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Concord Chocolate Factory to Add 40 Jobs

Rachel Dunn Chocolates, located in Concord, CA is using a unique approach to finding the best talent for their holiday job search. Interested applicants can apply by submitting a brief YouTube video talking about why they would be great for this sweet opportunity. Learn more at www.RachelDunnChocolates.com (Select Talent Search from the title menu.) - October 29, 2013 - Rachel Dunn Chocolates

Sacramento SEO Company Announces Social Media Starter Packs Just Right for Small Business

Facebook has more than 1 Billion users. You can love it or you can hate it, but you and your small business have to be there. YourSEOWizard.com can get your small business up and running on social media. - October 29, 2013 - Cameron Park Computer Services

MTR Gaming Launches Innovative Online Player’s Club Platform & Online Casino

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS: MNTG) announced today the launch of its “INClub” online player’s club and its free INClub online casino. Customers can access their personalized INClub webpage by going to www.MYINClub.com. The free personalized website features a variety of new... - October 24, 2013 - MTR

Solaborate Launches Public Beta Inviting Professionals to Use First Technology Collaboration Platform

The Los Angeles Based Startup That Received $1M Funding in May Takes Its Platform Public and Launches Mobile App - October 23, 2013 - Solaborate LLC

citysocializer's Latest iPhone Update Lets You See What Socials Are Happening Around You

citysocializer, the easy way to tap into a city’s local social scene and meet new groups of people to explore and enjoy it with, released the latest update of their iPhone app today, along with the latest beta version of their mobile web application. The new core feature on the iPhone app is... - October 19, 2013 - citysocializer

Adventurer Geoff Notkin Speaking at Explorers Club in New York City on October 21

World-renowned meteorite hunter Geoff Notkin will join an exclusive list this month, when he is interviewed live on stage for The Explorers Club “Exploring Legends” series. The interview session will be led by Jim Clash, a fellow and director at The Explorers Club and a seasoned... - October 15, 2013 - Aerolite Meteorites, LLC

Kickstarter Accepts Get Cranking Made-for-TV Pilot Campaign; Media Mogal Nyhl Henson Joins Advisory

The Createyourself.com team is creating a made-for-TV pilot that will take the everyday person with an extraordinary idea through the Customer Development process created by Steve Blank and his exposure to thousands of experienced startups from all over the world. Combined with the Customer Development process, they also use Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup model to build upon vetting the idea and the Business Model Canvas of Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigenur. - October 10, 2013 - Createyourself.com

Different Perspective Launches "We Must'ache You a Question" Campaign

What happens when you give an advertising agency mustaches & Mexican food? The We Must‘ache You a Question campaign challenges each Different Perspective team member to create a guerrilla marketing stunt incorporating the topic. The contest allows the team members to display their creative abilities in a fun way, while supporting the Movember cause of raising awareness for prostate cancer. Read more. - October 10, 2013 - different perspective

CAMINTEL Touch2Vote™ Mobile NFC Campaign Solution Will Help Reyes Campaign Team Reach Out to Voters in Austin, TX

Aspiring politician Rico Reyes is partnering with start-up CAMINTEL in his bid for election to the Texas state legislature. Mr. Reyes' team will deploy the CAMINTEL Touch2Vote™ mobile campaign solution to connect with younger voters forming an influential minority among the diverse population of Austin's House District 50. Touch2Vote™ is an important component of CAMINTEL's "engagement marketing" platform, which leverages the power of smartphones to extend the reach of conventional marketing. - October 09, 2013 - CAMINTEL

DDI: Fastest Selling Media Monitoring Product Across the Globe

Gaining 33 clients in less than three months with the introduction of print and broadcast to their media monitoring bouquet, Data Driven Insight (DDI Africa) is set to become one of the world’s leading media monitoring companies. - October 09, 2013 - DDI

Erado Releases Version 8.0 of Its Electronic Communications Compliance Solution

Organizations needed a way to provide a tamper-proof environment for the enforcement and validation of full audit trails for all electronic communications, from email and instant messages to all social media content. Erado has responded to the industry's appeal for effective internal governance and regulatory compliance solutions with MCC 8.0. - October 08, 2013 - Erado

Uniform Advantage Supports Making Strides This October

To continue support of October’s breast cancer awareness month, Uniform Advantage will donate $1 for every new Facebook page “like” received during the month of October. The donation proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Making Strides organization. This... - October 04, 2013 - Uniform Advantage

Actor Rudy Ramos Turns to Public for Support of "Geronimo" Project

Five days remain for actor's Kickstarter campaign to fully fund one-man show, "Geronimo, Life on the Reservation." - October 03, 2013 - Rudy Ramos

Erado Announces the Opening of an East Coast Office

Erado, an innovator in electronic communication compliance, announced the opening of its New York office today. Erado works with technology executives and compliance officers across multiple industries around the world to identify key compliance issues and then deliver effective and integrated... - October 03, 2013 - Erado

Earn Working Person’s Store Rewards with Purchases, Product Reviews, and More

Link to WPS’s Facebook page and sign up for other programs to earn points - October 02, 2013 - Working Person's Store

H-I-P Achieves Q3 2013 Lead Output of 128,000

B2B digital marketing agency exceeds Q2 2013 lead output by leveraging the latest methodologies in content marketing, lead nurture, social media engagement, content syndication and automation. - September 30, 2013 - H-I-P (High-Impact-Prospecting, LLC)

Next Generation Social Media Platform Sweeping the Globe - Naaraa.com

It's all in one architecture (Family/Friends, Social, Professional), private, separation, secure, user profit sharing and with over 5 million hits and thousands of users registered in the month of September alone, Naaraa.com is very quickly becoming a powerful force in Social Media. - September 30, 2013 - Naaraa.com / Naaraa LLC.

College Idea Pitch Competition

The Newest College Sport. www.collegeideapitch.com Announcing the College Idea Pitch Competition. This inaugural national event is open to all registered college students in the USA. Great Ideas Welcome. - September 25, 2013 - Today's Contest

Calling All Hackers: Hacktacular Challenge Pt. 2 Official Dates of Challenge

Data Analzyers LLC in Florida is hosting once again its unique challenge to identify possible candidates for an open Jr. Data Recovery Engineer position at their company. The official dates are out and registration is coming to a close very soon. - September 24, 2013 - Data Analyzers LLC

Calling Strangers: Telephone Scam Targets Facebook Users

With an increasing number of people taking to social networking sites as a tool to stay in touch with acquaintances, they have become a popular target of scammers and fraudsters. In one of the latest telephone scams, strangers contact people on Facebook in an attempt to persuade them to call a certain number. - September 21, 2013 - Tellows UG

Independent Filmmaker Sees Quick Traction for Kickstarter Campaign

Jody Fedele is an independent filmmaker working on his first major theatrical release; The Monster Master, an anthology horror film. His current Kickstarter campaign is raising funding for one of the vignettes entitled Monster Master: Graveyard of Horrors. Mr. Fedele and his brother Jon Fedele have been working on Hollywood features for over twenty years. - September 20, 2013 - Jody Fedele

INTUITION Brand Marketing Service Releases Social Media Monitoring Platform

Introduced as part of a soft launch in February 2013 at the GNEX 2013 Conference in Beverly Hills, CA. by Perspective Group, the leading, global PR and Multimedia company for the timeshare and vacation ownership industry, INTUITION, a brand marketing service, has now unveiled its core feature. At... - September 19, 2013 - Perspective Magazine

Toy Executive to Release New Thriller Novel

Hal Ross, President of RP Toys, will release his new thriller novel on November 6, 2013. "The Deadliest Game" weaves a horrifying and unthinkable tale of a terrorist plot against U.S. consumers using a toy company and the owner as a key to the plot's success. - September 12, 2013 - Creative Bube Tube

Social Media Leaders and Influencers Unite for iFabbo’s 2nd Annual Social Media Conference

Beauty and fashion bloggers join forces with social media and technology companies in San Francisco. - September 11, 2013 - iFabbo - International Fashion & Beauty Bloggers' Organization

2013 #SocialyteGala Awards

The #SocialyteGala, hosted by Menswear Dog, will celebrate 150+ of the industries leading digital personalities during New York Fashion Week in benefit of the Rescue Paw Foundation. - September 05, 2013 - Socialyte

Koomkey Offers No-Strings Micro Crowdfunding

People share their creativity via social media as a way to make connections. If the message resonates, we can retweet, like, follow, or hand out trophies to show our appreciation. Koomkey is also a way to say "Thank You," with the added bonus of sending small, secure monetary donations to your favorite content creators and organizations. - September 05, 2013 - Koomkey

Mindmeister is Now Integrated with Google+ Hangouts

MindMeister today announced the integration of their award-winning mind mapping application with Google+ Hangouts, Google’s hugely popular video conferencing solution. Users of Google+ Hangouts will now be able to simultaneously mind map while video chatting with up to 9 other... - September 05, 2013 - MindMeister

Softeq Wins Gold Stevie® Award as the Electronics Company of the Year

Softeq Receives Gold Stevie® 2013 Award as the Software Company - September 04, 2013 - Softeq Development Corp.

Etech Global Services Launches MySocialChatter

The new software allows companies to find and engage with their “fans” through social media and turn them into paying customers. - August 31, 2013 - Etech, Inc.

Spirit Airlines Takes Off with Engage Play Frequent Flyer Game Platform

Engage Play Technologies Provides Miles Based Prize & Reward Play for FREE SPIRIT™ members. - August 30, 2013 - engage play technologies

iBike Announces GPS, a New Product for the Triathlon Market and iBike® PowerStroke a Revolution in Cycling Measurement at Eurobike 2013

iBike will launch three new products at Eurobike this week, including GPS for its iBike® Newton line of power meters, a TT/Tri bike specific mount and power meter set up meter and iBike PowerStroke technology giving cyclists, for the first time ever the ability to measure their pedaling style, cycling performance, and body/bike movement. - August 28, 2013 - Velocomp

MagicPay Now Offers Fanminder to Its Merchants

MagicPay, a small merchant services firm, now offers a social and mobile marketing program to its merchants called Fanminder in order to help them increase their revenue and build a larger clientele. - August 22, 2013 - MagicPay

Ad-Juster, Inc. Makes It Onto Inc. Magazine's List of 500/5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America

Ad-Juster, Inc. has made it into the top 200 of Inc. Magazine’s list of America's fastest growing companies and also ranks #19 among software companies in the US. This has been a great accomplishment for Ad-Juster and its team. - August 21, 2013 - Ad-Juster, Inc.

New Jersey’s Top Newspaper Runs Cover Story on New Social Network

inRecruit.com was featured on the cover of one of New Jersey’s premier newspapers, the Courier Post, on Sunday August 18, 2013. - August 21, 2013 - inRecruit

AmpleHarvest.org and Gardener’s Supply Company Launch “Pledge-A-Veg” Photo Contest

Opportunity for a gardener donating food to a nearby food pantry to win a $300 gift certificate from Gardener’s Supply Company. - August 20, 2013 - AmpleHarvest.org

mRELEVANCE Sponsors Houzz Webinar for Home Building Professionals

Join mRELEVANCE and the Houzz team for a free webinar "Using Houzz to Market Your Business" on Wednesday, August 28 at 2 p.m. EST. - August 13, 2013 - mRELEVANCE, LLC

Lindi Lauren Announces Her New eBay Marketing Concept

Lindi Lauren has announced a new and unique marketing concept she says has never been done before. Her company "Lindi Lauren LLC" will soon be selling High Resolution screensavers or computer/cellphone wallpaper from some of her sexy photo shoots. The unique part of this marketing plan, however, is that she will be putting her fans who have purchased a downloadable Hi Res picture on an exclusive YouTube access list to view special videos of her. - August 10, 2013 - Lindi Lauren LLC

SheCopywrites.com Releases Free White Paper Titled "How Social Media Can Enhance a B2B Marketing Strategy"

Freelance B2B copywriter, Lauren C. Francis, releases a special report on social media for B2B marketers that is now available for download at shecopywrites.com - August 10, 2013 - She Copywrites

JustUnfollow.com Redesigns iOS And Android App, Launches New Logo

JustUnfollow.com (over 4 million users) is releasing the latest versions of its iOS and Android apps on 8 August, 2013. Both apps have been completely redesigned. Its new logo will also be launched on the same day. - August 09, 2013 - JustUnfollow

Joe Lauzon Signs Partnership with FanTree

FanTree Scores a Knockout; FanTree launches MMA division with UFC star Joe Lauzon and Knock Out Representation - August 07, 2013 - FanTree

Nobel Celebrates 15 Years in the Telecom Business with Discounts and Interactive Events in Social Media

In August, telecom company Nobel celebrates 15 years as a premier provider in the telecom industry. The telecom company has announced that their main brands sites - NobelCom and Enjoy Prepaid will promote many surprises in the form of discounts and special deals. The firm's actions are scheduled for the first weeks of August. - August 06, 2013 - Nobel Ltd.

CrucialClicks.com Selected as 2013 Google Engage All-Star

CrucialClicks.com is a leading provider of: Website Design & Development, Effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay Per Click Marketing, a Reputation & Identity Management Platform – ReputationRepo™, Call Tracking Phone Numbers, Google Analytics, Mobile Site™, Local Search, and Online Media with your business being at the core, implementing a design to increase targeted traffic to your website. - August 05, 2013 - CrucialClicks.com

Brimfield, Ohio Police Chief, David Oliver, Secures Book Deal

When Chief David Oliver started a Facebook page for the Brimfield, Ohio, police department, he just wanted to connect a little better with the local community. He didn't expect it would lead to Internet fame, national media appearances, and, now, a book deal. The book, "No Mopes Allowed"... - August 03, 2013 - Gray and Company, Publishers

Brands Should Refresh Content as Part of Their On-site SEO Strategy, Says Punch Communications

As on-site content continues to again become one of the most significant factors in Google’s algorithm, it is essential that brands focus on their on-site SEO strategy, refreshing key content on a regular basis, says integrated PR, SEO and social media agency Punch Communications. - August 02, 2013 - Punch Communications

Blue Focus Marketing Announces the Release of a New Book "The Social Employee: How Great Companies Make Social Media Work"

The Social Employee journey starts today: On Aug. 23, 2013, McGraw-Hill will release "The Social Employee: How Great Companies Make Social Media Work" by Cheryl Burgess and Mark Burgess. The book examines social business success stories from prominent brands including IBM, AT&T, Cisco, Dell, Southwest Airlines, Adobe, Domo, and Acxiom. In addition to these behind-the-scenes accounts of social business and branding in action, the book also features commentary from a wealth of thought leaders. - August 02, 2013 - Blue Focus Marketing

HiP Moves Into the Inbound Marketing Business with Its New Pro's Guides

"White paper syndication is the most effective media purchase among large organisations (78% reporting) more than online ads, paid search, emails and offers in third party newsletters." (Source - Marketing Sherpa) - July 31, 2013 - H-I-P (High-Impact-Prospecting, LLC)

ZettaLinx Launches a New App Review Website