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ActionCOACH Barb Kyes Has a Plan – and It’s Working
Florida business coach receives company award for efficiency. - May 29, 2008 - ActionCOACH
Universal Wrecking Corp Awarded Second Phase of Large Demolition Project
Universal Wrecking Corp., a premier demolition, scrap metal recycling and wrecking contractor that operates on a nationwide basis, was recently awarded the next phase of the demolition of a large manufacturing and warehousing facility in Pennsylvania. - May 29, 2008 - Universal Wrecking Corp
Finally a Highly Effective Competency-Based Interview Tool for Hiring Sales Reps
New Hiring Tool reduces hiring costs by dramatically improving the Sales Rep hiring process. - May 29, 2008 - Ashlar Performance Group Inc.
Donald Droppo, CEO of Curtis Packaging, Talks About Growing Through Going Green -- in Luxury Packaging on The CEO Show with Robert Reiss
Donald Droppo, Sr., CEO, talks about Curtis Packaging’s “Luxuriously Responsible”™ concept which provides sustainable packaging -- on the CEO Show with Robert Reiss. Droppo discusses the rewards of going “green”, building the business with dedicated people, and using technology to keep competitive. Droppo tells how Curtis Packaging became the first luxury packaging manufacturer to be 100% carbon neutral, receiving highly positive customer responses from these environmentally advanced products. - May 29, 2008 - Reissource, LLC
Fuentek Cosponsors Excellence Fund Scholarship for UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine Student
Laura A. Schoppe, president of Fuentek, LLC (www.fuentek.com), has announced that the firm is cosponsoring a scholarship for a medical student at UNC-Chapel Hill through the Excellence Fund. The Excellence Fund provides support for programs in UNC Hospitals and the School of Medicine through... - May 29, 2008 - Fuentek, LLC
Global Trade of Woodchips Increased 6% in 2007, Reaching New Records
Pulpmills in both Europe and the Pacific Rim are increasingly sourcing their mills with wood from fast-growing plantations. This has resulted in a major expansion of worldwide trade of both wood chips and pulplogs the past few years, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. Global trade of wood... - May 28, 2008 - Wood Resources International LLC
Back in the Black Launches Cost Reduction and Recovery Solutions for Businesses
Back in the Black, founded by Jeff Lindsay, (www.backintheblack.biz) announces the opening of their new office in Boyne City, MI. The company offers innovative and groundbreaking Cost Reduction and Recovery Solutions for businesses across the state of Michigan and the Midwest. - May 28, 2008 - Back in the Black
Training ROI Breakthrough
Business consulting firm Business Performance P/L this week released its new user friendly guide and toolkit for measuring return on investment (ROI) on workplace training expenditures. - May 28, 2008 - Business Performance Pty Ltd
Strategic Marketing Solutions, Inc. Opens, Offering Long List of Marketing and Investor Relations Services
Strategic Marketing Solutions, Inc. specializes in increasing their client's exposure to both potential customers as well as potential investors. This brand new company uses a high degree of entrepreneurial spirit and a long list of strategic services such as: corporate website design, strategic marketing campaigns, investor awareness campaigns, press releases, and distribution of investor relations kits to help bring maximum exposure to their client's company. - May 28, 2008 - Strategic Marketing Solutions, Inc
ConservCo Launches New Water Audit Service, Website
Company Helps Hotels, Other Facilities Decrease Operating Expenses. - May 28, 2008 - ConservCo Water Conservation Products, LLC
Global Energy Advisory Explain Why Energy Risks Are Uncertain But Not Unmanageable for Forward Thinking Businesses
Today’s energy firms are exposed to a series of high impact events whose magnitude and frequency are increasing. The security of energy supply has never been more uncertain, affecting fuel prices throughout the world. As a result, the global energy sector is now a volatile and punishing marketplace. How do energy businesses operate responsibly within the massive price volatility that is sure to come? And how do they address the very real energy trading risks that are upon them? - May 27, 2008 - Global Energy Advisory Limited
Go2Group Releases Next Version of Go2Group CRM Plugin
Go2Group, the leader in the field of Software Production Line Automation (SPLA), today has announced it has released an update to its popular CRM Plugin. Go2Group’s CRM Plugin is the secure way for development and sales teams to collaborate. - May 27, 2008 - Go2Group
VestRite Internet Practices Releases a $50 Critical Search Engine Optimization Analysis
VestRite Internet Practices now offers a Critical SEO Analysis that will not only do all the necessary internet marketing research, but will also critique and make useful suggestions for your company's web site. The report is $50 for the first five customers. - May 27, 2008 - VestRite Internet Practices
CEO Show with Robert Reiss Celebrates 1st Anniversary -- Customer Service as Focus of New Hit Radio Show -- 52 Executive Interviews List Announced
Celebrating the 1st anniversary of The CEO Show with Robert Reiss, the hit radio series focused on the “customer service experience” announces the availability of its first 52 executive interview’s list of guests, business titles, and companies. The link to all of the show’s... - May 26, 2008 - Reissource, LLC
New Media Maze Create, Launch and Seed the World’s First ‘pseudo Apple Mac’ Experience in a Viral for New Line Cinema's Sex and the City Movie
Digital Agency New Media Maze www.newmediamaze.com announces the launch of a clever new viral campaign to promote the release of ‘Sex and the City’ in cinemas. Commissioned by New Line Cinema in the US, ‘Carrie Bradshaw’s MacBook’ is the first viral ever to be based upon the Apple Mac desktop experience and can be accessed at: http://www.sexandthecitymovie.com/macbook/. - May 26, 2008 - New Media Maze
Professional Image Key to Success for College Grads
New Web site provides image advice for students. - May 26, 2008 - ImageSpecialist
Kente Cloth Ceremony at Vassar College Features Dr. Claudia Thomas, Author of God Spare Life
America’s First African American Female Orthopaedic Surgeon to Speak on Achieving Diversity at Vassar College's Kente Cloth Ceremony - May 26, 2008 - Windsor Media Enterprises, LLC
Two JD Edwards Integrators Partner to Provide End-to-End I.T. Services for the Application Suite
Over 110 years of dedicated JD Edwards’ application expertise and experience. - May 25, 2008 - Epic Technology Consulting
Golden Tulip Signs LOI to Operate a Golden Tulip Hotel in Oegstgeest, the Netherlands
Golden Tulip Hospitality Group and Reco Productions initiate the development project through the signing of a letter of intent for the first Golden Tulip in Oegstgeest located next to Corpus ‘a journey through the human body.’ - May 25, 2008 - Golden Tulip Hospitality Group
ActionCOACH Monte Wyatt Receives Accolades at Annual Conference
Wyatt Recognized as Elite Business Coach in Company’s International Network. - May 25, 2008 - ActionCOACH
Finn Finds Success as Business Coach
Keystone State ActionCOACH Earns Awards for Client Results. - May 25, 2008 - ActionCOACH
MMI Associates, Inc. Wins National Award for Public Relations Blog
Patty Briguglio, president of MMI Associates, Inc. (www.mmimarketing.com), a Raleigh-based public relations firm, has announced that the firm received the gold award in the Hermes Creative Awards 2008 competition for the firm’s public relations blog. The Hermes Creative Awards event is an... - May 25, 2008 - MMI
ZSL Launches Enterprise 2.0 Computing Framework Built on IBM Websphere Smash
ZSL’s proven expertise in SOA, Web 2.0, and Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) development methodologies and best practices provide clients greater business flexibility by harnessing the power of Enterprise 2.0 platform. - May 24, 2008 - ZSL Inc
The Summer Language Recruitment Fair - Marble Arch, London 13th & 14th June
Top Language Jobs, Europe’s No 1 specialist language recruitment website, will host its 4th Annual London Language Recruitment Fair 2008 at the Thistle Hotel, Marble Arch on the 13th & 14th June. - May 24, 2008 - Top Language Jobs
Triton Consulting Awarded IBM Information on Demand Specialty
Leading DB2 and Information Management specialists, Triton Consulting have been awarded with the IBM Information on Demand Specialty. This signifies the quality of work, expertise and experience which Triton have shown with the IBM Information on Demand range of solutions. Every organisation... - May 24, 2008 - Triton Consulting Ltd
Polar Design Wins Horizon Interactive Bronze Award for HomeBin Site
For the second year in a row, Polar Design (www.polardesign.com) won a Horizon Interactive Award for creating a distinctive e-commerce web site. This year’s Bronze Award recognizes the aesthetically pleasing interface and rich functionality of the HomeBin Discount Realty e-commerce web site... - May 24, 2008 - Polar Design
Critical Watch Chosen for State of Texas Department of Information Resources Contract
Security and compliance solutions leader approved for statewide use. - May 24, 2008 - Critical Watch
Photogram Gets Major Patent Approved for Its Gift Card and Loyalty Card Product Line
Photogram is proud to announce that after a long wait of 4 years, its pending patent for the manufacturing process of CR-80 lenticular cards has been officially approved by the United States Patent and Trademark office. Ref number no.: 7,370,809. - May 24, 2008 - Red Baron Marketing, LLC
Technology Associates Named to IT Networking Companies List
Eric Hobbs, president of Technology Associates, a full-service technology solutions and support firm specializing in network design, implementation, management and support to small to medium-sized businesses in North Carolina, has announced that the firm has been named one of the top IT networking... - May 24, 2008 - Technology Associates
Black Sleuth for Hire/Peace of Mind PI
Black private investigator emerges from the shadows to provide investigative consulting to discerning clientele. - May 23, 2008 - Peace of Mind Private Investigators
Nico Sirianni is Promoted to General Manager of Rouge LA
Starting as a doorman at the Spearmint Rhino in Downtown Los Angeles in 2005, Nico was recruited as a manager trainee to Rouge Los Angeles when it opened in October 2006. He soon became a shift manager and has worked his way up to becoming General Manager. As the General Manager, Sirianni is... - May 23, 2008 - Spearmint Rhino Consulting Worldwide, Inc.
New World Marketing, Inc. Announces John R. Davis as Executive VP of Executive Search Placement Division
New World Marketing Inc. announced today the appointment of John R. Davis as executive vice president in its executive recruitment practice. John is an executive recruiter with 20 plus years experience and is recognized in the financial services industry as one of the nation’s premier... - May 23, 2008 - New World Marketing
Foreclosure Boom is a Boon for Southwest Florida Realtor's New Reality TV Show
While the nation is suffering through its worst foreclosure period in decades, for Southwest Florida Realtor, Tom Bruzzesi, it's business as usual. Tom's foreclosure adventures are documented in a new reality TV show, "The Foreclosure Shoppe," produced by Florida's InTroubleZone Productions. - May 23, 2008 - InTroubleZone Productions
Introducing: Yesterday’s Catch
Today, the salmon industry is in a constant state of uncertainty. With the salmon fishing season canceled in both California and Oregon, there is constant speculation that the days of plentiful wild pacific salmon are over. Luckily for NYC and the Hamptons, they have Yesterday’s Catch, a division of a Manhattan based sustainable company, flying in the highest quality wild Alaskan salmon on a daily basis. - May 23, 2008 - Ancient Life Modern Times
Anyone Can Encourage Donations from ESP; Marketing Firm Releases Free ESP Donation Event Plan
The vision is to end the ESP payout period with a significant portion of total funds routed to worthy causes. - May 23, 2008 - JRW Marketing
Passage to India, Presented by Dalip Raheja, Wows the Audience at the ISM 2008 Annual Conference in St. Louis
Dalip Raheja, President and CEO of The Mpower Group, (TMG) was the highlighted speaker at the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) 2008 annual conference in their Global Strategies track, where he presented his perspectives on doing business in India with a session entitled “Passage to India:... - May 23, 2008 - The Mpower Group, Inc.
McKinley Marketing Partners Remains Done Deal™ Champion for the Third Year in a Row
Marketing Firm Reports the Most Deals with Fortune 500. - May 22, 2008 - McKinley Marketing Partners
Global Pulpwood Prices Reached New Records in 1Q 2008, According to the Wood Resource Quarterly
Tight residual supply, higher fuel costs and unfavourable weather were all factors that pushed wood costs for the world’s pulp industry to new record levels in 1Q/08. Wood costs went up in most of the 17 world regions covered by the market report Wood Resource Quarterly. One country that... - May 22, 2008 - Wood Resources International LLC
The Olympics of Business
What business owners learn from champion athletes and their coaches can improve their own game. - May 22, 2008 - ActionCOACH
DecisionHealth Educates the Nation’s Hospitals on How to Get Reimbursed Under New Medicare CMS Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services (CMS) recently announced plans to add nine more conditions to its “do-not-pay” list, bringing to 17 the number of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) for which hospitals will not receive Medicare reimbursement if they occur during the inpatient stay. DecisionHealth gathers hundreds of healthcare professionals to learn the best practices that some of the nation’s top performing hospitals have developed to reduce or even eliminate HACs. - May 22, 2008 - DecisionHealth
Chetna Consultancy Services Launches Its Programme for "The Communicating Manager"
Chetna Consultancy Services launched its programme called “The Communicating Manager.” The programme aims at developing successful and deeper client engagements using effective communications. - May 22, 2008 - Chetna Consultancy Services
Spearmint Rhino Consulting Promotes Ross Yamashita to VP of Marketing
Ross Yamashita is promoted to VP of Marketing for Spearmint Rhino Consulting Worldwide, Inc. - May 21, 2008 - Spearmint Rhino Consulting Worldwide, Inc.
High Impact Workplace Training Now Within Reach of Employers
Human Resources consulting firm Business Performance P/L this week announced the second release of its comprehensive guide and toolkit for delivering highly effective employee training and measuring results. - May 21, 2008 - Business Performance Pty Ltd
DecisionHealth and Perimeter eSecurity Team Up to Educate the Healthcare Industry on IT Security and Compliance Issues Via a Free White Paper and Webinar
DecisionHealth partners with Perimeter eSecurity to educate the healthcare industry on IT security and compliance issues via a series of initiatives including a free white paper and webinars. - May 21, 2008 - DecisionHealth
Casino Entertainment Concepts Announces Comic Hypnotist - Flip Orley's New Website
Casino Entertainment Concepts proudly launches Flip Orley's viral campaign featuring his all new websites. - May 21, 2008 - Casino Entertainment Concepts
New Book is Riding High
The MavHERick™ Mind is National Indie Excellence 2008 Book Awards Finalist. - May 21, 2008 - Liz P. Communications
ClickCulture Named Web Agency of Record for Crabtree Valley Mall
Lloyd Jacobs, CEO of ClickCulture, Inc. (www.clickculture.com), has announced that the firm has been named the interactive agency of record for Crabtree Valley Mall, located at US 70 and the Raleigh Beltline. ClickCulture will redesign the mall’s Web site to make it more user-friendly and... - May 21, 2008 - ClickCulture
Network Talk Radio Releases Website 2.0, NetworkTalkRadio.com
Network Talk Radio announced today the official release of its new website and working on-line radio station, NetworkTalkRadio.com. The website offers the full functionality for users to own and operate network-quality radio programs without having to enter a radio studio and without having to... - May 21, 2008 - Network Talk Radio
George W. Thomas Joins PinnacleOne as Market Development Manager for Construction Claims Services
PinnacleOne, one of the nation’s leading construction consulting firms, today announced that George W. Thomas, Esq. has joined the firm as Market Development Manager for Construction Claims Services. Mr. Thomas, who will be based in the Columbia, Maryland office, will expand... - May 20, 2008 - PinnacleOne, an ARCADIS company
Richard Kammann Joins ARCADIS as Client Development Manager
ARCADIS, one of the nation’s premier engineering and project management/construction management (PM/CM) firms, is pleased to announce the addition of Dick Kammann to its staff. Located in ARCADIS’ Columbia, MD office, Mr. Kammann will serve as Client Development Manager (CDM) in support of the firm’s Mid-Atlantic PM/CM operations. - May 20, 2008 - PinnacleOne, an ARCADIS company