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Idea Café Announces Winner of Small Business Grant

The winner, online recommendation service WOMBeat!, was selected from hundreds of nominations to receive a check for $1,000.00, plus recognition on IdeaCafe.com. - January 21, 2009 - DevStart, Inc.

The 2009 Conscious Life Expo Announces BrandU's Conscious Entrepreneur Experience at February Event

The 7th Annual Los Angeles Conscious Life Expo added an innovative symposium to the February event. BrandU’s Conscious Entrepreneur Experience, an edutainment workshop held February 13th, will be instructed by business experts and BrandU co-creators Kim Castle and Vito Montone. Via unique processes, the symposium will teach business owners skills necessary to thrive a business while impacting lives. Learn about BrandU’s Conscious Entrepreneur Experience at www.consciouslifeexpo.com. - January 20, 2009 - Intention Products, LLC

Are Dental Hygiene Clinics Doomed to Fail?

Dentists' expenses are increasing, leaving many dental practices struggling. About one in four practices have raised their dental fees due to the current economy, finds a dental management survey by The Wealthy Dentist. - January 18, 2009 - The Wealthy Dentist

WAHM Articles Writing Workshop Helps Mompreneurs Learn "Write" Way to Build Internet Presence

Mompreneurs learn how to write and submit articles easier. - January 18, 2009 - WAHM Articles

Essential Spirit Enterprises, Inc. is an IT / Telecommunication, B2b Networking, and Entrepreneurial Consulting Services Company

Essential Spirit Enterprises also known as ESpiritE consist of the following divisions IT/Telecommunication, B2B Networking, and Entrepreneurial Consulting Services. ESpiritE IT / Telecommunication consulting assist companies manage their day to day, global technological expansions, and business goals for infrastructural changes. ESpiritE B2B Networking identifies link exchange affiliate vendors and company relationship as an Amazon Associate. - January 18, 2009 - Essential Spirit Enterprises, Inc.

RedVector to Present at 2009 Florida Venture Capital Conference

Annual Event Showcases Florida’s Outstanding High Growth Companies. - January 17, 2009 - RedVector

Replicon Timesheet Software Saves Companies Time and Costs by Streamlining Employee & Project Time Tracking

Replicon’s Web TimeSheet, a market leading time tracking solution, proves itself again at being very effective in enabling companies to streamline their employee time and expense tracking, as well as project tracking, and saving thousands of dollars and countless hours along the way. This article features the recent successes of three highlighted customers: Belle Enterprise and Technology, The Finance Project and NuTekk, Ltd. - January 16, 2009 - Replicon Inc

Jacqueline E. Williams to Speak Online About Bookkeeping and Taxes at Bookkeeping for Success e-Workshop

Jacqueline Williams, Financial Strategist, with JE Financial Services will talk about proper bookkeeping for tax purposes at an e-workshop. This program is free and open to the public. During the e-workshop titled “Simplified bookkeeping for a better tax experience”, sponsored by... - January 16, 2009 - JE Financial Services

Atlanta Real Estate Boutique Goes Global: Takes Luxury Real Estate to a Whole New Level

Already a favorite among Celebrities, Allure Realty Group finds a way to prove once again why they are the authority in Real Estate Marketing. - January 15, 2009 - Allure Realty Group

PaintInsulation.com Launches New Innovative Products that Insulates While Painting to Lower Utility bills

A new innovative product is now available to help you insulate while you paint. There is also a 2009 tax credit available and this product can help you save on utility bills while also helping to save our countries precious resources. - January 15, 2009 - Paintinsulation.com

Domain Name Portfolio to Sell to Highest Bidder

Its become a highly coveted domain name portfolio and now the owner is going to sell it to the highest bidder, the Real Estate Domain portfolio. - January 15, 2009 - Real Estate Domain Company

More Consumers Are Spending This Valentines Day at Home, Creating Their Own Romantic Escapades Due to the Strain of the Current State of the Economy

Consumers are turning to less expensive alternatives to celebrate Valentines Day this year. Traditional gifts, such as candy, flowers and splurging on expensive jewelry are slightly decreasing and being replaced with more intimate, cost efficient ways of showing love and affection. - January 14, 2009 - Gift Baskets Made 2 Perfection

Local Virtual Assistant Receives Entrepreneurial Recognition

Denise Aday of Aday VA Solutions receives VAccolade Business Entrepreneur Award. - January 14, 2009 - Aday VA Solutions

Credit Cards Costing Business Profits

The rise in fees related to accepting credit cards has increased for businesses in the U.S. - January 13, 2009 - Financial Mitigation Services

MyNutritionStore.com Launches “Earn Extra Income - Own an Online Nutrition Business Free” to Home Based Entrepreneurs

Jim Stepanian, CEO of MyNutritionStore.com, announces the launch of free online nutrition stores to home based entrepreneurs, fitness, wellness and boot camp professionals interested in owning an online business. MyNutritionStore.com handles the inventory, shipping, paperwork and online marketing, including weekly email specials to store customers. Store owners can make commissions from 25 to 40% by selling MyNutritionStore.com products enabling them to work fewer hours and earn extra money. - January 13, 2009 - MyNutritionStore.com

WAHM Articles Adds Article and Press Release Writing Services to Help Businesses Thrive in 2009

Make 2009 the best year ever for your small business. Work with a professional article and press release writer to create the success you deserve. - January 12, 2009 - WAHM Articles

Create Your Group is Liquidating Its Highly Demanded Program

Learning how to create this lucrative business has never been more highly needed yet for some, there will never be another opportunity. - January 11, 2009 - Create Your Group

Baumco Products Proudly Announces Its Acquisition of the Exclusive Rights to the Exquisite, Hand Sculpted Jewelry Work of Michael De Medina

Baumco Products has been in business since 1976 and has been the creator of many sports and Advertising Specialty products. As an admirer of the sculptors work he is thrilled to have acquired the rights to the line of jewelry. These products were created in the year 2000 but were never offered for... - January 09, 2009 - Baumco Products

Thriving Through the Downturn

David Greer, entrepreneur and business leader, publishes an article with the best ideas from over two hundred entrepreneurs on how to thrive in the current economic downturn. - January 09, 2009 - DJ Greer Business Solutions

AIT Offers New Email Marketing & Anti-Spam Solution for Small Businesses

Email is the dominant form of business communication. Businesses exchange tens of millions of emails each day, containing everything from social communication about election politics to highly sensitive intellectual property. AIT has developed and is now offering a new low cost, efficient marketing solution for small businesses. - January 09, 2009 - Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc

The QB Specialists Selected as Intuit Enterprise Solutions Provider

The QB Specialists announced today that it has been selected as an Intuit® Solution Provider. The QB Specialists offers a full range of value-added consulting services for Intuit QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions (www.enterprisesuite.com) developed by Intuit Inc., a leading provider of... - January 08, 2009 - The QB Specialists

Risk and Compliance Management - New Distance Learning and Online Certification Programs from Compliance LLC

Compliance LLC announced new Distance Learning and Online Certification Programs for risk, compliance, IT, audit and operations professionals at a very reasonable price. - January 08, 2009 - Compliance LLC

New Board of Advisors Member Has Joined GTI, Inc.

A well known business executive within the remittances industry with many years of successful experience has joined the Board of Advisors of the company. - January 08, 2009 - Global Technologies Investment, Inc.

Team and a Dream Announces Goal Setting Teleseminar for Web Businesses

Team and a Dream (www.TeamAndADream.com) is announcing a Teleseminar workshop on January 12, 2009 entitled “Is your Web Business Failing to Capture Clients?” in partnership with Transformation Coach Rob Scott of Fundamental Shift. - January 08, 2009 - Team and a Dream

Amazing Spaces Storage Centers Expands and Restructures for 2009 Despite a Down Economy

Amazing Spaces, a leading provider of upscale self storage solutions, began 2009 with several newly developed positions, including Director of Operations, despite the struggling economy. On January 5, the company welcomed Mike Gately as its new Director of Operations. Mike will be in charge of... - January 07, 2009 - Amazing Spaces Storage Centers

The HBPTEA Organization Provides New Hope for Individuals Seeking Home Based Employment

Introducing an exciting, brand new telecommuting resource - January 07, 2009 - Home Business Professionals Telecommuting Employment Agency Resource & Development Center

Colorado Virtual Assistant Receives Entrepreneurial Recognition

Cindy Opong receives VAccolade Business Entrepreneur Award. - January 07, 2009 - Creative Assistants, LLC

Kids Birthday Ideas for the New Year: Make-a-Bear Parties for Boys and Girls

Stuff a Zoo® offers creative ideas for your child's birthday party. With a stuff-a-bear party at Stuff a Zoo®, kids get to stuff their favorite teddy bear or other zoo animal. For a new and creative birthday idea, try the Bake 'n Bear Birthday Bash where every child gets to bake a cake and stuff an animal. - January 06, 2009 - Stuff a Zoo

SEO Consult Maintains Its Ranking as the UK’s Number 1 Search Engine Optimisation Company

TopSEOs, the independent authority on search vendors, has ranked SEO Consult, the UK’s leading Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) company, as the number one SEO company in the UK for the second month running. In the ongoing study by TopSEOs, 300 UK-based SEO agencies are evaluated on the basis... - January 06, 2009 - SEO.co.uk

Jody Gabourie Interviews Cathy Demers on a Free Teleseminar Called: "If You Don’t Know Why Small Businesses Fail – You’re Next!"

Join Jody Gabourie The Small Business Marketing Coach, and special guest Cathy Demers, for a free live teleseminar on January 5th to learn the top three things small business owners need to avoid or fix to ensure business success in 2009. - January 02, 2009 - Jody Gabourie Marketing Plan Queen

Option Quest, LLC Announces Seminar to Reveal Fortune 500 Internet Profit Secrets

The Manor Inn in Milldale will be home to a free seminar on January 10th and 13th that promises to bring energy, ideas and insight to both business owners and wage-earners looking for a shot at a solid side income online. A number of secrets and misconceptions about making money online will be revealed and discussed, critical to online success in a fluctuating economy. - January 01, 2009 - Option Quest, LLC

Allied Partnerships Launches a Business Coaching and Consulting Firm to Serve Small and Mid-Sized Businesses in the Mid-Atlantic Region

After serving Small and Mid-Sized Businesses for organizations like Verizon, T-Mobile and Office Depot, Scott Oster has opened Allied Partnerships to help those same Businesses with Increasing Productivity, Strategic Development, Strenthening their Organization and help with Creating New Business... - January 01, 2009 - Allied Partnerships

A Virtual Assistant Helps Your Business Save Money and Turn Profits

Nancy Frye-Swope, an Arizona entrepreneur, announces the launch of her new business website, http://www.nancysvirtualoffice.com, a home-based virtual assisting practice devoted to providing small business owners solutions for handling administrative tasks so they can save money and focus on growing their business and profits. - December 31, 2008 - Nancy's Virtual Office

Greenstone Launches the First "Themed Gathering" on Real Estate Issues

Greenstone, the real estate development subsidiary of Johnny Saadé Holdings, invited two select groups on the 4th and 12th of December 2008 at Vintage (Saifi) to a Dinner/Seminar to discuss key subjects related to the real estate market in Lebanon. Being a first, both gatherings featured the... - December 31, 2008 - greenstone real estate developers

The Changing “Face” of Google - More “Talking Head” Videos to Appear on Search Results in 2009

Two hottest trends in online marketing - streaming video and video SEO - will take off in popularity in 2009. According to online marketing studies, Google's universal search algorythms, which allow multimedia to appear in search results along with web page links, will change the look of Google search results. More video links and thumbnail images of video links will be seen on Google because more people are searching for video than website content. - December 30, 2008 - Vmatrix, Inc.

Jody Gabourie The Small Business Marketing Coach is Offering a Free Teleseminar to Small Businesses Called: "The Missing Pieces to Your Marketing Puzzle"

Join Jody Gabourie The Small Business Marketing Coach for a free live teleseminar on December 30th and discover the missing pieces to the marketing puzzle that entrepreneurs must have. - December 26, 2008 - Jody Gabourie Marketing Plan Queen

SKOLKOVO and RUSNANO to Build Venture Capital Investments Fund

Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO and Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies will create the first venture capital investments fund, the assets of which will be used for the innovative projects’ financing. The total amount of the fund will be estimated as 2 billion rubles. - December 26, 2008 - Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

LinkTrigger, Inc. to List on OTC Bulletin Board

LinkTrigger Retained Going Public LLC to Assist Them in Going Public on the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB) - December 25, 2008 - Link Trigger, Inc.

SEO Consult to Add 3 New Search Engine Optimisation Articles to Their Website Per Day

SEO Consult, the UK’s leading Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) agency, today announced that three new SEO blogs and articles would be added to their website per day. To date, the SEO Consult website contains the following: over 263,000 words of content on SEO, a vast online SEO Resource... - December 24, 2008 - SEO.co.uk

New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council Celebrates “Council of the Year Award” from National Minority Supplier Development Council

The Council's 35th Anniversary Gala Honored Bank of America and Con Edison with Top Corporation Awards for Minority Business Development. - December 24, 2008 - New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council

Ultimate “Cold Calling” Training Adventure with Dancing Elephants and Ascent Adventure Consultants

Ascent Adventure Consultants and Dancing Elephants Achievement Group holding “Cold Calling for People Who Hate to Cold Call” open enrollment seminar January 16, 2009. - December 22, 2008 - Ascent Adventure Consultants LLC

EEW Magazine Names the Best Business Book of the Year

Spotlight on Marshawn Evans's New Book, S.K.I.R.T.S in the Boardroom. - December 19, 2008 - EEW Magazine

iPhone Web App Thumbdive Goes Beta to Bring People Together in Privacy

Social media mobile marketing company AirGini (http://www.airgini.com) has today announced the private beta launch of Thumbdive (http://www.thumbdive.com), a new iPhone and desktop PC web app for friends to interact and share content from the web’s most popular social sites. Aimed at urban... - December 18, 2008 - AirGini Asia Pacific Limited

1905 Productions' "My Tale of Two Cities," the Surprise Hit of the Season, is Back in Theaters; DVD Now Available for the Holidays

Just in time for the holidays, "My Tale of Two Cities," a "heartfelt and funny valentine to Pittsburgh," is back for families and friends to celebrate the season and their hometown. After opening the Three Rivers Film Festival, selling out a red carpet screening at the Byham Theater, and the sale of 1000 DVDs in less than two weeks, My Tale of Two Cities, will be playing at The Oaks Theater at 5 p.m. from Friday Dec. 19-Dec. 23rd as the DVD is now available for the holidays. - December 18, 2008 - 1905 Productions

Fee Setting Go to Guy Says "Raise Your Rates Regardless of What's Happening with the Economy"

Despite a slowing economy, many businesses are booming. Pricing and business model strategies play a big role in moving forward with a successful business regardless of the economic environment. Tom Buford, founder of Charge What You Deserve, shares such strategies so that service professionals can continue with business and income growth. - December 18, 2008 - Charge What You Deserve

'Soul Currency' is Main Street's Hope to Create Wall Street Value and Abundance, says Author Ernest D. (Ernie) Chu

Ernest D. (Ernie) Chu, a former Wall Street investment banker and capital markets expert, offers a message of hope and practical inspiration for Main Street in his new book, "Soul Currency: Investing Your Inner Wealth for Fulfillment and Abundance." - December 17, 2008 - Soul Currency Institute

Swift HR Solutions Expands Support of Early-Stage Companies with the Addition of a New President

Swift HR Solutions, provider of comprehensive, strategic HR solutions to early-stage companies, has made a bold move in these unusual economic times and announced the addition of Kathi A. Jones as President, Products. Jones will focus her energy on the expansion of the company’s product division. - December 17, 2008 - Swift HR Solutions

Revolutionary Electronic Cigarette is Product of the Year for 2008