and naive, especially when it comes to the... - October 11, 2011 - BookBuzz

Celebrating 100 Years Since Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary, Author Derek Abbott Releases a Comical, Entertaining Update Called The Wickedictionary

The Wickedictionary celebrates the 100th anniversary of Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary (1911). The name Wickedictionary is intended to be a satirical play on the word Wiktionary. This is a collection of definitions of words as in a dictionary, except the definitions are perverse... - October 11, 2011 - BookBuzz

Top Broadcasters League of Philippines Official Sanctions Social Network PinoyKubo

The President of the Broadcasters League of the Philippines, on October 6, recommended the use of AstraQom's Pinoy Kubo, a social networking site for Filipinos, to the Broadcaster Forum and Press Conference participants at the Hotel Rembrant in Quezon City. The highly respected organization's top official Rolly Gonzalo's message in English: "This is what you must try. Why? You can come up with your new career and business opportunities, plus you can talk to your relatives and friends free." - October 10, 2011 - Pinoy Kubo

Author Takes a Dive, While Book Sales Climb

With book sales climbing, Broomfield, CO Author S.R.Claridge was free falling at the Mile-Hi Skydiving Center in Longmont, CO as an act of research for her next novel. - October 07, 2011 - S.R.Claridge/Maxwell Crighton Publicist

TownZilla.com is Proud to Sponsor the Taste of Aliso Niguel Event on October 8th 2011

TownZilla.com is proud to be a sponsor for the Taste of Aliso Niguel. The event will be held on Saturday, October 8th, 2011 from 6-9 p.m. at the RREEF Campus Offices, 101 Enterprise Aliso Viejo. The 5th annual event, organized by Parents for Aliso Niguel, raises money for school activities, booster clubs and facilities. This is a great opportunity to support Aliso Nigue High School. - October 07, 2011 - TownZilla.com LLC

Self-Published Author Shows No Signs of Slowing Down, Releases I Feel... Children’s Series

Chicago children's author DJ Corchin, has released his sixth book, "I Feel...Different." The book is the third in the "I Feel..." series that has shown success with on-line retailers as well as Apple's iBookstore. Mr. Corchin has explored numerous ways to publish his book and has not allowed the long process of getting a major publishing deal stop him from getting his stories into people's hands. - October 06, 2011 - The Phazelfoz Company, LLC

Egypt Yellow Pages Enters Into Strategic Partnership with Foursquare

Egypt Yellow Pages Ltd, the Local Search Company, announced that it is entering into a strategic partnership with Foursquare, the location-based mobile platform. The partnership is part of Foursquare’s “Venue Harmonization Project,” which is designed to verify the authenticity of... - October 05, 2011 - Egypt Yellow Pages Ltd

WIS Publishing's Financials Expert Explains to SAP Professionals How to Use Down Payment Chain Functionality to Improve Efficiency of Tracking Contractual Events

This article explains how to effectively use SAP’s Down Payment Chain Functionality in order to fiscally track long-term projects and manage incurred costs. - October 05, 2011 - Wellesley Information Services

SKGOLD Hosting Announces Launch of SEO-Enabled Web Hosting Powered by Attracta

SKGOLD™ Hosting is pleased to announce that the Attracta SEO tools and services are now available for all its customers without any extra cost. These highly beneficial features are included in all of its customer account plans directly through the web hosting control panel. - October 04, 2011 - SKGOLD Hosting

Axacore Unveils Upgrades to XDOC

Latest version of the award-winning EDM delivers innovations that save clients time and money. - October 04, 2011 - Axacore Inc.

Motion Picture and Production Industry Resource, RyanSalazar.net Gains Popularity

The website – www.ryansalazar.net – has dashed onto the scene, bringing with it the attention of major studio industry personnel and manufacturers of the technology used in the studio industry today. It features reviews, interviews and just plain views on everything from cameras and content to production and post. - October 03, 2011 - Ryan Salazar

VisionPoint Marketing Holds Companywide Fall Summit

Integrated Online Marketing Firm Has All Team Members Participate In Defining Company’s Long-Term Direction, Brand, Culture and Values. - October 02, 2011 - VisionPoint Marketing

Free Online Advertising with South Florida Discounts Website

Invitation to all businesses in Broward County, especially small businesses, to take advantage of free advertising, advice, and listings with South Florida Discounts website. - September 30, 2011 - South Florida Discounts

Sallie Burnett Enlightens Next Generation of Business Leaders at the CU Denver Business School

Sallie Burnett, President of Customer Insight Group, presented a top-level lecture on CRM best practices to graduate students at the CU Denver Business School. - September 30, 2011 - Customer Insight Group

Media Made for You Adds The Henry Brown Auto Group to Its Roster of Companies Seeking Small Business Marketing Options

Tempe-based Media Made for You offers a small business marketing solution that markets businesses to their customers through custom TV channels that entertain, educate and engage customers. - September 30, 2011 - Media Made for You

Facebook & Google+ Alternative Emerges: OnlyMeWorld, the New Standard in Social Networking in 2012

As we enter an important era of digital communication, users of social networking sites are demanding privacy rights, anonymity, and protection from cyber crime. OnlyMeWorld offers a platform similar in function to these top social networking sites but sets new standards in the industry as it tackles privacy issues, anonymity, and cyber crime. - September 29, 2011 - OnlyMeWorld.com

Chambers Stevens and Sandcastle Publishing Are Celebrating the Launch of chambieawards.com

A new website providing up-to-date information on the Chambie Awards - September 29, 2011 - the Chambie Awards

MarketVid Offers 1-Hour Online Marketing Mini-Course by Marketing Expert Gil Effron

Businesses face significant new marketing challenges. The impact of current economic conditions, and the possibilities with new web media technologies, have created a different business environment than we’ve ever seen before. MarketVid, the free online community of marketing video users and professionals, is offering a 1-hour mini course that addresses marketing issues facing all businesses today and provides solutions that can be put into action with immediate and measurable results. - September 29, 2011 - MarketVid

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