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Voyage Healthcare Receives Gold Seal Approval From JCAHO
Lunar Cow Design Wins Gold Eclipse Award from the Northeastern Ohio Direct Marketing Association
Lunar Cow Design, headquartered in Fairlawn, Ohio, is a strategic and integrated visual marketing communication provider for business-to-business and business-to-consumer industries. Services include Web technology, print media, multi-media, graphic imaging and animation.
Lunar Cow Design recently received a gold “Eclipse” Award at the 2006 Cleveland NODMA Awards Ceremony presented on May 15 in Cleveland, Ohio by The Northeastern Ohio Direct Marketing Association (NODMA).
The Eclipse Awards program is the largest regional advertising competition in Ohio. With hundreds of entries annually, the Eclipse Awards are Ohio's largest and arguably toughest advertising competition. The Eclipse Awards represents the true spirit of creative excellence by recognizing all forms of advertising from media of all types, creative by all sizes and entrants of all levels from anywhere in Ohio. The Northeastern Ohio Direct Marketing Association, a non-profit industry association conducts the Eclipse Awards program through its membership and affiliates. It is the only creative awards program administered by the advertising industry for the industry.
An A-Z of Increasing Your Online Marketing ROI (A-M)
The success or failure of an online marketing campaign is often determined by its Return on Investment. Find out how to increase your baseline, with the A-Z guide from E-gain New Media.
A - Affiliate Marketing
Merchant products are promoted on 3rd party (affiliate) websites. When visitors click through from the affiliate site to the merchant site and make a purchase then an agreed fee is paid to the affiliate.
If you advertise your products online, affiliate marketing is an efficient way to generate additional business. It is a cost effective form of advertising for merchants, and a simple way for affiliates to earn revenue from their website.
Newsletter Reports on Stocks With Market-Moving News Catalysts
Despite a month of severe selling, StockPicking.com has been alerting the markets biggest winners. Today, November 30, 2007 the newsletter offered commentary and the news catalysts that drove its top picks higher in the month of November. Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE), Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NASDAQ: DECK), China Telecom Ltd. (NYSE: CHA), Apple Computer Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), and Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) were at the top of the newsletter's list and made significant gains for the month after the newsletter's alert.
Click here to read more…Panel to Discuss 'Options in 2008 -- Tools to Navigate More Volatile Markets' on Feb. 13 in Chicago
Four financial experts will discuss the topic "Options in 2008 -- Tools to Navigate More Volatile Markets," at a panel discussion that will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 13 at the members lounge of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), 400 South LaSalle Street, Chicago. The meeting is jointly sponsored by Chicago QWAFAFEW, Chicago PRMIA, and the Structured Products Association (SPA).
The four panelists will be:
(1) Mr. Jason Ungar, Director, at Ansbacher Investment Management in New York City. Jason specializes in the development and implementation of short volatility strategies designed to meet the needs of institutional clients.
Fiber Optics Upgrade by The Private Office to Facilitate Videoconferencing
The Private Office (www.theprivateoffice.com), a Westchester, New York firm offering shared office facilities, virtual support and administrative services, today announced a fiber optics upgrade by Cablevision Lightpath and touted its impact on videoconferencing and other electronic services for its clients.
By installing 10 megabyte fiber-optic circuits at its two office business centers in Rye Brook and White Plains, NY, The Private Office increased its circuit capacity, bandwidth and speed for sophisticated communications such as teleconferencing, VoIP and data transmissions.
Sex Power + Earning Power = Ultimate Girl Power
HOUSTON (PRWEB) June 2, 2006 –- A new breakthrough seminar based on the bestselling book, Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn’t Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want Now, is coming to Houston for one night only, Monday, June 5, from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Presented by international author and Inc. Top 10 Entrepreneur Vickie L. Milazzo, RN, MSN, JD, this seminar helps women of all ages discover, harness and amplify their 10 extraordinary strengths. Milazzo reveals how to make simple adjustments in life that will result in profound and positive change. With intellect, wit and insight, she coaches women through an exploration of their hidden strengths – strengths that will help them achieve the career they want and the life they desire.
SGT Expands Management and Sales Team
SGT, a leading global software vendor in the broadcast and media industry, has made three new appointments to its management and sales team: François Chiche, with more than 20 years of experience in leading management roles in the IT software industry and international markets, joined SGT on September 1, 2008 as Vice President Sales and Marketing. In the role of Regional Sales Manager, Northern Europe, Richard de Jong is now responsible for business development and sales in Belgium, The Netherlands and Scandinavia. Finally, Greg Kontusz joined the company in December 2008 as Regional Sales Manager for the Central European region (Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg).
Click here to read more…Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy to Kickoff The ASBC Fifth Anniversary Conference and Gala on April 23rd
The American Small Business Coalition (The ASBC) announced today that Shay D. Assad, Director of Defense Procurement, Acquisition Policy and Strategic Sourcing, will speak at a special edition of the Washington Breakfast Club™, the opening event for the organization's Fifth Anniversary Conference and Gala at the Sheraton Premiere Tysons Corner in Vienna, VA (www.turningfive.com).
In the February 4th Government Executive article "Defense outlines change in acquisition strategy" Assad is quoted as stating "We've got to write better contracts that better incentivize industry and get the best deal. The world of cost-plus award-fee contracts is over," said Assad, who also recently assumed the title of acting deputy undersecretary for acquisition and technology. The Defense Department plans to dramatically realign its acquisition strategy, increasing its focus on competition, rebuilding its procurement workforce and creating more consistent requirements for contractors in the post-award process.
Zrinity Announces Behavioral Email Marketing Strategy With Google Analytics Support
Zrinity Inc, a Utica New York based email marketing server and systems provider announced its Behavioral Email Marketing Strategy and the integration of Google Analytics to further bolster metrics and data gathering from email campaigns sent using Zrinity's email delivery server and systems.
Zrinity Email Delivery Systems
Gary Kraeger, Zrinity President: "These customers should be sent more potential sales immediately within a receipt, invoice, quote, etc. If they purchased a jacket, then send an offer for gloves, in real time, within the receipt. If they chose 'Mr.' send them an offer for male gloves or glove warmers, or both. If you don't currently employ this type of behavioral, a.k.a. transactional, email marketing, then don't go overboard spending money on fancy behavioral software. Use your eyes and other easy to implement tools to quantify metrics, then get fancy after this has been achieved"
Appello and Telia Denmark Launch Telia Navigator -- Reinforcing Appello's Position as Europe's Leading Provider of Online GPS Navigation
Navigator is a fully Telia branded navigation solution that provides an all-inclusive navigation experience on a wide range of handsets. Telia customers can take advantage of navigation with voice instructions and 3D maps, unique destination lookup functionality via Danish business and residential listings and Pan-European active safety camera alerts. Telia Navigator also gives customers access to quarterly updated European map information from leading map data provider NAVTEQ.
"Through Appellos unmatched handset support we are able offer high quality GPS-navigation for all our customers and not only the customers with the latest handsets that offers built-in GPS. I also think that many customers prefers a mobile solution that offers flexibility and simplicity when you can use one device for many functions", says Jesper Brøckner Managing Director TeliaSonera in Denmark.
Renewable Fuel Concerns Answered by Private Sector Nationwide Registry
Taos, NM (PRWEB) February 7, 2008 – American entrepreneurs and businesses take the lead while Senate members consider what might happen with future renewable fuel markets. As the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources questioned the effects of the enhanced Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) on energy markets today, industry participants are marching ahead with business as usual in the free market sector. A testament to the ingenuity of the American entrepreneur is the formation of the Nation’s renewable fuel registry.
Click here to read more…Jill Bolte Taylor Keynotes ATSU Women's Wellness Luncheon
Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D., noted scientist, author, and stroke survivor, joined A.T. Still University (ATSU) to keynote a luncheon celebrating the launch of ATSU's Women's Wellness Program Nov. 18 at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort and Villas. Dr. Taylor, who was recently named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, shared her personal story of survival, recovery, and discovery during her presentation entitled "How to Get Your Brain to Do What You Want it to Do".
Dr. Taylor, a Harvard-educated neuroanatomist, had a rare form of stroke 12 years ago which caused a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain. It took eight years for Dr. Taylor to successfully rebuild her brain following the stroke, and she shares her story in her book "My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey."
Tent Website Makes Camping Easier with New Blog
Amber Petty has the outdoors in her blood. A camper from the time she was born, she rediscovered her love for it when she began working with at risk children in Canada. Now, after starting a tutoring organization for low income and struggling students, she's started www.UltimateTentStore.com to directly contribute to helping these students, thus combining her camping background with her teaching skills.
"Camping is something that has brought me a lot of joy in my life," said Petty. "I'd like to think that by setting up this camping gear website, I can help people who enjoy the great outdoors have access to good camping tents, as well as help kids get a good grasp on their education."
Teach Them--In A Flash - Electronic, Interactive Learning System Helps Students Learn, Teachers Teach - Study Buddy by Hamilton Electronics
Students learn better when lessons are repeated. To help facilitate learning, Hamilton Electronics has introduced the Study Buddy, an electronic, interactive and customizable learning system. Study Buddy helps students from pre-K through high school create their own talking flash cards using visual and auditory cues to reinforce learning.
Study Buddy also allows teachers to create original, customized curriculum materials for their classrooms. Create a lesson or activity in minutes that meets the needs of individuals or small groups of students. Using dry-erase pens, photographs, graphics and/or original artwork that is prepared on reusable electronic cards, teachers can record an accompanying voice instruction that is unique for each card. By combining voic 5a8 e and graphics, student learners can work independently with the card sets on a variety of topics.
Raxco Software Releases German Version of PerfectDisk 10
Raxco Software, the leader in disk defragmentation software, today announced the release of the PerfectDisk® 10 family of products in German.
PerfectDisk 10 box shot
German versions of the following PerfectDisk 10 components are available immediately:
PerfectDisk 10 Home Edition
PerfectDisk 10 Professional
PerfectDisk 10 Server.
"Users around the world are discovering the value of PerfectDisk 10," said Joe Abusamra, vice president of operations at Raxco Software. "We're happy to release support for German, providing our users with even more options and broadening PerfectDisk 10's global reach."
Holiday Travel Tips to Help Ease the Hassles
Hopefully you booked early, got a good rate and are traveling with some flexibility. If not, you'll be like most of us. You may have already checked in and printed out your boarding passes. Many airline websites let you do this at home. If not, try to find a kiosk at the airport to check in and avoid the lines. If you don't need to speak with airline personnel, don't sweat the lines. Try to use public transportation or get a ride to the airport. Parking lots tend to fill up quickly around the holiday travel season. To reduce the airport shuttle fare, see if you can leave your car closer to the airport, with a friend or even at your workplace.
Click here to read more…Assemble Connect, Inc. Signs Global Logistics Arrangement With UPS
Assemble Connect, Inc., a distributor of custom manufactured assemblies, today announced it has signed a logistics arrangement with UPS to use their Trade Direct offering. This agreement supports domestic and international shipping via air, sea and truck and will speed time to market by 5 to 15 working days at lower freight costs to most of the company’s customers.
“A large part of our business involves sourcing overseas,” Eric Wendt, president of Assemble Connect, “We have been using a myriad of different companies to support the many needs of our customers. We have used UPS, but up until now just for small package freight.“
New Arcade Edition of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA has Arrived at GameWorks Locations
All GameWorks locations in the United States now feature the arcade version of Dance Dance Revolution.
It is the first arcade version to be released in North America in 6 years.
The game will be featured in the following GameWorks cities:
Detroit, Michigan; Seattle, Washington; Miami, Florida; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Tampa, Florida; Long Beach, California; Ontario, California; Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; Grapevine, Texas; Schaumburg, Illinois; Tempe, Arizona; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Las Vegas, Nevada
Squaremouth Identifies Six Tips for Summer Travelers to Consider When Purchasing Travel Insurance
Squaremouth, the USA's fastest growing travel insurance comparison site, today announced six tips for travelers to consider when considering purchasing travel insurance to protect their vacation investment this summer. Not withstanding economic conditions, travelers are set to face other hurdles including hurricane season, which is only 9 days away.
"Considering the continuation of rising gas prices, recent airline cancellation issues and turbulent weather conditions, it is even more important than ever to ensure travelers are protected during their vacation" Squaremouth.com's CEO Chris Harvey says. "Travel insurance provides consumers with piece of mind that their investment is protected in light of very unclear and uncertain months ahead."
Voyage Healthcare Receives Gold Seal Approval From JCAHO
Voyage Healthcare (Voyage Staffing and Voyage Nursing), a leading provider of healthcare staffing services, announced that is has received the Gold Seal Approval from The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), effective July 28, 2008.
After an extensive on-site assessment, JCAHO's Health Care Staffing Services (HCSS) Certification process verified that Voyage has the abilities to provide experienced staffing services as well as evaluating performance. The review is designed to provide a complete evaluation that exemplifies a staffing firm's commitment to a higher standard of services. Being certified enhances Voyage's contract opportunities, develops risk management and risk reduction, in addition to providing a management framework for quality, safety and improving performances as well as increasing credibility.
