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Vaughan Design Making Noise for NBA ALL-Star Weekend with MakeSumNoize Events

Vaughan Design is a Las Vegas based web design firm focused on providing customers with affordable prices for creative web design. - February 10, 2007 - Vaughan Design

2006 Cline Scuba Diving Research Report Show Businesses Up 9.6%

William Cline is pleased to release the results of the 2006 year-end study of all sectors of the dive industry, with primary focus on the USA market. The survey, conducted each quarter for over two years running, reports on dive retailers, independent scuba instructors, dive resorts, and... - February 10, 2007 - Cline Group Advertising

Students Finalists in Sony Tropfest for the Second Year Running

The International Film School Sydney proudly announces the selection of its students to the final of Tropfest for the second year running. This year director Jayne Montague follows in the steps of last year's directing student Juliet Lamont whose poignant film BURST won second prize, before going on to the prestigious Tribeca and Telluride film festivals. Head of School Duncan Thompson (Artistic Director of Aurora): "The result is a testament to the prestige of our school." - February 09, 2007 - The International Film School Sydney

Search Engine Marketing Industry Leader High Rankings® Conducting SEM Seminar

High Rankings®, a Search Engine Optimization & Marketing industry leader, is hosting a Search Engine Marketing seminar March 15th-16th in Minneapolis, MN featuring company founder and CEO Jill Whalen. - February 09, 2007 - High Rankings

Jill Mastrangelo Joins MMI Associates, Inc.

Patty Briguglio, president of MMI Associates, Inc., a Raleigh-based marketing and public relations firm, has announced that Jill Mastrangelo has joined the firm as traffic coordinator. In this position, Mastrangelo will manage multiple projects and accounts, plan workflow, and make certain... - February 09, 2007 - MMI

Two iUniverse Titles Nominated for 2006 Needle Award

iUniverse is pleased to announce that two of its titles were recently nominated for the 2006 Needle Award sponsored by the popular print-on-demand publishing blog, POD-DY Mouth. The Needle Awards, so named for POD-DY Mouth’s ability to find good books among the veritable ... - February 09, 2007 - iUniverse

Creative Site Design Made Easy

Website tonight now offers dynamic content. DomainNamesGet.com Site Builder with RSS Feeds Makes Creative Site Design Easy. - February 09, 2007 - DomainNamesGet.com

Affordable Website Design Company, Global Marketing Resources, Launches Even More Affordable “Design-Your-Own-Website” Option for Small Businesses

Global Marketing Resources (GMR), a Irvine, CA based leading affordable website design and web marketing company for small businesses, launched its new website feature where a client can design their own website for a low monthly fee; starting at $9.99 per month. Unlike typical build your website model, gmrwebteam.com has vastly simplified the process by the process where it will do all the backend work once the buyer has purchased. - February 09, 2007 - Global Marketing Resources

Porto Creates Modern, Urban Style in Suburban North Raleigh

Inside Samuel Cole Salon, where sleek, espresso cabinetry meets a polished onyx reception counter, and white porcelain shampoo bowls look more like Archipenko sculpture than hair styling equipment, interior designers Michael Perry and Clark Hipolito have transformed an out-of-date interior into an... - February 08, 2007 - Porto

Local Search Marketing Opportunities Are Not Being Found

In a recent Australian survey of Sydney companies that advertise in the local press, it was found that less than 30% of those who also had a website were not taking advantage of search marketing campaigns to target potential local customers. The survey was conducted in January 2007 by the Web... - February 08, 2007 - Web Marketing Workshop Pty Ltd

Virtual Assistant Association Hosts Pat Lynch of WomensRadio for February 15 Teleseminar on Using Radio PR to Promote Business

Virtual Assistants and other independent professionals to learn how to harness the power of radio to promote business and give great interviews. - February 08, 2007 - Virtual Assistant Chamber of Commerce

Eight iUniverse Titles Featured in Kirkus Discoveries Newsletter

iUniverse authors “stole the show” in the January 2007 edition of the Kirkus Discoveries monthly e-newsletter. Eight of the 13 titles featured in the e-newsletter were published by iUniverse. The Kirkus Discoveries e-newsletter highlights the best submissions to the Kirkus... - February 08, 2007 - iUniverse

Hundreds of Freelance Copywriters Reveal Their Gross Incomes, Job Fees, Time Management Tricks, and More in Newly Released Study

After decades of guessing what to charge or pay for copywriting services, veteran copywriter and publisher Chris Marlow releases a statistical benchmarking study that reveals pricing for 40 common copywriting jobs. - February 08, 2007 - Chris Marlow

Specialized Marketing Services Provided for Prospective Brands in Action Sports

A New Source for Marketing to the Action Sports Industry through imA, Imagine Marketing Agency - February 08, 2007 - Imagine Marketing Agency

Arbor Books Introduces Plagiarism Protection for Ghostwriting Clients

Arbor Books now offers plagiarism protection insurance for its ghostwriting clients. - February 08, 2007 - Arbor Books Inc.

Photovac Announces Expansion of Team

Photovac, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Lon Loken, Olga Pavleyeva, and Dennis Wrona to its team of talented professionals. Lon Loken joins the company as the Vice President of North American Sales and Marketing to strengthen Photovac’s sales efforts in both North America and... - February 08, 2007 - Photovac, Inc.

Austin Graphics Adds High Definition Printing

Austin Graphics today announced it has installed the New EFI™-Vutek® QS2000 UV curing digital inkjet printer. The first 2 meter (80 inch) High Definition Superwide Format Printer in Austin. - February 07, 2007 - Austin Graphics LLC

MAYO Communications to Market Grand Strand TV Show with Reveille International

Swirl Films and Sky Entertainment have retained MAYO Communications, a Los Angeles based public relations firm, to promote actors and stories in teen TV drama about a struggling band shot on location in Wilmington, North Carolina. Reveille International today announced that it has signed a... - February 07, 2007 - MAYO Communications

Nordic eMarketing Invited to Send Second Speaker to SES London

Director of Internet Consultation is Nordic eMarketing’s second executive invited to speak at the Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo 2007 in London, England. - February 07, 2007 - Nordic eMarketing

Starting a Photography Business Just Got a Little Easier

Starting a photography studio can be a difficult endeavor. VirtualPhotographyStudio.com now makes the job of marketing a little easier by providing year long marketing plans specific to 26 different photography fields. - February 07, 2007 - Vision Business Concepts Inc.

New Initiatives and Owners for The Mailing List Centre

Well respected list company The Mailing List Centre has changed hands and started the New Year by reinvigorating its services, premises and image. - February 07, 2007 - The Mailing List Centre

Affordable Website Design Company, Global Marketing Resources, Announces its Partnership Program with Pointblankprinting.com

Global Marketing Resources (GMR), an Irvine, CA based leading website design and web marketing company for small businesses, announces partnership program with pointblankprinting.com, a Lake Forest, California based company that distributes a variety of Christian products. As part of the partnership, GMR will help pointblankprinting.com with website design, web maintenance and website marketing like pay-per-click advertisement, affiliate program and search engine optimization (SEO). - February 07, 2007 - Global Marketing Resources

New Advertising Medium for Targeted State-specific Audience via USCompaniesByState.com

USCompaniesByState.com is a new advertising medium for a state-specific targeted audience. Inspired by MillionDollarHomePage.com, Jeff Heng, the founder of USCompaniesByState.com, set out to create a platform that is designed for businesses that wish to reach a domestic and localized group. - February 07, 2007 - USCompaniesByState.com

Recommended Banner Ads Now Available at Voice123 (voice123.com)

Buy a banner ad and reach the largest and most active voice over acting database. - February 07, 2007 - Voice123.com

Voice123 Launches Partner Landing Pages Program

An online marketing opportunity to create a seamless way for your customers to find voice overs. - February 07, 2007 - Voice123.com

Personal Care Giant, Conair Canada Hires scratch to Handle All Media Relations

Conair Canada has made a fundamental shift in their approach to media planning and buying. Traditionally this activity has been handled internally, but Conair has now retained Toronto-based scratch to develop and execute all media activity for the Canadian market. scratch currently handles all of... - February 07, 2007 - scratch

Valentine's Day Poetry Competition to Inspire Better Marketing

Unloved and forgotten too often, marketing is seen as the Cinderella of SME business. Acorn Service starts a new poetry competition to bring romance to business. - February 07, 2007 - Acorn Service

Jessup Manufacturing Chooses NM Marketing Communications

Jessup Manufacturing Company, North America’s leading manufacturer of non-slip and photoluminescent technology, has chosen NM Marketing Communications for development of an extensive public relations program to create greater awareness of the company’s brand and... - February 06, 2007 - NM Marketing Communications

1st Choice Home Inspections of Knoxville, TN Chooses Proclamation Media LLC to Makeover My-Inspector.com

Proclamation Media of Powell, Tennessee was recently chosen by local firm, 1st Choice Home Inspections, to give their web site a fresh new look with enhanced functionality. Both companies worked together to create a web site that provides more information and is aesthetically more appealing than the previous site. With new features like online payments and forms that can be downloaded, My-Inspector.com is much improved. - February 06, 2007 - Proclamation Media LLC

Voice123 Announces Discounts for Block-Booking Ad Space at Voice123.com

Get discounts when block-booking advertising space on the largest voice over acting website. - February 06, 2007 - Voice123.com

iUniverse Celebrates Launch of New Poetry Publishing Package with Special Promotion

Publisher iUniverse has announced the addition of a Poetry Package to its already impressive line-up of publishing products and services. The Poetry Package is a professional choice for poets looking to showcase their best work or who wish to establish themselves as published authors. Authors... - February 06, 2007 - iUniverse

Revolutionary New Products Make it Easier than Ever to Build and Maintain a Successful Website

Even for those who are not computer savvy, two brand new products can help anyone build a successful website. SEO Membership Pro Software and Membership Mastery Video Series have just hit the market and will change the future of websites. These products will reach a broad range of consumers... - February 05, 2007 - SEO Membership Pro

Phoenix, Arizona Technology Company Announces Issuance of Prospectus for New Type of Investment: Internet Domain Names

Phoenix, Arizona technology company- DotVentures has issued a prospectus detailing an investment opportunity in Internet domain names. The company positions investors to leverage the meteoric growth of search engine marketing with the boom in online real estate to create a unique Internet investment opportunity. - February 04, 2007 - DotVentures

Voice123 Introduces Advertising Packages at Voice123.com

Voice123 is selling complete advertising packages for placing banner ads on their website. - February 03, 2007 - Voice123.com

Kenneth Brown Designs for Romance on Valentine's Day

Celebrity interior designer Kenneth Brown shares his tips for bringing romance into the home and keeping it there. - February 03, 2007 - Kenneth Brown Design

Voice Talents and Producers for Google Audio Ads Available at Voice123.com

Voice123 features a database of professional voiceover talent and voice producers for Google Audio Ads. - February 03, 2007 - Voice123.com

Direct Mail Postcard Marketing Company Wins Awards for Helping Companies Grow

How Inc 500 company continues to win awards for helping other companies grow through a powerful direct mail medium - the postcard. - February 03, 2007 - PostcardMania, Inc.

PostcardMania Named as Finalist in 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards

Fastest Growing Direct Mail Postcard Company in the Nation was nominated as a finalist in the1st annual Power Selling Awards - winners are to be announced on December 4 in Las Vegas. - February 02, 2007 - PostcardMania, Inc.

New Marketing Strategy E-Book Covers Online and Offline Marketing Wisdom

Marketing Strategy is the most powerful key to business success - whether you operate locally or worldwide. This new e-book explains this powerful process and gives action steps you can turn into benefit in less than an hour's reading. - February 02, 2007 - Leadership Counseling Institute

Firefighter Antenna Ball – A Rising Star Helping to Save Lives

A new star on the horizon these days, a little, round yellow antenna topper named “Happy Fireman,” has teamed up with television’s “Home Improvement” Richard Karn and “CHiPS” (California Highway Patrol) Erik Estrada to help save lives. Nationwide, nearly... - February 02, 2007 - HappyBalls.com

Arbor Books Announces the Publication of New Book on Boomer Investing

Arbor Books today announces the publication of Baby Boomer Investing by Georges Yared, which is available on Amazon.com, at Barnes & Noble and at fine book stores everywhere. - February 02, 2007 - Arbor Books Inc.

IPBR and ICBR on Board with Silent Sound Media for Alexisonfire Production

Image Pacific Broadcast Rentals (IPBR), Vancouver and Image Central Broadcast Rentals (ICBR), Toronto, are proud to have been a part of the recent Silent Sound Media documentary production of Juno Award winners, Alexisonfire. Shot with 4 Sony HDW-F900/3 HDCAM high definition cameras using,... - February 02, 2007 - Basetwo Media

HosTest.net: Almost Half of Web Hosts Fail in Providing Efficient Customer Support

Auditing and market research firm HorMart has revealed the results of its web hosts’ customer support survey at www.hostest.net/Survey. While 16 percent of the web hosting providers met excellent customer support standards, another 46 percent of the web hosts were unable to deliver an... - February 02, 2007 - HorMart Ltd.

The Best Organic Optimization Firms in the Industry Ranked by topseos.com for the Month of February 2007

The Best Organic Optimization Firms in the Industry Ranked by topseos.com for the Month of February 2007

When topseos.com began in 2002, its objectives were clear. With the tremendous growth that it saw, the search engine marketing industry needed a way in which it could asses its growth. And it needed a platform where the results of such an assessment would be showcased. topseos.com began its ranking... - February 01, 2007 - topseos.com

topseos.com Publishes its February 2007 Rankings of the Leading Internet Marketing Firms in Eleven Different Categories

topseos.com Publishes its February 2007 Rankings of the Leading Internet Marketing Firms in Eleven Different Categories

The internet marketing industry is vast, and continuously growing. In 2002, topseos.com began with the purpose of creating a space where the best internet marketing vendors could showcase their products and services. Month after month topseos.com meets this objective by publishing a well-researched... - February 01, 2007 - topseos.com

Free PC Games Magazine Goes Monthly

Issue 2 of PCGZine includes an exclusive Lord of the Rings Online preview, an exclusive Enemy Territory: Quake Wars interview and more. - February 01, 2007 - Cranberry Publishing Ltd

ClickCulture Redesigns North Carolina Symphony Web Site

Lloyd Jacobs, CEO of ClickCulture, has announced that the firm has redesigned the North Carolina Symphony Web site to coincide with the symphony’s 75th anniversary in 2007. The Web site, which was originally designed by ClickCulture in 2002, has been updated to include a new and improved... - February 01, 2007 - ClickCulture

One Can Be Creative in Stylizing with Poster Accessories

Poster accessories are something that acts as a special support to every size of poster. In fact, it enhances the looks of the poster. No poster will look comprehensive or striking without the appropriate use of poster accessories. - February 01, 2007 - PosterSigns

MrktCity Bid for Position Directory

MrktCity Directory (http://www.mrktcity.com) announced today that it is offering a web directory with an innovative new concept -- a bid for position marketing directory. The top directory positions are available to the highest bidders of each category and subcategory. The top bids across all... - February 01, 2007 - MrktCity Directory

Eisen Management Group Adds New York Media Agency to Client Roster

Applegate Media Group Names EMG PR and Brand Agency of Record - February 01, 2007 - The Eisen Agency

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