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McKinley Marketing Partners Increases Staff by 40%
Senior team brought in to increase revenue and introduce new value-added service line. - December 19, 2007 - McKinley Marketing Partners
Employee Schedules: The Top 10 U.S. Management Mistakes of 2007 Released by Core Practice Partners LLC
Every year Core Practice Partners releases its list of the top scheduling mistakes of the last 12 months. The workshops and seminars combined with ongoing project work with companies like Kraft Foods has made this firm a valuable labor strategy resource to the public. 1. Copying a schedule from... - December 19, 2007 - Core Practice Partners LLC
McKinley Marketing Partners’ CEO Michelle Boggs Honored by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council
Michelle Boggs, CEO of McKinley Marketing Partners is being honored by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the leading advocate for women's businesses as suppliers to the nation's leading corporations. WBENC has just released its annual list of the 2008 Women’s Business... - December 19, 2007 - McKinley Marketing Partners
Creative Brand Communications Becomes Public Relations Agency of Record for the Oregon Bankers Association
Creative Brand Communications, Inc. (CBC), a full-service brand development and communications agency for forward-thinking financial institutions, today announced that it is officially the public relations agency of record for the Oregon Bankers Association (OBA). “We’re honored to... - December 18, 2007 - Creative Brand Communications
Dental Marketing Resolutions: Dentists Vow to Make It Big in the New Year
When The Wealthy Dentist asked dentists about their New Year's resolutions for 2008, most pointed to acquiring new patients and expanding their dental practice marketing efforts. Much like other people, dentists also cited goals such as improving their health and spending more time with their families. - December 17, 2007 - The Wealthy Dentist
Cosmetic Dentistry Made Easier: Dental Makeover Portal 1stCosmeticDentist.com Launches
Consumer information site 1stCosmeticDentist.com provides local listings of dentists who offer cosmetic dentistry, as well as a variety of cosmetic dental educational resources. - December 17, 2007 - The Wealthy Dentist
Technology Tops 2007 List for Most Memorable New Products
The Apple iPhone topped the list of the Sixth Annual Most Memorable New Product Launch Survey. The study, sponsored by Schneider Associates, BNP Media’s New Products Magazine and IRI and conducted by comScore, surveyed consumers about the most memorable new product launches of the year & consumer behavior trends. 77 percent of respondents failed to name a single product in the Top 50 new products launched in 2007. - December 17, 2007 - Schneider Associates
LeTutor.com Issues a Unique New Year's Resolution Challenge: Learn a New Language in 2008
The Phoenix based tutoring site LeTutor.com has issued a unique challenge to everyone living in the United States today. The challenge? Learn a new language in 2008. - December 17, 2007 - LeTutor.com
CEO Advisors Network Announces Affiliation with the Edward Lowe Foundation to Offer the PeerSpectives® Roundtable System
CEO Advisors Network and The Edward Lowe Foundation is committed to the development and progress of Second-Stage™ Companies - December 16, 2007 - CEO Advisors Network
LicenZing LLC is Recognized as an Outstanding Hispanic Business in Northern California
LicenZing LLC today was recognized by Telemundo/KSTS-TV48 as an outstanding Northern California Hispanic business. LicenZing LLC is being honored as an organization for its business acumen, success and community involvement making them a leader in their field and highly recognized in the... - December 15, 2007 - LicenZing, LLC
Pawsible Marketing Launched to Help Pet Businesses with a Wide Variety of Marketing Needs
Pawsible Marketing opened its doors recently in an effort to help pet businesses nationwide with a wide variety of marketing needs. - December 15, 2007 - Pawsible Marketing
Paul Blanco of Barnum Financial Group, Talks About Building a Winning Culture on The CEO Show with Robert Reiss
Paul Blanco of Barnum Financial Group, talks on the CEO Show with Robert Reiss about building a financial services organization that makes a difference for its clients, its employees, and the communities where it operates. Blanco addresses the value of helping educate the customer, the significance... - December 15, 2007 - Reissource, LLC
Bill Williams, CEO of Harry & David, Talks About the Commitment to Quality on The CEO Show with Robert Reiss
Bill Williams, the 20 year CEO of Harry & David, talks about the innovative quality model pioneered for the direct marketing of fruits and food gifts. Williams and Reiss discuss achieving excellence in customer service, and William’s views on leadership style. Reiss inquires about the challenges facing a business delivering over 8 million packages a year to discerning customers, and Williams explains that regardless of the situation, Harry & David always focuses on 100% customer satisfaction. - December 15, 2007 - Reissource, LLC
Core Practice Partners Creates Employee Schedules That Improve Morale and Save Money - It is Possible
With more companies forced to work weekends to improve capital utilization and reduce fixed costs per unit, employee morale is tanking across the country. Most firms have taken their widely accepted 8-hour, Monday – Friday schedules and adapted them to weekend work. There is a better way. - December 14, 2007 - Core Practice Partners LLC
AtomicGarden, Atlanta Web Design Firm, Introduces Atlanta Software Consulting Services
Atlanta Web Design Firm AtomicGarden, Inc., announced new software consulting services for business clients. The new service is focused on providing custom software development for companies looking to build custom tools, including customer relationship management, e-commerce, integration with... - December 14, 2007 - AtomicGarden, Inc.
LicenZing LLC Signs on the YL Yo Latino® Brand to Build Its “Estilo”
LicenZing LLC today announced it has been selected as the brand building agency of record for the YL (Yo Latino®) brand. The YL brand will focus to ignite a movement representing unity and symbolizing pride among Latinos worldwide. Feel it, say it and now wear it. The movement began in... - December 14, 2007 - LicenZing, LLC
Outside the Lines, Inc and WineAndHospitalityJobs.com Announces the Addition of The Grapevine
Outside the Lines, Inc and WineAndHospitalityJobs.com announces the addition of The Grapevine – their “who’s who” column. This column will run in their regular e-zine and will be the place for the wine, restaurant and hotel/lodging industries to announce new hires,... - December 13, 2007 - Community Cafe & Annex Wine Bar
Lamar Associates Announces Free Anti-Meth Training
Department of Justice - The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services funds Online-Onsite Training for Indian Country. - December 13, 2007 - Lamar Associates
Kate Catlin Named to National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere Board of Directors
Kate Catlin, account executive at MMI Associates, Inc., a Raleigh-based public relations firm, has been named to the board of directors for the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE). As a board member, Catlin will commit to and uphold the vision, mission and strategic... - December 13, 2007 - MMI
Thundering Oak Enterprises Donates Tree Services to Benefit International Society of Arboriculture
Last Friday Thundering Oak Enterprises of Auburn donated its tree pruning services to underserviced areas of the City of Seattle. According to Thundering Oak owner and ISA member Bryce Landrud, Seattle applies for a grant each year to get the tree pruning done in neighborhoods it can’t get to. - December 13, 2007 - Thundering Oak Enterprises
IPA Charities Participates in Chicago's Principal for a Day Program
Recently, International Profit Associates participated as an official partner of the annual ‘Chicago Principal for a Day’ program at Nathan S. Davis Elementary School. IPA-IBA representatives Valerie Brown, human resources representative, and Terrence Perkins, assistant director of... - December 13, 2007 - IPA
LogoBee Creates Logo Design for Vienna Art Gallery: Graphic Art is Used to Represent the Vienna Art Scene
The FPKK Przeczek & Seredynski KG art gallery in Vienna has just recently received a logo design created by LogoBee. Graphic arts are being used to represent the more traditional art forms. - December 13, 2007 - LogoBee Logo Design
TAG Selects Asentinel as New Telecom Expense Management Platform for Enhanced Managed Services Offering
TAG, an expert provider of telecom procurement, contract negotiation and vendor management services, has partnered with Asentinel, a global telecom expense management (TEM) and total telecom cost management (TTCM) leader, to provide TEM integrated software and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solutions for customers. - December 13, 2007 - TAG
Thompson Advisory Group Launches Intelitrak
Intelitrak changes the way companies manage telecom expenses. For the first time, TAG's new business information management service, Intelitrak, combines rate procurement, benchmarking, carrier contract negotiation, audit, analysis and invoice management into one customizable monthly fee based service package. For clients, it is a "next generation" concept. - December 13, 2007 - TAG
International Profit Associates Managing Director Recognized by ABI
The American Biographical Institute's governing board of editors has selected John R. Burgess, Founder and Managing Director of International Profit Associates, as a 2007 Man of the Year. The American Biographical Institute is one of the world’s leading biographical reference publishers and... - December 13, 2007 - IPA
Golden Tulip New Websites Go Live
Golden Tulip Hospitality launches brand new global website for developers and investors and revamps current consumer website. - December 13, 2007 - Golden Tulip Hospitality Group
Brent Summers Joins Technology Associates
Eric Hobbs, president of Technology Associates, a full-service technology solutions and support firm, has announced that the firm has hired Brent Summer as a systems engineer. In his new position, Summers will service customer accounts, proactively managing all of their IT needs from network... - December 12, 2007 - Technology Associates
Night Shift Link to Cancer Further Reinforces Need for Work Life Balancer
The recent news showing a link between night shift or graveyard shift and cancer has shift workers on edge. To counteract this, the Work Life Balancer can improve shift worker health, productivity, and morale. - December 12, 2007 - Core Practice Partners LLC
“Social Venture” Impact Makers Celebrates First-Year Anniversary by Proving Its Unique Model
The nation’s first consulting firm designed to give all its profits away to support charitable community programs celebrated its first anniversary by becoming the largest corporate donor to its first nonprofit charitable partner, Safe Harbor. The competitive social venture grossed more than $500,000 providing consulting services in information technology, healthcare, and project management to clients across the US. - December 12, 2007 - Impact Makers
Midnight Coders’ Extends WebORB® for Java to Flex Clients and Drops Barrier to Entry
Midnight Coders announces immediate availability of a new version of WebORB® for Java. This edition is ideal for Rich Internet Application (RIA) developers who need to rapidly connect Flex, Flash and AJAX clients to Java backend server environments and require more than the standard features and functionality found in competing solutions. - December 11, 2007 - Midnight Coders, Inc.
Go2Group Announces Year End Product Discounts
Go2Group, a leader in the field of Software Production Line Automation (SPLA), today announced its Year End Product Sale. The end-of-year sale includes deep price discounts on Go2Group's entire product line and partner products including Atlassian JIRA and Confluence. "If customers were... - December 11, 2007 - Go2Group
American Executive Centers Selects LRA Worldwide to Enhance the Client Experience
American Executive Centers (AEC), the leader in high-end executive office space in Philadelphia and its suburbs, has partnered with LRA Worldwide, Inc. to develop solutions to better meet their client-tenant’s ever-evolving service requirements. AEC has distinguished itself in the marketplace... - December 10, 2007 - LRA Worldwide, Inc.
Integrated Media Association Launches Public Media Metrics - a Standardized Web Metrics System for NPR & PBS Public Broadcasting Stations
The Integrated Media Association announces the launch of PMM, Public Media Metrics, a standardized web metrics system for non-commercial media including public broadcasting. PMM will provide public radio, television and other non-commercial media organizations the web measurement tools necessary to... - December 10, 2007 - Integrated Media Association
Core Practice Partners Pioneers Employee Morale and Employee Schedules
Employee schedules that work: On December 4, 2008 Core Practice Partners announced the release of the new CPP Scheduling Database that includes both the top rated workforce schedules in the country, and responses to various employee morale issues. - December 10, 2007 - Core Practice Partners LLC
ComTec Releases Software for Reply Plus
Communications Technology Int'l Inc. releases audience response system control software for Fleetwood's Reply Plus® wireless voting system. - December 09, 2007 - Communications Technology Int'l Inc.
Great Hills Consulting Group Announces New Charitable and Environmental Efforts
Great Hills Consulting Group, an Austin based Internet marketing firm, today announced several new initiatives aimed at supporting charitable and non-profit organizations and helping to improve our environment. - December 09, 2007 - Great Hills Consulting Group
Orange Parachute Representative Selected to Present at RSA Conference 2008
Orange Parachute, a Minneapolis-based management consulting firm specializing in Information Security Management Systems for the financial services industry, announced that company representative, Scott Erkonen, will present at the RSA Conference on April 8, 2008 in San Francisco. The... - December 09, 2007 - Orange Parachute
Americas Media Group Worldwide (AMG) Captures “Best Media Planners” Award
Americas Media Group Worldwide, the world’s fastest growing media and marketing agency, has just been honored with the coveted Agents’ Choice Award for “Best Media Planners.” - December 09, 2007 - Americas Media Group
One-Third of Dentists Find Dental Marketing Restricted by Dental Boards
Most general dentists fully support dental boards, but one in three dentists expresses frustration at the restrictions many state dental boards impose on dental marketing. Though intended to protect consumers, some dentists consider the rules a restraint of trade. - December 08, 2007 - The Wealthy Dentist
Jack Mitchell, CEO of Mitchells/Richards/Marshs, Talks About “The Art of Hugging” on The CEO Show with Robert Reiss
Jack Mitchell, CEO of Mitchells/Richards/Marshs, talks on The CEO Show with Robert Reiss about the business model which has built an industry powerhouse over three generations in retail shopping for high-end clothing and accessories. Mitchell reveals the secret is the “hugging culture”, the creed of their customer-centric business, and he emphasizes how success starts with great people who provide extraordinary customer service. - December 08, 2007 - Reissource, LLC
MMI Associates, Inc. President Named 2007 Women Extraordinaire
MMI Associates, Inc. (www.mmimarketing.com), a full-service public relations and marketing firm, has announced that Patty Briguglio, president of the firm, has been named a Women Extraordinaire 2007 recipient by Business Leader magazine. Those selected as Women Extraordinaire are recognized for... - December 07, 2007 - MMI
Legal Marketing in Top Form at White Lotus Advertising
White Lotus Advertising is rapidly becoming the premier attorney access resource for consumers in the Southern California marketplace. The group of attorneys they represent has helped clients receive skilled legal representation in their times of need, and has accomplished great monetary recoveries in the process. - December 07, 2007 - White Lotus Advertising
Work Media Lands Student Loan Financial Group Account
Work Media, a Nashville, TN, based Internet marketing firm, recently landed the online search account for Student Loan Financial Group (SLFG), a Maryland-based private supplier of student loans. The account was awarded to Work Media after a review that included some of the largest search engine... - December 07, 2007 - Frank Best International
Proformance Sports Marketing and Entertainment Partners with Interactive Video Website, iGot2Know.com
Austin-based Proformance Sports Marketing and Entertainment, LLC (PSME) announced today that it has teamed up with iGot2Know.com (G2K), the innovative, one-of-a-kind digital media company based in Indianapolis. As the exclusive marketing representative for G2K’s cheerleading, dance and gymnastics sectors, PSME is a natural fit. The company is currently in the process of finding a home city for its most recent development, the World Cheerleading Hall of Fame. - December 07, 2007 - Proformance Sports Marketing and Entertainment
Success at Work Doesn’t Bring Happiness
The recent deaths of two high-profile television presenters dispels the myth that work success will bring happiness in all aspects of our life, says people optimization and business improvement specialist Tabitha Wellman. In both cases, the deaths of Charmaine Dragun and Chris Mainwairing... - December 06, 2007 - Innova Business Momentum
Spearmint Rhino Will Donate More Than $10,000 to Savannah's Organic Ranch
Spearmint Rhino will donate more than $10,000 to Savannah’s Organic Ranch – a non-profit organization helping the fight against childhood cancer. - December 05, 2007 - Spearmint Rhino Consulting Worldwide, Inc.
PinnacleOne Names Sudhir Damle Executive Vice President of Program and Project Management Service Line
PinnacleOne, one of the nation’s leading construction consulting firms, has named Sudhir Damle Executive Vice President of Program and Project Management. In this role, Mr. Damle will focus on strengthening PinnacleOne’s position in the Southern California market and continuing efforts... - December 05, 2007 - PinnacleOne, an ARCADIS company
Alberta Enterprise Group Retains GWEST for Historic Trade Mission to Washington, DC
The Alberta Enterprise Group (AEG) is pleased to announce the support of Washington-based GWEST for their upcoming trade mission to Washington, DC, January 15-18, 2008. The purpose of the mission will be to enhance already strong economic ties between Alberta and the United States and to build on... - December 05, 2007 - GWEST
Sedation Dentistry: Whose Interests Are We Protecting?
Most general dentists offer sedation dentistry to their dental patients, according to a recent Wealthy Dentist survey. Dentists and patients alike rave about the benefits of oral conscious sedation dentistry. - December 04, 2007 - The Wealthy Dentist
Quadrant Two PR Reminds Industry: the Best is Not Always the Biggest
Reminding marketers that bigger does not mean better, Quadrant Two PR President, J.M. De Jesús, made comments as to why his firm is considered the very best in the US Hispanic and multicultural market, at a press briefing held today at its Guttenberg, NJ headquarters. - December 04, 2007 - Quadrant Two PR